Lauren Conrad’s Hairstyles & How To Do Them

LC wearing Front Hair Poof Hairstyle
Lauren Conrad rocking a
front hair poof hairstyle.

I got the following email recently and thought it would make a great article:

"I am starting college next January and I want to do a Lauren Conrad hairstyle.  What are some of her hairstyles so I can get this look?"- Sandra

I like Lauren Conrad’s many hairstyles on The Hills, and have wanted to write about them for a while, so here goes.  What’s great about Lauren’s look is that it’s always changing - it seems like LC does her hair differently in every episode, so there are many ways to get her hairstyles for yourself.

Hair Styling Basics

Before we get into the tutorials, let’s go over a few basics that you need to remember when you’re working with heat and your hair and attempting these styles.  If you’re already a hair pro, feel free to skip this section.

  • Really Important: ANY and EVERY time you heat-style your hair, be it with a blow dryer, curling iron or flat iron, you need to use a heat protective product first!  If you don’t, you’ll fry your hair in the long-term.  This is doubly true if you have highlights or use permanent dye.  My favorite heat-styling product is Frederic Fekkai Glossing Cream but I have also heard good things about Oscar Blandi Jasmine Oil Serum .
  • Second, make sure you buy quality tools to use in your hair.  Since a flat iron touches your hair on both sides, there is so much potential for split ends & breakage it’s not even funny.  If you invest in a ceramic flat iron like the CHI Turbo Flat Iron or ghd styler you will save your hair from so much damage  Similarly, a good quality curling iron will do wonders.
  • Third, remember that these tutorials are for styles that are easiest to do if you have medium-length straight/wavy hair like Lauren’s.  Those of you with curly hair will need to blow-dry your hair straight before attempting these looks, so they might not be so practical for every day.

Now that you’ve got all that, on to the tutorials…

Twisted Pullback

 

Lauren Conrad curling her hair with a curling iron      Lauren Conrad with her hair twisted and pulled back

 

This hairstyle is super-easy to do.  All you need are some bobby pins, a little hairspray and a curling iron.  If your hair is naturally very curly, you will need to blow-dry it straight first.  Don’t worry about getting it perfect, this look works best if your hair has a little wave to it. 

Part your hair down the center and separate hair into sections.  I recommend doing the bottom layers of your hair first.  To curl, grab a one-inch section of hair, spray lightly with hairspray and then use a large barrel curling iron to make loose ringlets like Lauren’s.

Next, separate one-inch sections of hair from both sides of the front of your face,  loosely twist and pull them to the back of your head.  Secure with two bobby pins in an X or a cute clip, then spray to hold in place. 

Straight Chic Ponytail

 

Lauren Conrad wearing a Straight Ponytail     Lauren Conrad wearing a Straight Ponytail with a headband

 

This is similar to the Gossip Girl style chic ponytail that I talked about  in the article on quick and easy hairstyles.  The difference here is that Lauren’s look is smoother and sleeker, and she sometimes adds her trademark headband or head scarf to finish it off.

To get the hairstyle, you’ll need a flat iron, brush, elastic and some hairspray.  I recommend this look for "second day hair" if you don’t wash your hair daily, but if you do, it will work just as well on clean hair that has been blow-dried straight. 

First, apply a heat-protecting product (see "Hair Styling Basics" above.)  Next, part your hair to the side if attempting the first look. Don’t worry about a part if attempting the second.  Then flat iron your hair in sections starting with the bottom layers until it is pin-straight.  Finally, tilt your head back and brush your hair into a ponytail.  Secure with an elastic slightly above the nape of the neck.

If you have side bangs like Lauren and want to get her look in the first photo, pull out your bangs from the ponytail and arrange them how you want.  If you are going for her second look, just slip on a headband and spray your hair down with some hairspray to secure. 

Pin-Straight & Shiny

 

Lauren Conrad with straight hair and side bangs      Lauren Conrad with straight hair and headband

 

You know Lauren definitely loves this look because we see her wearing it all the time on The Hills and to red-carpet events. Unless your hair is absolutely pin-straight, you’re going to need a good quality flat iron to get this look.

To create this hairstyle, you need a blow dryer, a flat iron, and either hairspray or shine spray depending on how easily your hair stays straight.

Step one is to use a heat-protecting product to damp hair (see "Hair Styling Basics" above.)  Then even if you have semi-straight hair, blow it out, aiming your dryer down, NOT up, the hair shaft to create extra-smoothness.

Once your hair is dry, flat-iron your whole head in sections until your locks are pin-straight.

If your hair is naturally wavy and turns back to frizz a few hours after you straighten, you need to finish this look with hairspray.  Make sure to get one that doesn’t list water as the main ingredient - these will turn your hair back to waves in an instant.

