Tutorial: Bed Head to Classy Updo

I'm straying from my usual anecdotal tales of lessons learned the hard way in order to fulfill a promise to a few of my friends. A few weeks ago, I accidentally created a hairdo that I have since repeated a dozen times. I'm a big fan of cute updos but an even bigger fan of convenience. I hope that this 10 minute updo can be your go-to hairstyle for those morning you're running late but don't want to sacrifice cuteness. :) 

The end result!

1) Start with your hair down. Any texture or style (or lack thereof, in my case) is fine. This doozy right here is my air-dryed, no product mop. Sexxxxy. 

2) Back-comb the top of your hair a bit, to give it a little bit of a "bump." 

3) If newly washed and lacking natural oils (hence: hard to hold in place), spray with some product. You want to have enough product in your hair so that it isn't slipping through your fingers as you work.

4) Pull up the top half or so of your hair and make a half braid (just a plain old braid, nothing French or fancy) down to about your ears. 

 

5) Make a VERY loose ponytail at your neckline. 

6) This part is hard to capture on camera, since I'm not an octopus and am limited to my two lame human arms. You should make a slit above the ponytail and twist the ponytail up and through the slit. 

 

7) The result of the loose ponytail, slit, flip through process should look something like this. Except minus the squirrel looking end... that's unique to yours truly and is in no way required.

8) For longer hair, flip the remaining hair up again, as though you're going to pull the hair through the slit again, but pin it in place instead. For my medium length hair, I bobby pinned the rest of my hair (aka: the squirrel tail) into a messy bun of sorts, wherever it seemed to work best. This part is really open for interpretation using your own hair knowledge of what works best for YOUR hair.

9) Add any clips, pins, feathers, or other accessories you wish! 

10) Enjoy the quickest, easiest updo you could ever imagine. Rock this style with confidence because you, my dear, are gorgeous... even with bed head.