Vintage updos are a go-to for formal occasions or the days when you just want to spice up your casual hairstyles. Looking to the past for new ideas won’t leave you empty-handed. We’ve got twenty elegant updos for you to try out, all inspired by charming hairstyles of previous decades and beauties from the past.

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Elegant Vintage Updos

We love vintage-inspired hairstyles for their extra charge of feminity. They still may be a bit messy as a modern upgrade of popular styles from the past. Perfect hair-to-hair buns, bouffants and glorious rolls are waiting for you!

#1: Reverse Tuck

Imagine you’re Cinderella at the ball with a handsome prince on your arm! Okay, so he’s actually just your boyfriend and you don’t even own glass slippers, but you sure look the part. With an updo like this, you don’t even need a Fairy Godmother to make your wishes come true.

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#2: Elegant Vintage Beehive Updo

When you think beehives, do you imagine a secretary from the ‘60s clacking away on a typewriter with exceptionally long but well-manicured fingernails? Volume like this can be achieved for you too; all it takes is a bath loofa to get this look at home… intrigued?

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#3: Pin-Up Victory Rolls

This updo is simply perfect! If you decide to test out this style yourself, remember to compliment the retro vibes in your hair with a matching makeup. Swipe on bright red lipstick, carefully create a winged upper lid, and you’ll look like a beauty that has just stepped out of a time machine.

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#4: Elegant Braided Vintage Updo

If you’re looking for something a little more toned down, try out this style. To do it yourself, split your hair into three sections. French braid the right side down along your hairline and then do the same on your left. Braid those two braids together with the chunk of hair left in the middle and tuck that braid into a small bun.