Updo for dummies

[neveradullmoment99]

I am going to a wedding soon and am without fail the worst at doing ANYTHING remotely nice with my hair. I am looking for a really super easy and effective updo. I have long hair - beyond the shoulder and its fine but a lot of it as some hairdressers have told me. I also do not suit having all the hair scraped from my face - it needs to have a parting. I have scoured you tube but I am literally hopeless.Anything I have tried turns out crap . If you know a supereasy updo that I can do can you post please :) Thanks!

zzzzz - thank you! I've just had a go on my fairly short, mega curly hair and it works! Going to get some hair pins to shove in as will be fab for work when my hair needs washing is messy

I love the image of us all sitting at home trying to do this hairstyle!!

Very rubbish photo of a two min attempt

Thanks, got some smaller hair bands and fancy pins on order from eBay!

What am I doing wrong? I made a ponytail and a smaller ponytail from side pieces above the bigger ponytail. Then tried to put the smaller one into the main one. I was then left with a ponytail that had two bands showing and didn’t understand what to do with the rest of my hair. Am I supposed to fold it into the hair before the band? And how do I get it to stay? It is shoulder length and folding it in means there is still longer hair sticking out?

From this thread title I had high hopes of finally being able to put my hair up, but I can't even get zzzzz's roll to work - even with the photos!

I fail on step 1-2: how on earth (and where) do I tuck the end of the first pony tail in? I can't figure it out at all, and if I try to sort of fold it back on itself and tuck it in, it just all slides straight out and sticks out everywhere.

I think I need an even simpler up-do...

Meetie - make the pony tail as shown. Then get the end of the pony tail and hold it up and thread it down behind the band

Does this help?

Thank god i managed, I have no small child and the cat would look at me if I tried to put a hair band on him...

To be honest the cat is perfectly happy provided you pay him attention. I found a small child teaching him how to kick a ball and he was just sat there blinking at her and purring

I have been wearing my hair up all day like that Olive :) Very pleased. Now going to try something else. Need to try and up on top do. Its a little low for my wedding outfit I think.