Beautiful, side swept chignon hair! Plus a DIY hair accessories that takes it to the next level.

Woman wearing messy, side swept chignon hair style

Chignon hair, don't care! Today's hair tutorial for a messy side swept chignon is actually a twofer because I've also included a quick tutorial for my new favorite statement piece… a copper DIY hair accessory that I am completely into. Hope you will be too.

Here's the story… I've been seeing giant metal circles popping up a lot lately in jewelry and love the minimal look. So, I decided to create a simple hair clip version that works perfectly with any updo.

Bonus! It costs less than $5 to make your own. AND looks great glammed up with a fancy dress (even for a wedding) or dressed down with a more casual outfit. Thumbs up in my book!

Woman dresses two ways for messy chignon hair style with copper accessory

Woman wearing pink dress and white shawl with hair up in low bun.

Once we had the hair accessory down, Rachel worked her magic on the hair tutorial to create something that totally compliments the copper clip. Let's start with the messy chignon hair tutorial…

Instructions showing how to create chignon hair style

Chignon Hair Tutorial

This messy chignon hair works great for second day hair. But if you've just washed your hair or don't have much texture you can add a texturizing spray just as easily. We used Kenra dry texture spray, which is available on Amazon.

1. Secure your hair.

Secure your hair in a low pony at the nape of your neck, slightly to one side to have room for your hair accessory.

2. Tease the pony.

Lightly tease your pony (not very much, you don't want it to look teased) and split it into two sections.

3. Wrap and bobby pin.

Loosely wrap your first section and secure with a bobby pin. Do the same with your second section, wrapping it around the already pinned hair and secure with a bobby pin creating a "bun" shape, adding extra bobby pins where needed to secure your hair.

4. Add hair accessory.

Finish off with your DIY hair accessory. Tutorial below for how to make your own.

Womens wearing messy chignon hair with copper accessory

Blonde woman wearing low bun with backless dress

DIY Copper Statement Hair Accessory

Materials

  • 2 7/8 inch copper round (the exact one I used in available on Amazon)
  • alligator clip, like this one
  • super glue

Instructions

This is super easy! Just add a generous amount of super glue to the back of an alligator clip.

Attach it to the copper round, and let it dry according to the instructions on the super glue bottle. That's it!

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Woman wearing low bun and copper hair accessory

Profile of woman wearing low chignon bun with pink dress

Back view of women wearing hair up in chignon bun, wearing black and white dress

Woman wearing backless dress and messy bun in her hair

Hair and photography by Rachel Brewer
Modeling by Amelia Tatnall

Chignon Hair Tutorial

Chignon hair, don't care! Today's hair tutorial for a messy side swept chignon is actually a twofer because I've also included a quick tutorial for my new favorite statement piece... a copper DIY hair accessory that I am completely into. Hope you will be too.

Keyword: chignon, hair, hair tutorial

  • hair texturized optional
  • bobby pins

  • Secure your hair.

  • Secure your hair in a low pony at the nape of your neck, slightly to one side to have room for your hair accessory.

  • Tease the pony.

  • Lightly tease your pony (not very much, you don't want it to look teased) and split it into two sections.

  • Wrap and bobby pin.

  • Loosely wrap your first section and secure with a bobby pin. Do the same with your second section, wrapping it around the already pinned hair and secure with a bobby pin creating a "bun" shape, adding extra bobby pins where needed to secure your hair.

  • Add hair accessory.

  • Finish off with your DIY hair accessory. Tutorial below for how to make your own.

This messy chignon hair works great for second day hair. But if you've just washed your hair or don't have much texture you can add a texturizing spray just as easily. We used Kenra dry texture spray, which is available on Amazon.

What do you think? Are you a fan of this minimal look?

P.S. Those copper rounds can be used for lots of other things too…necklaces, earrings, even shoe clips. I already made a necklace version and may share that DIY at some point too, if you're interested. Just let me know. 🙂

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