If you want to upgrade your ponytail from drab and dowdy, to fun and fabulous use a celebrity ponytail style as your inspiration.
Here’s how to unleash a little celebrity style with a modern ponytail that complements your straight, naturally curly or wavy long hair.
High Ponytail with Curls
Add drama to a ponytail with soft and loose waves.
Wear a versatile high ponytail for work events or for casual outings with family and friends.
A high ponytail is a variation of the classic updo and requires only an elastic band, rattail comb and a curling iron to create.
Starting with dry hair, tease hair with a rattail comb, before securing hair at the crown with an elastic hair band. Curl hair with a 1- to 2-inch curling iron.
Release curls with your fingers to complete the look. Tame flyaways and wisps around the hairline with a small and thin headband positioned close to the hairline.
Low and Straight Ponytail
To complement a classic sheath dress for work, or a sexy mini dress for a night out with the girls, style your hair in a low and super-straight ponytail.
Low ponytails accentuate necklines- and the jaw, while ponytails aligned with the tops of your ears can draw attention to them.
Create a super-sleek style by running a 2-inch flat iron over the finished ponytail. To feature your low ponytail, insert a small jeweled clip or brooch into the top of the ponytail.
The jeweled accessory conceals the elastic band and adds sparkle to your hairstyle.
Curly Ponytail
For women with long straight hair, a ponytail is a schoolgirl staple.
To get the look, apply a squirt of volumizing mousse into wet hair. Let hair air-dry completely. InStyle Magazine recommends you “back-comb hair at the crown for lift.”
Pull hair back into a ponytail in the center of your head or close to the nape of your neck.
Secure the ponytail with an elastic hair band. Let loose strands fall into wisps around the ears and hairline.
Half-Up, Half-Down Ponytail
A messy ponytail is not just for the adventurous woman wearing a punk rock inspired outfit.
For women with thin and fine hair, a messy ponytail creates texture and lift by back-combing both the hair at the crown and the ponytail.
After gathering your dry hair into a small elastic band at the side of the neck, tease your ponytail with a rattail comb.
Wrap any loose and long strands around the ponytail to cover the small elastic band. Wear your wild ponytail to complement an avant-garde ball gown or with a strapless linen or silk-printed dress for a summer brunch or bridal shower.
Polished Party Ponytail
Create a party ponytail in 15 minutes.
Starting at the forehead, make a small 4-inch center part. Build volume in the crown by teasing the hair behind the part slightly.
Gather the back part of your hair into a ponytail with a small elastic band, leaving out the front pieces around the hairline.
Wrap the loose front pieces around the ponytail’s base. Secure with small bobby pins. Spray hair with a medium hold spray to secure the style
