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Create a low French braid with the bottom half of hair that starts at the nape of your neck.
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Rake your fingers through your scalp and gently tug at your braid to create a loose, disheveled look.
Finish with a spritz of texturizer.
TryOribe Apres Beach Wave and Shine Spray, $38.
Center Row
Want to dabble in cornrows without committing to a full head?
Take it from Tibi Fall 2014 and plait your part.
Divide your remaining hair into three sections and twist.
Spritz with a light hold hairspray and unravel for a loose, tousled look.
Tibetan twist
Traditional Tibetan braids inspired the delicate twists seen at Bibhu Mohapatra’s Fall 2014 show.
Don’t have bangs?
Just comb some of your hair forward for the same effect.
To copy this look seen on the runway at Creatures of the Wind Fall 2014.
Start with damp hair and create a deep side part with a comb.
Rough-dry your hair with your blow dryer to create natural texture.
Tie with an elastic.
Then, shake your hair out once it dries for your beachiest waves ever.
Bring all three sections together and braid them.
Then, twist the ends to together into a bun; secure with bobby pins.
Gilded Tips
One word: Obsessed.
Rocking this gold-dipped style we spotted at Mara Hoffman Fall 2014 is ridiculously easy.
For a bright twist, tryRita Hazan Pop Color,$18, says Palacios.
Smooth down the middle section that’s not braided.
Finish the look by wrapping the hair in messy chignon, and pin it in place.
