Try This Elegant Claw Clip Hairstyle

Here’s an elegant, claw clip hairstyle for you to try out. Just follow along with this step-by-step tutorial to create this look.

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Tools and materials:

  • Hair tie
  • Claw clip
  • Bobby pin
  • Decorative clip

1. Make a ponytail and a gap

Make a ponytail at the back of your head and secure it with a hair tie. Leave out a few face-framing pieces on either side if you’d like. Then stick your thumb and index fingers between the hair tie and your head, making a gap, like this:

Ponytail with a gap

2. Pull the tail through

Next, pull the tail through the opening, like a sideways topsy tail.

Pulling the ponytail through the gap

3. Wrap the tail around the claw clip and clamp it in place

While one hand is holding the tail, use the other to open your claw clip in front of the tail, with the teeth opening away from the head.

Adding claw clip

Bring the tail up and into the claw clip.

Adding claw clip

Wrap the leftover tail down and behind the top of the claw clip.

Adding claw clip

Now rotate the claw clip so that the teeth are facing the back of the head and clamp it gently in place.

Adding claw clip

4. Pull

Gently pull the loop of hair to cover the claw clip.

Covering the claw clip

Add a bobby pin or 2 on the side so that everything stays in place.

Adding bobby pins

Now, if you’d like, add a decorative clip to the side of this hidden, claw clip hairstyle. Here’s the final result of this gorgeous look:

Elegant claw clip hairstyle
Elegant claw clip hairstyle

Elegant claw clip hairstyle

Will you try out this hidden claw clip hairstyle for your next event? If you loved this look, you might also like to learn how to hide your claw clip for a more elegant updo.


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