10 Tips to Make Your Hair Look Longer Today

Women with long hair want shorter locks while girls with short hairstyles dream of long ones. It’s a common rule that will never be broken. Women want to change all the time and many changes have to do with their hair.

While making long hair short can take less than 10 minutes, the reversed process is not as easy. If you don’t want to use hair extensions, making the hair look longer is not easy but still possible. Creative ladies came up with a few tricks to help your short locks look like long tresses. Let’s check them out.

1. Straighten Your Hair

Unless your locks are completely straight, you can add them some length by using a curling iron. Pull the strands to make them appear longer during the straightening process. People rarely have 100% straight hair. That’s why straightening it is the first and the easiest way to make any hair look longer. Besides appearing longer, smooth locks get a shiny and fashionable look.

2. Make an Updo

High hairstyles are a simple and straightforward way to make your hair look longer. Who can tell how much hair you really have in that bun? One of the best updos you can make for longer-looking hair is a doughnut. A donut gives the appearance of extra volume. Even shoulder-length hair can look very long tied in a donut. If your hair is thick enough, you can make Minnie Mouse ears with two donuts. A regular bun can do the trick as well.

3. Box Braids

Box braids, Havana twists, yarn braids, micro braids, and all the other African braid variety can help you make the hair look longer. Of course, you’ll need hair extensions, for example, Remi hair to get the best results. However, there are many advantages to such an approach. Besides getting thick and long tresses, you get a funky new hairstyle, which protects your natural locks from the environmental damage. Such braids can last as long as 5 weeks and can be styled in many different ways.

4. Clip-Ins

Another fast way to make your hair look longer is to use clip-ins. These hair extensions can be clipped to your own locks instantly and stay there for a long time. If you are planning to use clip-ins on a regular basis, consider buying extensions that look as close to natural hair as possible.

The biggest advantage of the clip-ins is that you can add length whenever you feel like it and remove them in a flash. You can also experiment with hair colors you were afraid of using before.

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5. The Right Clothes

Choosing the right colors for your wardrobe is compulsory to make your hair seem longer. The shirt or dress you wear must be a completely different color than your hair. Whenever the shades are similar, the hair blends in with your shirt and appears shorter than it really is. If your clothing outlines the hair with a contrasting color, it will immediately look longer. So all you have to do to make your hair look slightly longer is buy a new shirt.

6. Use Shine Serum

The shinier your hair is, the longer it looks but only if you straighten it first. So go through the rounds of straightening the locks with a flat iron and then go on to apply a shine serum. The serum also does a great job preventing fizziness. Sleek and straight shiny locks look longer and more lustrous.

7. Hair Extensions

Simple hair pieces are great for making your hair look longer in a flash. Even though African braids and sew-ins are conquering the market today, hairpieces shouldn’t be left in the past. The best part about them is that they are instant. All you have to do is wash and style your hair and attach a hairpiece to make a ponytail or a bun. Once you get tired of the hairstyle, just take it off.  You can regulate the length of your new hairstyle whenever you wish.

8. Make Layers

If you have a bob or a shag, it can make your hair appear shorter than it really is. However, the layers can make it look much longer. Go get a haircut to make your tresses appear long immediately. Consider asking your hairstylist for an asymmetrical haircut. Making one side shorter than the other adds plenty of length to your overall appearance.

9. Choose the Right Part

Even if you are used to parting your hair on the side, the time has come to reap the benefits of the middle part. Try parting your hair in the middle and you’ll immediately see how it starts looking longer. By making a side part, you are taking the length away from one of the sides and gives your hairstyle extra width.

10. Hair Vitamins

The above tricks allow you to make your hair appear longer. While you are using them, consider giving your hair enough vitamins to grow longer naturally. With the right care and nourishment, the hair can grow as much as an inch per month. You have to eat your vitamins and take care of the scalp.

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We hope these tricks allow you to make your hairstyle dreams come true faster than you hoped for. While you are learning how to make hair look longer, consider the benefits of the short hairstyles as well.