Pony-braid~ very fancy and relatively easy! (pics)

[arc691]

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Today I tried something different~ once I got all the bobby pins in the right place, it was actually comfortable and I didn't notice my hair at all!



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It's a lot of pictures, I know!

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I'll try and explain what I did~ hopefully it makes sense!



First, I braided two simple English braids, one on each side of my face. I made them high, with little sections of hair right over my eyebrows.



Then I made a ponytail with the rest of my hair.



I braided the ponytail in the Greek-key look~ one really small section and two larger sections, English braided.



About 2/3 of the way down this braid, I put a ponytail holder. I divided that remaining hair into two small English braids.



I folded the bigger Greek-key braid up underneath, then wrapped the two smaller English braids around the base of the ponytail and pinned them in place with bobby pins.



Then I took the two English braids from the front and brought them together underneath my "pony-braid." I criss-crossed them and wrapped them down the length of the folded Greek-key braid.



I still had long tail-ends left over from these two English braids, so I tucked them under the bottom of the "pony-braid" and brought them back up the underside, until I reached the top where I pinned them in place with bobby pins.




There, that's the best I can do! Hopefully you see what I'm getting at :o




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for dropping by!

[turquoisebud]

Wow! Looks really good! It reminds me of Medieval princesses or something. :) great job!
ETA: you always have a self defense weapon when you wear this style - just in case! ;)

[skyblue]

that is a true work of art! It looks gorgeous!
And btw your explanation was very clear
sounds easy and simple to do
I love it on you!

[Heartwillfollow]

:) never too many pictures (hugs) always love what you share !!!!!

[arc691]

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Aww, you all are so nice! Thanks so much for your compliments and kind words~




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[vanity_acefake]

Your hair looks Beautiful. I adore all your hairstyles.
I can only dream that one day my hair grows as long as yours.

[arc691]

Your hair looks Beautiful. I adore all your hairstyles. I can only dream that one day my hair grows as long as yours.

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Thanks so much! Actually, this style would probably be a lot easier on shorter hair!
I had to improvise and do a lot of folding and tucking :)

[Lielananna]

Your style looks really good and I can't wait to try it out. I've been looking for updos that protect my ends but aren't buns since my head has been a little extra sensitive lately. The explanation also sounds pretty clear and easy to understand.

[Asequui]

You may not have noticed your hair but I'm sure others did. It's breathtaking! :)
I can't wait until my hair is long enough to try this!

[Madora]

Thank you for your lovely pictures and instructions, Arc! It looks wonderful BUT I had qualms about pulling the those delicate front hairs back so tightly into the ponytail.

Also, the weight of that doubled braid, as magnificent as it is, would give me a headache! More power to you, if you can wear this style with ease!!

[1nuitblanche]

What a pretty and intricate looking style! I like the Greek look it has.

[Alvrodul]

Those pictures really make me want to do something similar with my hair! But since I have only about half the length you have I will probably have to cheat. Now, how to do that... ;)

[GeoJ]

Wow! That is gorgeous! How well did it hold up during the day?

[Sweetie]

this is brilliant!!!! you're really a hairdo talent!!!! I even love the way it looks on you!

[Lishamatish]

You and you're hair are gorgeous! Your posts always make me smile and feel extra cheerful
:D:D

( and super exited about growing my hair extra long !! )

[Intransigentia]

What a clever way of "putting away" all that length!

[Arianoor]

I can't wait to try this! Of course, I'll have to cheat a bit. But, WOW, really beautiful. ;-)

[slz]

Wow the ratio easy to do / intricate looking is the highest ever ! I should try that. Your explanations are perfect, thanks for sharing.

[October]

Looks beautiful!

I'm no where near being able to do that... one day. :)

[Alaia]

That looks wonderful! I think I'd need super-long hair to achieve it though. Just as well I'm growing to knee? ;)

It looks almost like the mega braid Rapunzel wears in Tangled :D

[cheetahfast]

Wow, it looks amazing and sounds pretty easy to do. Once my hair gets long I'll have to look up all of the hair styles that you post.

[Sweet Beat]

Beautiful! :)
I'm going to try this style some time when I feel I want to confuse people :D

[Helix]

I always enjoy looking at your braid creations. This one is just too coool. I can so picture this in a fairytale...

[lapushka]

That's an amazing hairstyle! :applause

[ddiana1979]

Wow, that's absolutely gorgeous! I can't wait until my hair is long enough to try this. (Which will be quite a long while, but anyway.)

[duckhugger]

Wow this is so extremely beautiful :D I hope in 4 years or so I can do this!!!

[Caldonia Sun]

Truly beautiful.

[Pegasus Marsters]

Pretty! Makes me miss my long hair when I see fun styles like this.

[Aisha]

You look like you just stepped out of a fairy tale...

Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for sharing! :blossom:

[CaityBear]

Oooh! So gorgeous! I can't wait to try this on my hair. It looks beautiful. :)

[arc691]

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Wow, I am amazed at all the responses to my thread! Thank you so much, everyone! You all know how to make a person's day immediately brighter with all your kind words and compliments :)



Wow! That is gorgeous! How well did it hold up during the day?

It held up beautifully, actually~ in fact, except for a little bit more fuzziness, it looked the same when I took it down last night as it did in the pictures. And I usually don't like ponytails, because they start to pull and give me a headache, but no such trouble with this look. It really didn't bother me at all, and I liked having my hair in something other than a bun, for a change.


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[Slinks]

arc !!!! yes .. you have your hair down, lol .. beautiful, creative as always :-)

[Knotted]

Your hair is so gorgeous! And you always have such beautiful hairstyles. :)

[HairStickler]

That's very pretty, arc691! With that "short" ponytail, did anyone think you had cut your hair? :)

[Sewas]

Such a beautiful braid. Reminds me of Rapunzel in the Disney movie - Tangled.

[Quezie]

You're so creative with these styles, I always look forward to seeing your next thread like this. :)

[C.H.]

I'm so impressed by the creativity of so many in the LHC community.

[ccmso12]

Will you be my mommy??? Your so very talented! Aside from that your picture with your puppy made me cry because we put our shihtzu Down in the early hours on Teusday after running around 2 states consulting orthopedic specialist. He broke his Pelvis and right hip :( His bed and food bowls still sit by the front door:(

[ccmso12]

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[Gothmog]

You truly are a beautiful person. Your hair is an inspiration. You have a great smile, and a pretty facial profile.

Your hair is one of the greats by which I hope to someday weigh my own against.

[slz]

I tried it ! Well, I kind of revisited it a bit to suit my preferences - and also, I forgot some things since I did it by memory, not having checked the thread again before.

- I took more hair than you did for the two small upper braids - not on purpose, just ... it happened. So the big braid ends up smaller but it's not a concern really.

- My main braid is a nape braid, no elastic - I usually can't get them uphead-pony-first-then-braid braids to stay up because of the weight, and it hurts, so I'm just warry of them. Plus I fear the damage done by ponytail holders up there, even though I use terry cloth ones .... I should have tried though, since it won't be up for long anyway, just to see. Oh well. It ends up quite different looking, mainly, the two upper small braids seem to "fall down" and do not have that cute movement, it's not as pretty as yours.

- I completely forgot about the Greek-style braiding. Another time !

- And last, I ran out of pins (I almost never use them so I don't have many anymore) so I didn't try to bring the end of the smaller braids up there to pin - I just let them hang down here.

So, my SO took pics with my phone, he wasn't very cooperative so I guess I have to be thankful he even did it. They're not great though, the profile one is against the light so pretty useless in terms of showing details. Oh well. Here's the pic that shows the thing best (2 more in my album) :

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Oh and last thing - you will not believe what my redneck neighbour called the braid - has to do with a pony, but, let's say another part of his anatomy .... :rolleyes:.

[khan]

slz; that looks Great. I'm not crazy about putting my hair in an elastic, so I appreciate your posting the photo. Tell SO his 'effort' :} was appreciated.
I'm off to check your other photo's now.

[Kome]

Woooooooooowwwwwwww.... :thud: Now if only I were good at understanding written directions. Haha. LOVE it though. It looks SO fancy and it looks like it was hard. Always good to make people think that! I might try something later though since this is so pretty. :)

[kahill]

That is unbelievably pretty!

I'm going to betray my ignorance here, but what, exactly, is a "Greek Braid"? I've never heard of it before! I DEFINITELY want to try this one!

Thanks! :cheese:

[AlexiaBlue]

Wow, just wow!! I can't wait til I have hair long enough to try stuff like this.

[slz]

it looks like it was hard
I assure you it was not - the simple fact that I was able to do it tells it al ^^ I'm clumsy-fingered and couldn't french braid to save my life, I tried this hairdo cause it looked like something I'd be able to do at last :D . Not even that long to do, really it looks very intricate and sophisticated for the actual amount of work, that's another reason for it to be so lovely !

[Madora]

@slz...very, very beautiful!!

[arc691]

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You did an amazing job! I really like this look with your dark hair~
it is so beautiful and the smaller braids really stand out against the larger one. Awesome!

Thanks so much for sharing! *off to look at your album*




A little something funny, with your SO in mind :)

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[Teufelchen]

I did a modified version of this style, due to my hair being too short. :p


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I first did ponytail all my hair,
then I seperated the two small sections and braided them.
After that I braided the large section and folded it up. The rest was wrapped around the base of the ponytail and decorated with my Rose-Ponytailholder.

I crisscross wrapped the two small braids around the large one and secured them with bobby pins.

