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Homecoming Dance attire
Hey I'm a sophomore in high school and I'm going to Homecoming with my boyfriend this year.
I already have my dress, and i need help with hair, makeup maybe even nail ideas.
Info about appearance: I'm 5'7, not overweight but not stick skinny. So around average. Tan skin. Long wavy Brown hair.
Dress: Mid-Calf. Bright red, open back (kind of, to shoulder blades) Halter neck
So I never really wear make up so I kind of wanted to try some stuff. I have hazel eyes and a tan complexion. Like eye-shadow, eyeliner that stuff. But i'm not sure what colors would work for my eyes that wouldn't clash with my dress.
Ok so I have wavy hair. And it's really REALLY thick. People like it straighten, people like curls. I'm not sure... Then there is this whole, updo, half up half down, down thing??
Well I'd just like some ideas. So any input would be nice :) Thank you
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By now, depending on shape of your face, you already know if you look better with your hair down or look just as good with it pulled back away from your face. Some people believe that a fancy do of lots of hair piled up in swirls and curls is the only way to go. I remember the one daughter who did go to prom with her girlfriends paid to have their hair done and yet it it was all mostly hanging down, just a bit more teased and poofed up, more volume on top before it hung. I don't know if you want something simple you can do yourself or mom or a friend can do. But if anyone is good at doing braiding, I've always done better braiding for daughters than doing a fancy up do. If you want to distract from the thickness of your hair, braiding might just do the trick. Practice now and see if any family or friend and get it to look good. There are books on fancy braid hairdo's that look as elegant as the salon done updo's. One i loved doing with my own hair and found simple to do was pull all hair back in a high ponytail. Then separate hair into 5 chunks, if you need more do so. Each chunk gets turned into it's own braid with a tiny rubber band for the tip. So there should be 5 or more braids hanging down. Then you take each end and tuck it up under towards base of ponytail, using bobby pins to secure. Fan the braids out, securing where needed so you have loops of braids like basket handles half hanging, standing out from the head and it looks very elegant. I believe there may be some good fancy braiding style tutorials on you tube, easier to watch someone doing it rather that figure out from diagrams in a book. Basically, just start trying different do's each weekend early. See how easy it is to do, and how well it holds up and how much you like the look, wearing the dress with the do, have someone take pic's of it. So when the time comes closer, you can remember by the photos and choose one that holds up a long time and won't come loose. If your guy is a male who visually enjoys long hair better than up-do's, then you may choose to wear your hair just hanging down and pull one side only back with a hair comb or sturdy clip. think of Hawaiian girls with a flower tucked behind one ear. You can prepare ahead if you decide this simple style will make a bigger impact on him. get a silk flower that goes along with the shade of your dress and use hot glue gun or other such good adhesive to attach it to a hair clip, perhaps several flowers and their silk leaves as well. This summer I made flowered hair clips to wear with a fairy costume to Renaissance fair. I used the leaves to cover the clip and then flowers groups together on the clip. From the side of clip that would be at the lowest point, I attached fine satin ribbons that hung as long as my hair. on the satin ribbons, I glued on more silk leaves pointing downwards. I got lots of compliments on it and people asked where I bought it..LOL
If you don't usually wear makeup, I wouldn't go all out. Your guy likes you just fine without makeup. He may be one of those males who actually prefer the natural beauty look. A good bet would be to leave it at just a liner and mascara for the eyes, and if you're hoping for a kiss somewhere along the evening, wearing lip stick is a deterrent to guys, cus they don't want to get lipstick on their face. But you can still color the lips if you use just a lip liner pencil, it's drier and stays put, pretty much dying the lips rather than covering them with color that smears off too easily. The lip color doesnt have to match the dress. Just go for a pinkish or plumish shade that brings your lips to attention more, still natural looking for you, but not a shade that makes the lips the only thing a person sees and focus's on.
Blend the color from the edges, in toward the center and cover with a clear lip gloss for shine. Hope this gives you some ideas.
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