How to Style Your Hair in a Perfect Ponytail

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Pulling off the perfect ponytail is easy once you know a few tricks.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Hair that hasn't been washed in 24 hours
Hair creme
A natural-bristle brush
An elastic ponytail holder
A hair dryer or flat iron
Hair spray

Step 1: Start with day-old hair

The perfect ponytail starts with hair that hasn't been washed in the past 24 hours. Freshly shampooed hair is more difficult to control.

Step 2: Moisten the ends

Moisten the ends with a leave-in conditioning creme.

Step 3: Brush your hair

Brush your hair to the back of your head with a natural-bristle brush.

Tip: For a high ponytail, brush the hair up toward the crown of your head. For a low ponytail, brush the hair down and over your ears, gathering it at the nape of your neck.

Step 4: Secure the hair

Wrap an elastic ponytail holder around the gathered hair. For a polished finish, remove a small section of hair from beneath the ponytail and wrap it around the holder a few times before tucking the end into the holder.

Tip: Tilt your head back before you tie the ponytail to prevent bunching.

Step 5: Smooth the tail

Smooth the tail by running a flat iron over it once or twice, or wrapping it around a round brush and blasting it with your hair dryer on hot for 20 seconds.

Step 6: Prevent flyaway hair

Holding a can of hair spray about 12 inches from your head, mist your entire hairdo.

Step 7: Pull out some pieces

If you'd like some locks to frame your face, gently pull out a few front pieces of hair.

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Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• HealthBeauty
• styling
• fashion
• hairstyling
• styles
• Pony
• tail
• woman
• women

[venix3200]

it is so complicated .

just pull your hair back and tie it

[neekabro]

LOL at the random indain fact at the end .

[adrianehershey]

damn i've been doing my pony tails wrong for 16 years...

[MyLyricsVideosRock]

seriously Howcast... seriously! do you really need a stylist to put your hair up in a ugly frizzy ponytail?

[wangpronouncedwong]

@Justdance975 That was a rhetorical question.

[Justdance975]

@wangpronouncedwong are u retarded??? NOO IT DOSENT U IDIOT

[Reannabay101]

this didn't do SHIT . i want to learn how to tie ur hair with ur own hair . ugH !

[baozeng]

leave your hair alone

[pineappleprincessful]

i see bumps!!

[sharksrock1000]

i meant brush towards the back until your hair is all smoothed out with out any part in it.

sorry

[sharksrock1000]

i can do that without looking and when it is wet!!!!!!!!!! its not that hard!

just brush your hair until you cant see the part- then grab the hair and tie it in a hair tie. you can just keep the part for low hanging ponytails.

hope this helps.

and btw- i love howcast, i just think they overdid this one.

[jolene143aaes]

So ugly