- Create an ear-to-ear part sectioning off the front
- Brush the hair for a pony tail just below the occipital
bone. Before wrapping the pony tail, be sure to smooth the hair. Add product for control as needed.
- Bind the pony tail with a covered rubber band, keeping even tension and pulling the hair close to the scalp.
- Back comb the hair on the underside of the pony tail to create a firm cushion that will not separate. Apply hair spray to the back-combed underside of the pony tail.
- Use a styling comb to shape the hair, with your palm on the underside to assist. Apply hair spray lightly on the top for control.
- Hold and smooth the hair at the elevation that the hair will be placed.
- Gently pin the pony tail up and out of the way for the moment.
- Put two bobby pins on opposite sides of a small covered rubber band.
- Slide one of the bobby pins into the side of the hair about1” above the existing band, holding on to the bobby pin.
- Pull the band over the hair, and secure the other bobby pin in the hair on the opposite side. Both bobby pins face inward. This creates a "seam" which hides the pony tail. A hair pin may be added over the band for added hold.
- Release the rest of the pony tail and gently pull this
hair down and gather the ends together. Pinch the endstogether and make a circle. Bobby pin this curl in under the base of the pony tail.
- To finish, pull the sides of the chignon close to the head and secure with hair pins.
- Style front as desired

Chignon