Formal Long Hairstyles
A formal long hairstyle can be described as structured, soft, elegant, dramatic, classic, or just quite simple looking. It's the kind of hairstyle you'd wear to a formal occasion such as a wedding, prom, or any important function that requires dressing up. These hairstyles vary from soft graduated layered looks to heavier one length cuts; from precise updos to smooth, sleek lines or full waves and curls. Shapes can be made to vary with shorter sections (such as the bangs) used to change face shape perspective, or shorter top layers used to add height and body.
Depending on the texture, shape and whether you want to wear your hair up or down, many different techniques and products can be used and styling can vary in time from 30 minutes to 2 hours or more. Waves and curls are usually molded into shape using hot rollers or heat appliances such as curling tongs and ceramic irons.
If your hair is long then it can be left out, smoothed, flicked-out, waved, curled, tied back, pinned up, plaited, braided, the list goes on and on... Only the hairs' limitations, and a stylist's lack of technique or imagination, limits what can actually be done with long hair!
Hairstyle Textures
Below are the available hairstyle textures for Formal Long Hairstyles. Click on the buttons below to see the specific hairdos for each texture.
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Jennifer Lopez Hairstyle
Jennifer lit up the room at the "El Cantante" Los Angeles premiere by wearing her gorgeous hair down. Her casual style features wispy layers to keep it looking elegant and easy to maintain. The long length of this hairstyle is especially good for those with long necklines. The layers around the front also frame the jawline perfectly to create a softer look.
Suitability Info
Face Shape: Round, Oval, Heart, and Triangular
Styling Time: 30 minutes -
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Alison Sweeney Hairstyle
Alison looked amazing at the NBC All-Star Party with the help of this great hairdo. Alison kept her hair in long graduated layers to give her style a soft, even wave throughout, and her long bangs were swept over to the side to shape her face. This style will work best on medium to thick hair types and longer face shapes.
Suitability Info
Face Shape: Round, Oval, Heart, and Diamond
Styling Time: 30+ minutes -
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Julie Chen Hairstyle
Julie looked perfect at the CBS Summer Press Tour with this great hairstyle. Her length was jagged cut and thinned out to create these flicked, textured edges and her top and sides were jagged layered to add height to her crown and shape around her face. Long side swept bangs were also cut to create a soft look around her face.
Suitability Info
Face Shape: Round, Oval, Heart, and Diamond
Styling Time: 30 minutes -
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Salon Hairstyle
The main feature for this style is the layers. Without them, this style would not have volume or any shape. The layers have been cut all over from the mid-lengths down to the ends. Short face framing layers are great because they give the face a lovely soft shape. This style will work best on longer face shapes. The Sides: have been blunt cut and layers added to give the top more volume. The Back: has also been blunt cut with layers to give the crown all the attention.
Suitability Info
Face Shape: Round, Oval, Heart, and Triangular
Styling Time: 30+ minutes -
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Salon Hairstyle
This is a hip wavy style that is perfect for a night out on the town. To achieve this style, layers were cut from top to bottom to give this look an even and full volumed curl all over. This style will work best on medium to thick hair types. The Sides: have been blunt cut and layered up. The Back: has also been blunt cut and layered up for an even look all over.
Suitability Info
Face Shape: Round, Oval, Heart, and Diamond
Styling Time: 30+ minutes -
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Salon Hairstyle
This is a classic long style with copper tones that really makes this sassy 'do stand out in a crowd. Long shaped face framing layers are the key to this style and will give solid face shapes more of a round edge. Long layers are needed for this style, especially around the back to create volume around the crown. The Sides: have been blunt cut with soft layers to hug the neck. The Back: has also been blunt cut with long layers to give this style bounce.
Suitability Info
Face Shape: Oval, Oblong, Square, and Heart
Styling Time: 30+ minutes -
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Cat Deeley Hairstyle
Cat looked great with her copper blonde tresses at the L.A premiere of "Hairspray". Her creative style was layered throughout to create these full and funky waves and to add volume in all the right areas. This style will suit medium to thick hair types and naturally straight hair best.
Suitability Info
Face Shape: Round, Oval, Heart, and Diamond
Styling Time: 30+ minutes -
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Alison Sweeney Hairstyle
Alison looked amazing as she arrived at the "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" premiere. Jagged cutting the length, her top and sides were angle layered and thinned out to create this full textured style. Long side swept bangs were also cut to shape her face. This style will work best on long face shapes as this style is very full.
Suitability Info
Face Shape: Round, Oval, Square, and Heart
Styling Time: 30 minutes -
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Maggie Q Hairstyle
This stunning star always looks great, and this style from the 2007 ESPY Awards is no exception. Maggie's long locks were softly layered to add height around her crown and to create these textured edges. Long shaped bangs were also cut to shape her face and finish her look off perfectly. This style will work best on medium to thick hair types and naturally straight hair.
Suitability Info
Face Shape: Round, Oval, Heart, and Diamond
Styling Time: 30+ minutes -
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Taraji P. Henson Hairstyle
Taraji went for a very soft and sexy look at the Talk To Me Los Angeles Film Festival and looked great! Taraji combined two hair textures to pull off this great looking 'do. The top of her hair was smoothed and her ends were formed into tight curls to add weight and to create a bouncy finish for her style. Her bangs were also styled to fall onto her forehead to shorten the look of her high forehead.
Suitability Info
Face Shape: Oval, Oblong, Square, Heart, and Diamond
Styling Time: 30+ minutes -
