It’s that time of year again! Your hair or your child’s hair may be the last thing on your mind. You want easy back-to-school hairstyles that you are happy with. I have the solution for you! Here are 50+ easy back-to-school hairstyles.
50+ Easy Back-to-School Hairstyles
Watch Hairstyle – How to Style the Fishtail Braid with Christina Chitwood video!
This is one of my favorite go-to quick and easy hairstyles! See my blog post, Hairstyle – How to Style the Fishtail Braid, for each of the steps written out and on video, as well as 5 ways to make your fishtail braid more interesting.
How to Blow-Dry Your Hair Straight (Step-by-Step) with Luxy Hair
Wearing my hair straight is typically my go-to hairstyle. Here you can learn how to blow-dry your hair straight using round brushes, which is how I do my hair.
How To Get Shiny Straight Hair: My Straight Hair Routine with Luxy Hair
I’ve definitely used a straight iron for many years. You can use bigger sections of hair if you need to go quicker and aren’t needing your hair to be perfectly straight. It also depends on how thick and course your hair is.
How to Create the Perfect Ponytail | Tips and Tricks from Cute Girls Hairstyles
You would never guess how pretty you can make a simple ponytail! Quick, easy, and of course you decide how elaborate you want to make it.
How to Create Perfect Pigtails | Back-to-School Hairstyles from Cute Girls Hairstyles
Pigtails aren’t just for younger kids! You can have fun with pigtails at nearly any age.
How To Braid Hair – Dads Guide to Surviving Hair with Greg Wickherst
So sweet! Dad shows how to do a basic braid (3-strand braid) on his daughter’s hair! I first heard about Greg when he became known for learning how to style his daughter’s hair and sharing how with other dads. If you don’t know how to do a 3-strand braid, watch this video.
Cute & Easy Back To School Hairstyles with Luxy Hair
These three hairstyles are so easy to do, are pretty, and they only take about one minute to create!
Wrap Around Side Braid with Luxy Hair
This hairstyle looks so pretty and even sort of fancy, while being extremely easy to do! You just need to know how to do a basic braid (3-strand braid).
How to: Braided Bun Hair Tutorial with Luxy Hair
This is an extremely easy braided bun to do. You just need to know how to do a basic braid (3-strand braid).
How To: Basic French Braid with Luxy Hair
Learn how to do the traditional French braid!
How To: Big French Side Braid with Imogen ~ Foxy Locks ♥
A bigger, messier French braid on the side!
5 Minute Beach Waves | Luxy Hair
I love how easy and quick these waves are to create! They look so pretty, too.
Heatless Paper Towel Waves with Luxy Hair
A simple way to get pretty waves without using heat! You can do this at night before you go to sleep. or there are other options in the video.
My Everyday Hair: Heatless Wavy Hair with Vivian Vo-Farmer
Here’s another option you can sleep in to create heatless waves!
Heatless Headband Waves with Luxy Hair
This is a nice and easy way to get waves without using heat and only using a headband or two!
Lazy Curls for Lazy Days (Heatless) with Luxy Hair
You can get these gorgeous curls in only 5 to 10 minutes of styling! Plus, they are heatless! If you want them to be heatless, you will have to let your hair dry while you get ready in the morning or are doing something else.
How to Curl Your Hair in 5 Minutes with Luxy Hair
These are so beautiful and a huge time-saver! These curls do use heat as you will be styling with a small-barrel curling iron.
Heatless Curls Hair Tutorial with Luxy Hair
This is great if you want a tighter curl and to wear your hair curly for two to three days. It lasts longer than when styled with a curling iron usually does, and it’s heatless, which is awesome.
Bantu Knot Curls | Easy No-Heat Curls | Cute Girls Hairstyles
If you’re doing curls on a younger child or you just want some easy-to-create curls, this is a good tutorial. You will do this the night before and then sleep in the knot curls.
Easy 5 Minute Hairstyles for Back to School! | Aspyn Ovard
I especially love the double-braided hairstyle! Super easy and very cute.
The Easiest Waterfall Braid + Perfect Beach Curls with Kayley Melissa
This is such a pretty look! I love the curls, and this waterfall braid is so easy to do.
Easy Waterfall Braid Tutorial with Birchbox
This time, the traditional waterfall braid. The great thing is you can do this like the tutorial or just on one side as a small braid. Again, I love the curls.
Tutorial | Mixed Fishtail and Dutch Braid Messy Bun with Amber Fillerup
Once you feel comfortable with the fishtail braid and Dutch braid, you can have fun with this pretty bun!
How to: Upside Down Dutch Braid into a Braided Bun with Annies Forget Me Knots
Once you’ve mastered the Dutch braid and French braid, this is a beautiful and fun hairstyle to try!
3 Cute & Easy Back to School Hairstyles {Accent Braids} with Bebexo
These three braids are really quite easy and so cute: 4-Strand Lace Braid, Dutch Bow Braid, and Knotted Braid.
Knotted Half-Up Half-Down Hairstyle with Luxy Hair
It’s as easy as three knots to get this pretty hairstyle! You can have your hair straight, wavy, or curled.
Tutorial | Knotted Half Up Tutorial with Amber Fillerup
A pretty alternative to add to your half updo repertoire! I love how knots are so easy to do on hair.
Chinese Staircase Braid | Back-to-School Hairstyles with Cute Girls Hairstyles
This looks so neat! Yet, it’s easier to do than you’d think.
Back To School Hairstyles ft. Fluffy Braid | Luxy Hair
Two very pretty back-to-school hairstyles! They’re both nice and easy.
3 Easy Hairstyles for Short Hair with Luxy Hair
If you have short hair, these are some fabulous styles for you that are quick and easy!
Easy Everyday Hairstyles with Luxy Hair
Three simple and pretty hairstyles that can be done in under 5 minutes!
5 Perfect Back to School Hairstyles with LuhhsettyXO on Seventeen
These five hairstyles are easy and heatless! You will want to be comfortable with French braiding as two of these hairstyles use French braids.
15 Back To School Heatless Hairstyles with Laura Lee
15 different fun hairstyles in this video! Best of all, they are heatless as long as you don’t blow-dry your hair before you do these styles. You will want to be pretty comfortable with French braiding, as a few of the hairstyles use French braids.
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Experiment and Have Fun
I had so much fun doing the research, finding these tutorials, trying new hairstyles, and putting together this blog post for you!
You may get some of these hairstyles on the first try, and others may need a bit of practice. Stick with it, and it will be worth it. Before you know it, you will have so many hairstyles to choose from that your only concern will be which one to do that day!
What hairstyles are your favorites? Which new hairstyle will you try?
Are you looking for hairstyles for yourself or to do on your child, grandchild, relative, or friend?
I hope you have a blast discovering and mastering these hairstyles! As always, have fun!
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Great post Christina! Thanks for doing the hard work of linking the youtube tutorials for different hairstyles as well.
Awe, there’s so many pretty hairstyles. It makes me miss my long hair.
Knots and braids! Easy to do yet looks chic and elegant. They all require long hair though. But shorter hairstyles wouldn’t need much styling, right? Oh well..
it is very beautiful hairstyles for every age of girls and for every event
Wow, these are cool hairstyles… I like your collection..
Some of the hairstyles there has really caught my attention! Thank you so much for posting this!
Gorgeous hairstyles for girls, those who want to look younger or want to go back to teenager can do these hairstyles.
Very great post, you collect too many hair tutorial on one place.
Awesome sharing. Most of the hairstyle new for me and looks lovely.
These are great! My girls would love all of these!