New Year’s Eve Hair - Everything You Need To Consider Before Deciding On A Style

Holidays and hairdo’s. Hair for Christmas and the times during the holiday season spent with family and friends is a lot different than New Year’s Eve hair. Sitting around with family, watching football, doing the JuJu on that beat challenge and lounging isn’t the environment for you to be worried about whether your contour is perfect, or if your curls are still intact.

The celebratory vibe that comes with New Year’s Eve calls for a more glammed up look. Glamming up isn’t restricted to just makeup. You’ll want your hair to be just as glamorous for the occasion.

Deciding on what type of hairstyle you’ll rock for the big night will depend on several factors. It’s one more thing to think about on top of all that’s already going on, but if you slack and neglect to address it, you may find yourself even more stressed on the big night. Avoid any added dilemmas by taking a little time to figure out how to style your hair for New Year’s Eve early.

The hair style you ultimately choose will need to work well with everything else. This will mean choosing a style after you have all the other major parts of the night set. Being glammed up is key, but you also want to be practical. You don’t want to be that girl who can’t take pictures when the clock strikes midnight, because your hair has turned into a giant mess on top of your head.

What to consider

The elements

You always want to think about where you will spend the major part of your night. Will you be attending an outdoor event? If so, will it be windy, freezing cold, or perhaps raining? If you are lucky enough to live down south, things like weather may play less of a part when it comes to this part of the process.

Having to wear a large winter coat to keep warm may mean that you don’t wear your hair down because it will be rubbing up against a thick collar all night and will end up in a ball of knotted hair on the back of your neck.

Likewise, rainy or moist weather would eliminate the option of wearing a super sleek hairstyle that will end up looking frizzy and messy. If you plan on dancing the night away, you won’t want a delicate updo that might fall when you drop it like it’s hot.

Your dress

Will your dress or your top be sequined? Are the sequins flat or are they textured? They’ll be in contact with your hair if you wear certain styles, so you want to think about all of those things. It’s not an incredibly huge deal, but you want the night to be as seamless as possible so that you get to enjoy the festivities without worrying about things like hair and wardrobe.

Speaking of wardrobe, your hair should match your outfit. Not match in terms of color, necessarily, but you do want the look to flow well together. Hair and clothes that compliment each other will make you feel your best. When you feel your best, your night is sure to go well.

The aftermath

As unfortunate as it may seem, some people actually have to be up and functioning the day after the celebration that is New Year’s Eve. It seems so unfair, but it’s a reality that has to be considered. If you have to be at work or an event, or maybe just presentable enough for breakfast with your mother-in-law, consider that when deciding on what to do with your hair.

A style that is easy to preserve overnight is going to be your best choice. If you can wrap your hair and call it a night, that is probably the style you should go for. Especially considering that you may have a few drinks. What you don’t want, is to wake up to a bird’s nest that requires two hours of attention to make look decent, after a long night of partying.

The early bird

Once you have settled on a hairstyle, make your appointment as soon as you can. If you have to get in to your stylist’s chair in order to pull of the look you’re going for, you want to ensure your spot. Scrambling around trying to come up with an alternate plan for your hair the night of, is not a good look.

A backup plan shouldn’t be what happens by default. The smart thing to do, would be to come up with an alternate hairstyle that you are ok with before you find yourself in panic mode. Knowing what style you have tucked in your back pocket will just put your mind at ease. The alternate style should be something you’re able to pull off alone. If it comes down to using it, you probably won’t have access to your stylist at the last minute.

Don’t forget to plan out your hair as you’re planning out everything else about New Year’s Eve. A beautiful hairstyle will be the icing on the cake.