How to Style Your Hair for a Hat
Hats are the must have accessory for the fall and winter months.
But it is not always so easy to look good in a hat–here is the secret it is all about the hair.
Celebrity hairstylist, Philip Pelusi reveals how to make your hair look great under the most common hat styles of the season. 
Hat Style: Fedora
Hair Style: Contrast the angles of the hat with loose feminine waves.
Why This Works: Loose feminine waves are a great way to wear your hair under a Fedora. This type of hat has very sharp “menswear” angles. This is off-set by the softer hairstyle.
How To Achieve This Look: This type of hair style works best on medium to longer length hair. If hair has a natural wave, simply apply a curl enhancing products like P2® by Philip Pelusi® ReCurl to boost waves and BeachComber to add texture and let hair dry or dry with a diffuser attachment on your blow dyer. If hair is straight, use a big barrel curling iron to add curls, some facing towards and some facing away from the face.
Hat Style: Newsboy cap
Hair Style: Create ballerina-esque bun at the nape of the neck.
Why This Works: Wearing a ballerina-esque bun at the nape is perfect combination with this tomboyish type Newsboy cap look. Also the Newsboy cap is supposed to be worn low on the forehead and this tends to cover most of the entire forehead. Wearing a ballerina bun pulls the hair back off the face opening to face up.
How To Achieve This Look: Part hair in the center and smooth hair back into a low ponytail at the middle of the nape. Use a hair smoothing bore bristle brush and a hair smoothing product like Tela® Beauty Organics Composure. Apply product to the ponytail also and brush smooth. Twist ponytail in one direction and wind around ponytail and secure with a few hair pins. Put on Newsboy and you are ready to go. 
Hat Style: Beret
Hair Style: Tuck the hair back into a side pony so that soft strands peek out.
Why This Works: A side swept ponytail is a perfect way to wear your hair under a Beret. A Beret has a French romantic look and this feminine ponytail really compliments that. Tuck the hair back into a side pony so that soft strands peek out.
How To Achieve This Look: This look works best with straight or smooth hair. Create a side part and use a bore bristle paddle brush and a hair smoothing product like Tela® Beauty Organics Encore and brush into a low side ponytail at the nape on the opposite side of the part. Secure ponytail and put on Beret. The back of the Beret should slouch to the opposite side of the ponytail.
Hat Style: Shearling hat
Hair Style: Pull the hair half-way back, then unclip when the hat comes off to get the hair’s bounce back.
Why This Works: Shearling hats are beautiful and warm but they often crush the hair. A hair half-way up look is a great idea to make the hair look great while the hat is on and preserve the hair for when the hat comes off.
How To Achieve This Look: Style hair as usual and then apply a product that can act as a dry hair setting lotion like P2® by Philip Pelusi® Increase. Then divide hair in half from ear to ear and twist up the crown of the head and secure with a clip. This will work as a dry set. Once you take the hat off and remove clip, toss to separate hair and revive hair with a hair refreshing product like as P2® by Philip Pelusi® RefresHair®.
New Hairstyle Trend: Side Bun
I’ve never been a fan of the regular bun. It looks very harsh and librarian-ish. But the new side bun is perfect and it’s cute for everyday or special occasion. I prefer side parts in my hair anyway but you really don’t need a side part. you can part it or not, leave bangs out like this picture of Sarah Jessica Parker. You can put your bangs on one side and bun on the other. Or you can put the bun and bangs on the same side. Whatever works for you! Just make sure you smooth it out with your favorite gel or hairspray. Of course you also need bobby pins and you’re good to go! These Hollywood Bobby Pins Black 60pk.
Mami’s Tip: make sure your hair is close to the nape of your neck and only an inch or two off center. You don’t want the bun to hover close to your ears! Definitely not sexy! Also, if you’re one of those chicas that must have your hair down all the time you can try a half down half up look as well. There’s unlimited possibilities!
What do you think of this sexy easy look?
New Hairstyle: Very Sexy Bun/Twist
I absolutely love this new hairstyle! It’s very sexy and taken from fashion week. Buns are the new trend and this is a sexy new way to do one! Want to try this look? Here are the steps to get it done. I’m headed over to my bathroom right now to try it out. Stay bella!
- Make a side part and take three inches of the hair closest to the front and pin to the side.
- Take another three inches from the crown of the head, right behind the section of hair you just marked off and pin that to the side as well.
- You should be left with two sections of hair on both sides of your head.
- Take the hair from the right section, and twist hair into a low ponytail, you should go from your temple to the nape of your neck.
- Take the hair from the left section, and do the same but make sure you keep
hair on an angle. - You should be left with 2 “rolls” on each side of you head.
- With the hair in the low ponytail, you should coil pieces together and allow them to fold into each other, just use pins to hold hair in place.
- Take the top section from the crown of your head and twist that piece loosely like a rope and pin it to your head.
- Take the last section of hair and fold the hair into the rolls with your finger and pin all loose pieces with your finger.
Cool Hairstyle Finder
iVillage also has a hairstyle finder if you’re looking for something more uniquely tailored to you. You can upload a picture of yourself and actually try out the hair color or hair style you are thinking of doing. And while you’re at the iVillage website check out this great article on age defying hair cuts. Stay bella!
How can I get my hair like Candi in Las Tontas?
Are you asking yourself this question? Las Tontas No Van Al Cielo is a popular telenovela on Univision. Candi’s hair is just as popular and I am here to help you out! Now I’m going to assume one thing: Your hair is long. If it’s not then you need to go get extensions chica!
Tools needed: 2″ Hair Iron
First: Start by washing your hair. If it’s extremely curly like mine or even wavy you’re going to have to blow dry it with a round brush. An alternative is to go the old school way and get rolos. 
But your hair should be dried all the way through.
Next, while you’re warming up your 2″ Hair Iron
Repeat this for each section of hair. Use the Rat Tail Comb to lightly pull the curls apart if you wish. Use the tail part so not to damage the curl. Lightly spray your whole head. It’s important that you get the Flexible Hair Spray because you don’t want your hair to be crunchy. That is not sexy! The Heat Activation helps protect your hair and it is made to work with things like the hair iron and other curling irons.
Cheat! You can cheat on the crown at the body by getting yourself one of those Thinny Hair Holders that you see on TV. I’ve personally never tried it but it states it can give you more volume at the crown.
And there’s your Candi hairstyle! Want some more tips? Send me an email at jai(at)mamistimeout(dot) com with a picture of your favorite actress and I will give you the steps to recreate it! Or you could always leave a comment!
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