The Art of Creating a Messy Updo: A Step-by-Step Guide

I'm excited to help you create a messy updo that's sure to turn heads. As I look at your place, Mr. Kate, I see that you're getting ready for a night out and want to switch it up from your usual style. Don't worry, I've got just the thing – a messy updo that combines Victorian elegance with Mary-Kate Olsen's effortless chic.

To start, we'll need some basic supplies: hair elastic, bobby pins, and maybe some curling irons if you don't have naturally wavy or curly hair. If your hair isn't naturally wavy or curly, don't worry – we can still create a gorgeous updo with a little teasing and pinning. First, let's start by creating an inner ponytail, which will be the base of our messy updo. This is where we'll leave all the bulk of our hair down, giving us a relaxed, effortless vibe.

As we work on your ponytail, think about the style you want to achieve – in this case, it's inspired by the Victorian era and Mary-Kate Olsen's signature look. You can imagine yourself as a college student with a fantasy ramen noodle dish for hair, or like little bees with furry hands teasing their locks. The goal is to create a hot mess explosion of texture and volume on your head.

To start, we'll take our hair elastics and do the sloppiest ponytail you've ever seen in your life. If there's too much coming out, don't worry – just tuck it back in underneath and hide the hair elastic. We want to create a fun, playful vibe that's all about embracing imperfection.

Next, we'll take our bobby pins and pin up those surrounding tendrils, leaving only a few loose strands framing your face. Don't worry if they're rebelling – it's just their teenage years! As we work on the ponytail, gently pull out some pieces to create select tendrils that will hang out around your face.

If you don't have naturally wavy or curly hair, now is the time to use a curling iron to add some texture and volume. Just take a piece of hair and swing it over into place – if it's too perfect, remember, we want a little messiness in our updo. If your hair isn't naturally curly, don't worry – you can still create a gorgeous look with a little teasing and pinning.

As we work on the final touches, I love how this updo is coming together – it's like a flower blooming on your head! Take one last piece of hair and curl it over into place – voilà! Your messy updo is complete. And don't worry if it takes a little trial and error to get it just right – practice makes perfect, after all.

So, what do you think, Mr. Kate? Are you ready to take on the night with this gorgeous, messy updo?

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enah yeah I'm here I'll take a look at your place mr. Kate yeah oh I can't believe you're making me go out tonight I guess I just got home and I I got to do something this mall I want to switch it up the messy like a really messy updo like a Victorian woman meets mary-kate Olsen like little bees with their little furry hands gonna just tease my hair like a college students fantasy ramen noodle dish just like on my head like hot mess explosion like I don't know like some kind of flower like what yeah we got it up okay yep working so what you need is a hair elastic and bobby pins and your hair looking really really crappy if your hair isn't naturally wavy or curly maybe curl some of the ends and tease the roots of it so you get a lot of lift and body you want to start with an inner ponytail that's what I call it so this is gonna be our base of the bulk of the hair so you leaving all this down you look a little bit like Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean then you take your hair elastics and you do the sloppiest hair ponytail slash fun thing you've ever done in your life if there's too much coming out of it you might want to tuck it back in underneath you want to hide the hair elastic all right so now you take your bobby pins and you take all these little surrounding tendrils and pin them up so I'm just pinning these around and farther away from the line of your ponytail and the ones that want to fall down let them they're rebelling during their teenage years okay so it's pretty much all pinned up and now I'm going to kind of go around and pull out some pieces because I like having some select tendrils kind of hanging out and then here this is too perfect right so this needs to be a little messed up so I'm going to take a little piece of this and swing it over and pin it up now if your hair isn't naturally wavy or curly you might want to tease the roots a little bit and I'm going to take this piece and maybe pin it over here and if you don't have naturally curly hair you can use your curling iron to kind of just curl some of the little tendrils that are still hanging down and then I'm just gonna curl this one last little piece and there we go like the messiest updo ever I think I'm ready to oh hey no I did I fix my hair I mean it looks you know it's a really long story I'll tell you when I see youah yeah I'm here I'll take a look at your place mr. Kate yeah oh I can't believe you're making me go out tonight I guess I just got home and I I got to do something this mall I want to switch it up the messy like a really messy updo like a Victorian woman meets mary-kate Olsen like little bees with their little furry hands gonna just tease my hair like a college students fantasy ramen noodle dish just like on my head like hot mess explosion like I don't know like some kind of flower like what yeah we got it up okay yep working so what you need is a hair elastic and bobby pins and your hair looking really really crappy if your hair isn't naturally wavy or curly maybe curl some of the ends and tease the roots of it so you get a lot of lift and body you want to start with an inner ponytail that's what I call it so this is gonna be our base of the bulk of the hair so you leaving all this down you look a little bit like Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean then you take your hair elastics and you do the sloppiest hair ponytail slash fun thing you've ever done in your life if there's too much coming out of it you might want to tuck it back in underneath you want to hide the hair elastic all right so now you take your bobby pins and you take all these little surrounding tendrils and pin them up so I'm just pinning these around and farther away from the line of your ponytail and the ones that want to fall down let them they're rebelling during their teenage years okay so it's pretty much all pinned up and now I'm going to kind of go around and pull out some pieces because I like having some select tendrils kind of hanging out and then here this is too perfect right so this needs to be a little messed up so I'm going to take a little piece of this and swing it over and pin it up now if your hair isn't naturally wavy or curly you might want to tease the roots a little bit and I'm going to take this piece and maybe pin it over here and if you don't have naturally curly hair you can use your curling iron to kind of just curl some of the little tendrils that are still hanging down and then I'm just gonna curl this one last little piece and there we go like the messiest updo ever I think I'm ready to oh hey no I did I fix my hair I mean it looks you know it's a really long story I'll tell you when I see you\n"