5 Wedding Hairstyle Tutorials By Stephanie Brinkerhoff | Kenra Professional

I'M Stephanie Brinkerhoff with hair and makeup by Steph, and I'm here with Kendra professional and I'm going to be walking you guys through the steps that I use to create this textured French twist we're going to start by adding some of the camera volume dry shampoo to Her roots - that's just gon na help, give her some more texture and grit and good volume throughout the top. Now we're going to focus on creating the base of our French twist first, so I'm going to section out the crown and the sides, so I'm gon na add some back combing at her roots and spray. Some of the kenra dry texture spray through her ends and make this really gritty. Okay, so I'm gon na lock that back combing in place with the kenra volume spray twenty-five and then get this loosely curled with a one-inch one. So these curls in this back section can be very loose. You just want to add a little bit of texture, more important than the curl in this is all of the product and the back combing. So I'm just gon na quickly do loose curls through the ends before I get. This pinned up, I'm going to add quite a bit of this kenra platinum, dry, texture spray. So I want this whole section back here to be very airy and to almost move together. As one I don't want it to be limp at all, and I'm going to get all of this wrapped in a French twist okay, so my go-to technique for wrapping up a French twist is very simple: I'm going to gather it all in one hand and then Wrap it around my index finger and just twist it, and then these pieces will get tucked up and pinned. So, while I'm holding this here, I'm just gon na pull on some of these sections loosely to make it a little bit more voluminous and give it a little bit more texture. Now that I have my French twist secured, I'm going to start adding in the top and the sides I'm gon na start down by the ear and this time I'm going to focus on creating a lot tighter curls. So I'm going to miss this with the kenra volume spray 25 and everything that I'm curling on the sides is going to go away from the face and rather than away from the face and under okay, it's a small detail that makes a huge difference. So what I'm going to do is get all of this pinned back to this edge right here to help define that even more and then all of the ends will get wrapped around and pinned on the opposite side, giving this even more texture. Okay, so these ends are now getting wrapped around and pinned on the opposite side of this twist. So traditional French twists always have one side, that's smooth, but I like to break mine up so that it looks more like it's wrapped like this. So then both sides look flattering instead of having that one side, that's just straight now, I'm going to finish with the Mohawk section, as I'm curling this with my wand. I want to be sure to hold my wand going from front to back instead of from side to side, they want to hold it from front to back so that you can see your curl pattern once you get to the face once this is looking. How I want it to I'm going to gather all of this together and it's going to get pinned right at the top of my French twist okay, so this front section is going to get curled the exact same way, except for I'm going to do it, as I'M standing in the front so that I can really look at how it's framing her face. So as I'm doing this, I like to sort of visualize where I want it to go, and I try to curl in that direction. Now I'm just going to detail a little bit and finish with the kenra volume spray. 25. Okay, so there we have our completed. Look, you can add in a little hair accessory, I typically just like to do on either. Today, I'm going to be walking you through a quick 15 minute wedding up to this is a really good updo to have under your belt in those times when you're in a rush, and you need to cut corners, it's also really good for bridesmaids. So let's go ahead and get started, so her hair has already been curled and prepped at the roots. The first thing I'm going to do is section out the hair from the ears forward and set that aside for later, as well as the crown section. So the majority of the hair I'm going to be using to create my button. The next step is getting everything in the back in a low ponytail. It'S about an inch up from her hairline. Okay, once I have that secured I'm going to soften these sides a little bit just by pulling on them to give her a little bit of volume and also to help make it look more organic. Now, I'm ready to work on my button. What I want to do is create some really good texture and grit through this ponytail, so I'm going to go in with the perfect medium spray. Thirteen and liberally apply this all throughout the ponytail. In order to get this ponytail up, I'm going to work with it in halves, so I'm gon na work with the top half first and then the bottom half. So I'm going to get this twisted and then I'm pulling on some of these sections to soften them. A little bit and then I'm just going to wrap this up around the top part of my elastic, then I'll go ahead and bobby. Pin that in place, and now I can move on to the last portion of this ponytail. So I'm going to loosely twist again and then get that wrapped underneath and around once that is looking balanced. I'M ready to let down my crown section and incorporate that I'm going to do this entire section in one piece. So we'll get this loosely twisted! You want to make sure you're not twisting too high. You want to twist low so that it connects with your updo. So my twist is sitting right on top of my updo here and then I'm just going to deconstruct this a little bit, give it some volume and I'm sort