This easy hairstyle can be worn 24/7 and dressed down or up. Everyone from babies to big name celebrities love ponytails, known also as hair tails, ponies and simply tails.
A truly universal style, the ponytail is worn by men and women or all ages, races and hair types.
Ponytail How-to Steps
Whether you start with wet or dry, freshly washed or aged strands, complete the following steps for creation of your basic ponytail:
1. Make sure that hair is completely detangled and knot free.
Do not create a ponytail out of hair that is tangled or has knots. This may make the knots more difficult to remove down the line.
Make sure that you take extra time to detangle any knots at the base or where the base of the ponytail will be located.
2. Use a good quality (boar's bristle is always a good bet) and your fingers to direct the hair into the ponytail. Brush the hair into the direction you wish the hair to lay and use your fingers and hands to help direct the hair.
Once you have gathered the hair into the desired base location, use one hand to hold the base hair while you use the other hand to attach the elastic band to the base.
3. Always use a "hair friendly" elastic or other pony base attachment to prevent pulling or ripping fragile hair.
He also likes the fact that bungees can be easily unhooked to release the hair without ripping or tearing.
Jessica Simpson's hairdresser Ken Paves prefers the Blax ponytail holders. He notes that "they hold the hair a lot more snuggly" and to avoid pulling or tearing hair, he simply "cuts them off with a scissors" when he wants to remove them.
4. Take your time when creating your ponytail. The key to a great ponytail is making sure that all of the hair that is pulled into the ponytail base is smooth and bump free.
Ponytails are incredible versatile. Consider the following pony rules:
1. For a fluffy hair style, shampoo and blow dry hair and then wrap into your favorite pony style.
2. Stretch time in-between shampoo sessions by wearing a ponytail.
3. Wear multiple ponytails for a funky look.
4. Play with a wide range of hair accessories from simple "hair friendly" elastics like Blax or Bungee cords in different colors, to using multi-colored elastic bands, metal pony barrettes or ribbons. The only thing that limits how you decorate your ponytail is your imagination.
5. Decorate the base only or decorate the base and the actual tail hair. Use multiple Bungee, Blax or "hair friendly" elastic bands to create a "bubble" ponytail style.
6. Wear one or multiple side ponies.
7. Wear pigtails.
8. Create a wide assortment of different braided ponytail styles.
Ponytails can be created on freshly washed and dried hair or can be woven out of day old or aged hair. Ponies can also be created on the fly to get hair out of the eyes or
The classic ponytail, which has been around since the beginning of time involves pulling all the hair on the head back into one central spot on the head and gathering all the hair and tying it onto a "tail".
A ponytail basically consists of a base section that hold the hair and then the pony section which is the bulk of the tied off hair.
The base of the ponytail can be located in a number of locations on the head ranging from the front near the hairline all the way down to the very nape of the neck.
Types of Ponytails
The classic ponytail, which has been around since the beginning of time involves pulling all the hair on the head back into one central spot on the head and gathering all the hair and tying it onto a "tail".
A ponytail basically consists of a base section that hold the hair and then the pony section which is the bulk of the tied off hair.
The base of the ponytail can be located in a number of locations on the head ranging from the front near the hairline all the way down to the very nape of the neck.
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Hairline Ponytail - all of the hair is brushed up and forward and the base of the ponytail is located right at the front of the hairline. To get all of the hair to fall towards the front, it would be generally required to bend over at the waist and direct the hair up and towards the front of the head.
Although hairline ponytails can be created, they are impractical since the bulk of the tail hair would hang down into the face, unless the ponytail was then twisted into a bun. -
Half Pony - this is a very popular style worn that is a key component of the half up/half down do. The ponytail is created by pulling ONLY the hair on either side of the face up so that the hair is gathered into a ponytail that is positioned either a few inches in front of the crown or right at the crown. This is known as a half ponytail.
The bulk of the pony hair that is created from the half pony spills out over the rest of the hair that is allowed to flow down towards the neck, depending on the overall length of the hair.
The half pony is often used as a basis for a series of updos where the bottom hair is then pulled up and then integrated into a series of curls, loop or knots. -
High Ponytail - all of the hair is brushed up with the base of the ponytail resting right at the top of the crown. This elevates the tail hair so that it has a flirty appeal. The high ponytail that rests near the crown is one of the most popular ponytail styles.
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Back of The Head Ponytail - all of the hair is brushed back from the face and up from the nape of the neck with the base of the ponytail resting in the middle of the back of the head. This allows the tail hair to lay closer to the head. This style is adopted by people looking for a sleek or low key pony style.
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Nape Of The Neck Ponytail - all of the hair is brushed back from the face and the hair is directed down towards the nape of the neck. The base of the ponytail rests in the middle of the back of the head. This allows the tail hair to lay closer to the head. This style is adopted by people looking for a sleek or low key pony style.
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Stacked Ponytails - make a series of equally sized ponytails that are staggered from the hairline back to the nape of the neck.
Another option is to make two ponytails so that the base of each pony is adjacent to each other. This gives a gushing waterfall image and makes hair seem thicker. -
Behind The Ear Ponytails - the hair is separated into two "tails", usually with a center part. Two tails are created with the base of the tail centered behind the ears.
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