If your hair is pretty straight naturally or stays straight for a while after you flat iron, use a shine spray to finish the look off.  I love Citre Shine Shine Mist; it makes your hair incredibly glossy!

Wavy With Side-Bangs

 

Lauren Conrad wearing her hair wavy with side-bangs    

 

Here’s the look that Lauren has been wearing most recently.  I caught the first episode of The Hills season 3, and it looked like Lauren pretty much wore her hair wavy the whole time she was in Paris.  Don’t let her Paris disaster happen to you though: remember to keep your curling iron away from your designer dresses at all times!

For this hairstyle, you will need hairspray and a large barrel curling iron.  If your hair is curly, blow dry it straight first.  If your hair is straight or wavy, let it air-dry if possible.

First, part your hair slightly to the side.  Starting with the bottom layers, grab 1 to 2 inch pieces of hair, spray each piece with hairspray, then curl.  Stop winding the hair around the iron a few inches from the root - you want to keep those semi-straight. 

For Lauren’s first look above, section out your bangs from the rest of your hair once you’ve curled everything, then use your curling iron to "wing" the ends out, so the piece moves away from your face.  Use a little hairspray to hold.

For Lauren’s second look, slip on a stretchy headband over your finished hair, then arrange the front sections so that your bangs are tucked behind your ear.  Again, spray with hairspray to keep everything in place!

 

So there you have it: Lauren Conrad’s hairstyles in an easy step-by-step guide.  If you have any questions about any of this, just leave a comment and I’ll answer as soon as I can!  Which hairstyle is your favorite?  Would you wear these looks?


Posted on April 7th, 2008 /
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30 Responses to "Lauren Conrad’s Hairstyles & How To Do Them"

  • Sandra wrote on April 8, 2008 at 8:01 am:

    Thanks for the information its exactly what I needed I want to completly redo my look for college and this is a great start
    Lots Of Love

  • Shar wrote on April 8, 2008 at 5:01 pm:

    This is off-topic but below is something i read and i laughed hysterically throughout it. It’s really, really on point with this season’s trends.

    http://lifestyle.msn.com/beautyandfashion/personalstyle/staticslideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=6597318&imageindex=1

  • Briana wrote on April 8, 2008 at 9:39 pm:

    Sandra - I’m glad you liked the article! Much love to you too and let me know if you have any more questions! :)

    Shar - Hmm, that article was okay but it kinda seemed like a really negative take on things. Also, it failed to recognize that trends as people report them are from the runways, obviously women have been wearing things for a long time and fashion is cyclical. Nothing is ever truly original - everything has to come from somewhere. Anyway, that article didn’t do it for me, sorry.

  • Megan wrote on April 9, 2008 at 7:56 am:

    I really love finding new hairstyles so I’m pretty excited you posted this. My favorite one is the Twisted Pullback because I’ve never seen anything like that before. I’ll have to try that out sometime.

  • apresenta wrote on April 9, 2008 at 3:33 pm:

    great post! i typically style my hair the same way everyday but this has given me some great ideas on how to switch it up while still remaining chic. kudos!

  • Shar wrote on April 9, 2008 at 4:48 pm:

    I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean for it (the link and my comment) to be offending to anyone because i really do love this site and all the tips on it . . . i guess i should try wording my comment better.

    What i laughed about was how true fashion get recycled over and over (bell bottoms for instance.)

    Again sorry, and i hope you accept my apology. (Great job on the hairstyle article too, i’ve been dying to try out some new styles on my–boring–hair.)

  • lauren wrote on April 9, 2008 at 8:27 pm:

    i love lauren’s new shorter hair on the Hills! I feel like I can never get my hair as pin straight as hers but I’m going to attempt haha. love the tips:)
    xoxo

  • Briana wrote on April 9, 2008 at 8:31 pm:

    Megan - Yeah, it’s definitely different, huh? It’s super-cute though and one of the easiest styles to do too!

    Apresenta - Thanks :)

    Shar - Oh no it’s fine, it wasn’t offensive or anything like that! I just didn’t really get it! You don’t have to apologize, it’s totally fine :)

    Lauren - Yeah, I like it too - very chic! And I know, I think she must spend extra time to get her hair super-straight, but a really good flat iron works wonders too.

  • Sarah wrote on April 10, 2008 at 3:31 pm:

    Lauren has the prettiest hair. I love the straight hair look, I do it almost everyday. The problem though is that I just broke my flat iron this morning. My brother left the toilet open and in it went… I had a CHI and I was thinking about ordering another one, but then I saw really good reviews on the Solia. Do you know anything about either, and which one is better?

