Tutorial: How to Put Your Hair up with a Chopstick

Last week it was extremely hot. I felt like my face was melting off. Plus, one of my teacher's classrooms is extremely stuffy. He doesn't seem to like to open his windows, and his fan at the back--well, that's it. It's at the back. It's about 5 degrees hotter in his classroom than out in the hallway. Which is why I like to put my hair up in a bun to get it off my neck.

But a lot of the times I forget my hair tie. So I use my pen. This is usually how I do it--my first hair tutorial! Bear with me, please...

Oh, and this is for righties, so lefties can either switch the directions around or just try and use your right hand... I mean, being ambidextrous is pretty cool, right? Yes? No? well I think it is...

The end result will look like a little lump of hair on your head--sounds attractive, right?

'Kay, so you'll need

~hair that at least comes to your shoulders. mine's a couple inches past my shoulders, plus it's in layers so it sort of falls apart at the front, but it works to get it off my neck

~one chopstick, hair stick, pen, pencil, crochet hook, knitting needle, um, toothbrush? etc.

 Here it is as a more messy, casual style (w/ a ton of hair falling out...).

 Neater version:

{Please excuse the fact that I'm obviously in my pajamas and I've just gotten out of the shower}

1) Put your hair up in a ponytail and hold it with your left hand.

2) Take your stick with your right hand and insert it underneath the top layer of hair with the point. So you're sliding it into the top layer of hair into your ponytail from right to left, point-first.

3) Pull the ponytail up and behind your stick--wrap it around.

4) Now twist the stick clockwise so the point is now facing the other direction, with your right hand. When you twist it like this, you will feel that you've created a loop.

5) Flip the stick around by lifting the non-sharp side, which should be on the left, and pushing the sharp side into your hair till it pokes out of the center of your loop.

You're done. Usually it stays put like this for a while. Thanks for reading!

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