Top 10 Effortlessly Gorgeous Messy Hairstyles

Have you ever woke up late and had a very limited time to style your hair, but no matter how hard you tried, the style did not work well for you?

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For you who have ever been in this situation before, we provide some messy hairstyles that will rock your day and make you look gorgeous even with a little effort and maintenance.

#1. Half Updo

The half updo haistryle is not hard to make. You will only need a few minutes to look perfect for a day out. This style will also make you look effortlessly stunning when attending a wedding party.

The half up do style is suitable to be applied to your wavy hair. Try to voluminous your hair first before creating the bun to get a pretty bombshell look.

#2. Half crown braid

Do you have a gorgeous wavy and messy hair? If you do, then you can try the half crown braid hairstyle on top of your pretty wavy hair.

If you have a straight hair, but still want to apply this hairdo, then you should firstly add texture to your hair. You can use light hairspray that can give texture to your straight hair.

Make a chain of braid on each right and left side of your head, and then bound them behind your head.

#3. Messy high bun

This high bun style is one of the most popular messy hairstyles among those who love to get a simple but chic look.

You may think that this messy hairstyle looks a little bit neglected, but if you pay more attention to its details, you will realize that some strategies are needed to create this simple-looked hairstyle.

You can even find the difference between the messy high buns created by professional hair stylists and those created by amateurs.

If you want to learn how to make this simple bun, you can follow these steps:
a. Pull all of your hair into a loose ponytail.
b. Try to separate a little part of your hair carefully.
c. Secure the big part of your hair with tiny elastic tassel.
d. Wrap all of the sections to make a messy-but-beautiful bun and secure with hairpin.

#4. Casual Half up ponytail

Although this hairdo can be applied on any types of hair – curly, wavy, straight, long, short, ombre, etc. – the casual half up ponytail will look incredibly pretty on an ombre hair.

You can make a perfect casual half up ponytail by pulling up the top part of your hair to the back, and secure it with an elastic band.

It will look more beautiful if you use the elastic band right on the part when your hair starts to change color. This will give a highlight on the different shades of your hair.

#5. Low Bun

Are you often running late for your work? Then low bun will help you to look nice even with a very limited time to prepare. This effortless-looking low knot bun us, indeed, effortless to make.

To make your hair look more beautiful and fresh, you can add body near the crown part of your head. Then, make a low pony tail by gathering your hair and use the simple tiny elastic hairband to secure it.

You should twist the tie that you’ve made and pull your hair and let only half of the ponytail pulled through the elastic hair band.

#6. Loose Hair

Loose hair is included in the list of the most popular messy hairstyles to apply in any occasion. This hairstyle is also called beach hair. It is the perfect way to make you look effortlessly gorgeous with all those beautiful wavy layers.

#7. Half-Up Half-Down

If you are not sure to decide whether you want to have half up or half down hairstyle, then you can have them both! This style can be used as a smart trick by you who have not washed your hair several days but still want to keep them down.

Some of us are not confident to have a loose hairstyle in this condition. Therefore, the best solution is to tie half part of the hair up, and let the rest of the, loose. This hairdo is also suitable for daily occasion, and it can work well with any hair texture and length.

#8. Ponytail

Ponytail, especially the high one, is considered as the saver of your bad-hair day. This style is also great to let your beautiful cheekbones stand out.

You can make this very simple and classic style look more glamorous by adding volume at the root of the tail. For you who have a greasy hair, dry shampoo may be useful to be used as a Voluminous. Meanwhile, if you have a silky hair, a sea-salt spray is more suitable to voluminous your hair.

#9. Messy Ponytail Braid

All of us will agree that a side-swept fishtail braid is one of the most gorgeous messy hairstyles for many special occasions. The good news is that we can modify it into another hairstyle that is not less gorgeous!

You can transform your beautiful side-swept fishtail braid into a unique messy ponytail braid by gathering all of your hair and tie them into a loose, high ponytail. This hairstyle will make you look fresh, although you have a teased-looked hair.

#10. Tousled Lob with Messy Bangs

Believe it or not, the long bob style will look fantastic on everybody with any hair texture and face shape. What is great about this hairstyle is the fact that you can make your hair look maintained with just a little bit maintenance by applying some simple tricks.

One of the most suitable hairstyles for messy and wavy hair is the tousled lob with messy bangs. This hairdo will give a chick, edgy look for you who are bored with the other common long-bob styles.