of wrapping the hair over to the side and holding it here. While I get this pinned in place, then I'm just going to continue this twist, wrapping underneath and pinning along the sides, and then these ends will get tucked underneath and pinned on the opposite side. Now all we have to do is incorporate the sides. So I'm going to get this side back, leaving out only the hair that I want to frame her face and I'm gon na add more of my perfect medium spray. Thirteen I'm sort of spreading this out in my hands and combing my fingers through this to make it look like it was softly, draped back and then I'm just going to twist this across the back, get that slightly deconstructed and pinned in place and then the ends Will twist and tuck before I finish, what I'm going to do is just detail deconstruct this a little bit more to make it a little bit wispier and Messier there you have it a quick, textured, low, bun he's showing you guys how to do this very ethereal. Bridal braid, so let's go ahead and get started. The first thing I'm going to want to do is make her roots fill a little bit dirtier make them a little bit more gritty. I'M going to do that with the end Ravalli. My shampoo I like to save the top for last, so essentially, what I'm going to do is section out from the ears and up I'm going to use this section in the back to create the bulk of my braid. So I'm gon na start at the nape and just add some nice beachy waves to this using a one-inch, curling wand and I'm going to add a little bit of backcombing at the roots as well. I'M gon na use the kenra platinum diamond deflect spray. This is a very buildable spray. It has a lot of flexibility to it and it's good for layering. So it's a really good working spray, you'll notice too, as I was curling, I was curling everything in towards the center in the back, it's much easier to curl. In the direction that it's going to go rather than curling the opposite way and then trying to fight against it, I'm just running my fingers through this and I'm going to add some of the kenra platinum working wax 15, but you're just going to grab one piece From each side and bring them together in the center I'll get these in an elastic here in the center, and I don't want to wrap this too tightly I'll only do it two or three times, depending on how thick their hair is, if you do it too, Tight then, it's really difficult to maneuver it afterwards. How much you pull on these sections depends on how big you want this to get and how much you want it to look like a braid or more of just like cascading curls, and as I'm working down I'm going to have her look down what this is Going to do is help so that the braid doesn't poke out from the neck too much to flip that inside-out, I'm going to switch up the braid a little bit, so I'm gon na start by putting the rest of the hair in an elastic. Just in the same spot, so it's all gathered together and then what I'm going to do is I want to hide this elastic an easy way to do. That is to pick up a small section and I'm just going to loop this back through the elastic from there. I'M going to continue doing my inside-out Topsy tail braid. Now I'm ready to move to the top half the first step is going to be just getting it back. Combed and curled, with the kenra platinum diamond deflect spray same way that I did in the back now, I'm just going to break these up with my fingers and spray. Some of the kenra perfect medium spray. Thirteen. Now what I'm going to do is to rope braids. One going down each side, I'm going to start right up here by her hairline and I'm starting fairly small and I'm going to divide this in half. And then you just twist the front piece over top of the back piece. Now, I'm only going to add hair to this front section so I'll pick up a row, so those two combined and they cross over the back section. So I'm going to repeat that process wrapping all the way around it to the back. Once I reach the center here in the back, I'm just going to clip this aside for later and repeat the same thing on the opposite side. Now I'm going to start pancaking these and detailing them, I'm also going to pull up on the crown a little bit. Now, I'm going to combine these two pieces together into one big, regular, three-strand braid. I have my two sections and each of them are divided in half, so I'm just going to combine the two middle ones into one piece. So now I have three sections and from there I'm going to just start a regular three strand braid. Now I'm going to start pinning all of this in place. I'M gon na start up here with my twist just get these pin to the scalp. I also like to hide a couple pins throughout as well. Now I'm going to take this braid and I don't want to hide everything down here, so I'm going to tuck it through right before this elastic, so I'm gon na grab the hair that I just weaved through grab part of that and then push this up through The elastic there is our completed, look a very ethereal and beautiful bridal braid, and I'm going to be walking you guys through this very romantic braided half-up style. My first step is going to be adding beach waves to the hair. The two tools that I'm going to be using are a one-inch wand and then a one and a half inch iron, so using two different tools is really going to break up the curls and make it so they don't blend together and form one solid wave to Curl, her hair, I'm going to be using the kenra platinum, hot spray. This is a really good spray because it has a firm hold, but because it is more of a wet spray, you can't feel it in the hair once it dries. I'M starting with the one-inch wand down here at the bottom and I'm going to elongate the curls. So they go the full