3 Ways To Wear A Celtic Knot | St. Patrick'S Day Hairstyles
Learn how to recreate Elsa's Coronation Updo from Disney's "Frozen", here: http://youtu.be/Vl-8jueZ7NE
With St. Patrick's Day just around the corner, we wanted to upload a tutorial to celebrate our family's Irish/Scottish heritage {from both sides of the family}... a hairstyle I have wanted to do for a long time. The Celtic Knot.
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The Celtic Knot has been around for centuries, traditionally used to adorn religious sculptures and various kinds of artwork. You can find several versions of this knot in hairstyle form on Pinterest, as well as a few YouTube tutorials.
Today, Brooklyn and I wanted to create variations of this knot using curls as the base. Brooklyn just used her NuMe curling wand to achieve the curls.
Here we show you three versions, a Single Celtic Knot, a Double Celtic Knot, and a Side Celtic Knot. Believe it or not, but the side version is my favorite!
Now, because this is a winding knot, using only two strands, it can be very confusing to learn how to tie. This is why I showed you how to tie the knot "three" times in the video, hoping that the repetition will help.
I also show you a helpful tip which is useful in helping the knot to keep its shape, and to also help the falling strands lay flat.
Enjoy!
xoxo
-Mindy
Items Needed: Brush, rat-tail comb, spray bottle, pomade, and hairspray {if desired}.
Time Requirement: 2-3 minutes
Skill Level: Medium
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[, MUSIC CHARITY, VANCE ``, IT'S ALRIGHT'', ], -Hey, everyone., It's Mindy and Brooklyn from Cute Girls Hairstyles. And today I'm going to show you a couple ways to wear the Celtic knot.. Now, I'm sure you've seen this knot. Before., It's existed for a long long, time. And I've also seen some other people that have pictures on Pinterest or maybe even tutorial., But I've never had the chance to do this. Particular knot. And I've really wanted to. And since we have Saint Patrick's Day right around the corner, what better time then now to be inspired by our Irish roots and do something for Saint Patrick's Day You notice we're wearing our green today. Yay Saint Patrick's Day.. Now, let's get started on the hairstyle. OK. To begin the Celtic knot, you need two pieces of hair that are like the length of your hair, the full length., So Brooklyn has some layers right in front.. So what I did was I just kind of wrapped those layers up and brought the long piece around them. --. You can see them right, there. --, because I need the long pieces. And you can use water to wet them down or pomade or even dry wax.. But you need to have the hair pretty much slicked together, where it's not going to have a ton of hairs. Just flying out of control all over the place as you go., Because this is a knot, they would have a tendency to do. That., I'm using a little bit of pomade and a little bit of dry wax today.. You can see. We already have her hair curled. OK., So you're, going to take the two pieces. And with the one on the left, you're going to make a loop toward the top of her head. Just like that. Just a nice loop. And with these two fingers you're going to take the second piece and hook them into the fingers., Then you're going to take that end and wrap it up and over your thumb.. And you want to be as close to this top piece as possible. And I'll show you why. So you're kind of holding on to the knot. The loop still. Now you're going to take your fingers, your pinchers and reach up and under that piece of hair and grab that one.. Did you see what I did right there Pull it up.? That'S why you wanted it laying close to the hair to begin with., Bring it around over the top. Now reach up through the loop. Grab that piece of hair and pull it through. Now you're going to take it. Still working with the same ends, tuck it underneath That strand of hair we have coming from the side. And then to finish it off, take it back through the loop.. So we've essentially just taken the hair under that piece to secure it and then back through the loop. And then you're going to go ahead and just slowly release all of your fingers. And voila. You have your knot.. You can just tug on the ends a little bit to tighten it up.. It does loosen as you work with a little bit, which is fine, because you want it to be soft and flow into the hair., But if you're not liking, where it's sitting, you can always just -- OK. Now one trick I'm going to teach you guys is That, if you have a hard time, this piece comes