Adding Accessories to a Chignon

Product List:

• sectioning clips
• paddle brush
• pin tail comb
• hair gribs
• hair elastics
• u-shaped gribs
• accessories
• hair spray if needed
• curling tong

Plain Chignon:

Steps:

• take side parting section until just behind the ear->you can braid or twist those sections later
• back: comb down the hair and do a low ponytail; the ponytail should be nice and secure
• if the the ponytail is too high up it will look more oriental
• section off the top of the ponytail and comb back this section
• turn ponytail up and over and secure with gribs on both top sides
• put your fingers inside the bun and stretch out from the middle
• use u-shaped gribs and secure the sides-> remember go in and over with the hair grib
• front:twist or braid the front sections and take them back and put them over the top of the Chignon and secure it tightly-> make sure to hide the gribs well
• you can add some hair spray now if needed

Adding accessories to a Chignon:

• after doing the plain Chignon you can add some accessories like jewels, necklaces, lace, flowers, etc
• remember if the jewels you are using are too heavy, place some padding inside the Chignon so it won't succumb under the weight

Wedding Style:

• for the last version we kept the side front sections but changed the back
• back: in a kind of u-shape leave a section along the hairline at back and sides out
• divide the rest of the hair at the back into two ponytails

• starting with the lower ponytail, section off some strands and curl them with a curling tong
• take the curls and pin them down-> think about shaping and placement
• do the same with the upper ponytail and the leftover section along the hairline
• place all those curls nicely

• then I took some parts of the front sections off curled them and placed the curls near/in front of the upper ponytail
• I was left with a small strand of hair on each side->here I only curled the ends and placed them at the sides between the curls

• after checking that the curls and the placement are how I wanted it to be, I added some flowers which made it look very wedding like

-> I enjoyed this lesson a lot as I am now more confident at doing elegant hairstyles like the Chignon or even simple wedding like hairstyles like you could see in the last images.