This was wonderful fun.  What we did was crimp the hair with a wave crimper, brush our fingers through the hair to tone down the waves and simply twist the sides back on each side into a ponytail at the base of the neck.  Because Brittany's hair isn't that long, we didn't have a lot of hair left to form a chignon so we had to do a messy bun (looks exactly like a fancy chignon).  So we sprayed the hair with a ton of hair spray (Frizz-Ease, my favorite) and teased it.  Then we made a normal messy bun by looping the first ponytail half way then applying another pony-tail over the "ball" of hair and twisting and shaping it.  After that you just add a few hairpins to the sides for security and add the "glitz".  We put in decorative hairpins and a decorative headband.  Her hair looks 'RUNWAY GORGEOUS'!
(AND THE GUY LIKED IT TOO!)  HAHA