out over the loop, and sometimes it pops up a little bit funny, particularly if you're working with curls., So one trick is to take a flat iron and just turn it on a lower heat. Like 300 360 even. And just take a flat iron right, there. And just gently for five seconds push on it. And it acts sort of like an iron kind of flattening down that little bump. That happens right there and helping it lay flatter against the head. OK.. So let's do the second knot. We're going to take this left strand, wrap it up towards the head and make a loop.. Then I'm going to take the right strand and put it in between my two fingers., I'm going to lift that edge up and lay it over as close as possible to the top of my hand.. Sometimes it's hard to get it to stay., Then I'm going to take my fingers and reach underneath that left edge.. This is why this is important.. Some doesn't want to stay. There. Reach in. Grab that strand and pull it up. Then you're going to take it over the top of the loop. Reach inside and grab it. Pull it through. Then take it behind our right strand and then back through the loop.. When you get the hang of it, it's really not hard. It's much harder when I'm going slow and explaining it. And then, when you have that end through go ahead and release., And you can pull on those side pieces to tighten it up a little bit. If you want., We want it to fall just right underneath our first knot, so just nice and soft. You can loosen it a little. And then you're just going to place it right underneath that first knot. And there you have the double Celtic knot. OK.. The third way to style the Celtic knot is a little bit more grown up. Looking because it's on just one side of her head.. Now I've done it on the side where she has the least amount of hair, because she has her hair parted, going the other way. But again you're going to take your two pieces. Make the loop. Put the hair between the two fingers, the right strand. Flip. It up and over. Reach underneath and grab that strand and pull it through., Bring it up in front of the loop. Reach through the loop and grab that end. Pull it through. Now you're going to take it around the back of the rights strand and then back Through the loop one, more time. And then just pull gently until you have it the size and shape you want it to be., You can manipulate it a little bit. And then let it rest on the side of her head., And I think this one's so pretty.. It'S a little more grown up., But it gives an otherwise just kind of boring, hairstyle, just a little kapow. On the side when they turn their head. It'S like surprise that they didn't know was there. So fun. OK.. So let's do the spin on this side. Celtic knot, so you can see it.. I love that just a little pop And her curls, pretty on all the other sides. And I'll go ahead and show the pictures of the other two styles. And there. You have it. Now bonus video for you guys this week, because we have done another Disney style. Video., You can find it right here or in the description box below.. We did Elsa's coronation hairdo. So make sure and go check that out., It's beautiful as well., And we will see you guys next. Week. Have a great Saint Patrick's Day., Bye, guys. -Bye., [ MUSIC CHARITY, VANCE ``, IT'S ALRIGHT'' ] -Hi, Mom., -Hi, Babe., -Hi, Mom., -Hi, Brooky., -Hi Mom. -Hi. Eat your cupcake.. Is that good Blow me kisses. -I need to wash my hands
Comments
cutepolish: Perfect for St. Patrick's Day! Great tutorial :)
DreamyGirl73: Me and my mum often wear your hairstyles to church and lots of ladies ask where we get our ideas from - we always recommend your channel and every week we seem to spot another girl wearing one of your hairstyles!!! Love from England :)
Kristen Duke: Fun to watch, going to try on my daughters hair, and maybe my own!
Olivia Rickert: Love this one and have been waiting for a tutorial!! Thank you so much! Love your channel(:
Laura Lu: This is so nice!! I was looking for a Saint Patricks day hairstyle and then my favourite hair channel comes up with this beautiful hairstyle, that I can finally do on myself. By the way, the disney and irish hairstyle look fantastic on both of your daughters
Kenziedoodle: I love this hairstyle. My mom did it on me. It turned out really cool. Thanks for teaching us!
BradshawsUnplugged: I am SOOO doing this on my hair for school tomorrow!! Thank you for such an AMAZING tutorial! I love love LOVE your channel, you are such an inspiration to me because I want to be a hair stylist, so your channel is helping with my practicing! Love you guys!!!
