Quick and Easy ways to style long hair

from left pic via allure - all women stalk-glamour

I tried to put together a few quick and easy, but not boring, ways to style long hair.  Fresh looks we can add to our well-tested ones. Fashionable but quick enough to be hair-dos for every day life, time-saving techniques to style our hair and get out in the morning and still easy to learn.

How do you style your hair? Do you have tips and techniques you would like to share?

left pic via all women stalk - wrap around side braid tutorial via Linen lace&Love

Braids can be as easy as the school girl's one or incredibly complicated.
This wrapped around side braid is a good compromise. It's a nice twist of the classic version and it's also doable. Read the how to on Linen Lace&Love.
Isolate the section of the hair you're going to braid. It makes it all easier. Brush the front hair on one side, then braid.

beachy waves by Allure - by Hair and beauty tips

 Wear hair down with natural looking waves. To get this look Allure suggests to spread a salt spray over wet hair with before blow-dry. On Hair and Beauty tips I found a tip to achieve beachy waves with an hair straightener. Divide hair into big sections, twist them and go over with the hair straightener a few times without pressing. It's much quicker than curl each wisp with the curling iron and the result is more natural.

Elie Saab spring 2012

Wrapped ponytail.  Make a ponytail and leave a strand out. Wrap the loose wisp around the elastic band and secure its end on the head with a bobby pin. For a more visible effect wrap more than one strand.

from left : bow bun tutorial by Running on happiness - half way up hair bow tutorial by Hair and make up by steph

Despite the complicated appearance these are very quick and easy tutorials to create an hair bow. Check them out. Bow bun tutorial by Running on happiness - half way up hair bow tutorial by Hair and make up by steph

A twist of the classical bun  read how to make a knot bun  on glamour.com