Hair Dare!

Every one of us needs lots of ways to get your hair off your neck. Here’s one. It’s a new twist on a good old classic– the fishtail. It’s simple, quick and combines two of my favorite hair styles.

STEPS:

1. Start with all of your hair down. It can be wet or dry and you can do this on any hair texture.
2. Tease the crown a little so it doesn’t get completely flat up top. Sometimes, you would also want to give the top at least a little texture when doing a messy braid.
3. Make a regular low ponytail using a thin clear elastic.
4. Gently pull the clear elastic down about an inch to an inch and a half.
5. Split the hair in two sections just above the clear elastic.
6. Loop the whole ponytail up and around and through the hole.
7. Fishtail the hair under the clear elastic.
8. Gently pull the braid apart to give it some soft, messy texture.
9. Carefully cut out the top clear elastic, but leave the bottom one.
10. Wrap a little hair around the bottom clear elastic to hide it. Use a small bobby pin on the back side to secure.

VOILA! A new summer ‘do or if you’re from the Philippines, you just learned a new back-to-school hair ‘do! If you have a hard time doing the back, get a friend to help. It’s really sort of difficult to get a centered braid by yourself!