Ponytail Hairstyle & Soft Low Bun For Long Hair Tutorial- 2 In 1 Bridal Hair Style

I'M going to show you how to create a beautiful soft low ponytail on ghoul, so we're going to begin by just sectioning away these by separating away these side, sections and I'll just click those out of the way. But if you were doing this as a child run - and you didn't - you won't quite sure where your client wanted her parting or if she wasn't quite sure, then you do. You know our usual setting pattern where we set the panel at the front here. Do our two side sections and then work on the crown and the back, so I'm going to use my style and care lotion just a little spritz of our silhouette style and care lotion. So I'm using my 25 millimeter Deaver tongs just using them to smooth out the hair, so I'll just push the hair. We just want to get a little bit of root lift. So if we just push that hair forwards just a little bit, I don't want too much of a curl here, so I'm just going to take the tongs to the end and roll the tongs back down the hair. So this is our traditional wind. Now there are lots of different ways of curling the hair, and it really depends on the firing on the end result that you're looking for roll this hair up, keeping it in the curl and flipping that in position. Don'T worry about these little bits here falling over the side, I'm not going to clip them in, because sometimes I find when you click them in you get a little kink in the hair here and when we bring this hair back, we just want it to come Back and be nice and smooth and sleek for this style, I'm not looking for a lot of curl. Certainly so Bridal hair isn't about doing quick kind of 15-minute Styles, it's about taking your time making sure the hair looks gorgeous prepping the hair and when you've created the style that she loves just make sure that you write everything down. It'S good to take photos. Don'T get me wrong, so you want to take photos of your Styles, but really the photograph just tells you how to achieve that. The finished look, so you need to make sure you write lots of notes down. So you know exactly what you're going to do for hair prep, exactly where she wants. You know maybe her parting in the hair, how much curl she wants which product you used so make sure you get detailed notes of everything so that, on the wedding day, you can recreate the perfect style, I'm using quite big sections here, because I don't want a Really curly look final section, so I'm using the traditional wine and, if you're not sure how to do this using tolls and check out our videos in the hair prep section or if you want to do a collab blow-dry. You can have a look in our blow-dry section and we're almost there done at the back, I'm going to come back and do our front sections as we've come to finish. The style and I've left the hair now just to cool down for maybe 10-15 minutes or so. But if girl were getting married today - and I was working with the bridesmaids as well, then I could prep her hair and then maybe leave it in could be in these curls and the pin curls for maybe an hour two hours get all the bridesmaids done and Then come back and finish working with your bride pick all these clips out now at this stage you might find so we've got a lovely kind of glossy curl here. So if you find that the hair is a little bit flyaway or there's any kind of fluffy Ness to the hair, then you can just get a little smear of curl cream. Just using the John Frieda Frizz Ease secret-agent cream just to smooth down the ends of the curls, the ends of the hair. Here I find it's a lot easier. If you do this, as you take the curls out, rather than getting everything out, you'll notice, I'm not kind of pulling my fingers through the hair and separating all the curls, because I want to keep them quite big and bouncy like that. I find that if you pull your fingers through the curls, you can end it with a lot of kind of frizz and fly away hair, and I want to avoid that. I just wants a little bit of backcombing here at the root, not too much, because I'm not really looking for a bouffant style. I want to start with a little bit of movement and a little bit of lift and the different ways you work you could achieve. The lift, if you're, not sure about how to backcomb properly, we have a tutorial for that. You could also. Maybe if you want to get a little bit of root, lift you can maybe use some crimpers in the hair might be the other option, but be careful of using chrimbus. We do have a video on getting volume with crimpers, but be very careful that you don't come kind of too close to thee the sections of hair that are going to be on shale, because, although using crimpers can you do get a lot of body now, lots Of volume and it can look great on camera in reality, when people look at the hair, it can look very kind of. You can see the little crimp marks on the hair. So, as I say, it can look great on camera, but not so good in real life and our brides neat. We need to make sure their hair looks great on camera, but, more importantly, it looks great, so got a little bit of height here and then I can just have just secured that with a couple of bobby pins. So I'm using my L'Oreal Infinium strong, hold hairspray, which I find is really good to just help to hold these little pc sections in place. I don't. I just want this to have a little bit of movement, so I don't necessarily want to get big sections that I'm pulling out too far. So I'm just going to lift a perception of hair here, so the section of hair, it's from behind the ear and also coming down to the nape of the neck, and I'm going to take the section in and twist and take it over. The top of the bobby pins that I've put here and you'll notice that I've brought the bobby pins down. We'Ve got a little bit of height here, and I've secured the bobby pins quite low, and this isn't exactly a ponytail. But it kind of looks like a thick wide ponytail I'm going to bring this hair over and secure it just here. So I'm just going to twist and pull the hair here and then I'm going to go in and secure the hair. I'Ve got my finger inside the twist of the hair here and with my bobby pin, so I'm pushing against my client she's pushing back against me a little bit, so I can get a little bit of pressure onto the head. So when I slide the bobby, pin underneath my finger and make sure that it's actually going against the scalp holding