How to:
-Secure most of your hair into a low ponytail with a clear elastic, leaving two sections in front on either side of your face.
-Take the section of hair on the left side and separate it into a top layer and a bottom layer.
-Take the top layer, and cross it over in back to the right side of your head, above your ponytail. Secure with a bobby pin.
-Take the top section of hair on the right side of your head and cross over the left. As before, pin it in place, this time also pinning the tail of extra hair leftover from your last pin.
-Repeat the crossing and pinning motion with your remaining two sections of hair. Hide any leftover tails of hair by pinning them under your ponytail or wrapping them around the elastic.

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How to:
-Start with freshly washed hair, curled messily with an iron. Pull the lower half of your hair into a mid-height ponytail.
-Gather back the top half of your hair, and back comb it a bit for extra volume.
-Secure the top half of your hair into a high ponytail directly above of the lower one, then drop it. Your top ponytail will hide the elastic underneath, making your ponytail look extra long.

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How to:
-Start with clean, dry hair, brushed through to eliminate tangles. Gather hair behind your head and split in two equal sections.
-Grab a smaller section of hair from the left side, weave it over the remaining hair on the left and under the hair on the right.
-Weave that same section of hair back over the right side and under the left.
-Repeat this weaving motion with the same section of hair over and under either side, tightening as you go.
-When your strand of hair runs out, take a new section from the left side, blend the two together and continue weaving.
-Finish the figure eight at your desired place, leaving plenty of hair for the ponytail. Secure with an elastic.

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How to:
-Warm a styling cream between your palms, then smooth your hair back into a ponytail at the center of your head. Use a boar bristle brush to smooth out any bumps.
-Spritz your pony with a heat protectant, then flat iron the tail for a smooth and sleek finish.
-Pick a hair chalk or hair crayon, like Bleach London Hair Crayon, $6.13, and run it over one-inch sections of your pony.

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How to:
-Work Bumble and Bumble Surf Spray, $27, through hair.
-Gather your hair into a mid-height ponytail and secure with a clear elastic.
-Twist the ponytail clockwise. It will start to coil itself under, creating a French twist look.
-Hold the ponytail tight at the nape of your neck and secure with large bobby pins, starting with a vertical one from the bottom. Secure other pins horizontally to lock in the style.

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