Tia Mowry

This "Retro Updo" is courtesy of In Style

Wednesday - still doing quick do

Right as I was about to defuse her hair, my blow dryer died. Doesn't that always happen? The curls would stay better if I defused it. This is super quick because you don't have to braid all the way down & then I just put some gel in her hair & scrunched it.

First, part the hair to be in a rectangle, as far down as you want to go. I hold the bottom with a clippie so I don't add that into the top at all.

Braid away. I actually did the opposite french braid, so the braid is on top, but you can do a normal french braid. If you do want it like i have Adde's, just braid under instead of over. It's just as simple. Then scrunch hair with gel & defuse (if your blow dryer works) or blow dry straight.

Genevieve Nnaji

Tuesday's Quickie

I know this doesn't look like a quick do, but it really is. & it is SUPER easy. If you want it to be even faster, cut the zig-zag part & go for a straight part. I personally think a zig-zag is faster (once you've done it a few times) because it doesn't have to be perfectly straight. This took me about 5 minutes to do!!

Start by zig-zaggin' the part & add two ponies at the top.

Continue going down with the zig-zag part. (Hint: whenever I do this part, I zig-zag all the way down, pushing the hair to the side it will go on as I go. Then I just grab the left side & do a loose pony, without even brushing it yet. That way, none of the part from the left will get into the pony on the left. Then I go to the right pony & comb it smoothly into the pony. Now, go to the left side & do the same thing.) Make sure you criss-cross the two ponies on top & add them into your ponies.

You could just braid these if you wanted to. But a twist braid it much faster, if you know how to do it. Working on one pony: divide it in half. Twist each of the halves & then begin twisting them around each other, making sure you continue to also twist each piece, otherwise, when you put the rubberband in- it will just go straight. Twisting it as you go is the key. I didn't pull the hair all the way thru. Spray the ends a little so it looks like you curled it without having to.