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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How to:
-Blow-dry hair as straight as possible, then smooth hair from root to ends with a flat iron.
-Section the top half of hair from temple to temple and make a middle part, crisscrossing the pieces over each other. Secure each piece with a hair bungee elastic behind the ears.
-Repeat the process using sections from the side of the head and crossing them over the middle section.

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