- Hey everyone.
I'm Mindy from Cute Girls Hairstyles.
And today we are going to test TikTok hair hacks.
I'm sure you guys have seen
a gazillion hair hacks going around.
In 15 seconds, they show you these hacks that look amazing.
But today we're gonna see
if they actually work when you put them to the test.
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and let's start testing.
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Okay, so the first TikTok we are testing
is basically creating a braid without an elastic.
So you start by picking up a section of hair
and then you do a regular braid
and on the TikTok they said don't untangle it as you braid.
So once you start braiding, like see, it's such habit
for me to untangle it, it's gonna be really hard not to.
We're gonna not untangle those ends
'cause they're kind of intertwining on each other as we go.
Such a habit for me to untangle it.
Don't do it. Don't do it, guys.
And it's naturally just kind of braiding itself,
I guess, at the bottom.
Creating a little hole.
And when you get to where you can't
twist the strands any further,
than it said to just take it and flip it inside itself
through one of the holes and then tug down.
Did it work?
Pancake it a little bit, make it a little more boho.
And ta-da!
I definitely think it would stay in.
The question is, is it gonna be hard to get out?
I know we start at the bottom.
See if the untangles.
It definitely is a little more tangle-y than normal
at the bottom, but just right at the end.
And once you get to the middle part, no problem.
So I would say
thumbs up! (bell dings)
Worked on that one.
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Okay, the second TikTok we're gonna try is a faux braid.
So it's for people that don't know how to braid,
you can do this technique and supposedly create a braid.
Now she uses an elastic, scoops it to the side right here
and puts an elastic in, but I feel
like that kinda leaves you
with a little more chunky ponytail braid.
So I'm not going to use the elastic,
but exact same technique.
So she divides the hair in two
and then the piece that you're holding your hair in,
you take your two fingers like this,
basically poke them through the middle
and grab that other strand underneath.
So you just switch places.
Same thing.
Stick your fingers through, pull the hair, switch places.
And then you just keep repeating this motion
all the way down your hair
until you supposedly have a break
or something that looks like a break.
We're gonna see what it looks like.
I don't have a mirror, so I'm doing this just by feel.
Also, my hair is really layered, so if you had longer hair,
or hair that wasn't layered, it might work better
than what I'm doing on mine.
And then at the end, put an elastic
and pull it apart a little.
And supposedly you have something that looks like a braid.
Did it work? What do you guys think?
Thumbs up, thumbs down?
I haven't looked in the mirror yet
so leave a comment and tell me if you think this worked
and would you wear it?
If you were somebody that couldn't braid ever,
would you still do this and feel good about it?
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The third TikTok we're gonna try
is the elastic-less ponytail,
which I had to watch this one a couple times
to even figure out what she was doing.
And I think I've got it, but let's try it.
So she pulls it back and then pulls a piece of hair out.
I don't know why you would do this
'cause you're just going to end up with wonky.
Then she twists it.
Nope, it's already too loose.
(groans) Let's try it again.
(broadcast signal)
I'm trying to get a piece out
without pulling everything else around it.
Then she twisted it and then put her hands through it
like it was an elastic and pulls her hair through.
(grunts)
But then she twists it again.
She twisted it three times.
That girl must have had long hair.
Twisted it.
I can't even get it around.
So if I left it like this, it would fall out.
Okay, I gotta figure out how to get it twisted twice.
Let's try again.
Also, I just feel like I'm making knots in my hair.
(broadcast signal)
So take it, twist it.
But see, I (groans)
Okay, try it again.
(broadcast signal)
I just don't know.
Why would you do this?
That's the better question.
This is very cheap.
Okay, pull a hair.
I'm gonna pull her hair up here farther.
Take it, I'd give it a twist.
So now I'm about to twist it.
Go through.
(slaps thighs)
Okay, one more time and then I'm gonna call it.
(broadcast signal)
Twist.
Pull your hair through.
Let's see if we can loosen it up a little bit.
Twist it again and pull the hair through one more time.
No way can I get three.
Okay, check that out.
So yes,
it's technically holding my hair.
No, it's not holding it very securely.
And also who would wear this?
Can you see this? Why?
I'm giving this TikTok
(buzzer buzzes) a thumbs down.
'Cause I just think realistically,
somebody's gonna have a hair elastic.
I think it's possible to get it to hold your hair,
but I just don't think it's a realistic option.
So for me it's not a hair hack if it's not easier.
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Okay, TikTok number four is static
and how to get rid of hair static.
So my hair isn't staticky today, which means,
enter the balloon.
And we're gonna try to (balloon buzzes)
give my hair static.
Is it working?
Whoa, whoa, who!
(record scratches)
Whoa, whoa!
Okay.
We good?
So now that my hair has static, it's getting rid of static.
And I actually, I personally know this one works
'cause I use this one, I have in the past.
But if you take a dryer sheet
and then this way you smell good, too.
And you wipe it down on your hair.
Don't ask me if this is healthy for your hair,
I'm just saying it works.
And you go like this and voila, no more static.
I also use this on my clothing.
If your skirts are super staticky,
you can run it over your skirt, too.
So yes, hair static
(bell dings) dryer sheets.
Then you just smell like you're fresh out of the laundry.
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Okay, for our last one, we are going to test a video
where you use a claw clip like this
and you run it just down the center
and it's supposed to give you this like amazing half up.
In the videos, they take it
and they basically get this bottom point
right on the front of their hair
and they kinda scoop it like this.
(groans)
Scoop it and then just kind of
let it grab the hair.
I don't know.
I feel like it's messy.
(broadcast signal)
Clip, open it up wide.
(broadcast signal)
Pull some front pieces out.
Does it still just look like a mess?
I kinda feel like it just still looks like a mess.
And why would you do this?
I mean, I know I'm going blind
cause I don't have a mirror,
but why would you do this as opposed to just...
You know, like...
I don't no. To me, hacks have to make sense.
This does not make sense.
What am I doing wrong?
Tell me in the comments below, what am I doing wrong?
Okay, we're gonna try a different clip
and see if it was the clip or the width it opens or...
(sighs) I feel like that one was even worse, guys.
I feel like that one grabbed a even smaller
piece of hair.
Y'all, this, what?
Does anybody think this looks good?
Why?
(buzzer buzzes) I don't get it.
I'm giving it a thumbs down.
I just don't think it's that cute
and I think it's ineffective
because a hack is supposed to be faster and easier
and I don't think this was faster or easier or cuter.
Am I doing something wrong?
If you guys know the secret, tell me.
Okay guys, so, in summary,
I think we tried five and three of them
I would have said actually worked and made sense,
which is still pretty good, I think.
So, our, I don't want to know it,
I don't, I can't do the math.
I don't know, I don't know what the percentage of that is.
Three fifths.
Three fifths of them did great.
So I am kind of surprised 'cause I think a lot
of times they, the way they shoot the angles
or the way that they sneak the shots
make it look like it was really easy and fast and quick,
when in reality, it was like a bomb.
Three out of five is pretty good.
That's all I'm saying. Three out of five.
Send me some more TikTok hacks
that I should test and see if they actually work.
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