Sleek Low Ponytail

I know you’re probably asking yourself “Why would her first post be a ponytail? Everybody can do that”. It turns out, not everyone successfully accomplish a smooth ponytail easily.

A few mistakes made while styling your hair in a ponytail is:

• Not detangling your hair first.
• Not hydrating before detangling.
• Not sectioning your hair before using a proper styling gel.

What you will need:

• A detangling brush.
• A hard bristle brush.
• A spray bottle with water and a little hair oil of your choice.
• An edge styling brush or unused toothbrush.
• A wide tooth comb.
• A rat tail comb.
• A styling gel eg. Eco, Got2b, Gorilla Snot, etc.
• Edge control gel or wax.
• 2 hair ties.
• 1 silk scarf

Steps to create a sleek ponytail with natural 4b/4c hair:

1. First, spray the hair with water and hair-oils (Tea Tree, Olive oil, Coconut Oil, Castor oil,etc).
2. Then use whatever detangling brush in your possession, and detangle your hair in sections.
3. When your hair feels soft and slightly damp, part your hair horizontally into two sections.
4. Use one of the hair tie to hold the front section.
5. The back section will be put into a ponytail first.
6. First brush the back section of your hair with with a hard bristle brush into a ponytail. It does not need to be perfect.
7. While holding that section, apply gel around that ponytail.
8. Brush the gel into the your hair, and then apply the hair tie. Tightly as if you are doing the entire hair.
9. Remove the hair tie in at the front half of your hair, and part vertically down the middle or left/right side. Whichever is preferred.
10. With on one side, use the rat tail comb edge to section the hair and apply gel in between the parts starting from the temple up.
11. Then brush downward with the hard bristle brush and swoop back into the half ponytail that was first created.
12. Temporarily hold it loosely with the other hair tie.
13. Proceed to do the other side. Section from the temple up while applying gel in between.
14. Also brush in a downward motion with the hard bristle brush and swoop toward the ponytail in the back.
15. Remove the last hair tie loosely applied and merge the two sides of the front half into the ponytail.
16. Apply the hair tie tightly.
17. The edge of your hair can be left in a puff or you can put it in a bun. (instructions later).
18. Now what’s left is to slick your edges.
19. Take a coin size amount and distribute it around the hairline.
20. Brush in the motion of the ponytail with an edge brush or unused toothbrush.
21. Tie your hair down with a silk scarf for five mins.

Now remove the head tie and take your hair for a spin!