Prom Hairstyles for Square Faces

Salma Hayek's romantic updo is a great choice for a special occasion. What to do: 1. To get started, apply a straightening cream to your hair, and blow dry using a paddle brush. 2. Part your hair directly down the middle, going about two inches from your forehead back and use hairspray to keep these portions to the side.3. Then, tease the section of your hair at the crown, leaving a top layer to place over the teased section. 4. Take all of your hair (excluding the parted section) and pull back into a messy ponytail right at the crown of your head and secure with an elastic. 5. Next, wrap your hair around the base, and pin into place. If a few whisps of hair stick out from the messy bun, that's fine ? it?s supposed to look that way.6. Finish with a spritz of hairspray, to give it a little shine and hold the bun in place. See More Salma Hayek Hairstyles

Rachel McAdams' sideswept curls are a sophisticated and simple look for formal affairs. How to do it:1. Start by blow drying hair straight using a round brush. Use a vent brush to blow dry your bangs forward and slightly to one side. 2. Once your hair is dry, wrap a small section of hair from ear-level down around a medium barreled curling iron, twisting the iron to about six inches from the top of your head. Hold in place for a few seconds before releasing the ringlet.3. Repeat previous step until all sections are curled. Mist ringlets with a soft hold hairspray, then run fingers through the curls to separate strands.4. Gather your hair to one side, and pin the top half of hair at the back of your head.

Keira Knightley's bouncy curls are great for medium to long hair and instantly dress up her half updo. Steal her look: 1. Start by washing hair using a curl-enhancing shampoo and conditioner. 2. Dry hair as you normally would and set entire head in hot rollers for about 10 minutes. 3. Remove rollers and spray hair with flexible-hold hairspray.4. Brush top half of hair back, leaving out a couple of pieces around your face, and secure with a jeweled barrette.

Jessica Simpson's classic and sophisticated updo is great for straight, long hair with no bangs. What to do:1. Pull dry hair back with a hair band in a ponytail, leaving a little volume at the crown. 2. Smooth flyaways using just a dab of styling paste rubbed between your palms. Don't use too much -- your hair will end up looking greasy.3. Tease the base of the ponytail and then smooth top portion by gently brushing with a boar-bristle brush. 4. Twist ponytail to the right and then loosely twirl ponytail clockwise around the base, then pin into place with bobby pins. 5. Finish with maximum hold hairspray and then a bit of shine spray for that extra glimmer in the moonlight.

Jessica Simpson's sophisticated updo with long, side-swept bangs really draws attention to beautiful high cheekbones. Steal her style:1. Flip head upside down and blow dry hair completely using a paddle brush.2. Tease hair -- and don't be shy here, the more you tease, the better this will look. Smooth top layer by gently brushing. 3. Gather hair at nape of neck and gently twist, bringing ends of hair toward the ceiling and tucking the ends into the twist. Pin with bobby pins up and down left side of twist and make sure to hide the bobby pins well.4. Sweep bangs to the left and spray entire head with maximum hold hairspray.

Jessica Simpson's messy look is just what is in order for drinks with the girls. Messify your look with these tips:1. Using a large-barrel round brush, blow dry hair.2. Create a loose French twist by pulling hair toward the nape of your neck, twisting counter clockwise, pulling ends toward the ceiling and using bobby pins to secure in place. Don't worry about loose ends or flyaways -- the messier the better, we say.3. Pull a few face-framing pieces free along with a few from the top for that extra-messy feel.4. Finish with shine spray all over.

Jessica Simpson's ponytail is a new twist on an old standby and is especially cute with long bangs. To get the look:1. Spray hair with a volumizing spray, then blow dry hair in sections using a medium-barrel round brush. The more volume you can create at the root here, the better. 2. Tease your hair at the crown, brush over gently to smooth top layer and let bangs fall forward to the sides your face.3. Pull hair into a low ponytail at nape of neck and secure with hair band or clip.4. Finish with medium hold hairspray used sparingly in the crown area (where you teased).

Jessica Simpson's casual and relaxed curly look can be created in medium to long hair that is straight, wavy or curly (well, that last one is pretty obvious). How to do it:1. On damp hair, create a center part. Be careful to make it purposely uneven; achieving messiness is key.2. Wrap 1-inch sections of hair around your first finger (pointing at the ceiling really works best). Pin curled sections to your head with bobby pin; repeat until whole head is done. 3. Blow dry sections until completely dry and then unpin sections when cool.4. Tousle hair gently with fingertips and spray with flexible hold hairspray.

Jessica Simpson's flirty style is a great choice for short, naturally wavy hair. Steal her look:1. Using a quarter-sized amount of gel, distribute through hair from root to tip. Be careful not to use too much or your hair will feel crispy.2. Blow dry hair completely using a diffuser. This will encourage the natural curls to get even curlier.3. Gently tousle curls with fingertips to soften and break them up. Use a curling iron to touch up any sections of hair that didn't get perfectly curly while diffusing. You can use a curling iron on your bangs too. 4. Finish with a flexible hold hairspray.

