hey guys welcome back to my channel today I want to share with you this really beautiful
unique and elegant braided updo hairstyle the warm weather is finally
here and I feel like it's such a popular time for more formal events and I just
think that this hairstyle is perfect it looks quite intricate but it's actually
a lot simpler than it looks you just will have to put in a little bit of arm
work but I will link some easy up-dos down below for you guys so let's go
ahead and get started for this hairstyle you will need about 8 clear hair
elastics and some bobby pins and you just want to ensure that your hair is
free of knots and tangles for a nice smooth finish to help with the smooth
finish I'm going to go ahead and add some of this Herbal Essences cream gel
it's just super flexible hold and since it's so humid here in the summer time it
just helps to keep my hair frizz free all day long I just grab a quarter sized
amount rub it between my palms and then I apply it all over smoothing down my
hair for our first ponytail I'm placing my fingers at the sides of my crown and
just trying diagonal lines down to the nape of my neck so that this section is
an upside down triangle I recommend after each step combing
everything to give you a nice smooth elegant finish with this section you
just want to secure it off with a hair elastic to make it a ponytail and I wrap
mine around 3 times so that it was tight but not too tight and you want
your ponytail to be sitting right at the nape of your neck for the second
ponytail I'm placing my finger about one inch over from that first ponytail and
drawing diagonally down to the nape of my neck and then you just want to do this
on the other side as well I'm just moving up these sections with my comb
and then securing them off with a hair elastic just above our previous ponytail
once it's secure you shouldn't be able to see that first hair elastic because
it'll be hidden by this new ponytail for the third ponytail you want to repeat
the exact same steps I'm placing my finger about one-inch over from the previous
ponytail and diagonally drawing a line towards the nape of my neck on both
sides once I've combed these sections I'm going to secure them
together with a hair elastic above our previous ponytail once it's secure you
should not be able to see the previous hair elastics I created a total of five
ponytails repeating the exact same steps grabbing one inch from beside each side
of our previous ponytail smoothing it out and then securing it with a hair
elastic over top of the previous hair elastic
for my fifth ponytail it was all the rest of my hair framing my face and you
just want to ensure that you're leaving the hair that's at your neck out of this
ponytail as you can see I've created five cascading ponytails and you just
want to ensure that all of your elastics are pretty well hidden now for an easy
part you want to divide all the remaining hair into three equal pieces
and we're just going to create a loose three strand braid now for the braids to
match our cascading ponytails you'll just want to cross the outside sections
over the middle versus going under once you've reached the very end of your
braid secure it off with a hair elastic and I like to make my ends into a little
bit of a bun just so that they don't end up poking out now to make this hairstyle
really pop and stand out you'll want to pancake it which creates more volume and
dimension first I'm just going to gently pull up
on small pieces around the crown of my head to help create some more volume
since I don't really like teasing my hair so all you do is anchor your
ponytails with your one hand and use your index finger and thumb to gently
pinch small sections and pull them upwards and then once you've done that
you'll want to work your way down the ponytails so again just anchor them with
your one hand and with your index finger and thumb just gently pull on small
pieces to make them more voluminous I'm focusing most of my pancaking at the
Center and you can see how quickly this just transforms the hairstyle you want
to start with really small pieces and then work your way up to larger ones
that you're creating layers as you're going which is going to give you the
most dimensions so you can see all the added volume and fullness is creates I
am just in love with the detail of this hairstyle I think it looks incredible
last step is to tightly roll up the braid and make this a stunning up-do
start at the very bottom of your braid and you just want to tuck your ends
underneath and begin rolling the braid all the way to the nape of your neck if
your hair is shorter this will be really easy and if you have long hair just try
to keep it as tight as possible once you've wrapped your braid you can either
tuck it completely underneath those ponytails but I think it's so beautiful
to just let some of it show just helps to add extra detail to this hairstyle
and I just need to bobby pin it into place my biggest tip is to create
crosses with your bobby pins by inserting them on angles for this
hairstyle once I created a cross I added an additional bobby pin through the
center to create more of a star which held wonderfully you just want to avoid
aimlessly sticking your bobby pins in because that's when they slide out and
the less hair you grab the better now for some finishing touches I'm just
going to curl up my bangs away from my face for a softer appearance and to
polish off the look I'm using Pantene's alcohol-free
extra strong hold Airspray and I know what you guys are thinking I'm not using
Ellenet but I want to test us the new things for you guys and this is really
strong hold so I'm just going to do a couple light spritzes all over so there
you have you guys that is how you achieve its really beautiful and elegant
updo I love this hairstyle so much this is by far my favourite up-do that I've
ever done in my channel I just think that it's so unique and beautiful and
you have let me know what you thought but this hairstyle is absolutely perfect
for a wedding a fancy dinner or any formal event this summer so if you do
recreate it don't fit to share with me on Instagram you can either tag me or
send it to me in a message but thank-you again so much for watching hopefully you
found this video helpful if you did just give it a thumbs up and don't forget to
subscribe and I'm also going to link some more easy updos for you guys down
below but thank you again for watching and
I'll talk to you guys soon bye