How to Create a Bouffant Ponytail
Create a puffy ponytail using a boars bristle Marilyn brush. You'll be channeling the timeless beauty of Bridgette Bardot and look like a Hollywood starlet.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- unwashed hair
- The Marilyn Brush 1"Round
- hair elastic that matches haircolor
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START with unwashed hair. This style works well on 2-3 day old hair. Smart, busy girls don't need to wash and start over with a time consuming new style.
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CREATE TEXTURE Add a little product if your hair. Use styling cream or spray gel, or whatever you have on hand. (I always just use what smell good. I'm currently obsessed with this Vanilla Organix cream, that totally seems to attract my BF to my neck. But anyway, I digress.) If your hair already has a lot of product from the day before, then just wet hands and run through hair a bit to reactivate product.
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YOU TEASE! Grab your 1"Round Marilyn Brush (or any other round bristle brush) and tease your hair all over, concentrating on the crown of your head. and the bangs. You know you've teased enough when your hair is a big huge mess.
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SPRAY. Flip your head upside down and spray some hairspray all over. (This step is optional.)
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CLEAN IT UP. Now ever so lightly, gather your hair into a ponytail. Hold pony with one hand as you use the Marilyn Brush to carefully tame the flyaways on top of your head. Careful! Don't smoosh the pouf!
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FINISH Secure with an elastic that matches your hair color. finger sculpt, any loose hair around you face, or tuck it behind your ear. Spray a light mist of hairspray.
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Tips & Warnings
Add a Headband for extra fierceness.
