Do an Ariana Grande Ponytail

Lots of us love Ariana Grande as Cat on Victorious. Her hair especially is sleek, practical, and beautiful. The high ponytail is a great way to keep your hair out of your face in a practical way while still adding some style to your look. Ariana Grande also uses this hairstyle to disguise damage to her hair. There are a few options for the ponytail-- you can wear it as a simple high ponytail, with sideswept bangs, or half-up. This is a big hairstyle, so be prepared for hair extensions and teasing.

Steps

Wearing a Simple High Pony

1. Give your hair volume. Put some hair gel or texture spray in your hair, and tease the front section of your hair.
   • Teasing is the method of creating texture where you use a comb to comb small sections of your hair backwards. Start in the center of a section of hair and draw your comb back in quick strokes toward your head. This knots your hair slightly, and creates volume.
2. Add hair extensions. You don’t need hair extensions for a high pony, especially if you have thick hair. However, Ariana Grande’s hair always features a really big style that is sleek and flowing, which is achieved with extensions.
   • Create an anchor (a small section of hair) where the center of the ponytail will be at the top of your head. Clip your extensions in a circle around that anchor.
3. Sweep your hair into the ponytail. Gather your hair and pull it to the back of your head, securing it in an elastic.
   • For the Ariana Grande style, you will want to put your hair more towards the top of your head.
   • When you gather your hair, pull it up to avoid creating bumps.
4. Use a section of hair to hide the ponytail holder. Pull out a small section of hair from the ponytail and wrap it around the elastic. Secure it with a bobby pin.
   • You may want to use some hairspray to keep spiky extra hairs in check-- sometimes your hair may not be long enough to create a smooth disguise for the hair tie.

Adding Fun Variations

1. Give yourself sideswept bangs. Before you start your ponytail, part your hair dramatically to one side. If you have bangs, only part your bangs. If you don’t have bangs, just part a two inch section at the front of your head. Follow the steps for the basic pony, and then secure your bangs at the end.
   • If you don’t have bangs, pull your parted front section of hair to the side and wrap it behind your ear. Pin it in the back of your head.
   • If you have bangs, spray them with hairspray and brush them to the side. Try to keep them above your hairline to complete the look.
   • There are two options for bangs if you are using long hair rather than actual bangs. You can let them hang low over your eye, or you can pull them taut to the side.
2. Create a half-up ponytail. This is a little bit less traditional, but it is in the spirit of the high-ponytail, big hair look. To begin, separate the top portion of your hair into a bun.Then add volume to the back of your hair.
   • The half-up look requires a great deal of hair, so you will need to add hair extensions to the back sections of your hair. Do a little bit of teasing as well, and curl your hair in large sections.
   • If you’re going to go big, go big! Use a few long extensions that go up the back of your head.
   • Curl your hair by starting three inches from the root, wrapping your hair around the curling iron, and holding it for ten to twenty seconds.
3. Create the high ponytail. Make a ponytail with the top half of your hair. Add volume to your ponytail, and hide the elastic. This is a big hairstyle, so you may want to set it with some hairspray.
   • You may want to add extensions, tease, and curl the top as well. Follow the instructions for adding extensions to the simple ponytail.
   • Brush out your hair. Brushing out your curls creates a softer look and allows your ponytail to blend in better with the remainder of your hair.

Tips

• Clean your comb before you use it. That way your hair will stay healthy, clean and smooth. You shouldn't brush your hair when there are little bits of dust and grime in between the teeth. Also, to wash out the hair gel, take another shower, and just scrub it out.
• Make sure you add a lot of gel under the ponytail. For many people, that space poofs out, so make sure you add just enough gel to keep it in place.
• Make sure you use the bumpy side of the bobby pin facing the hair for more volume, and sustain in keeping your bobby pin in place and there you have it!!
• Remember to keep the ponytail high on your head.
• Hair gel can give your hair a greasy look, so be careful if you choose to use it.

Things You'll Need

• Strong hair tie
• Hair gel
• Hair spray
• Bobby pins
• Wide tooth comb
• Curling Iron
• Hair Extensions

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See also

• Do Pigtails
• Create a Woven Ponytail
• Make a Ponytail
• Use a Banana Clip
• Do a Basic Ponytail
• Do a Neat Middle Height Ponytail
• Make a Curly Ponytail
• Make a High Ponytail
• Do a Side Swept Pony Tail
• Make a French Ponytail

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