Step 1: Apply styling cream to damp hair. (Try Matrix Sleek.look Styling Creme, $14.95.)



Step 2: Slick hair back with a brush and make little twists with the hair above your ears.



Step 3: Secure hair into a ponytail with an elastic. Pin the twists you made near the pony.



Step 4: Braid the tail and secure the ends with another elastic.



Step 5: Fold the bottom of the braid under, secure the clip-on extension inside the “fold,” and wrap it around the braid upward, then twist it around the ponytail base. “Experiment by braiding or twisting the extension, or use more than one,” LeCompte says.