length of the wand. So I'm switching to my one and a half inch iron and I'm going to start at the roots and get the top half curled and then drop that out and move to the bottom half so after each curl, I'm going to leave them how they are. Until I get everything hurled, I'm gon na continue this process row by row, alternating between the one inch wand and the one and half inch curling iron you'll, also notice that, as I'm wrapping, I'm always doing a flat wrap. I don't normally put any twists in the hair as I wrap, because I feel like sometimes that takes out the volume of the curl for these very front pieces. I'M going to make sure that I curl them away from the face. So they kind of have a swept back. Look alright! Now that I have the whole head curled, I'm gon na go ahead and start running my fingers through this to break up the curls. I'M also going to start adding some of the kenra platinum dry, texture spray. This is a very matte texture spray, so it's really good for beachy. Looks I'm also going to do some of the kenra perfect medium spray. This has a little bit more of a waxy feel to it. So it's going to help with frizz. So this look is going to have a couple braids going down the sides, but before I do those braids I'm going to want to get the crown secured, so I don't ruin it as I'm braiding. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to grab a medium sized section from the left and then a medium-sized section from the right and I'm going to bring those into the center and put those in a clear elastic and put my fingers through here flip That inside out, then I'm going to repeat that same thing, one more time, but this time right below the first one. Okay, now I'm just going to detail a little bit! Okay before I start braiding this I'm going to get some of the kenra platinum working wax. 15 in this section - and I'm just going to work that through this section that I'm going to braid, I'm just going to do a very loose small French braid and I'm going to very softly hand cake this. I don't want to make it frizzy or messy. I want it to still be shiny and smooth, so I'm just softly pancaking this and I'm going to wrap it over this elastic and pin it on the opposite side. Now, on this side, we're going to do two braids, so one of them is going to be a smaller French braid right here and then I'm going to do a larger fishell braid going down the side so start really small and tight. So you've got two pieces. Make a small piece from the outside cross: it over add it to the opposite side and then repeat on the opposite side as I work down, I'm not including her hairline, because I want to leave that out. I want it to be soft and flattering around her face at this point. I'Ve passed the ear, so I'm going to stop adding new hair once again. Okay, so as I pancake this braid, I'm actually only going to pancake one side, a good way to secure volume in the top of your braid is to pick it up right where it leaves the scalp so up here and then I'm going to push up on It slightly and hide a pin here in the center all right now, I'm going to wrap this around the back and get it tucked under and pinned on the opposite side of that elastic all right. So to finish, I'm going to do one more small, French braid, very similar to what we did on the opposite side. As I'm doing this braid I'm going to want it to hide this part line. So you have to keep that in mind as you're braiding. Now this will get wrapped around the back. At this point, I'm gon na add some baby's breath. I'M basically just tucking these in on either side of the braid. So here is a very romantic way to do a braided, half-up style. Today, I'm going to walking you through a messy top knot, which is one of my go-to, quick and easy wedding. Hairstyles has already been curled and prepped at the roots. The first thing I'm going to do is get all of her hair in a high pony, where you do, the pony tail kind of depends on how high you want the top not sitting some people like it back a little further. Some people, like it up higher to make it more dramatic once I have this in the general area that I want it, I'm going to detail a little bit more make sure. I only have left out what I want to frame the base before I move on to creating my bun, I'm going to dishevelled us a little bit now, I'm just applying some of the perfect medium spray. Thirteen combing that in there I'm also going to softly pull down on some of these around his face to make the transition from the hair that's left out to the pony tail a little bit more natural. Now, I'm ready to move on to my button. I want to add a little bit more grit to this, so I'm gon na go in with the kenra dry texture spray. Six. Now I'm going to divide my pony tail in half and create this bun using two pieces I'll get one of these clipped out of the way I'm going to take this first piece and twist it, and then I'm going to open this up a little bit now. I want all of this to stay uniform and together, so I'm going to secure the bottom with an elastic before I move on, I can pull on some of these sections a little bit more to add more volume. Okay, now I'm going to repeat that same process with the second piece. At this point, I'm going to use these two twists to create my button going to carefully wrap this around and get that pinned. It doesn't matter which way you rap. You just want to make sure that you're filling in all of your holes and now I'll take my second twist and wrap this around the back. Now, to finish, I'm just going to detail the pieces that I've left out there you have it. Those are my tips and techniques for creating a messy top knot, which is a really quick and easy wedding style. You