Half updo accentuated with rope twists

Hey my fellow readers,

So here comes the first of many hairstyle posts. This hairstyle was done on short and fine hair, however it can be done on any hair length and different hair types too.

This idea was an inspiration from a hairstyle i found on pinterest by BabesInHairLand.
The tools that you will need are:

• Hair brush
• Rat tail comb
• Rubber bands
• Hair band
• Alligator clips
• Booby pins
• Gel spray

Lets get start on how to do this hairstyle...

You'll want to have the hair damp and brushed out smoothly, to help maintain the fly aways under control and to keep the hair smooth and bump free.

To start off, as the pictures show, you'll section off the hair that you'll be working with first with a rat tailed comb, from the top of one ear to ear to the other, and pulled the remaining hair into a ponytail with a hair band. Then split the hair that was sectioned off at the front into approximately four equal parts using the same tool (the rat tailed comb), and using alligator clips secure each section with one. Alternatively if you don't have alligator clips, bobby pins will also do a good job at keeping each section separate.

Secondly, you'll take each section and smooth it out with the comb and add some gel spray and rubber band it securely in place, I have used white rubber bands but its up to you what colours you'd like to use.

Once those are secure and you're happy with the way they look then you'll want to bring them to the front of the face and hold them with alligator clips if it helps keep them away from what you're about to do next. Now you'll want to release the ponytail you had previously done to hold back the hair you were not using and divide it in half and secure the top half with a clip and once again crate a ponytail with the remaining hair. You'll next want to release the hair you just divided and secure it with a clip and tie it back with a rubber band, keeping the four small sections of hair you done at the beginning still out of the way.

 

Next you'll want to go back to the sections you first made, the two centre ones you'll want to split them in half (the pictures will help you understand what I'm trying to say). Then you'll want to create the twists, although they seem complex they are quite easy once you get the hang of it. So in each hand you'll hand one strand and twist them clockwise separately and then join them by combining them anti-clockwise, this prevents the twist from unravelling itself (CuteGirlsHairstyles are a youtube channel where i learnt how to do these twists, if you need extra help on understand the step go over and check out their channel). 

Once you've finished that first twist you'll want to secure it with a rubber band temporarily. With the remaining strand you have left you'll create another two more twist and secure them with a rubber band, i have secured them together however if you find it easier you can rubber band them separately.

Finally, grab another rubber band, the same colour as the one you had previously used to secure the top half and combine the twists together with it, you'll then want to remove the rubber band/s you had used temporarily to hold the twists and the hairband holding the remaining hair. And thats your finished hairstyle.

I have gone ahead and grabbed a small section of hair and wrapped it around the rubber band to cover it and used a bobby pin to secure it in place. This step is optional, you might instead want to tie a ribbon, or a bow or any hair accessory you'd like to use.

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