The hairstyles for summer 2012 are young and easy to do. The most classic buns of the last century are reinterpreted in a modern key, going for a casual and shabby-chic look: thus highly suitable for the seaside!

In this hairstyle guide to Summer we list the easier trends to be reproduced to inspire you to be comfortable and glamorous in the sun.

The ponytail is an evergreeen: either if it is low and casual, with a lot of volume at the roots for the day, or high and rigorous for the evening

The bun is still in vogue but it is preferred to do it low, perhaps with a few strands out of place, or carried slightly lateral and embellished with braids and accessories.

The braids: this is the real news of the summer 2012. We’ve seen them everywhere and on anyone. Moving from being the easiest hairstyle to real works of art. Almost all soft and ruffled, the most common are the “Tyrolean” and the “crown” ones, but also the simple braid dropped on the side.

easy, but at the same time very modern, is the herringbone braid.

Here’s how to achieve it:

1. The hair after being combed are divided into 2 equal parts.

2. Take a strand from the right and join it to the left one.

3. On the left side now take a strand to be joined to the right.

Continuing in this way you will have your braid.

The result will vary depending on the size of the locks taken (if they are smaller than the braid will be thicker) and the rigidity (if the strands are tighter, the result will be more orderly).

Happu holidays!

Simona Serpellini