How to Create a Classic Updo

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Add instant elegance to your look by pulling your hair into a classic updo.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Unwashed, ponytail-length hair
A comb
A teasing comb
An elastic band
Bobby pins
Hot or Velcro rollers, or a curling iron (optional)
A bristle brush (optional)
Decorative pins, flowers, or ribbons (optional)

Step 1: Comb hair

Comb your hair to remove any knots. Remember that hair is easier to work with if it's not freshly washed.

Tip: Create fat curls with hot rollers, Velcro rollers, or a curling iron if you want more volume.

Step 2: Tease your front hair

Grab a one-inch-thick section of hair from the front of the head. Back comb it, and flip it forward.

Step 3: Continue in sections

Grab a one-inch section of hair right behind the first section, back comb that, and flip it forward. Continue until you reach the crown of the head.

Step 4: Tie a high ponytail

Gather all the hair into a ponytail at the top of your head, just behind the crown, and secure it with an elastic band.

Tip: For a sleeker do, use a bristle brush to sweep the hair on the sides back tightly into the ponytail.

Step 5: Pin the pieces

Take a one-inch piece of hair from the ponytail, bending it underneath to make a loop, and pinning the end of the loop at the elastic band. Repeat until all the pieces are shaped 360 degrees around the band.

Step 6: Dress it up

Add decorative pins, flowers, or ribbons around the hair or on the sides of the head if you like.

Step 7: Frame the face

Pull a few front pieces loose to frame the face.

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• healthbeauty
• style
• hairstyle
• hair
• styling
• women
• haircut
• cut
• making
• creating
• elegant

[Thegirlnextdoor42]

thats cute! I love the red clip she puts at the end. But the pieces of hair framing her face annoy me! lol

[Howcast]

You can do it without the framing piece. I tend to have lots of little wispy bits so it works out well on my part.

[lovableee]

i think about my hair more than half the day

iknow. im crazy.

[0kbaby0]

Isn't back-combing the same as teasing?

[emohellokittysj]

pretty!

[bella1998k]

@0kbaby0: Yes, back-combing IS teasing your hair.

[aglover360]

@adrianehershey Poaney tayall :D

[adrianehershey]

the way she says pony tail makes me want to kill something.

[WoWtauren1]

@goaheadandream lol

[TarawrasaurusRex]

@Howcast OMG HOWCAST IS A PERSON

[TheDumbass1999]

I was laughing when it says create fat curls 0:37

[krazykattmakeup55]

i love how she isnt really teasing her hair.

[TheAwesomeBunny1]

@Howcast Wow.... you freaking replied.... BTW all of your videos are basically obvious, and start usin music that isn't crappy.

[ilovedegrassi72]

@Howcast Fuck Your vids. LOL