Earlier this month I spotted Nicole Richie and Whitney Port both donning a modern, slightly messy take on a half-up, half-down hairdo that Mandy Moore wore a while back. It's a casual, chic, and stylish way to keep your hair out of your eyes. This laid-back look is easy to achieve. Just follow my three simple steps below:
- STEP 1: Part your hair in the center.
- STEP 2: Pull back the top crown of your hair (above your temples where your bangs are/would be) and twist hair away from your face. You can also braid it or brush it back as additional styling options.
- STEP 3: Secure hair on the sides with small barrettes, elastics or bobby pins, or pull both sections of hair to the back and secure together. See? Easy.
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I love doing my hair like this. So simple.
1This is a very chic look to me, but I don't think i'll actually wear it.
2Looks cute on them. It won't look cute on me.
3id do this... good if for bangs cuz i can twist them into the rest when i dont feel like styling them.
4I really like this look. It has a bohemian feel to it, which I love.
5It looks nice, not a HUGE fan of it.
6I wear my hair like this sometimes, it definitely does have a sort of bohemian flair...
7looks so cute, but whenever i try it, it never works in my favor. BOO!!
8if i didn't look like a man with a center part, i'd so do this.
9lol ckeller i bet you could do it with a side part too!
10This is such a pretty hairstyle. I'm gonna try it
11My hair isn't long but I do a version of this sometimes. I really love the way it looks on girls with long hair. Very romantic, in some way.
12Love it.
13Ick, hate it. They all look so sloppy, or, as my mother would phrase it, they all look like drowned rats.
14Cute for spring.
15I do this all the time!
16Not to be hateful, but they all look sloppy to me. I do a neater version of this on my kids though.
17this is a new trend? really? Looks like how all the hippies wore their hair in the 60s and 70s...not only that but jessica simson has been wearing her hair like this for a long time and everyone made fun of her...
18im def gonna try this next time i go out. but idk.. it looks good on them but will it on me, not sure....
19I like to try this..
20I love this hairstyle!
Britney rocked it in the Piece of Me video.
21Looks ok on Whitney, but not so good on the other two. I've worn this look for a while but I don't make it look so messy. It's a fun way to wear different clips, I like sparkly ones with crystals on them.
22I think it looks great. Not everyone looks good with rigid and prim hair styles, some of us looks better a little relaxed.
23i love this hairstyle because it's so easy.
24who knew mandy moore was a trend setter?
25This is cute!
26this looks cute but i think i would look rediculous.
27i'm gonna try it! it can get boring to just have your hair down all the time or up in a ponytail.
28great everyday look -- i love wearing my hair down but it gets in the way at work. this is my favourite day to day work do!
29i wwear my hair like this sometimes...usually when i'm too lazy to blow it straight.
30i've been doing the same but in braids... its great!
31Nicole does it best.
32eh......i'm all about loose waves but I need some crown height and it's not a flattering look if you don't have a really narrow face....chubs out the face....
33these are really bad pictures, and im not a fan of the hairstyle. ohwell
34not a fan.but it's doale since it's so simple
35I am growing out my bangs and I do some variation of this daily.
36The half-up is a throwback to the 1960s and I love the easy, relaxed style. I agree with what was said earlier about it being an alternative to the pony tail.
37I'm wearing my hair like this right now!
38looks really cute on whitney... but my hair is curly and big, so it just looks weird when i try this.
39Use the check spelling option at the bottom of the comment box DreaAST, sorry, I'm very picky on stuff like that!!
I absolutely adore this look and have been wearing my hair like this for the most of the Southern Hemisphere summer! Except I tie more of my hair up... more half and half... I'll be trying it with less now I guess...
40I like the neater version, c'est à dire, Whitney's version. In my opinion Mandy's look is too scruffy.
41There is also the coming of the braids this season. I would spice up this half-up like by incorporating a very fines braid on each side. The texture looks amazing, and it will take this simple day look to night in a flash!
42everybody already does this ? how is it nEW?
43Bohemian has been making the rounds since the 60's.
44i shall go try it! woots!
45I'd wear it.
46trendy!
47This is so cute!
48It looks really simple
I love this hairstyle..ive seen it a lot latley, i might try it sometime!
49I've been doing this while growing out my bangs.
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