Louise Lundh: I did this hairstyle today and love it! A tip for others! If you have trouble doing this on yourself pin down the base of the loop with a bobby pin. That way you can do the hairstyle without loosing your grip on everything. :)
madjennsy: what I love from this hairstyle is that I think there's no tools needed! <3
Julia A: Ahhhhh so pretty! Your hair technique amazes me every single week! Everything is so precise and neat! Love youu!!!!!!
Sam Hackenson: I love the single knot in the back! I'm going to try to recreate that for a St. Patrick's Day party I'm going to.
PrincessLindsey: Love it! Definitely thinking of doing this for the wedding I'm going to be in(:
Tara Lemasters: This is so cool, I finally did it on myself. It took about 10-15 tries but I got and it looks great.
heather lakes: I love your videos! they are so much easier to understand than other tutorials! I've never been this good at doing my hair, Thank you!
Grace Ferrington: My auntie's doing this in my hair for my concert on Sunday, and we love how it just sits there for hours and she didn't have any of the dry wax stuff so we just used some water and hear spray and it worked great
olivia clark: I love the first and second hairstyles! :) thanks for the tutorials!
4738: I'm from and live in the west of Ireland...America makes a bigger deal about St.Paddys day than Ireland!
Amala Nayak: Thanks so much! I have been trying to figure this out for a while so this helped a ton!! :)
australis82: Love this! Takes a bit of practice to DIY, but it's possible. For anyone else doing it on their own hair and having the problem that it ends up about two inches lower than planned because the DIY hand positioning is different, move your hands up so it feels like you're tying the knot on top of your head. When you let go, it'll be where it's supposed to be. :)
Gabriela Alves: Mindy love love love ur tutorials always so easy to follow and always sooooooo cute! Keep doing amazing hair! Hugs from ontario, Canada!!!
Kyra Liu: I have been wanting to learn this hairstyle for a really long time. I was looking up a million different videos since you never shown a tutorial on this but they always never made much sense. You have described it so that I can actually wear this myself! No one is as good as you Mindy!!!!!!
Abby Williams: Seriously, St Patrick's day is a bigger deal in the US than here in the UK lol...
maddiebrent: I love this hairstyle! It's so cute! I have always used this knot to make bracelet, but I have never thought about doing it in hair.
Ellie Rha: Love this tutorial
Lee Storey: It looks amazing,I've done it already and it looks really cute!!!!!!!!
Gabryelle Gimenes: Nossa sua filha ta muito grande lembro dela quando era mais nova, adoro suas dicas de penteado lindo muito lindo...
Cheryl Cheng: It's actually quite tough to do it on your own hair.. :(
Brittney Topholm: Awesome! Thank you! I'm going to do this on this St. Patricks day!!
MamaKat: PERFECT... we've been so loving headband curls and my husband is mostly irish, so, even though we aren't catholic (we were both raised in two different types of protestant), we love this holiday. This is a great idea when you don't wanna just do a shamrock in the hair
Fer Valencia: I've been waiting for you to do this tutorial for so long … and it's finally here :D !
Caitie Louise: I found it hard to do on myself, so I would tie the rest of my hair in a tight low ponytail and pin the first loop down. It made it so much easier.
Sinead Fay: I tried to do this on my own hair, got confused with the hands and the angles cause you're holding her hair different than you would hold your own, so I gave up :(
Drew Sturgill: Kayley Melissa also did a tutorial on this on her own hair if that helps too! Helped me do it on myself better :)
Ankita Dutta: i love this celtic knot style. i will definitely try this one
Lisa Henry: I've learnt how to do these on myself and I usually do 3 at the back of my head, one near the top of the back of my head, one at the nape of my neck, and one between. They usually fall out quite easily but spraying them with hairspray has let me keep them in all day without them coming out.
Shanna Wilson: This is so adorable! I'm going to wear this on St Pattys day!
Akwamaryn: can you please give some tutorials for shorter hair? like lets say shoulder lenght? thank you :)
FarawayApple : Love love love this! Never thought of doing it on the side.
