Elegant Braided Hairstyles for Prom: 50 Stunning Ideas

Prom! The big night is looming over the horizon! After a lot of deliberation, you have finally found the perfect dress. But, you spend many sleepless nights pondering over your hairstyle. Should you put it up in a bun to show off your backless dress? Or do you want to flaunt your cascading tresses? Braids cross your mind but you dismiss them, the memory of your crimped pigtails in middle-school still rather fresh.

But before dismissing braids entirely, check out these prom braided hairstyles. They can be elegant, stylish and perfectly glamorous, rather than just a reminiscence of your pre-teen days.

Here are the 50 Braided Prom Hairstyles for you to look at:

1. Side-Braided Puffy Hair With Textured Curls:

To get this romantic prom look, start by adding volume to the roots of your natural blonde hair. Now, create luscious, textured curls on the long layers and secure a side braid behind your ear with bobby pins.

How To Style:

1. Work a volumizing product through the hair.
2. Part the hair, and starting at the crown, braid the hair and pin.
3. Using a large barrel curler, style the loose curls.
4. Mist a hairspray and finger-comb to separate the curls.

2. Loose Waves With Waterfall Braided Side Sweep:

A waterfall braid can be a great choice for jazzing up your prom night look. Part your golden blonde waves to one side and turn the side sweep of the larger section into a waterfall braid. Finally, secure it under the loose locks.

How To Style:

1. Start by applying a volumizing product to the hair.
2. Using a straightener, add a slight wave to the ends.
3. Tease and smooth the hair to create volume.
4. Starting at the part, take the strands and twist them together.
5. Tuck and pin the braid, and set with a hairspray.

3. Long Middle-Parted Wavy Hair With Twin Braids:

If you think that a bun is the only way to style your long hair for a perfect prom look, you are wrong. Keep your center-parted super long wavy locks loose, braid up the front hair separately along the hairline, and secure them at the sides with bobby pins.

How To Style:

1. Part the hair down the center.
2. Work a volumizing product into damp hair and scrunch as you blow-dry.
3. Section off the hair at the crown and French braid it along both the sides.
4. Gather the braids and pin them back.
5. Finger-comb and sweep the hair to one side.

4. Tight Half Braided Ponytail With Embellishment:

Smoothen your long, straight, ombre hair and start braiding it up tightly from the middle of the back. As you reach the nape of the neck, secure the braid with an elastic band and make a ponytail. Now, use a pretty hair accessory to hide the elastic band.

How To Style:

1. Work a shine adding product into the hair.
2. Straighten the hair to make the braid look more polished.
3. Part the hair into two large sections.
4. Taking a strand from the outside of one section, bring it to the inside of the other one and repeat with the other side.
5. Keep alternating till you get to the nape of your neck.
6. Secure with an elastic band and affix the decorative piece.

5. High Tight and Messy Fishtail Braid With Flowery Top:

This is a unique, high, fishtail braid in which the upper section is given a flowery semi-circular shape and the lower part is widened by pulling outward gently. The light brown highlights on the dark brown hair and a slightly tangled finish have made the style just right for the prom night.

How To Style:

This is a slightly messy, extremely voluminous fishtail braid perched high on the crown. To recreate a similar look, watch this.

6. Side-Braided Textured Curls:

Part your golden blonde hair to one side and turn its ends into large textured curls. Now, braid up the smaller section tightly and secure it at the back, under the loose locks, with bobby pins.

How To Style:

1. Apply pomade to damp hair and create a side part.
2. Starting at the temple of the shorter part, French braid the hair, secure it at the back and cover it with your locks.
3. Using a medium barrel curler, create structured ringlets.

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