Realistic Slick Back Drawstring Ponytail On Thick Natural Hair | As Told By Kira

Hey y'all its Kira and welcome back to my channel As Told By Kira. Today, I'm showing you how I get my birthday hair USING *whispers a draw string ponytail. Yes, I used a drawstring ponytail to get this hair and it's super easy.. My hair is in a protective style under it and it's hydrated it's getting moisture., BUT if you want to learn how to get this hairstyle get this birthday hairstyle get this drawstring ponytail hairstyle then keep watching It's my birthday tomorrow. So, let's get into this hair., I'm starting on freshly washed hair. I just took a shower and washed. My hair is totally detangled Like look *swoop. What I'm gon na do is blow dry, the roots with some heat protectant, just so that I can stretch it out.. I find that when I'm trying to gel my hair down, it doesn't always work the best if my hair's soaking wet So I'm just gon na blow-dry the roots a little bit, so that the gel will stick on to my hair like a little bit better.. So I'll be right: back., Okay, Sooo! I got my hair laid. I went ahead and did my makeup.. So this is the ponytail. I got from the beauty, supply. This's, how she's looking., I'm still picking it out a little bit cause. I want it to be a little bit bigger, but it looks like this.. The style is Creda girl in 1b., That's the color ... 1b umm ... YEP. First, you turn the ponytail upside down, so the drawstring's at the top.. Okay and then you just like pick it out., This is the bottom and you always want to-. My mom taught me if you wan na do volume to your hair flip your hair over and then you do the volume.. So it's gon na lay bigger. And she's from the 80's ..., So ... Right.. So another thing you can do to help increase volume is kinda, go to the middle of the ponytail. You can just add volume by like holding the hair like this and then doing like this and and it just adds volume. okay. So this is how its looking., Nice and fluffed., You wan na, say: hey Ty, Ty Huh. I look kinda crazy, but I'll put my hand in That's Ty Ty, Hay y'all can see my nails cause my nails, cute Ty's Nails HAAAAY. She Graduates tomorrow, ... ooouu, Okay, So.. Basically, on the back of the hair, we don't want to cut all of it, because the back is the longest part and we're going to use that to our advantage actually.. So I'm just gon na leave like a section um really just need a couple of strands.. So these two look good and these are from the bottom of the hair.. You see the bottom where the drawstring is. These are from the bottom of the hair. and I'm just gon na hold it up here. While I cut so, I don't cut them.. All this got ta go.. This is the initial cut. So this, how were looking. A lot shorter. a lot more realistic. Um lets hold these two pieces back up.. Now from here we just wan na shape., So you just get your scissors.. You know like the strands that don't look like they're giving the hair a shape. Just cut em Just go through the hair and kinda. Do that. Find what needs to be cut Theres two clips in this. And don't worry about the two strands. I'Ll tell you what we're doing in a second. Theres two clips in this thing. It'S basically like a wig for your bun, and this is my bun.. I braided the hair in the way back, so that my hair can be really condensed. So you really want your hair to be condensed, so it's believable.. So these are two clips and one goes under your bun. One goes above your bun. under. Make it as comfortable as you can. Try to keep it away from your scalp and just closer to you. So you hold the clips in place while you pull your drawstring. And you're just gon na pull it around your bun Ty Ooo. You look cute Ty, Except for those two long ass strands in the back Yea. We gon fix it. Im about to show you what were doin with them.. Don'T worry thats just my sister.. She Has doubts., Ok and then with the rest of the drawstring. You can just wrap that around.. So now we're going in with our crochet hook and that's where these two little pieces in the back- or two long pieces in the back come in to play.. Do I have both of them Ty Huh. Do I have both of them, Or is this the other one.? Okay? So now we have our-. Is this the other long one? Ty? Yes, Ok, let go So now we have our two long pieces of hair and we're gon na get these up here.. So I went ahead and did one side of my hair and I just threaded it through Basically through my hair. Um. So it's just like kind of here.. So now I'm gon na go ahead and do this side.! Well, we wan na go section by section.. So you don't want it to just be like all the way at the front of your hair., So you just wanna. First put your crochet hooks down through your hair Thread it through Close the latch and pull up. Now, let's go up with our crochet hook and thread your hair through. Close the latch, Alright y'all thats it for this video. Thank you so much for watching. If you like this video and want to see more videos like it, please make sure that you like comment and subscribe down below hit the subscribe button. If, for no other reason than it's my birthday so ... I mean just hit subscribe, It will really help me out a lot and it's a great birthday gift and its free, So yea Umm, but yea y'all thats. All I have for this video.. Thank you. So much for watching - and I will see you my next one. Bye