Katy Perry... Yeah.
Is what we're talking about
and our viewer's name is Riley, so.
I think this is one of the most liked pictures
she have had on Instagram.
It was actually, she brought back the longer hair.
She had short hair for a long time
and people really enjoyed seeing
the longer, sexy hair back.
You don't even recognize her
because it's such a huge change
from night to day, right.
Yeah, massive.
And I think people just really enjoyed that.
People keep requesting how do you get these mermaid waves.
I'm going to show you a few Hollywood secrets
I use which are really, really easy
for you guys to use at home.
I think when you see it,
you'll be surprised at how easy this look is to create.
Come on out, Riley.
(audience applauding)
(funky music)
Oh, Riley!
Riley, you do look like a mermaid
and I didn't know that
we had brunette mermaids on the team.
Whoa, brunette!
Brunette mermaid!
(audience applauding)
Riley, I dig that.
Do you like that?
I love it, I feel great.
It's really cool.
Yeah.
The secret to this is you
don't actually need to use any heat.
So the way we've prepped her hair
was just put the hair into a middle part
and then actually cheated this look
by doing two braids.
So we just do two braids either side of the hair.
You need to leave the hair to dry.
I would recommend you just go bed in it.
So braid your hair at night,
nice little tight braid, either side.
And you're saying her hair was damp?
Her hair was still wet?
Yeah, hair was damp.
So we damped it down, let it dry overnight.
Take it out and you will get
that really nice kind of biblical, you know, kind of waves,
so it's that mermaid wave that goes up and down.
And it's different to a curl.
Then what we did,
just to finish off the look is use this
and you guys (mumbling).
That looks aggressive.
So what you can do then and this is effective
what I just did in the back is just grab sections
and this basically gives you that deep wave.
So it's not a crimp.
Crimp is really 80s, that's not what the trend is.
The trend is these kind of loose,
kind of I guess mermaid waves.
Oh, I see.
And you just kind of chomp this
every couple of feet there (laughing).
(audience applauding) So in actual fact,
the size of it is what makes it quick,
you know so it's easy to do.
So that's kind of one of the go to's.
Do you have one of these things at home?
I used to.
It was like the crimpy, scary...
I'd be scared to death of it.
Yeah a little bit.
Well you need to take one home because that looks good.
This is actually Kim's look we did in Paris.
So we did this really long braid.
Braids are really in fashion right now.
That's like, five feet of hair.
Five feet of hair.
They're longer than ever
and I guess the braid has become the new ponytail right now.
There's a lot of these really tight braids.
Let's bring her out and have a look.
All right, let's take a look at Nikita.
(audience applauding)
(funky music)
Nikita, where is your braid?
Spin it around, baby, I want to see the braid.
There she is.
Oh, see now that's a little more believable.
The key to this is
it's not really necessarily about the braid,
it's actually about the accessory.
So I want to spin you around so you guys can see.
Nikita, that's insane.
Have you ever done anything like this?
I have never done anything like this, no.
And do you have long hair,
like how much of that is yours?
I would say it's pretty medium length.
It's pretty like down here?
Yeah.
So I mean guys look...
So this is part extension of some sort.
Yeah, we actually in the prep,
so you'll see in the..
In the B-roll.
What we did in the B-roll,
we added, I mean the key point to this
is actually getting a sleek low ponytail and then I-
Oh, her hair's long to begin with.
It is long, it is long, and it's also very thick.
I added a ponytail piece just for you guys
so you can see it in a little bit more drama.
I love this black ribbon.
You don't have to use a ponytail piece, though.
The idea is that you get a simple, tight braid.
Nice and sleek and nice and small.
The detail with this and what made it really different
is actually the wrap.
So, we have this fabric.
The wrap is beautiful.
The wrap is, this is just fabric, guys,
and they come pretty sticky so you just literally
wrap it around if you guys can see that on the camera.
It looks like Christmas ribbon
but it already has sticky on the back.
Well I'm going to tell you a little secret.
Kim actually did a really long ponytail.
It was a nice ponytail.
I was like, how can we make this like,
we're in Paris, how can we make this ponytail
look a little bit more elevated.
I actually just cut a piece of the fabric off
so she had like a belt
and it was long and I said, you know, do you need this much?
And she said no.
So I cut it off and we wrapped it around the base
of the ponytail and so many people spoke about it.
They really liked that extra detail.
And it took it from being a ponytail
to tying into the whole outfit.
So guys, add a few accessories to the ponytails
or your braids and it makes a big difference.
Why not, accessories to your body,
why not put them in your hair?
But the best thing that I think about it
is the fact that it's inexpensive.
So you can actually go from work to a nighttime
and makes it look like you put a lot of effort in.
Really chic.
Well you need a friend because you'd have to be
double-jointed to put that little twist
that you want by yourself.
(audience applauding)
(chimes chiming)