Anel phoenix: Yes! I managed to do it on my own hair! (The side version of course)
oooh19: keep the tutorials coming; so beautiful! also how did you get those curls? they look so beautiful! my hair is straight sometimes wavy/curly from different hairdos or wearing it up or curlers (it usually doesn't stay and goes back to straight); any suggestions/tips anyone?
Ellen Byers: Have you done either of these on yourself? I am definitely going to try this for St. Patrick's Day!! Love it!!!! ❤️
aspyn: "I NEED TO WASH MY WANDS!!!!"
Sam Treul: You and your family are an inspiration to many of girls and moms! Thank you!
McKenna P.: I love the first one so much :D I'll have to try it out!
Harjoy Kang: cant wait to try this i love you guys so much and keep up the great work you guys have done through out so many years
Pauleen Maganda: Love it! Gonna try it on my hair!:-)
Maryann Alexander: Pls do lorde inspired hairstyle from team music video! Thumbs if u guys think she should do it
Valentina Hidalgo: I love this tutorial so much! definatly going to try this. Do you have any tips for flyaways in the knot?
JoyfulSighs: A super cute hairstyle! :O I shall have to try this! <3
Bailey M: oh i LOVE that! so pretty. i think i like the single knot in the back best! aw i love it when you show us old home videos! :)
Emma M.: These are so cute. I can't wait to try them. :) :)
Kirsten Joy: Ahhhh! Congrats on 2 million!!! Love ya
Elise D: Love it!!! I wish I had home videos of me that were that memorable. Your baseball tee is very cute where did you get it??? And Brooklyn's sweater is adorable as well
Eimear Shannon: So pretty! I love this!
aizabidxo: Your hairstyle tutorials helped me get 100% in my Cosmo class assignments! Thank you!!
Yasmin Oliveira: Amei ... Ficou lindo , nunca tinha visto esse penteado ... BR
viv: I've never heard someone say Celtic before so I always thought it was "sell-tick" but now I feel really stupid
Kimmie V.: I have EXTREMELY long hair and I have gotten so frustrated with the limited things I can do with it. So I took some time out to search and found CGH tutorials. I had already known how to french braid so I had a bit of a good start there, but these tutorials are WONDERFUL for me! I have used almost every one of these braids on my hair or my daughters hair and they look amazing! I get complements all the time on my braids and I let them all know where to find them at! THANKS A BUNCH CGH for taking the time to help us ladies out with our hair emergencies, especially us ladies with long hair! ;)
Laurel Myers: Great style!!! You guys are always so awesome!! Whenever you guys use pomade it reminds me of when your dad ate it!! It was hilarious!!!
Diana Al-Hanouni: I really enjoy watching your tutorials as you explain every step of the hairstyle in intricate detail. Although for this particular hairstyle I am unable to see the steps of the knot as your arm seems to be in the way. Please repost a similar video possibly from a different angle to achieve more visable steps. Thank you
Laurel Myers: Great style!!! You guys are always so awesome!!! Whenever you guys use pomade it reminds me of when your dad ate it!!! It was hilarious!!!
Emily Mendoza: Would you a ladies consider doing a 2.0 version of this video for 2015 wth lots of angels and maybe a how to do it to yourself???
Katara Ziegler: Awesome and easy to follow tutorial! My knot keeps loosening and coming undone fairly quickly, how can I stop this from happening?
Heloísa Alves: lindo demais ;D
iHamster: This is so cute love it!
Lilly Sturis: I'm going to have to do that! I love it.
Sierra Caprielle: I had a dream last night that i was best friends with brooklyn and bailey, it was the best dream of my life :)
Emily Webster: Can you do a hair tutorial of easy and quick hairstyles for school that you can do on yourself? Would really help me. Thanks!!
Eliah-Mahel Bodol: You're too strong! I love all the hairstyles that you do! And your daughters are beautiful!
Jasmine Stills: Great video! I think it a Celtic Knot Milkmaid updo would look really cute.
Anabel: A suggestion for your next video could be a half up French braid? It doesn't sound special but it looks so pretty!
