These Back To School Beauty Ideas For Teens are perfect for making your appearance at school this year memorable.
You want to look amazing, but don’t want to be so stand out that you get too much attention.
The right hair, makeup and accessories can make or break your first day at school.
These beauty ideas are some of our favorites for making this year a success.
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Back To School Beauty Ideas For Teens
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1. Fun braids for long hair.
Elsa from Frozen and Katniss from The Hunger Games definitely made braiding your hair a must do the last few years, and I couldn’t be happier!
There are some amazing braids out there from the classic French braid to side braids and the fun waterfall braids.
A lot of them look a lot harder than they actually are. Spend some time practicing before the first day back to school and you’ll be able to easily manage one of these styles. These braids for summer are perfect for back to school styles.
2. Natural makeup looks.
There are so many different makeup trends out there with contouring, crazy shaping of eyebrows and all kinds of wild colors.
The thing is, as a teenager you don’t need all of that to cover up aging or scars. Most of us have decent skin and can get away with just a little powder and mascara
.
Embrace some amazing natural makeup looks, and if you have to go with more than that to cover acne, do so tastefully.
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!
3. Add funky statement pieces.
This is especially good if you wear uniforms to school. Funky bright or unique statement pieces
are the best choices.
Bright colors, big sizes or unique handmade items are the best to add your own signature style to your basic wardrobe of uniform pieces.
It’s hard to give you recommendations here because statement jewelry, by definitions, makes a very personal statement! Still, here are a few pieces that I just love:
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4. Wear lots of layers.
From leggings
under dresses to scarves, hats and cardigans, layers are in. They don’t just make you look pulled together, they’re also comfy and functional!
During the fall, layers are a must around here. We go from coat weather to t-shirt weather and back again throughout the day.
Back to school layers in clothing will be your number one beauty asset. You’ll feel confident and be dressed appropriately for school dress code.
5. Go Bold on Just One Feature
The bold 1980s look is making a comeback, and I’m not sure that’s a good thing! In the 80s, everyone was all about bold everything. From bright blue eye shadow
and deep red lips to ginormous hair and arms full of jelly bracelets
, it was definitely a high-maintenance era!
Instead of going overboard (which, incidentally, is the name of a popular 80s movie!), pick one feature to really play up. I love the look above, with vivid eyes but subtler lips and hair!
These back to school beauty ideas for teens are basic ways to keep you looking and feeling great. You don’t have to do much to reflect your natural beauty, but these ideas will help keep you looking and feeling on top of the world.
Embrace your own style, beauty and sense of fashion and roll with it. No need to wear something you don’t like, or wear more makeup than you want to just because it is trendy.
The real beauty comes from being yourself inside and out.
My kids are not old enough to really care about this sort of thing yet. Plus they are boys, so they just wear whatever.
What some great tips, I think I had it lucky at school uniform / no make up rule meant to worrying really. x
Braids are definitely in style! I see so many people with fancy braids now..
My daughter does a lot of these. She loves wearing layers in the fall.
Those are great tips.. My oldest daughter is 6 so I have thankfully a while to worry about this but she has her fair share of only wanting to wear certain clothing – my little fashion diva!
I’m glad to see someone promoting natural looks. Kids now look too overdone!
These are great ideas. I will share them with my teenage nieces.
You really did a great job with this post, I have a 21 year old step son who is in Fl he graduated high school here in Michigan living with us and is taking a break do to some personal things he is dealing with and he is helping grandma out.
I have a 18 year old step daughter who is just starting at her first job and does not go to a private school so there are no uniforms but she does do the natural make up look as well as the accessories.
I have a 16 year old step son. Who is going to need a new backpack actually they all do.
I have a 8 year old who has had an obession with Frozen for oh I forget I think it’s been longer then a year now. Bella she loves braids and she’s going to need a backpack too.
I’m checking out the backpack link and the braids link thanks for sharing.
Some of these ideas work for adults too. I still like to wear a statement piece with my outfits.
Those are great tips. I will pass them along to my teen!
These are some awesome ideas. I think a lot of teens will be building their routines right about now.
Wearing layers is a great tip for teenagers. It allows them the change up their wardrobe throughout the day.
Great ideas I’ll share with some friends who have teen daughters. This will be very useful!
If a teen would really want to wear make up, I think the best is the “no make up make up look.” Use natural colors, light pink lipstick and keep your hair neat.
My Daughter and i like to do a Spa day just before school starts. We get manicures and pedicures done.
You did a nice job with this post. These are all great ideas for teens.
The best beauty advice I got as a teen was to wear makeup that looked like I wasn’t wearing any, and to make sure whatever I did to my face I also did to my neck, like lotion.
Great tips! I never thought about beauty stuff for the girls, thankfully they aren’t near teenage years yet. not sure how I’d feel about doing it either, but great tips to go by!
I LOVE these ideas! My idea is to cultivate the inner beauty just as much as your outer beauty. *Blog post inspired here coming soon … thank you!* 🙂