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- Hey everyone, Kayley here.
So, it is time for my Christmas morning hairstyles.
I do this video every year.
Christmas time is so fun and full of so many happy things,
but one of them is relatives taking tons of pictures.
And no matter how cute you try to be, if your hair
is a mess, you're a mess in these pictures forever.
So I have for you some really easy hairstyles
that you can do in 10 minutes or less
on Christmas morning so that your hair looks amazing
and all those pictures turn out on point.
So, all that said, let's go ahead
and get into these easy Christmas morning hairstyles.
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For this first hairstyle, I used one of the methods
from my three five-minute curls video.
And this is the ponytail method from that video,
where you just throw your hair into a ponytail,
and you curl all of the hair, and then you let it down.
I used a one-inch curling iron for this hair.
And once it was all done, I just took the elastic out
of my hair, parted my hair, and the curls are ready to go.
So you can do this on Christmas morning if you want,
or you can go with second-day curls,
just depending on what you want to do.
And this would be an amazing way to just have your hair down
and curled and look amazing for Christmas morning.
It's also a great base for any of these hairstyles
that we have coming up next if you want your hair curled.
But that is hairstyle number one.
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The second hairstyle will look great on any hair texture
and will work for basically any hair length.
You just wanna start by taking a large section of hair
from your hairline, and you're gonna split that into three
and then braid it all the way down.
Once I got to the end of my hair,
I went ahead and put a little bobby pin in
at the end to hold it in place,
but you could also use an elastic if you prefer.
And then I loosened it up by pulling on each little piece
of the braid, because I wanted to make the braids look
a little bit bigger than they normally would.
That's totally up to you.
You can skip this step if you're in a hurry.
Now we're gonna do the same thing again
right next to our first braid.
So you're gonna take another section of hair,
and you're going to split it into three
and braid all the way down.
Once I got to the end of this one,
I also secured it with a bobby pin,
and then loosened it up just a little bit for extra volume.
Again, that's totally optional.
Finally, separate a little bit of hair in the back
from about your ears up, and then
we're going to pin the braids underneath that hair.
I'm just clipping it off to the side,
and then I'm bringing my braids right underneath that.
And I'm pinning them in place
underneath the hair that we moved.
That way, we hide the bobby pins
without having to do any extra work.
If you have really thick hair,
a good option is to use jumbo bobby pins or roller pins,
'cause they hold a lot more hair.
Or use snap clips, because those
also hold a lot of hair as well.
Then just take the clip out of your hair
so that your hair falls over the bobby pins,
and you are all done with this hairstyle.
Again, I love this one 'cause it would totally work
on short hair as well as long hair.
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This third hairstyle is a great add-on
for second-day curls or straight hair.
All you have to do is throw your hair behind your shoulders,
and then brush the top of it back so that you get rid
of any parting you might have there.
Then you're just gonna make a little circle
around your crown of your head with your fingers
to create a little parting.
Then bring that section together
and secure it with an elastic.
Once you've done that,
you can kind of loosen it just a little bit.
And then, for some extra volume,
I pushed mine up just slightly.
And then I put some little bobby pins in,
making an X with the bobby pins to hold it up
and give it a slight amount of volume with no teasing.
To finish this hairstyle off,
I decided just to tie it off with a little black ribbon.
All I did was tie it around the pony tail holder
and then tie a little bow onto it.
So that's it for hairstyle number three.
I love this one.
It's super simple, but I think
it's one of the prettiest of the hairstyles.
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Now, hairstyle number four
is for all of you braid-aholics out there.
You're gonna start out by taking a section of hair
from your front hairline, and split it into three.
And then you're going to do a Dutch braid back.
You're going diagonally, and you're going
from where you start all the way back
to a low ponytail in the middle of your head.
So just envision that.
But the bonus side of this
is that we're only gonna Dutch braid
the stuff from our ears forward.
After that, you're gonna start braiding normally.
And I like that because it takes a lot less time
than trying to dutch braid all that hair.
So basically, you're just gonna Dutch braid
all the hair in front of your ear on that side,
finish it off with a normal braid,
and then, of course, because all of us braid-aholics
need to have big, big braids, we're gonna pull it apart
to make sure that you have a nice statement braid.
I do have a whole video on how to get, like,
max volume out of your braids, so I will link that
in the description box in case you want it.
Then hold your place with a bobby pin
and do the exact same thing on the other side,
just Dutch braiding the hair that's in front of your ear,
finishing it off with a normal braid,
and then pulling the braid apart for some extra volume.
Then, once you've got that done,
we're going to toss everything behind your shoulders
and pull it into a low ponytail.
I started by pulling all the extra hair into a ponytail,
and then pulling the two braids in,
and then securing everything with an elastic.
Now just unravel the braids that are left in the ponytail.
And if you wanna go for bonus points, wrap a small piece
of hair around the elastic to cover it up.
That's totally up to you, you don't have to do that.
What I like to do when I get to the end of the hair, though,
is just to put a bobby pin halfway through it.
And then you can move that wherever you want.
So I move it so that it kind of tucks behind
the ponytail that I've already wrapped around.
And then I just hide that little bobby pin
behind everything else, and it's all done!
And that is it for hairstyle number four.
If you have short hair, you can adapt this hairstyle
by doing these braids and then pinning them up
in a half-updo instead of doing a ponytail,
and you could wear this hairstyle as well.
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For the final hairstyle, I thought
it was about time that I did a top knot.
So, to do this, I just threw my hair over my head
to get it into a high, high ponytail.
And then I just brushed everything
to make sure it was smooth.
And then, once you got a really high ponytail going on,
you are ready to move on to the next step.
Now just pull out a section of hair.
We're gonna use this for the braid later.
And then, put a hair doughnut or a rolled-up sock
around the elastic of your ponytail.
Then, this is how I like to make my top knots.
I wrap the hair around that little form.
So I wrap it around until it looks like a bun.
Now, if you don't like it that way,
you can make, like, a traditional top knot,
or a ballerina bun, or a messy bun.
Do your thing here, just get a bun going on
to where you like it.
But what I do is I wrap it around,
and then I pin everything in place until it's super secure.
Then just take that hair that's left
and braid it all the way down.
And once you get to the end, secure it
with an elastic or a bobby pin.
It's totally fine if this braid can't wrap
all the way around the bun.
No worries.
You just wanna make sure
that you wrap it around the front of the bun.
And then you tuck the ends in underneath the bun,
wherever those ends hit.
Bobby pin them in a couple of times
just to make sure that they stay,
and then you are totally done with hairstyle number five.
I thought it was about time to do a top knot
so all of you guys who like having your hair
on top of your head and out of the way could have
a really pretty way (camera snapping)
to wear it for Christmas morning.
So, that is it
for this year's Christmas morning hairstyles, guys.
Now, this work all year long.
You don't only have to wear them on Christmas morning,
but they are fast, they're beautiful,
and they'll look good in pictures.
So that's super helpful on Christmas morning,
when we all want to look our best.
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So anyway, guys, I hope you really, really love this video.
If you try any of these out,
especially on Christmas morning,
send me pictures using the hashtag KayleyMelissa.
I will be on there on Christmas
looking for your hashtags, and I would love to reply back,
and just spend Christmas with you guys on social media.
I'll see you guys there and in my next video.
Mwah! Bye!