How to Do a Topsy Tail Braid Without Using a Topsy Tail Tool
Hey, guys! I have a really simple hair tutorial for you. It’s perfect for summer when you need to get your hair out of your face. It’s a very romantic, bohemian hairstyle called a pull-through braid, which is essentially a Topsy Tail braid without using the Topsy Tail hair tool.
This beautiful, twisted hairstyle looks very complicated, but it’s absolutely not and I’ll show you how you can do it!
Tools and materials:
- Hair elastics
1. Section the crown of your hair
Start by taking a section of hair from your crown and tying it off with elastics.
2. Pull hair through your ponytail
Then, split the hair above the elastic down the center and pull the ponytail through it to create a twist.
3. Section the front of your hair
Take two sections from the front of your hair and pull them back into another ponytail. This ponytail will be on top of the previous one, but it will lie below it.
4. Pull hair through the front ponytail
Now repeat what you did with the hair on your crown; flip the ponytail through a split to create a twist.
5. Repeat until you reach the end of your braid
Do the same steps with the rest of your hair, taking two small sections, tying them together, and pulling your ponytail through them until they’re all stacked.
If you can’t reach the back anymore, it’s okay to pull your hair to the front to work on it but be sure to do it in the opposite directions, so your braids are all the same.
6. Tug at the braid
Once you reach the end, start tugging at the sections. Make sure to target the ponytail and the sections to make it as big and messy as possible. That’s going to give it the romantic, almost French braid look.
I also like to pull everything down so the elastics are less noticeable when they’re closer together.
7. Wrap the tail
Wrap a section of hair from the tail around the last hair elastic so it’s hidden and pin it to the braid with a bobby pin.
You won’t be able to see the bobby pin at the back of the braid, and it looks a little nicer from the front.
8. Pull out hair from the front
Pull out a couple of pieces of hair in the front to make it messier and romantic from the front as well.
Topsy Tail braid tutorial
Here’s the finished Topsy Tail braid! I hope you guys liked this tutorial. Let me know what you think down below!
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