Megan Arntz: You guys hit 2 Million subscribers!! Congratulations
Addy Bleier: Love Brooklyn's hair like that! Love those curls on her!
Del Butler: This is so awesome definitely going to try it out thanks
Darcy: This might be my favorite hairdo you have EVER done.
Elizabeth: Lo Ame me encanto Esta precioso Gracias <3
softballgirl0822: Can you come to my house every morning and do my hair??? Please!!! My mom can't braid
teelingirl7: haha looks cute I usually wear my hair like this for the St. Patrick's Day Parade, I' m 100% Irish and a proud Irish dancer
Maggy Blue: One more thing... Your whole family's hair is beautiful :) it looks so silky...
Make-up and Things: Love this hair do going to try this with my daughter!
Mikaela Holley: All your daughters and you have BEAUTIFUL hair. Could you please do a hair care routine for each girl and you. Sweet Pea as well. Also I wanted you to know that I look forward to your videos every week. You're great at it. I love Brooklyn and Baily's channel too! Just please keep the routine in mind. Thanks!
Daisy Yee: How would you do this by yourself?
Andrea Amor Maravilla: They're so cute! "i need to wash my hands" was adorable!! The Celtic Know was hard to do in my own hair so......
Jenna Morgan: That ending was so cute I loved the the part when Brooklyn said I need to wash my hands ()
aisling lawlor: I'm from Ireland nd I'm definitely doing this!!!! Love it x
Gabrielle John: Awe the ending video of Brooklyn,Bailey, and cgh#3 was adorable and soo cute!
Sirony Channel: This is extremely frustrating. I cannot get this. All I get is a massive tangle. (Which, admittedly, I could sneeze too hard and my hair would turn into a tangled mess.) But I can't figure out what you're doing. I even rope-braided my hair to try and make it easier to grab, but no dice. I can't do it blind and following along and I SERIOUSLY cannot do it in a mirror where everything's reversed. (I have a hard enough time doing a rope braid in a mirror it's so disorienting, so I should've seen that coming. Again, I digress.) I'm extremely annoyed because while you make this seem easy to do, I can't figure it out. The written instructions don't help, either. I'm also ironically annoyed at myself for being so riled up about it, it's just a hair knot. XD; I throw in the towel on this one for now. I can do loads of things with my mass of hair, but apparently this is not going to be one of them. At least for a bit.
Stephanie Martinez: It was confusing,but it looks really pretty! Good job!
Daniela Noriega: Celtic knooootttt!!!! I love it! I'm so glad for this tutorial whoohooo!!!
Monique Pennington: I'm a stylist. LOL I'm gonna learn all of these new braids that I've never done before. I love learning different braiding styles.
Kaylee Shaw: Can you do some braids/hairstyles that are easy to do on your own hair? Thanks :) x
Zaynab Siddiqui: congrats 2million subs
bradboda: The technical name for this knot is the 'Carrick Bend' and it is one of the very few knots which will actually stay in the hair due to the fact that it is basically a "braid" with an 'over, under, over, under' method for creating it. This was a signature piece which I tried to incorporate into all my styles in beauty school. And there is a much easier way to tie this knot than shown in this vid. In Macrame, this knot is known as the Josephine Knot or the Love Knot. Find any Macrame knot book with this demonstrated and you will probably find the easier way for tying this knot.
jasmyn pizana: Omg love the hair style and the vid at the end was solo ADORABLE!
Angela Wang: awesome :) it's cute, and simple, which means it can be built on, and it doesn't take long. that's exactly wot i like. i love it!
Tori Trayxox: omg these hairstyles are so pretty! im gonna wear one of them on St. Patricks day. btw im Irish
SophiaThePerfCow: I got pinched on St. Pat's day. :( Forgot to wear green.
Aletheia Mohn: Woah!! This is easy and it looks so cool!!
Madeline Young: This is gorgeous !
claudia Ruiz: Muy bonito gracias por tus tutoriales