- Hey everyone, Kayley here
and today I wanted to bring you guys some last minute,
low maintenance, easy, holiday hairstyles.
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♪ Thinking about what's happened to me from July ♪
♪ Up 'til now ♪
♪ Don't know where ♪
- So, I love the hustle and bustle of the holidays.
I love that there's parties to go to
and people to shop for
and all of that.
But it makes one very busy.
And as much as I love getting very glammed up for parties,
I often don't have the time.
And I'm assuming that a lot of you are in the same boat.
So I'm gonna give you some very fast,
very easy holiday hairstyles
that can also transition from day to night very easily.
So if you're going to work and then going to a party after
these are for you.
So I hope that you enjoy it.
Hope you have a good time.
Let's get into it.
Let's go ahead and talk about the easiest
option of them all,
the most Blair Waldorf option of them all,
adding a headband.
I feel like headbands are very much back, this season.
I've seen them all over
on the more high end hair accessory Instagrams
that I follow.
And I love them.
And without spending a ton of money
you can get a similar, really beautiful look.
So I actually found this little satin,
knotted headband at Target.
This is from Scunci's collaboration with Sincerely Jules,
which is very exciting, first of all.
That entire line is beautiful.
Good job guys.
But that said, I just wanted to show you guys
my favorite way to take your hair
from just like standard, basic party curls
to just a little something more.
I like to take the ends of the headband
and put them kind of in my temples.
So right here, kind of in line
with the end of my eyebrow
and slide it back until it's behind my ear
and then go down.
And that way I have my hair swept back here
but I have some hair still in front of my ears.
I feel like you guys probably know this about me,
I need some kind of something around my face
to frame it, even if it's just these little ear pieces.
And that can be your full look.
I know hair style tutorials can be 10 steps long
and require you to stand on one foot
while reciting the alphabet backwards as you do it.
This is not that one.
It's literally just add something cute into your hair
and it makes you a little bit more festive.
And now onto this braided updo.
This hairstyle will work on any hair texture,
whether your hair is straight or curly,
or second or third day hair.
Load it up with dry shampoo
and then you can do this updo.
It's good to go.
So I'm gonna cheat a little bit
and you do not need to do this.
I'm just feeling extra today.
I'm gonna use this giant hairpiece.
This is from Barefoot Blonde.
And you can see that it's a very thick weft
of hair extensions that are seamless,
so it's very flat.
Essentially, you can use this for braids,
side braids, ponytails, buns.
It lays flat to the head and just adds in
a whole lot more hair in any area
where you may need it.
Very, very handy.
But I'm just gonna clip this in at my occipital bone
and pull everything into a hair elastic.
Obviously, if you're not using this
you just pull everything into a hair elastic.
And obviously, I'm gonna let out some little pieces
around the front.
Can we just take a moment to see how good
the ponytail looks with adding in
that extra little thing.
And it's just one clip right here.
So it's not 1,000 T-Clips all over my head.
If you watched any of my hair extension videos
you know that drives me nuts.
So I just, I really like this little thing.
If you feel like you would use it,
I recommend it.
Okay, now for the ribbon.
This could be any color you like.
I went with the very neutral, easy to wear black.
And I do like this being a little thicker.
This is about an inch and 1/2 thick.
And you wanna cut this so that when it's folded over
it is twice as long as your ponytail.
That way you have enough extra room
for the braid and to tie it
at the end of the whole hairstyle.
And it's also better to go longer rather than shorter
because you can always cut off the ends if you need to
but you definitely don't wanna have to redo
the whole thing, because your ribbon was too short.
And after you've folded it in 1/2
you're just gonna put a bobby pin
through the halfway point
so you can attach that to your hair
and make everything easier.
Now that we're gone through all of that
let's put it in the hair.
To do the actual hairstyle
you're just gonna stick the bobby pin down
and into the ponytail,
so that will hold in place.
And then you're gonna split your hair into three,
leaving the ribbons in a section each.
Then you're gonna braid your hair all the way down,
including the ribbon.
