Preparing Your Hair
Blow dry your hair. Prior to creating a looped updo, you should wash and blow dry your hair. If you have thick hair, you will need to separate your hair into sections. Then using a blowdryer, begin at the roots and blow dry your hair. Aim the nozzle towards the ends of your hair and move the dryer back and forth slightly. Keep the blow dryer a few inches away from your hair to provide an even dry.
Straighten your hair. A looped updo is easiest to create with smooth straight hair. If you have curly or coarse hair, you should straighten it with a flat iron after it has been completely dried. This will give your hair a sleek and smooth look. For hair that is naturally straight or wavy, using a round brush to dry your hair will help to give it a smooth finish in one step.
Apply a volumizing product to your hair. In order to add some volume and smoothness to your hair, you can add a volumizing powder, spray, or dry shampoo. These hair products can be purchased at a local salon. Place the powder or spray at the roots of your hair in order give your hair more volume. Spray dry shampoo onto your roots and work it through your hair like you would with shampoo, but don’t rinse it out.
Creating a Simple Looped Updo
Part your hair. A simple looped updo looks best if your hair is parted rather than pulled straight back. You can wear a center part or a part that is slightly off center, whichever you prefer. You can also comb your hair back slightly and then push it back slightly to reveal a natural part. In order to part your hair, use the end of a comb and run the end along the part line. Then move each hair to the proper side of the part.
Put your hair in a low ponytail. To create a simple looped updo, put your hair in a low ponytail. The ponytail should be positioned just above the nape of your neck. To avoid ruining your part, brush the hair down and around the sides instead of brushing the hair back. Hold the ponytail in place using a hair elastic. Try and get a hair elastic that closely matches your hair color. For example, if you have black hair, use a black hair elastic; if you have brown hair, use brown a hair elastic etc. If you have bangs, you may want to leave the bang area out of the ponytail to frame your face.
Grab the end of your hair and create a loop. Once your hair is in a ponytail, comb back the tail to unite the hairs and then use a brush to gently smooth out the top surface. Grab the end of your hair with your thumb and index finger. Then, make a loop on top of your head with the ponytail. If desired, you can also braid the ponytail and form it into a loop. The size of the loop will depend on the length of your hair. If you have very long hair then you can create a larger loop.
Pin the loop in place. Using two to three bobby pins, depending on the thickness of your hair, pin the loop in place. The loop should be pinned near the base of the pony tail. Use bobby pins that match the color of your hair. For the best hold, cross the bobby pins when you pin them into your hair.
Wrap the loose ends of hair around the elastic. Take the loose ends of the loop and wrap them around the ponytail holder so that it is no longer visible. Pin the end of your hair under the base of the ponytail. You now have a simple and gorgeous looped updo.
Making a Complex Looped Updo
Pull your hair straight back into a ponytail. For a more complex looped updo, remove your part and brush your hair straight back into a neat ponytail. Smooth out any bumps before putting in the hair elastic. Position this ponytail slightly higher, between the crown of your head and the nape of your neck.
Grab a small section of your ponytail and wrap it around your fingers. Once your hair is in a ponytail, gather a small section of the ponytail (size will depend on the thickness of your hair) and wrap it around two fingers. Start with your fingers close to the ponytail and then wrap the hair all the way to the end. This will create a small loop.
Pin the loop in place. Position the loop either horizontally or vertically, depending on which look you prefer. Tuck the end of the hair at the bottom of the loop and pin it into place using a bobby pin. You may need to use more than one bobby pin to hold the loop in place.
Repeat until all of your hair has been looped while alternating the direction of each loop. Continue to create and pin small loops of hair all around your ponytail. Make sure that each loop faces a different direction than the one next to it or all the loops will merge together. They do not need to be completely symmetrical. Instead you want to layer the loops so that it looks like a complex looped bun. This look may take some time to master, so try to be patient. Once all of your hair is looped and pinned down, spray it in place using hair spray.
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