Celebrity Inspired Hairdo for Summer!

So now that it's June, the weather is starting to get warmer and I know that when it's hot and sticky out, all i want is for my bangs to be out of my face and my hair off of my neck! This hairstyle does both! I had one request from a reader to do some more summer hairstyles that were better than your average ponytail, and I had been wanting to do an inspired hairdo for a while now, so I thought I would kill two birds with one stone. If you like what you see, keep reading!

I don't know the name of this particular celebrity, but I have always loved this picture or her hair and I have worn this look once or twice and each time I loved it even more!

So to start off make sure your hair is parted very far to the side. I wear my hair normally in a side part, and I still had to go over farther.

Now, take a sectioning clip, and drag in a straight line, from just behind your ear all the way until it meets your original part. Use another sectioning clip to secure the hair behind this second line out of the way so that it will not get mixed up.

Next, take the large section and split it in two. Don't worry if it's not completely perfect, just be sure to make the part line straight. (Sectioning clips work really super well for this. Did I mention I love those things?) As you can see my front section seems to be bigger than the back one, but it will all work out great in the end. Secure the back section out of the way, with a hair tie, clip, or sectioning clip.

So now, dutch braid the front section, adding in small sections as you go, until you run out of hair. After that, just braid normally until you reach the end.  If  you don't know how to dutch braid, see last week's tutorial for detailed instructions.

Repeat with the back section. Something I like to do ,because I have fine, straight hair, is to tug on the very edges of each "braid elbow" if you know what I mean. The tugging helps the braid to look fuller and like you have more hair. If you look closely you will see that I have done that with the back section but not the front. If I had gone crazy with it, it probably would be more evident, but for the look today I wanted only a little bit more fullness.

Then, pull the braids, along with the rest of your hair, into a ponytail. You could leave it like this and have another super cute hairdo, but I'm going for the look that this celeb pulled off.

So just twist the ponytail into a loose bun. Again, don't worry about perfection, it's supposed to be messy!! Then add a fun hair accessory! I got my purple hair flower for only two or three dollars and you can find them just about anywhere for really cheap. This is the finished look! I hope you enjoy wearing this 'do this summer, and let me know in the comments what look you want me to do next!