Jessica Simpson's playful center-parted curls are a no-brainer for blondes with shoulder-length hair. Steal her style:1. Part dry hair down the middle. Make the part a little sloppy on purpose. 2. Divide hair into three sections: top, middle and bottom. Secure each section with clips or (gasp!) scrunchies if you still have them (believe it or not, scrunchies are great to avoid creating a crimp in your hair during styling). 3. Using a small-barrel curling iron, curl each section, beginning with the bottom and moving up. Alternate the way you curl the hair around the curling iron: some pieces curl clockwise around the barrel; other pieces curl counter-clockwise. 4. Spray each curled section with maximum hold hairspray from about a foot away. Don't use too much hairspray -- you don't want your hair to look crunchy -- and you're ready to bounce out the door.

Jessica Simpson's French twist with tons of volume at the crown is timeless wedding hair. To get the look:1. On completely dry hair, tease hair at the crown. Go crazy here! Lots and lots of volume is what you are going for. Alternately, you can use that Bumpit you've been denying you bought. 2. Create a French twist by gently gathering the sides of your hair (making sure to keep the teased volume in the crown intact) and the hair at the nape of your neck and gently twist; bringing ends of hair toward the ceiling and tuck the ends into the twist. 3. Pin the side of the twist with bobby pins, tucking them into the hair to hide them.4. Finish with maximum hold hairspray.

Eva Mendes' sexy, teased updo and pretty pouf are the perfect prom or party hairstyle. Steal the look:1. Start by spritzing a texturzing spray all over damp hair, from roots to tips. 2. Roughly blow dry hair -- don't bother with a nice, sleek blow out as you'll be adding texture anyway. Do separate out your bangs, though, and use a round brush to blow dry them to the side, adding a bit of a flip at the ends. 3. Once hair is dry, leave your bangs in place and begin backcombing/teasing small sections throughout your hair, right at the roots. 4. When you've finished teasing throughout, gather the front section of hair behind your bangs, then twist, push forward, and pin in place to create a pouf. Don't get too carried away with the height, though: Too big a bouffant and you'll end up with a beehive a la Amy Winehouse -- totally trash-tastic, but not at all what we're going for here. 5. Gather the rest of your hair at the back of your head and twist into a bun. Spritz all over with hairspray to hold the style in place.

Angelina Jolie's loose French twist is ideal for medium to long hair.1. Roller set dry hair with big hot rollers (apply them all over your head) for about 10 minutes and let loose once they're cool. This will help hair keep its hold as well as create those loose curls coming out the top of the twist.2. Comb hair smoothly back from your forehead and to one side on the back of your head. Pin hair flat down to one side against scalp.3. Take hair from the bottom and start twisting up, counterclockwise so you are twisting over the bobby pins already in place. Twist all the way up, pinning as you go (tip: if you crisscross the pins, the twist will stay better).4. Once secure, fluff out the curls coming out of the top of the twist.5. Pull out a couple of pieces around your face and spritz your entire head with medium hold hairspray.

Angelina Jolie's half updo looks polished for long straight or wavy hair. 1. If your hair is straight start by curling your entire head from about eye level down with a large barreled curling iron and mist with flexible hold hairspray.2. Section off the top half of your hair and tease the section near the crown of your head from some volume.3. Sweep top section of hair up and back from forehead with a brush, smoothing over teased area (no need for everyone to know you created a rat’s nest to get that volume). 4. Secure hair with barrette and spray top of head with maximum hold hairspray.

Angelina Jolie's messy twist is super sultry for medium length hair. 1. Apply a volumizing mousse and blow dry hair using a large barreled round brush, lifting at the roots to create volume.2. Finger brush dry hair away from forehead and to one side on the back of your head. Pin hair down to one side against scalp.3. Take hair from the bottom and start twisting up, counterclockwise so you are twisting over the bobby pins already in place. Twist mid way up, pinning as you go.4. Once mid-way up the twist, pull the ends (that are pointing towards the ceiling) down and tuck them into twist and secure. 5. Come back to the front of your hair and mess things up a bit with your fingers, making hair loose from your pinned twist and pulling out random pieces near your face - it will look like you just got your hair done but then rolled in the hay for an hour - super sexified.

Angelina Jolie's lightly tousled half updo is perfect for a date or the prom. 1. For straight or slightly wavy hair, start by towel drying hair and apply a lightweight texturizing product while hair is still slightly damp.2. Roughly blow dry with your head upside down (for volume) while gently finger combing.3. Once hair is fully dry, section off your scalp into two parts by parting horizontally from ear to ear. Make sure to not brush your hair and to pull it away from your face with just your hands - you want it to look slightly messy.4. Finally secure the top section with a barrette and spray with a medium hold hairspray.

Angelina Jolie's loose half updo bun is a whimsical look for straight, medium length hair. 1. If your hair is wavy, apply smoothing cream and blow dry hair straight using a flat paddle brush.2. Section hair into two parts and secure the top half of hair into a loose ponytail with a small elastic band. 3. Twist the ponytail into a loose bun and bobby pin down. 4. With the bottom half of your hair, use a medium barreled curling iron and twist big strands around the barrel letting hair sit on the iron for about 10 seconds - just long enough to curl, not scorch, your hair. 5. Pull out thick strands around your face from the top of your hair and spray with a medium hold hairspray.