And one of these ones which are supposed to go over a pony tail on big clippies:

I bought my extensions from Bodyline and they were very cheap but decent quality. For the two of them I think I paid about $18. By using extensions you can do this style with pretty much any length hair at all ^_^

Also obviously these extensions don’t match my hair colour since I dyed my hair again but hopefully that will make it easier for you to see what is my hair and what is extensions!

What you need:

• 1 set of hair extensions on clip in tracks (curled)
• 1 matching clip in ponytail (curled)
• Bobby pins
• Brush
• Hair Spray

Ok starting with clean brushed hair, grab the track extension and fold up the track like this:

Holding it in one hand, use your other hand to grab half of the tips, scrunch it up…

Plonk it on the top of your head like this…

You should have a couple of long curls hanging down the side like this and the rest piled on top in random curls. Pin it in place ^_^

Divide your natural hair in 3 sections, one on each side and one at the back. On the side that has the hanging bit, pull the section of natural hair backwards.

Scrunch it up in your hand loosely and pin it at the back of your head where the top of the extensions meet your scalp…

Pinned it looks all scrunchy like this:

Repeat on the other side…

Pin it down!

Ok time for the clippy part!

On the side that had the hanging curls, hold them up and out of the way for a second. Clip the hair piece right above your ear and into your natural hair…

Let go of the curls so they fall over the top and you end up with something like this…

Now that is much too unbalanced on the side for my tastes and it looks terrible at the back so lets finish up! You should still have a piece hanging down the back of your natural hair. Pull that up…

Scrunch it up…

Pin it in place ^_^

Now let’s cover the back up so it blends in more ^_^ Grab a handfull of the side ponytail her from the top:

Pull it around the back and pin in place over the top of your natural hair. You can chose to leave a couple of strands hanging down or you could pin them up to your head.

Hair spray the hell out of it ^_^

If you need to, fix up the curls with your fingers so they are perfect.

There you have it! You can add some bows or flowers or clippies or something else to decorate it!

From the side…

And the other side!

So there you go! If you practice you can have it all up and finished in about 15 minutes 😀 Hope you enjoyed the tutorial ^_^

Start with clean hair and brush out any knots.

Using your finger or a pin start sectioning a piece of hair starting from the top of your ear and moving backwards.

Clip it up and out of the way:

Underneath that and just behind the ear take a small section of hair:

Plait that section ^_^

Use a pin or a hair tie to keep it from coming loose for the moment.

Now on the other side of your head take a section near the top and pin it out of the way:

Plait another section under that and secure the end  ^_^

Now with the first plait you made pull it over the top of your head like so:

Pin it on place like this:

Using the second plait make a loop:

Continue with the loop so it turns into a figure 8. Here you can either make it really tight so it looks like a bow or looser so it looks like a heart when it’s finished:

Pin it in place and cover the pins using a flower or another decoration:

Now you can unclip all of the sections you pulled back and fluff them up. You should have something like this:

Finished!

From one side:

And the other:

From here you could curl the rest of your hair for a more dressy look or leave it straight or wavy ^_^

Depending on what else you’re wearing at the time this can either be a really dressed up style or nice and casual!

Plait each section like this and tie the ends. You might need to experiment with plaiting overhand and underhand to see what looks best in the finished product because it can affect the way the plait sits on your head. I find that overhand works best on me.

Now take one plait and pull it upwards.

And over the side of your head:

Hold it very securely with your fingers and remove the hair tie.

Roughly pin it in place using the bobby pins. It doesn’t need to be perfect because this is just to hold it while we work with the rest ^_^

Now grab your other plait and pull it upwards too:

Hold it over the top so it crossed over and covers the end of the first plait. You probably won’t be able to get this one as far over your head as the first one because it has to go over a lump. As long as it reaches the half way point it’s fine though.

Hold it in place and remove the hair tie.

Now using a pin catch a small amount of the first plait:

Pull the pin over the end of the second plait (still holding the little bit of the first one) and push it back the way it came but underneath. Kind of like you’re following the line of a “U”. This is the most secure way to use bobby pins and they won’t just slide back out!

So when you’re done it will look a little like this and most of the ends of the plait will be hidden.

You should repeat this in a couple of the bumps of the plaits on both sides and front and back. If you do that then the ends will all be incased and nothing will be going anywhere 😀

Decoration is the key to not looking like a milk maid so I generally choose flowers and cover the back ^_^ The extra pins always help keep everything in place too. If you don’t want to use flowers then I also like pining pearls or little diamantes etc. Very cute!

Lastly it’s time to straighten your fringe or whatever you want to do with it!

From the side it looks a little messy because I didn’t push the flower pins in far enough but you get the general idea!

Finished!

Nice and cool for Summer and very versatile for different styles!