While ponytails are often considered the “go-to” hairstyle for many women on a bad hair day, ponytail can be a very versatile style that will suit a wide variety of occasions and events - from a Backyard BBQ on the weekends to the Red Carpet!
From sporty to elegant – there’s a ponytail for you! Here are seven secrets that will take your every day pony to perfection…
Secret 1
Wash and shampoo your hair. Unlike other updoes, a perfect ponytail requires perfectly clean hair. Also, slightly damp hair holds tighter around the side trapping shorter layers in as it dries.
Secret 2
Straight hair works best for ponytail, so blow dry your hair straight with a blow dryer that comes with a concentrator attachment. For naturally wavy or curly hair, apply straitening balm to damp strands.
Secret 3
Left, right and center… decide on whether you want to part your hair in the middle or if you’d rather wear side ponies. Badgley Mischka designers prefer to style their models with a side ponies with side-swept bangs; while Jill Sanders, Ralph Lauren and Versace prefers ponytail with middle part for their runway models.
Secret 4
High or low ponies. Try experimenting with higher or lower ponytails to achieve different looks. High ponies are famous for providing women with “mini” facelifts by putting tension on the face and emphasizing on the cheekbones while low phonies tend to be more sophisticated, modern and sleeker style.
For High Ponytail:
- Put your fingers at the crown of your head
- Gather up a large section of hair (about 3 inches wide by 2 inches deep)
- Tease it on the underneath to give it volume
- Run your hairbrush over this section lightly
- Pull hair into a ponytail just above the middle point at the back of your head
- Secure with a hair-covered elastic or wrap a strand of your hair around the elastic itself
- Pin the end of the strand underneath the ponytail with a bobby pin
- Finish with some hairspray on the sides and back of the hair
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