Have you ever been tempted to go to beauty school to learn how to do hair? It seems like it would be super useful. Ever since I was little I’ve been playing with people’s hair – it’s so relaxing!
Recently I found the cutest messy side ponytail ‘do in a Boden catalog. And I do love a good ponytail upgrade. Not being endowed with the tresses required to demonstrate I recruited my friend Chloe. You can do this super cute hair style in under 5 minutes. And you only need two hands!
She has some natural curl in her hair, which gives it some body, but this would work with straight hair too.
Read on for the tutorial!
DIY Messy Side Ponytail
First, start by pulling all of your hair to the side, rolling it in as you go.
Second, put your hair in a ponytail. On the last loop of the elastic hair tie, don’t pull the hair all the way through.
Three, loosen the loop of hair to make it “messy.”
Finally, push the loop of hair up to the side of your head. Twist a bit and pin into place with 2-3 bobby pins.
Voila!
Abby says
January 27, 2014 at 11:28 pmAhh, that looks lovely. I love the messy effect and the texture in the hair :)
Susanna says
October 24, 2012 at 9:48 pmIs that Chloe? She lo0ks beautiful! :)
Silvergirl says
October 24, 2012 at 8:24 pmi love this look, sadly i just don’t have enough hair on my head for it to look this fabulous
stupid fine hair
brett
Marie-Eve @aprettynest says
October 24, 2012 at 6:22 pmLooks amazing, and simple enough, just wish my hair was long enough !
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Kiersten @ Oh My Veggies says
October 24, 2012 at 3:03 pmSo pretty! Makes me want to grow my hair out. I cut my hair short again last month and I thought maybe I could get it into a ponytail today. Nope. I’m wearing the hair tie on my wrist instead.
Regina says
October 24, 2012 at 1:58 pmLove it! I’m SOOOO looking forward to my hair being long enough to do this kind of stuff again. Why, oh why, did I ever chop it all off? Oh yeah, because I was tired of long hair… ;)
And I’m with you, I love playing with other people’s hair AND I love having my hair played with. Let’s have a slumber party and play with each other’s hair. ;) haha!
Erica says
October 24, 2012 at 1:23 pmOh, I love side ponytails and this one certianly has a pretty twist to it!
Samantha says
October 24, 2012 at 12:01 pmYou had me at “messy”.