Holiday Hair

Some Ideas For Long, Short And In-Between

(CBS)  It's the holiday season and parties are in full swing. Perhaps you've found the perfect outfit to wear to those festive fetes, but now there's one big question left: what to do with your hair? The Early Show's stylist to the stars, David Evangelista, has some ideas for short hair, medium-length hair, and long hair.

MODEL 1: KRISTEN (SHORT HAIR)
Many women think that there's little to nothing that can be done with super-short hair, but Evangelista says that's not entirely true.

"You can do a ton with short hair," he says. "Spike it up with a little gel for a fun, funky look. Slick it back completely for a sleek and sexy 'do. Or just add one hair ornament - like a sparkling bobby pin or a headband - and you'll have a fresh, polished look."

Evangelista "flipped" Kristen's hair using little roller clips ("a dollar at the drugstore"),

MODEL 2: ABBY (MEDIUM HAIR)
"Medium-length hair is so wonderful, because it's totally versatile," says Evangelista. "It can be worn up, down, or a combination with the two, with some pieces pulled back and others draping down a woman's shoulders."

Abby has wavy hair, so Evangelista said he wanted to keep the natural wave, softening it with a curling iron and clipping the sides back and up, using rubberized bobby pins. ("There's nothing worse," he says, "than seeing an up-'do' with tons of pins in there.")

MODEL 3: ELENA (LONG HAIR)
"Again, long hair is really versatile," says Evangelista, "and what's really great about it is that you can pull it back off the face into a fabulous chignon or bun for a dramatic, clean, and really sophisticated look."

He gave Elena "my modernized version of the chignon. This is kind of young and fun. It's simple. All I did was tease her hair big and brushed it out…to get texture in the hair. This is a half-ponytail. I pulled the hair through halfway and kept the other half out… Took a piece of hair hanging over here and wrapped it up to cover up the band."

And to make sure it all stays in place, use a lot of hair spray.

A bit of holly gave the 'do' a festive, creative punch. And Evangelista advises, "Sometimes, you've got to think of yourself as a Christmas tree. You've got to decorate. You got a ball around the house, put a ball in. You got a star, put a star in."