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- Hey everyone, I'm Mindy from Cute Girls Hairstyles.
Bryan's joining me today.
We cannot keep our hands off of this red hair
that is so beautiful.
We are calling this the criss cross bun,
and OMG, might be a new favorite.
It was not only easy,
but it looks amazing, it really does.
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Okay you guys, I am gonna start
by prepping her hair.
So I'm gonna turn Bryan this way,
and I am going to, her hair is looking really good.
It's not oily or anything,
so it doesn't need dry shampoo.
I'm gonna take som Hairitage by Mindy Texture Spray,
and just spritz it a little bit through the hair like this.
This is just gonna add a little grit and texture
that's gonna make our jobs a little bit easier
when we get there.
Then I'm gonna take some Magic Dust Root Powder
and tap it on the top.
This is just gonna help her roots
have a little more volume
when we get that ponytail secured the way we want it to.
Now I'm gonna take her hair,
and I'm gonna kinda side sweep two pieces,
kind of by her ears
just like this.
So kinda like half back.
And if you want to right here,
you can even add a little Wiggle Room Hair Spray.
This is why I like this Wiggle Room,
'cause it's just light enough
that you can still work with the hair
after it goes on.
It doesn't get crunchy
like heavy duty hair spray does sometimes,
so you can still work with it,
but it's gonna help smooth.
When I get there, I'm gonna take an elastic
and secure these two pieces together,
make sure that these are all gone, like this.
You can see I did it,
I didn't do it super tight up here.
I did it a little bit lower.
Now I'm gonna take the hair and flip it through.
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And we are pretty much set for our next step.
Now I'm gonna take the hair,
divide it in half.
It doesn't have to be exact middle,
but pretty close.
Gonna take another elastic,
and my goal is to get it sitting
pretty high, close to this elastic.
You don't want it down here.
You want it up a little bit higher,
closer to the scalp
and closer to that original elastic.
Now I'm gonna repeat on this side
with another elastic,
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And I'm trying to pretty much make sure
that I have pretty much this centered between these two.
Okay, now at this point,
we're gonna start doing our wrap.
So I'm just gonna make sure
I can get my fingers in like that,
and I'm gonna take this Wiggle Room Hair Spray again,
gonna take the Wiggle Room Hair Spray,
and just spritz it.
Again, that's just gonna help,
she's got layers,
and everybody has flyaways in their hair,
so it's just gonna kinda help smooth it all.
So I'm gonna reach up in here,
take my fingers like this
behind this twist, and grab this piece
and just pull it through.
So it's going, just to be clear
so everybody gets it,
it's going behind the twist,
but in front of this bottom ponytail.
Now I'm gonna take and repeat on this side.
So fingers up, gonna take this left side hair,
make sure I get it all,
and just tug it through
this.
This is where we get the criss-crossing starting to happen.
This one is sitting on top currently,
so I wanna work with this one at this point.
Gonna take my fingers back through,
take this piece, overlap it,
and then I'll repeat on this side.
Bryan, will you help hold this for me?
- Yeah. - Here you go.
You could always use a clip or the person's hair,
reach up, criss it, cross it over.
And don't worry too much about these little flyaways,
'cause we can pin 'em when we're done.
Now on this side, we ended on this side again.
I'm gonna come back over here,
gonna do one more for the length of her hair,
criss,
and one more little crossy
like this, and you can see
we've woven this really beautiful bun.
Now under here, I'm gonna just take these pieces
that are the ends or the flyaways,
and I'm gonna secure 'em with an elastic
right here at the bottom.
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then we're just gonna use a little bobby pin
to get rid of those guys.
All right, tuck it up, tuck 'em so they hide.
And then you can kind of gently loosen,
so you can really overemphasize that criss cross.
This is a great moment to take a little texture powder,
or texture spray again,
and if you want to,
so it just holds a little grit,
or the finishing hair spray,
whichever your preferred method is,
and kinda smooth, polish, pull,
and really overemphasize those criss crosses.
And also right here,
I always like to loosen this top up.
This is where that Root Magic Dust
that we put in before comes in,
'cause it's gonna nicely elevate that for us.
There you have a really nice up-do.
Let's do the final spin.
It looks so good,
I'm so excited for you guys to see this one.
Bryan's like, can I wear it home?
And I'm like, yes.
Truly one of the easiest,
best-looking prom-dos I've ever done.
I love this one.
What do you think?
- I love it.
- I took a picture and showed it to her.
She was like, huh.
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Bye guys.
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