How to Use Barrettes on a Ponytail
From a daily do, a ponytail can turn into an elegant style if you know how to use a couple of simple devices like barrettes. This article will tell you how to style a ponytail into an elegant do. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- A barrette or a ponytail barrette
- A black scrunchie
- A comb or a nylon bristle hairbrush
- Hair gel (ultra strong)
- Hair spray (ultra or mega hold)
Instructions
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Comb or brush your hair back and gather it into a ponytail. You can part it the way you normally wear it or throw it back. Fix it tightly with a scrunchie. How high or low it sits on the back of your head depends on you. Rule of thumb is the lower types look more business-like, the higher position is more suitable for casual styles.
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Apply hair gel, smoothing your hair toward the scrunchie with your hands or the comb. You can add a little water to make it look slick. Make sure that the hair is not puffy.
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Apply the hair spray on top of the gel. It will make the ponytail stay put longer under any weather.
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A ponytail barrette is bended in the middle as opposed to a regular, flat barrette. Ponytail barrettes wrap around the hair like the ones shown on Hairwood web site. Lock it tightly on top of your tail, covering the scrunchie and you've got an elegant long-lasting do appropriate for a business meeting or a cocktail hour.
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You can use a flat barrette for the ponytail. In that case don't use the scrunchie---and put the barrette directly on the hair. Make sure the mechanism is tight enough for the do to last.
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Tips & Warnings
This style works even better on a bad-hair day because the flatter the hair looks at the roots, the easier it is to comb it together and to make it look slick with a gel.
