Get your holiday party hair on!

Looking your very best for the holidays is essential: especially when it comes to your hair!

According to Asha SalonSpa, the largest Aveda Lifestyle SalonSpa in Chicago, this year’s trend for holiday hair is a casual look with a loose, soft appeal. Gwen Liska from Asha SalonSpa says: “Guests are coming to Asha to recreate the looks seen by today’s Hollywood elite, and they realize that these looks are easy to replicate themselves to look just as glamorous.”

Asha Salon Spa’s expert stylist, Gwen Liska, divulges the secrets to readers of how to create the look that will be sure to have people talking at upcoming holiday parties.

The New and Improved Bun

Brush your hair and part it the way you prefer. Take all of your hair back and tie with a rubber band in a low pony tail at the nape of your neck. Next grab the pony tail and twist around the rubber band. When fringe comes out of the pony tail, take a few bobby pins and pin your hair around the base of the rubber band leaving and inch or so of straight hair to create a sassy new look of the original bun.

For a twist on this look instead of having your hair perfectly centered you can do this on the lower left or right side of your head.

Curls Amore

Pull your hair back into a low or high ponytail, whichever you prefer, and take a thick curling iron to make big curls. Then take each curl and tease it closely to the root and bobby pin it tightly into the rubber band creating a voluptuous amount of curls in a confined section on your head.

The Faux Hawk

Part your hair from left arch of your eyebrow all the way to the back of your head then do the same on the right side creating a railroad track look, then take thick sections of the middle from the front to the back and tease. Comb each of these sections toward the back of the head to create a dramatic “poof” with lots of volume worn by stars such as Hillary Duff.

For a twist on this look you could take all of the hair and put that in a high pony tail creating volume as well as height.

VaVa Volume

Take sections of your hair and hairspray them from root to end. Use a thick curling iron and tightly curl your whole head. Individually pin each curl to your head with a bobby pin.

Allow time for the hair to cool and leave the pins in while you continue getting ready for the big night. This will set the curls into formation. Once you remove the pins, turn your head upside down and hairspray your hair to create a glamorous look of thick, voluminous curls.

For a twist on this hairstyle, casually pin one side of your hair with a shiny barrette, or a fancy bobby pin to create a more dramatic look. For a sweeping look do the same steps above, but instead loosely grab your hair into a pony tail, and make sure to leave pieces of your hair out to create a romantic, beautiful look.