Thursday, May 15, 2008

Those Lovely Lady Humps

This in no way pertains to curly hair but once in awhile I DO straighten my hair. And when it starts to get dirty (usually the second week I wear a ponytail), I try to be creative with it. I have attempted to get that "hump" but by the time I get to work it's gone!
Total beauty has listed 17 hairstyles that take less than ten minutes, click here. The below ponytail was my favorite because I'm often trying to emulate it:
The High-Volume Pony

Time: 5 minutes

Works on:
-Medium or long hair
-Dirty hair

Stuff to have handy:
-Headband
-Comb
-Hair elastic
-Clip (to hold hair out of the way)

How to:
Step 1: Divide hair from ear to ear over the top of your head. Clip that front section out of the way.
Step 2: At the crown of your head, take a two-inch section of the remaining hair and tease the area near your scalp to create the bouffant behind the headband. Messy is fine; it's about to be covered up anyway.
Step 3: Un-clip the front section and smooth it back over the teased area, gathering all your hair into a low pony. Reserve a one-inch section of your longest hair and secure the rest with an elastic.
Step 4: Wrap the reserve hair around the hair elastic and secure underneath with a bobby pin. 
Step 5: Slip on a headband.

2 comments:

Brown Girl Gumbo said...

I love the high-volume pony. I wear it all the time because it's so easy!

Miss B said...

Nice!!! I'm going to try that!!