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The Alternative Ponytail Trick

Serge Normant offers his advice on a new trick for styling a ponytail.

Released on 02/09/2015


I am Serge Normant and I am here to answer your questions.

Kawaii asked, I have long thick hair and the only

hairstyle I can really do is a ponytail.

What else can I try?

So, what I would tell you, Kawaii, is that

you can still do a ponytail, but maybe

you can do an alternative on a ponytail.

So, I'm gonna show you how to do that

on Caroline, who's here with me

today, who has great long hair.

I'll give it a little bit of teasing,

a little texturizer just to add

as much volume as you can on the roots.

And it will be useful afterwards just to have extra volume,

which will give you that kind of

little '60s feel to a ponytail.

So, I'm making the first ponytail and we're gonna do two.

So, one right on the top of the crown.

You don't have to oversecure it right now,

you just leave it going in the front.

Then you pull the rest of the hair up,

you will brush it as far up as you can

right under the first rubber band.

And you're gonna secure it with the second rubber band.

And what you do, you pull it right on its base

so it gives you already that little

lip that you get right here.

If you're not handy with a comb,

you can use a brush to tease the ponytail.

A lot of people have an easier time with it,

so that will give you that much more volume.

You spray it.

You're gonna start teasing the top ponytail.

And what you're gonna do now, you're gonna

mix both the top ponytail and the bottom ponytail

by texturizing it all and making it blend together.

So, voila, you have the two ponytails into one

with a little bit of a '60s feel to it.

On Caroline I kept the natural texture

and kind of kept it a little messy.

And, you ready to see it, Caroline?


Look at it now.

Oh it looks beautiful.

Thank God my hair's not in a bun.

So Kawaii, I hope I answered your question.

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Thank you for watching.

Starring: Serge Normant

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