Competition hairstyle/ Step by step hairstyle!

Ok here is how you do this romantic side braided bun up do. 

FIRST STEP

First you start off with washing your hair.. then blow drying it, (this helps styling it better) then you make one big braid down the middle of the head (the center faux hawk). (The picture that i had for the three braids kind of got deleted... sorry about that!) Then after you make the big braid in the center of the head (center faux hawk) you, make two smaller ones on each side of the head.

<------  Then you put it into a side ponytail, and take one small strand of hair, and wrap it around the elastic (as shown) to hide the elastic. Secure that piece of hair with a bobby pin (preferably a bobby pin that is closest to the hair colour) (as you can kind of see mine is a black bobby pin, i didn't really have any to match her hair colour.. but normally i would).


SECOND STEP

Then you, take your straightening iron, and you make soft natural curls in the
ponytail that you have created. (if you are not sure how to curl hair using a curling iron this is how: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffu1BmJGATQ)

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THIRD STEP

Next, you take more bobby pins and take small pieces of the curled  strands of hair from the ponytail, and start pinning them gently to the head, securing it so you don't see the bobby pins, (push the bobby pins IN and then DOWN).  Don't worry if it looks messy to you, it will be fixed later on. (As you can see mine doesn't look that neat here either). Leave some strands flowing down.
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FOURTH STEP

Then, take you straightening iron again, and re- curl some of those strands in the side bun part of the hair, and the ones left flowing down.

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FIFTH STEP

Next, take a coloured extension (Preferably a bright coloured one) and clip it in behind the side bun, and fool around with it, until it's placed the way you want it. (if you don't want an extension in then you don't have to put one. Then fix up the up do, add more curls if you'd like.

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FINISHED PRODUCT!

<------  Here is the Finished hairstyle, from the back view.

<----- Here is the finished product from a side view.














Products/ Hair Tools you will need!:

+ Small elastics
+ A straightening iron
+ A brush
+ A long- tailed parting comb
+ Hairspray
+ Heat Protector spray (optional)
+ Bobby Pins
+ Coloured Extension (optional as well)


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