20 Elegant Pompadour Hairstyles for Women

Rihanna Pompadour Hairstyle

Have you ever heard the Pompadour hairstyles? Here are some great elegant Pompadour hairdos for you to choose from, check it out here.

The pompadour is an elegant hairstyle and even the everyday pompadour will give your hairstyle a sense of elegance. There are a lot variations of the Pompadour hair styles for both women and men, the basic concept of this classic hair swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead, and sometimes upswept around the sides and back as well. I think this hair style look great on ladies, but not for men! Although there a lot male wear pompadour hairstyles these days. The pompadour haircut is worn for both special occasions and everyday life for women, and the size of the pompadour differs with the preference of the wearer.

Do you know how to accomplish the typical daily pompadour? If you want to wear this kind of classic hair style, just follow these steps, and it is easy to create. First of all you need to leave your hair unwashed because this will make the pouf effect of the pompadour more noticeable. After that, just take a section of your hair from atop your head, which you can have the pompadour cover your whole front portion of the head or just a narrow portion. Then, you can section off the portion of hair you have chosen to use, and take one of the sections and backcomb it, which this will give it the pouf you want and then use a pin to secure it.

Emily Rose Pompadour Haircut
Emily Rose Pompadour Haircut

Celebrity Emily Rose Hairstyle: Pompadour hairstyle. Emily Rose wore her hair heavily backcombed for maximum volume at Spike TV’s 2011 Video Game Awards. This is really an elegant hairstyle for ladies.

Kathleen Robertson Pompadour Haircut
Kathleen Robertson Pompadour Haircut

Most women wear the pompadour where it is noticeable but not overpowering the rest of their hair, while other women where the style high on top of their head and it is similar to the old fashion ones. Kathleen Robertson rocked a voluminous do’ at the premiere of Starz ‘Boss’. The back of her hair was collected into a cool knot at the nape of her neck.

Black Pompadour Updo
Black Pompadour Updo

Celebrity Cassie Hairstyle: She showed off her edgy side with a heightened pompadour that was shaved on either side. She secured her hairstyle with bobby pins.

African American Pompadour Haircut
African American Pompadour Haircut

American R&B/soul musician Janelle Monae rocked her signature pompadour at the Chanel Haute Couture fashion show. Silky red lips finished off her look.

Black Pompadour Hairstyle for women
Black Pompadour Hairstyle for women

Black women hair styles from Regina Hall.
Regina went with a futuristic look while attending the premiere of “Death At A Funeral”. Her sky high pompadour looked pinned to perfection. The pompadour hair style is basically the front of the hair brushed up and ratted or teased to make a pouf from the forehead to the back of the top of the head, and then the hair can be styled in any way desired.

Amaia Salamanca Pompadour Hair style
Amaia Salamanca Pompadour Hair style

Amaia Salamanca Pompadour Hair style

Hairstyles for 40s
Hairstyles for 40s

Julie Bowen is an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing Carol Vessey on Ed, Denise Bauer on Boston Legal and Claire Dunphy on the sitcom Modern Family. Going for a very sophisticated look, Julie Brown pulled her hair up and back for a very sleek and modern feel.

Elegant Africa American Pompadour Hairstyle
Elegant Africa American Pompadour Hairstyle

Elegant Black Pompadour Hairstyle for women: R&B singer Ashanti showed off her interesting pompadour hairstyle at the opening of “Delphine” restaurant. Her braided sides and multi-colored ponytail was a little much for such a sophisticated event. This updo hair style is great for any occasions.

Long Black Hairstyle for Black Women
Long Black Hairstyle for Women

Ciara looked gorgeous sporting a pompadour style up-do at this red carpet event. This is a great long black hair style for formal ocassions, and this Pompadour hair style is great for Round, Oval, Heart, and Triangular face shapes.

Rihanna Pompadour Hairstyle
Rihanna Pompadour Hairstyle

Pompadour hairstyleswere popularized during the 50s, but modern fashionistas have updated this poufy phenomenon in a number of avant-garde ways. Rihanna’s hair is styled just so, with the perfect swirl to top off this pompadour-inspired cut.

Pompadour Hairstyle
Pompadour Hairstyle

Fergie takes a page from Rihanna’s handbook with this funky updo. For less attention-grabbing gals, there are chic braided versions of greaser hair and subtle quiffs with a splash of color.

Rihanna Pompadour Haircut
Rihanna Pompadour Haircut

Fashion star Rihanna sported Pompadour Haircut. There’s the pouf that Snooki of ‘Jersey Shore’ has made infamous, of course, but there’s also the shaved pompadour mohawk Rihanna rocked last fall.

Rihanna Black Pompadour Hairstyle
Rihanna Black Pompadour Hairstyle

Another version of Pompadour Hairstyle from Rihanna

Female Glamour Pompadour Hairstyle
Female Glamour Pompadour Hairstyle

Female Pompadour Hairstyle. Looking like she just stepped out of a ’60s hair salon, Carrie Underwood went for ultimate glamour with a pompadour style up-do.

Aisha Tyler's Pompadour Hairstyle
Aisha Tyler’s Pompadour Hairstyle

This style is a little bit different than a traditional pompadour because the front isn’t lifted and pulled back in one big section–there’s a cool, overlapping texture going on.

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