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Women have it easy in that respect, they have so many options to choose from. I have a hard time finding styles for men. I am not saying like over-the-top feminine styles, but just outside of the ponytail and the free-wheeling look what do we have? Also, if you could provide images that would be great because it is hard to find images of men with long hair that have a style to them.
Aladdin Sane
How much hair do you have?
I can't find a picture, but you can do a loop braid. Pull all your hair up to the crown and secure it with a tie-back, but on the last pass, don't pull it all the way through. It leaves a loop at the top and you can braid what hangs down the back.
Those are some cool options for doing your hair at various lengths.I have to love that awkward stage hairdo as it does a great job managing what normally would be some unruly hair.It certainly would be a conversation piece but so would some of those other styles:)Thanks for posting those cool links.Cheers
Mark
I've been disappointed to realize that you need knee-length hair to do some styles, particularly ones that come from the crown. The longest part of my hair, which is untrimmed, can just be pulled to my waist, but if I try to do a loop braid, the braid wouldn't even reach my neck.
Another style that I liked, but don't have the hair thickness for, is sported by a guy in Crank, who has three braids coming from a tie at the crown.
Single or double half-tale. Braided half-tale. A guys half-tale is a bit more austere than a lady's. Women usually wear theirs softer, by letting the sides drape loosely. Men pull the hair straight back so the hair lies snug against the crown, then fasten it. For a double half-tale, you do another tale directly underneath the first one. Simply pull the hair on the side back, and fasten beneath the original. Half-tales give you the advantage of allowing the hair to be loose in the back, but out of the face in the front. If you want, you can braid the tails for different looks. English, dutch, rope or herringbone braids can be done.
A lot of Hispanic longhairs wear the low bun. It's a simple twist or sock bun done at the base of the skull. Professional Ice Skater Ben Agosto wore this while competing in the Olympics and Worlds. Men of other ethnicity's are borrowing this look, very masculine looking. If you have long enough hair, you can use a section of your own hair to fasten a tale. Braid that section and use the braid to fasten, for a different look. To use your own hair as a tie, loop a strand of hair around the base of your tail, pull the strand through the loop and tug it downward while pushing the loop up snugly. Might be a a demo online somewhere, it's easier than described. And looks nice.
If you have fairly long hair, you can do a loop-back tail or braid. Make a tale or braid as usual, loop it back and tuck the end underneath the base, pulling it through the fastener, or just put another fastener over the first (easier if you have fumble-fingers ;) ) Hair hangs in soft loop down the back. There are many things you can do with braids and tales, look for MLHH member Jason's website (I think it's on the links page), he has some great photos of various styles he's experimented with; some looking Viking, others look Elven. Enlist a friend to help you out.
