Step 1: Blow dry hair super-straight. If needed, straighten hair with a flat iron.
Step 2: Brush hair back into a pony up high on the back of your head just above your ears.
Step 4: Run a gloss (we like Bumble and Bumble Gloss, see sleek ponytail above) through ponytail, using extra at the ends.
Photos of Ponytails - - Celebrities With Ponytails
By Julyne Derrick, About.com Guide
The Sleek Ponytail - - Ali Larter
Actress Ali Larter
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- Photos of Ponytails - - Celebrities With Ponytails
- The Sexy, Flirty Ponytail - - Carmen Electra
- The Southern Ponytail - - Singer Christina Aguilera
- The Sophisticated Ponytail - - Zhang Ziyi
- The Sleek Ponytail - - Ali Larter
- The Crimped Ponytail - - Portia de Rossi
- The Casual Ponytail - - Holly Brisley
- Half-Up, Half-Down Ponytail - - Ashley Judd
- The Romantic Ponytail - - Carrie Underwood
- The Tousled Ponytail - - Ashley Olsen
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