that hair nice and securely to the scalp there - hmm, if you're, not hundred percent sure you can get another bobby pin and you can go over that. First, one at a right angle, so I'm using black bobby pins to create this style because I find they hide a lot better in their hair, but just so that you can see what I'm doing a little bit easier. So I would slide the first bobby pin in I'm going to just going to show you with one of these brown ones, because they do reflect the light a lot more, so you can see a bit better, so I'm going to slide the bobby pin in so This is underneath the hair. We want to make sure that all the bobby pins are hidden after we put them in because then you don't have to come back and hide them with another section of hair. So we're going to slide the bobby pin in underneath the hair and kind of underneath our finger and then and if it doesn't feel quite secure enough, you would come back in with your second bobby pin at a right angle to the first one. You don't actually have to open it. You can just slide it over that pin and grip it into place. So it's that kind of a crossover like that and you'll find that I'll hold the hair a lot better and there won't be any movement in the hair. So again, I'm so getting a section here from behind the ear, leaving these side sections out of the equation for now and we're taking this down towards the nape of the. So we do end up with a kind of it would just cost in front. There kind of ponytail, if that twisted in such a way that you, like you, know that this they the end of the hair, drops down nicely to join the rest of the ponytail, my son flat on the head and slide that underneath my son against the scalp. That'S it holding that curl in position be careful here have to watch out, can see here. It just so happens that the filter highlighted section of hair. There was like a little bit of a an edge here when you're creating Bridal hairstyles you're kind of trying to look at the overall style. So we don't literally want big jumps in the hair anywhere, so try to get used to looking at the whole path. Better. Whole of the profile, and sometimes it's a small things that make for that totally beautiful style and also you want to remember. We need to adapt our staff to our clients, face shapes and our brides are going to be all shapes and sizes, and we've got to make everybody look and feel gorgeous when you get client gets her phone out and starts looking about how the front of that Style looks that she's seen that she loves on Instagram. We need to pull her away from her phone and get her to look in the mirror. So then we can adapt the style to suit her particular face shape. So we've got a little ponytail here, simple beautiful little style. I think now we're going to adapt the style at the front to suit our clients face shape. I think what we might do is use, I think, cool. I think it suits you to have a little bit of hair down yeah we'll keep that slightly off-center parting, so I'm just going to curl the hair here, so it just comes gently back in keeping with our hair prep theme. I don't just want to pull this hair back without having done something to it first, so I want it to look glossy and healthy like the rest of the style, so don't try and cut corners when it comes to doing Bridal hair. Take your time, don't forget to use a little bit of heat protector, so I'm using the style and care lotion. Nice silhouette small sections of her just going to do the top first of all and girls hair likes to curl. So you can see here how, although I've gone over it with a straightener, it's still holding that curl. That'S just a little bit of soft movement and you'll get you'll. Have another client whose hair doesn't want to curl at all. So then, you might need to kind of use a stronger hold hairspray twist this around and just work out where I'd like that hair to sit, keep your bobby pins handy, keeping an eye in the mirror as well. I think I might just pull that out. Just a little a little bit better, if you find that you know you, like the simplicity, there's just one sweep here, I could have brought all this section back out of one and done just on that one big twist here, but these sections here at the side Are just a little bit shorter here, so if your lady has got layers cut into her hair, you might not even be able to get the hair all this way back. You might kind of stop just halfway here if the hair isn't long enough to come all the way to the back, but we do have tutorials showing you how to work with the side sections when they're a little bit short still got a little bit of hair. Here so I'm just going to tuck this away, because I don't really want this poking out, so I just popped a bobby pin on there and I'm just going to take it under and in and hide it underneath this section here. So we've got our nice little sweep coming across here and now, let's start on our other side section. So I'm going to go over these sections here and I might use slightly bigger sections this time. So I don't get too much of a curve, a little bit of heat protector first so, depending on your clients, hair type and how she wants the front section. Remember, I'm just working with these two side sections, but you might have your center panel here and you might be deciding where she wants to have her part. She might even want the hair coming all the way back so remember to work with the mirror, see what suits your client and where the hair needs to should be sitting and where it suits her best. I remember you can always get feedback from your clients, so don't feel that you need to have all the answers, because your client kind of knows her face shape better than we do so definitely get feedback from your clients when it comes to working with these front Sections of hair, we do have a tutorial on how to kind of adapt your style to suit different face shapes so, whether you're working with somebody who's, maybe got fat face or a thin face or big ears. We need to be able to create a style that looks gorgeous on everyone, let's just double check before I secure this side section I just wanted to check, but how much, how it's, how much hair I need to have down. I think maybe I've got a little bit too much hair down there, but I can always come back and tuck that away. I think like this and I think, actually down over her ear, looks lovely so make sure you've