  • Briana wrote on April 11, 2008 at 9:58 am:

    Sarah - Oh no! Sorry to hear about your CHI. I have never heard of the Solia, but I did have a CHI turbo and it was soo fabulous, so I’m a little biased. I actually ended up breaking my CHI too (brought it to England and tried to use it with an adapter - bad move.) So now I have a HAI which is really great. I’d recommend either the HAI or CHI. Haha, I feel like I’m talking in code here…

  • Zara wrote on April 13, 2008 at 6:32 pm:

    Hey,
    i was just wondering for the last hairstyle, the ones in paris.. i was wondering for the second picture, how lauren got that volume at the back of her head, like a little pouf? thanks!

  • Briana wrote on April 14, 2008 at 1:05 pm:

    Zara - Hmm, I imagine teasing the hair and some good volumizing hairspray! I’ve heard Phyto’s Volume Spray is really good (http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P2910&shouldPaginate=true&categoryId=5332)

  • Briana wrote on April 14, 2008 at 1:06 pm:

    Oops, that link didn’t work… here it is again: Phyto Volume Spray

  • Dannielle wrote on April 15, 2008 at 2:51 am:

    Cool mad hairstyles!!!!!

  • Dannielle wrote on April 15, 2008 at 2:52 am:

    I soooooooooooooooo…………. want curl hair but my hair is thick
    and so……… straight

  • Manda wrote on April 21, 2008 at 12:22 pm:

    In the last style, the first photo, how would you wing it out? and could you use like hair straightners to acheive the same style?

  • llalala wrote on April 21, 2008 at 9:15 pm:

    k, you know that hairstyle she does with the headband braid thing? how do you do it??

  • Briana wrote on April 21, 2008 at 9:58 pm:

    Manda - You’d just use your curler to pull the hair away from your face and concentrate on the ends to get the curl. Also, you could do it with a straightener, just pull away from your face and slightly up. Then spray with hairspray.

    Llalala - I talked about that hairstyle in another article: http://www.collegefashion.net/beauty-and-hair/get-ready-fast-7-quick-and-easy-hairstyles/ . I called it “sideways french braid” and that’s basically what it is! You need to know how to french braid, but it’s easy once you get it down!

  • kristy wrote on April 23, 2008 at 7:27 pm:

    what about her new look when she does the braid across the front of her hair?

  • kristy wrote on April 23, 2008 at 7:30 pm:

    nevermind i saw the last post; thanks!

  • Mika Wright wrote on May 6, 2008 at 3:58 pm:

    I loved the way you handled with Heidi you deserved a better friend than her last or two years for me I used to have a friend that almost souned liked Lo and you knew eachother and grew up with eachother since the second or third grade. But her and I grew apart she have a real so called true love who sounded like or should I say almost looks liked Spencer. Maybe you and I, we both had comment about tried to trusted and testified about whose the real friend. I haved watched your show the laguna beach 2004 and the Hills. And I loved your hairstyle and your fashioned tips about being so classy and being very elegant
    KEEP ON DOING VERY PERFECT OF YOUR FASHIONED

    YOUR FAN,
    Mika Wright
    P.S my first name is in japanese and it pronouced ( mee-ka)

  • rhi wrote on May 15, 2008 at 6:19 pm:

    someone please tell me how lauren looks so perfect at ALL times!?
    just not fair!
    even when she’s out running errands or at the airport she looks perfect.
    so jealous!

  • Kelly wrote on June 12, 2008 at 5:37 pm:

    I am trying to find a picture of Lauren’s bun she wore in Paris to the event she and Whitney worked. Anyone have a pic of this? I want my hair done like that for my friend’s wedding next week.

  • danielle wrote on June 19, 2008 at 7:24 pm:

    I’m trying to do Lauren’s hairstyles on myself.. especially since grad is is 5 days!
    I was wondering if you could do her other hairstyle where she has her hair french braided to the side and then all straight. It is my favourite hair style of her’s by far!
    Anyways, thanks for the other tips.. they’ll help :)

  • Deb wrote on June 23, 2008 at 9:33 pm:

    This website is great! Great ideas!

  • Sammm :) wrote on June 24, 2008 at 2:29 am:

    Hiiii, I was just wondering what is the color of laurens hair ?
    when its longerrrr?

  • Becca wrote on July 1, 2008 at 6:03 pm:

    This was really great, I love the advice! I am going to try every one of these looks! Usually, it sounds so complicated, but this explained it enough where it sounds simple! Thanks so much!

  • Laila wrote on July 29, 2008 at 4:42 pm:

    Hey i just wanted to say that this article is awesome! I am planning on trying out these hairstyles ASAP.

  • Christina wrote on August 17, 2008 at 1:20 am:

    hey could you add how to do some of lauren’s most recent hairstyles? thanks i love your site (:

  • Tasia wrote on August 18, 2008 at 10:16 pm:

    I love lauren conrad’s hair it is very beautiful! i also love her i want her number!!!!

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