At the end I added the claw clip for decoration and to keep the end looking nice. :D

Thank you Arc for inventing such a lovely hair style. :blossom:

Finally one I could do with my very limited braiding skills. ;)

[Dragon]

Looks nice :) Thanks for the instructions.

[Ishje]

that is a wonderful style!

[MonaMayfair]

That looks amazing!

[Melanie Marie]

God has given you a gift with braiding!! I still need to do that first hairstyle of yours that I fell in love with. Then all I have to do is wait ten years so that I have enough hair to do this hairstyle! :D

[arc691]

God has given you a gift with braiding!! I still need to do that first hairstyle of yours that I fell in love with. Then all I have to do is wait ten years so that I have enough hair to do this hairstyle! :D

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You'll have to remind me which style that was, I can't seem to remember...http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy68/terryandjody/More%20Smilies/798.gif

[GRU]

Your hair looks Beautiful. I adore all your hairstyles.
I can only dream that one day my hair grows as long as yours.

This pretty much sums it up. Thank you so much for sharing!

[kahill]

Can you please explain what a Greek braid is? I want to try this style, but I haven't been able to find anything...

TIA!

[arc691]

Can you please explain what a Greek braid is? I want to try this style, but I haven't been able to find anything...

TIA!

Sure!

As I see it, the Greek-key braid is exactly like a regular English braid, but with one difference. When you separate your hair into three sections, rather than making each of those sections the same thickness, you make one really small section and two large sections. Then you braid them together like usual in an English braid. If your little section starts running out of hair before the end of your braid, you can borrow a little bit from one of the other larger sections. (That's what I do, at least.)

I hope this helps! I learned this from a girl here on the forum. I'll try to find the link to her picture and post it on this thread.



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[arc691]

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[kahill]

No worries about the link. You explained it perfectly. Now I know how to do my hair tomorrow (if I have time).

Thank you SO MUCH for the info!

And your hair is absolutely STUNNING! And I thought my TBL hair was long! :D I can't wait to get to classic, and hopefully make it to knee. I am in AWE of your hair! :thud:

[aaperez]

Your hair looks beutiful I plan to try and trick my mom into helping me

[arc691]

No worries about the link. You explained it perfectly. Now I know how to do my hair tomorrow (if I have time).

Thank you SO MUCH for the info!

And your hair is absolutely STUNNING! And I thought my TBL hair was long! :D I can't wait to get to classic, and hopefully make it to knee. I am in AWE of your hair! :thud:



Aww, thanks so much! You're very kind :)


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[Juanita]

Beautiful style. Will have to try a simpler version as my hair is not so thick or long.

[Jorchet]

Your hair is gorgeous!!! And the braids are lovely!!! :D

[Fingolphin]

That is pretty sweet. I needed to see an elaborate and pretty style today! :)

[IcarusBride]

I love your hair tutorial posts <3 This is so gorgeous.

[SoulOfTheSea]

I wish I had enough hair to do that!

[arc691]

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How nice to read all your comments~ thank you so much! I think this style would probably be a lot easier with shorter hair, actually...some folks have posted pictures of their own take on this hairstyle and they all look terrific!

[Coan-Teen]

Wow. That is gorgeous. It's posts like these showing what can be done with longer hair that keep me motivated to grow. Thank you for posting.

[ladycaladium]

Wow! I really like what you did. It looks real nice.

[crysz]

Wow! that is a really nice hair style and it's definitely different.

[error]

oh i am in love with this but i am afraid i do not have enough hair ...i would probably end up with a little stubby docked tail looking hair do!
so gorgeous and you're hair is so beautiful like real princess hair!

[kaiakai]

Beautiful! I can't imagine dealing with that much hair. I wish I had the time and patience to braid my hair more than I do.

[supercupcakexx]

Wow, beautiful as always! :blossom:

[jacqueline101]

Its beautiful hair do. I'm hoping when my hair is that long I will be able to wear mine like that.

[dulce]

You do the nicest styles!

[donna'sdaughter]

Your hair is absolutely gorgeous, and I can tell that you have a sweet spirit. *Just thought I'd mention that because your posts always have glitter and beautiful colors (along with the to-die-for hair doos). Your length is.just.WOW!

[Aimskylove]

Beautiful style like always! I look forward to your post, fun and interesting ways to style our hair. :)

[arc691]

Thank you, everybody! I was surprised to see that this thread
had been pushed back up to the top of the page :)

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[clairenewcastle]

Your hair is amazing and I absolutely love this style!

[Lisa R]

Wow! Gorgeous as usual:)

[BlazingHeart]

I missed this it's first time around,how lovely! I conferred with my DF, and he agrees that this style would be potentially lethal on me due to hair thickness. Assuming, of course, that I make it to something similar to your length.

[jesis]

I agree it is very medieval! Pretty!