Beehive is a type of bouffant hairstyle, created and made popular in the 1960s. The main characteristic of this hairstyle is a big hair arrangement in the front or in the back of the head. Creating a beehive is usually just a first step to making sophisticated hair updos or half updos. Here is a short instruction on making a hairstyle inspired by the beehive.
To start making the bouffant hairstyle you need to section off a 1-1,5 inch piece of hair on the top of your head, clip it and tug to the front. This one will be used to cover the beehive. Now move to the hair at the crown of your head. Take a small section of hair and tease it, using a brush or a comb. You need to perform as extreme backcombing as you can. Do not worry about the height: if your beehive is too big, there are simple ways to bring it down a little bit. But when once made, it is not so easy to make your beehive bigger, so it is always better to start from something big and then tone it down than the other way around. Therefore, make many small sections and tease them evenly.
To make the beehive bigger and support the whole hairstyle, lift the hair at the nape of the neck and on both sides of your head, push them a little to the front and grip with bobby pins to secure this position. Now return to the front sections, brush them gently to the back, covering the base of the beehive. Pin them down, but not too tight.
The most important hair product for the finishing styling is hairspray. It not only holds the volume, but also helps you smooth out the updo and style fly-aways. Beehive is such a voluminous hairstyle that you don’t need extra accessories to make it grand. A small, decorative head band is all you need to make the whole look more girly and cute.