 Hello, it's Missy! Thank you for watching. For today's video, I wanted to do a topsy tail type hairstyle. This looks like a braid, but it's done with elastics, so it's a little bit easier to do in my opinion. And today's video is a ponytail, but the next tutorial that I post will be an up-do version of this hairstyle. So make sure to stay tuned for that. Click the subscribe button if you're new, click the notification bell as well, then you'll never miss any future videos. And let's get started! To begin this hairstyle, I'm going to be parting my hair on the right side, since I'm placing my braid on the left side of my head. I'm going to first divide off a section of hair that I'll leave out to frame my face. Then I'm going to pick up a section of hair next to the hairline and brush through it to use for the first section of my braid. Using a clear elastic band, I'm going to tie the elastic over the section a few inches down from the part line. I want the top of the braid to be softer, so I'm not placing the first section right on top of my head, but instead a little bit lower. Once it's tied off, I'm going to create a gap in the hair right above the elastic band and then flip the ends up through the gap and then pull the hair back down again so the two side pieces above the elastic are twisted. Now I'm going to gently pull on small pieces of hair above the elastic to add some volume and create a fuller section. Once that's done, I'm going to create a new section of the braid. So I'm dividing off two new sections of hair on either side of the previous section. The forward section will be from along the hairline and the back section will be from the top of my head behind the first section that I already tied off. I'm going to combine the two sections together over the top of the previously tied off section. Using another clear elastic band, I'm going to tie the two sections together about an inch or so down from the previous elastic. Then I'm going to flip the ends up and through the gap above the elastic band so the two side sections are twisted. After it's tied off, I'm going to gently pull on the two sections above the elastic band to make them a little puffier and fuller. Now I'm going to divide off two new sections of hair for the next part of the braid. So I'm separating off a small section from along the hairline underneath the previously divided off section. Then I'm taking a section from the top of my head behind the previous section and I'm going to combine the two sections together over the top of the previously tied off section. I'm going to use another clear elastic band to tie them together and then flip the ends around the elastic band to create twisted side sections. Then I'm going to go back over the hair and carefully puff them up by gently sliding small sections up and out of the elastic band. Now I'm going to pick up two new sections for the next piece of the braid so I'm dividing off a section from above my ear and another section from the top of my head. I'm going to combine them together over the previous section and tie them off using a clear elastic band. Then I'm going to flip the ends around the elastic band and then go back over the two sides and carefully slide small sections up and out of the elastic so they're puffier and fuller. Once the braid reaches my left ear I'm going to create two more sections of the braid. I want to angle these two sections towards the back of my head since I'll be tying up the rest of my hair at the back of my head. I'm going to repeat this process working my way back towards the back of my head dividing off two sections of hair one from along the hairline and one from the top or back of my head. Combining them together over the previous section and tying them off using a clear elastic band. Then I'm going to flip the ends up and through the gap above the elastic band before puffing them up by gently pulling small sections out of the elastic band. After I've created the final sections of the braid I'm going to tie the rest of my hair into a ponytail. I'm going to combine all of my hair together at the nape of my neck. Using a hair band I'm going to wrap this over the hair until it feels nice and tight. Then I'm going to cover the hair band using a small section of hair. I'm going to divide off a piece of hair from the ponytail and then slide my topsy tail through the hair band at the top of the ponytail. With the section of hair that I divided off I'm going to wrap this a couple times around the hair band and then lay the ends through the loop at the top of the tool. Then I'm going to pull the tail of the tool down so the top loop is squeezed through the elastic band. This will pull the end of the wrapped piece through the elastic so it holds it in place. I think this hairstyle kind of resembles a fishtail braid but of course it's not a fishtail braid so it's kind of like a cheat method for creating a look-alike type braid but with no braiding involved. So let me know what you think down below in the comments. If you've done this already then you'll never miss any future videos and I will see you next time!