Long hairstyles that make you sexy

Sweep Your Strands
to the Side

Either go with your natural texture, like Kristen Stewart did here, or spritz a salt-water spray onto strands, and scrunch from ends to roots. Then, choose your best side and sweep your strands to the opposite one, allowing your face to be seen.

Cut Blunt Bangs

Give extra-long locks an instant update with freshly cropped fringe like Zooey Deschanel’s. Tell your stylist to snip the center pieces so they fall right below your eyebrows, while the outer ones should be slightly longer.

Fake a Faux Bob

Selena Gomez’s style is easier than it looks: Simply pull sections of your strands up into itself and pin it with bobby pins underneath your hair. This creates that I-may-or-may-not-have-cut-my-hair effect.

Go for a Ponytail

You can’t go wrong with a sleek ponytail, like Malin Akerman’s. To make it casual-looking, part your hair and then tightly pull it back, using a boar bristle brush to knock out any bumps for a smooth finish. Spray it with hairspray once you’re done polishing up your ‘do to keep flyaways at bay.

Fire Up Your Flatiron

Super-sleek strands like Beyoncé’s are always in. To prevent your hair from sizzling in your flatiron, use a protective styling spray before you clamp down.

Sport Slicked-Back, Straight Strands

Kim Kardashian’s slicked-back strands exude sexiness. To score her look, flat iron your hair first so it’s super-straight. Then, apply a tiny bit of gel (a dime-size amount) into the palm of your hands and run it through your hair from hairline to the crown several times. This transfers the gel onto your hair, pushing your strands back away from your face. For extra hold, spritz an aerosol hairspray onto the front of your hair only to keep it from falling forward.

Braid Your Mane

We love this look Victoria’s Secret model Candice Swanepoel is flaunting down the red carpet. Want to get it? Create a deep side-part on the left side of your head and separate your strands into two sections. Take the left one and French braid your hair around the back of your head and secure it with a hair tie at the nape of your neck. Next, take the section to the right of your part and French braid it along your hairline, pinning or using an elastic band to keep it in place directly behind your ear. For a flirty finish, curl the hair that’s left out of the braid.

Break Up Your Curls with Color

Khloe Kardashian’s curls look extra-gorgeous thanks to some randomly placed caramel-hued highlights. Ask your colorist to brighten a few pieces around your face as well as some chunks at your ends. Or go at it yourself with L’Oréal Feria Multi-Faceted Shimmering Color.

Pull It All Back

A little bit of height in the front and some pieces sticking out in the back prevent Taylor Swift’s bun from looking too severe. Tease the roots by your forehead before sweeping all of your hair back into a mid-level pony. Wrap the tail into a bun, leaving out the ends.

Pair Wavy Strands with Straight Bangs

Soft, loose curls are still really hot, but if you’re looking to switch up this look just a bit, keep your bangs or shorter face-framing pieces sleek like Reese Witherspoon does here. The effect works best if your fringe is long and wispy.

Go Glam with Your Curls

To get Alicia Keys’s beautiful spirals, make a deep side part, then wrap sections of hair around a 1-inch curling iron. Smooth a few drops of shine serum over the curls.

Flirt with a Shoulder-Length Style

Want to fake shorter strands? Set long hair in big, hot rollers for super-bouncy curls that temporarily shorten your locks by a couple of inches like Amy Adams did here.

Sling Your Bun to One Side

For Becki Newton’s playful chignon, part your hair to one side and twist it into a big, loose bun about an inch above the nape of your neck. If you have really fine or naturally straight hair, add texture before you put it up with mousse, then blow-dry with a diffuser.

Go for an Easy Updo

Updos look sexiest when they’re not too “done.” Case in point: Hilary Duff’s falling-down style. To get it, leave your face-framing pieces down, then gather the rest of your hair into a low, super-loose chignon

Do a Flirty Ponytail

Eva Mendes’s pony is easy and super-cute. The trick: Tease your roots around the crown of your head to get some lift before you pull your hair back. For extra oomph, fluff up the length of the pony with a flexible-hold spray.

 

Enhance Your Natural Texture

Blake Lively has some seriously sexy waves. Dampen hair from roots to ends with a texturizing spray before blow-drying, then wrap random sections around a 1-inch curling iron.

 

Get Surfer-Girl Waves

Mary-Kate Olsen’s beachy look can be easily re-created on dry land. Just mist hair with a wave-making salt-infused styler, then twist small pieces around your fingers to shape.

Keep It Down with a Twist

Want Lauren Conrad’s boho look? Grab two thin sections a few inches back from your hairline, twist, and secure with pins at the back of your head. For her glossy waves, use a jumbo curling iron.

Sex Up Your Layers

Draw attention to a layered haircut like Gabrielle Union’s by using a medium-sized round brush to flick your ends in and out while you blow-dry.

Keep It Loose

Jessica Biel’s half-up style looks so sexy because it’s tousled and not too perfect. Rub body-building mousse through damp strands, blow-dry, then pull them back at ear level and secure with bobby pins.

Choose Bold Accessories

Decorate long locks with an eye-catching headband. The multiband gold version Nicole Richie is wearing here is from her House of Harlow 1960 collection.

Bump Up the Back

Always a trendsetter, Sienna Miller works a creative half-updo. Part your hair down the middle and leave the front section loose and wavy. Tease the hair at your crown, then make a ponytail at the nape of your neck.

Add Major Shine

For hair that gleams like Emily Blunt’s, apply a light shine serum before and after blow-drying. Use a spray version if you have fine hair and be sure to keep the stuff away from your roots.

 

Long hairstyles that make you sexy