High Ponytail

Placement carries this one: the elastic sits high enough that a straight line from the outer brow through the cheekbone would meet it. Hair is brushed back with no parting, so the surface stays unbroken from hairline to gather. Flyaways show badly against a sleek finish, so a boar bristle brush and a light wax at the temples do most of the work. Tension should be firm but never enough to sting.

• Suitsround, oval, square face shapes. Pulling everything back exposes the whole face, so the crown lift is the only line being added and it stretches a rounder or squarer outline upward.
• Hair typemedium density, thick, straight, wavy. Straight or loosely waved hair lies flattest against the skull, and medium to thick density gives the tail body so it hangs rather than tapering to a point.
• UpkeepNothing to trim for the shape itself, but daily wear means five minutes of smoothing and moving the elastic a half inch each day so one spot of hairline is not always loaded.
• Ask forAsk for it set at the crown, on a line running through the top of the ear, sides brushed back with no parting and the base wrapped in a strand of your own hair.

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