As the temperature soars, leaving your hair open is not an option. While some women prefer to chop off their tresses to deal with the rising heat and humidity, others resort to hairstyles that keep the hair away from their face.

Buns and ponytails have our hearts, but on days when you wish to spruce things up a bit, you need hairstyles that are easy to create, yet pretty. So, while you shop for pretty summer dresses and pastel nail colours, we decided to bring you this gorgeous looking hairstyle – topsy tail braid.

Here’s a step-by-step guide to achieving this pretty summer hairstyle:

 

How to

How to do topsy tail braid hairstyle

You will need:

Step 01: Loosely grab a small section of hair from the crown area and secure it at the back with a hair tie

Step 02: Create a small gap above the band and flip the ponytail up and through the gap

Step 03: Grab two sections of hair from both sides and secure at the back to form a second ponytail about two inches below the first one

Step 04: Repeat step 2 twice to create two more topsy tails, one below the other

Step 05: Keep creating topsy tails using the remaining hair.

Step 06: After creating the last ponytail, spritz some hair spray to keep it in place and comb through the tail to remove tangles

Step 07: To create a fuller effect, gently pull on the edges of each twist to get a voluminous braid.