allowed plenty of time. To finish these last sections of hair, so that everything looks gorgeous so let's just decide now do we like it pinned up there or do we like it pinned down? Actually I quite like it down a little bit lower to be creative. The key is to make sure that you're, you've prepped the hair properly and the hairstyle is secure so make sure all your bobby pins as you go along. I secure and the hair is held really well in place because, if, if first bobby pins that we put in were loose and weren't doing their job properly, it's like kind of trying to build a house on wobbly foundations. So everything will then kind of move around. So make sure that each bobby pin is secure and don't move on to the next section and this you're confident that the section you've just secured is secured well now I do need to come back and finish the front sections though now see. I actually think it looks nicer with less down, so let's take a little bit of this away. Okay, actually, I think that looks really pretty I'm kind of thinking this bit may be a little bit long, so I might just pin that back a little bit. So we've kind of got a ponytail effect, so we've got a beautiful ponytail effect without actually having a ponytail anywhere in the hair music. I'M going to show you how to create another quick style after you finish your ponytail. So if your bride can't decide whether she wants to have her hair up or down, she can actually have both. So I'm going to show you a quick bonus style, so you'll be able to offer your bride an alternative for her wedding day. So, first of all, you want to create your little ponytail, first of all or your half-up half-down style. If you've left, maybe you've left a little bit more hair down, so create your down style. First of all, making sure that everything is really secure and your bride is happy with the style, because this is the style she's going to go back to in the evening. So make sure it's perfect and she's happy with the style. And then I'm going to use a little kind of mini donut. This style has to be nice and secure. First, I'm using a blonde donut today, so you can actually see what I'm doing, but normally I would use a dark donut if your bridesmaids, the bridesmaids, are going to be taking this hair down this changing the hairstyle. So if they're at all worried about which pins to take out and your brides got lots of hair, you could use a blonde donut, because it's going to be hidden by all the hair anyway. And it will just mean that would be easy for the bridesmaids to see what they're doing so, I'm going to get the donuts and I'm going to pull the ponytail through the donut trying to keep the hair smooth and sleek and gorgeous. And then the donut is going to just be secured to the hair here, so I haven't put a ponytail in the hair here at first. If I put a hairband in the hair to hold it together, it will leave a mark on the hair. So when she comes to take the style down later, she'll have a little Ridge on the hair. So we definitely don't want that. So so you need to put a little bit of pressure on the donut, use your bobby pins and slide the bobby pins in picking up a little bit of the donut and pushing it along the scalp at the back. But you're going to get your bobby pins in first and then you're going to use one of your hair, pins, you're, strong, right, hair, pins you're going to go in pick up a little bit of the donut and come out it's a little stitch of donut almost And got underneath that bobby pin that you've got against the scalp and you just need a couple of those I'm each side going underneath the bobby pin that we put in that was our anchor and now that's nice and secure. So all your bridesmaids will need to do is take out the pins, let's secure in the donut there. They don't need to touch this crossover bit of hair and then I'm going to keeping the curls here in these nice chunky sections. So I'm just going to pick up separate a ponytail into two, depending on your the amount of hair that your client has. You might do it into two sections, maybe even three and we're going to secure the curls to the donut and we can use the donut. Then, to secure the hair using a bobby pin or you could use a hair pin here to do your up and over but you're going to use your donut to help you secure the hair and that's better into position. Quick and easy. There are any bits, keep an eye on the style from different angles and just cover the donut using the sections of hair. So we can twist the curls a little bit loosen them. So if you want a more textured button, if you want to keep the bun smooth, you can just cover the donut with smooth sections of hair. If you want a more textured style, you can twist and pull. We don't want any backcombing in here because remember she's, going to take her hair down later and no texturizing product. Think that's any texturizing products and you don't really even want any strong hold hairspray, which is why the donut is invaluable because it means you can secure the hair and yet it can be taken down easily later. If your client doesn't have a lot of hair, then I would definitely recommend doing the twist and pull that I've done here, because it makes it look like you've got a lot more hair and I'm just going to use my regular hold el net so that when It comes out, it's not kind of too crispy and she's still got a lovely curl there and I think that's it. That'S our second style, and it looks good - might just need one more pin here, but less is more so the donut gives us a little bit more of an anchor, so you can get a really soft relaxed, looking style, especially if your clients got very thick heavy Hair like girl, or if they have very thin fine hair, and you want to make the hair look a little bit kind of the bun look a little bit bigger and you want to make the hair look. Thicker and a donut again can be in valuable. Have a look from different angles and I think we might put a little accessory just here. Maybe now, let's look at your hair from different angles: don't touch our little cross over there because remember we want that sustain position after the ceremony. You could then take the pins out of the donut, which is just hiding under here, take the pins out from the donut and release the hair and go back to your lovely soft ponytail if you've enjoyed this tutorial. Just click like and subscribe and join me on. My next video