I'll call it the Loose Beehive Fringe Combo. (LBFC).
I kind of snapped to attention and wondered if it was a trend when i saw Beyonce do it on her album cover, and flicking it all around (hair, eyes, legs, buttock region) it in her filmclip for Day Ja Voo (i'm kidding: of course i know how to spell it, but now you've made it awkward, so you can forget about it), and then she started wearing it kind of everywhere she went, for anything, ever.
http://people.aol.com/people/gallery/0,26335,1535981_7,00.html, and then I realised I liked it, even if she went waaaay too Texan cheerleader on this particular occasion, (beehive too high; hem in similar predicament.)
But now Nicole She-so-urban's done it all nicely and subtly http://people.aol.com/people/gallery/0,26335,1544546_11,00.html
and so it therefore morphs from coincidence, into a Trend. (Don't ask why, it just does. Shhhh.)
The lazy girls's DIY to raunch beehivey fun
You kind of need to have a fringe for this, so if you don't, take a seat and we'll see you soon. Don't pull that face, it's your fault for growing it out.
Ok. So. Blow dry wet, clean hair after applying a volume/root lifting product (i like Fudge's Root Juice), and make sure you're using a large, barrel brush and pulling your mop up and out as you go. This is what give the lift and bounce.
Don't worry about blow drying it perfectly all over, just so long as the crown/fringe are very dry and kind of high and bouncy and full of volume. Spray a light hold hairsrpay all over then gently backcomb your crown area with a fine tooth comb.
Pull the majority of your hair back into a really, really high pony, only do it that way where you pull it back loosely so it's kind of messy and imperfect and tarty college girl. Once it's up, pull the hair in the pony tail tightly in half so the elastic tightens on your scalp - this gives that teasy, palm tree base we want. Pull, with out releasing if from the pony, some volume and beehivey-ness on the top of your head. If pieces come loose, backcomb them then slip their ends back in under the elastic. Spray in place.
Now pull out your fringe and blow dry with a small round brush till it's "flopping" nicely. Pull to each side and pull taut with the brush to get rid of kinks and cowlicks. A middle part is best for this look, so if you have a SERIOUS cowlick, like THE PERSON TYPING THIS DOES, bobby pin your hair in a middle part, hairspray it lightly, and leave it for ten minutes. Lightly spray again all over.
God, I'm exhausted. Surely you have the look by now?
If you don't, print out the photo of Miss Jay-Z above and DON'T YOU DARE STOP TILL IT'S PERFECT.