And at the end you can secure it with an elastic
if you want,
but I'm just gonna use a bobby pin.
Because with all the extra ribbon
I feel like an elastic is a lot of work.
And now I'm gonna pull it apart slightly,
just to let it breathe a little bit.
And then we'll wrap the hair into a bun
and pin it in place.
To pin I'm using these little, flocked hair pins
called Frenchies.
I love these.
These hold so well in hair.
They're not hard to get out
but they will stay in for days,
and days, and days, and days, and days.
And then all that's left to do
is to tie a bow with the ends and you're done.
I love the little bow.
I love the ribbon.
And I think it's a great way to just dress up
your old school braided bun
and make it ready for holidays.
And now on to this 1/2 updo with a bow.
Before we get to the actual hairstyle
let's talk about the bow
that pulls it all together.
I'm gonna show you how you can make your own.
You just need a ribbon, pearls,
glue, and hair clips.
Let's get into it.
First of all tie the bow
and make sure that it's the size and shape that you want.
Then you're going to layer one of the ends over the other
at the top, and glue it that way,
so that the ends hang it together more
rather than being splayed out.
And then you can clip that in place to dry.
But I did, eventually, realize that it was better
to use a bobby pin,
because less surface area
and it doesn't get stuck as bad.
And then you wanna make sure the ends of the bow are even.
So hold them together and then cut off the excess
on whatever side is longer.
But hold onto it because we're gonna use it later.
Then you can go ahead and arrange your pearls
to get everything exactly where you want it.
And once you have it there, glue it in place.
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And now, to add the clip
we're actually gonna take that little scrap of ribbon
and put it into the clip, velvet side up.
Then you're gonna grab your glue
and glue on the back of the bow
and the back of the ribbon and clip
and adhere those together.
This is really the difference between
a big, gluey mess
and something that looks like you could have
bought it at a store.
Then I put in a pearl to hold the clip open,
so I wouldn't accidentally glue the clip closed.
And I let everything dry
and it was done.
And there you go, that's the bow.
Now it does sound like a lot,
when you actually list all the steps.
But it's, literally, just tie a bow,
put some pearls on it,
put a clip on it.
It's not that deep.
And I think it's cute for holiday
but you can totally wear it throughout Winter.
And it would make a good, little, extra DIY gift.
Or even a gift topper.
And then you take it off of the gift
and you can put it in your hair.
I don't know if that's cheesy
but to me that seems really cute.
Anyway, now let's do the actual hairstyle.
It's gonna take two seconds.
So the first thing you're gonna do
is take a large section of hair on each side
and bring those to the back
and secure it with an elastic.
Then you're gonna create a topsytail
by flipping the ponytail up and through the elastic.
And then just use your index and your thumb
to pull apart little pieces of the twist
to get a better, more done look in the hair.
And once that's in, all you have to do
is clip in your bow or tie in the bow if you prefer
and you're done.
Easy peasy, last minute hairstyle,
with a cute little accessory.
And I love it!
I very much think that 2018 Blair Waldorf
would wear this bow, pretty sure.
I would also like to point out that this bow
makes a very cute addition to a topknot.
Literally, you just do your topknot of choice
and add the bow in under it.
And you're done, there you go,
bonus hairstyle.
There you go.
Now you can have great hair
and save a little bit of extra time for Christmas shopping.
That is, if you still have shopping left to do.
Tell me below, have you finished your holiday shopping?
Or are you still working on it?
Because some years I'm so good,
I'm done in October.
This year, it's a week until Christmas
and I still have at least two to buy.
Let me know which one you are in the comments.
And also, do you have any tips on
not being a procrastinator Santa?
Because I tend to really need that advice.
But that's it for today's video.
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And I hope I see all of you guys
in my next video, on Saturday,
which is going to be a very popular one
in a series that I do every single year.
If you know what that is,
tell me in the comments.
If you've been around you probably know.
I'm very excited about it.
I'm excited for you guys to see it.
So don't forget to come back then.
All that being said, I'm a go.
I'll see you on Saturday, muah, bye.
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