(S.K.) This look can be the perfect hairstyle for someone of any age. An older woman on a business meeting, a teenage girl for her prom, or even for a young girl on Easter. This hairstyle is very flexible with how you want to wear it. Its a fancy twist on a classic braid, that will make it look like you put a lot of time into your hair, but in reality it only took you a few short minutes. Another perk of this hairstyle, is that you will not be using any heat, which is a shock for such a dressed up hair style. Just another reason to try out this style!Hair Directions:
- Since for this look, you will be doing a fishtail braid, from personal experience, I recommend doing this look while your hair is damp. So you could either shower right before you are going to do this hairstyle, or you could just use a spray bottle filled with water, to damped down your hair. The damp hair will hold better in the fishtail braid, and will prevent little fly aways from sticking out.
- To begin this look, you want to start out by putting your hair into a very low pony tail at the base of your neck. You can have your hair in any type of part that you want, and it is always an option to keep a few strands of bangs down, to frame your face.
- After you secure the pony tail with an elastic, you want to split the hair that is above the elastic, into two sections.
- Taking the hair that is in the pony tail, bring it up and wrap it through that hole that you just made. Pull it through, and let it fall again, making a flipped look at the base of your neck.
- Now to begin with the fishtail braid. Start of by splitting your hair into two sections. Taking very small pieces, take a piece of hair from the outside of one of the sections and cross it over and add it to the second section of hair. Repeat this process by going back and forth from section to section, crossing hair over each other.
- This is where the spray bottle with water would come into play if you didn't just shower. Wetting down the pony tail before you braid it will help to prevent the little hairs from sticking out of the braid as you work your way down, especially if you have multiple layers in your hair.
- At the end of the braid, tie it off with a small, thin elastic that matches your hair color.
- You can either leave the braid tight, or you can loosen it up a bit by pulling at the braid to make it bigger and fuller.
- Now to create the undo part. Take the braid, and tuck the end of it into the space that you created in the beginning of the look after you flipped the pony tail through the hole.
- You will need to take some bobby pins to secure the braid to the back of your head, so it stays up in a bun position. Depending on how long your hair is, and how long the braid it, the longer and bigger the bun will be.
- Make sure the ends of the braid are tucked away so they are not visible.
- To add something different to complete the look, depending on what you are wearing this hairstyle for, you can add some clip in flowers, diamond covered clips, or whatever hair accessories you may have.
- Hair spray will be the finishing touch to hold the braid, as well as hold down and prevent any fly aways from appearing.
