How to make a hairstyle with a pile on the crown (with step by step photos, videos)

Soft curls falling over the shoulders, or the satin smoothness of long even strands – these options are not always the most spectacular and feminine.

Many ladies prefer hairstyles at the crown – such styling helps to appear tall and stately, give solemnity to the image and emphasize style, and sometimes successfully complement the oval of the face.

At the crown, you can make a tail, a bun, a loop or a simple bouffant, but the result will be impressive in any case.

Long hair ponytail at the crown

Let's start with the simplest option – smoothly collected hair in a ponytail. At first glance, it may seem that it is simply impossible to spoil such a styling, and even a child can build a tail by tilting his head down.

Surely, you have noticed more than once that some women have a ponytail that looks perfect – like from the cover of a magazine, while others have protruding strands or a hanging elastic band.

It's not at all about the girl’s neatness – heavy hair pulls the base of the tail down, and thin and brittle ones form “roosters" and stick out.

How to solve such problems and make a woman's hairstyle with a ponytail on top of long hair so that it looks perfect?

• To keep unruly strands from falling out of the tail and lying smoothly, use hard styling and a comb with frequent teeth. To add shine to the hair, use a gel, do not forget to apply a little product to the length of the tail so that there is no contrast.
• To prevent heavy hair from falling down, secure the elastic on your head with hairpins or a small “crab”, pinning it under the hair.
• To make the ponytail look strict and elegant, wrap the elastic band with a strand of hair, securing it with an invisibility under the ponytail.
• To make your hair appear longer, use two elastic bands. Divide your hair into two sections, tie the bottom hair into a ponytail below the crown, and the top section of the hair at the crown. The upper ponytail will hide the lower elastic band, as a result you will get a visually increased hair length.

Many women are decorated with styling with raised temporal strands. What if this solution doesn't work for you?

• Before tying the tail, separate the temporal strands and bring them forward.
• Tie the ponytail, and curl the strands slightly with a curling iron.
• You can leave not temporal strands, but strands in the middle of the forehead, dividing them with a parting and leaving them hanging down the sides.
• If the strands are thin and profiled, they can not even be twisted.

Tails on top with and without bangs

In the video – hairstyles collected at the crown, with and without bangs, you can style the bangs as usual, or stab it:

If an open forehead suits you, pin the bangs up, securing with invisibility.

• You can slightly lift the strands and make additional volume on the crown.
• You can smoothly comb the bangs back and put on a bezel, this solution will suit you if you decide to let go of the bangs.
• Try to separate the bangs with a straight or side parting and pin up – the hairstyle will change.
• If parts of the bangs are stabbed towards the back of the head or removed behind the ears, you will get a new result.

Try all the options and choose the one that suits you best. If you do not recognize yourself in the mirror, most likely, those around you will not recognize you either, you should choose something more familiar.

You can lower the tail to the back of the head, let's look at the photo – how to make a “tail” hairstyle step by step with a pile on the crown:

You need to start styling on absolutely dry hair.

1. Separate the hair on the crown of the head up to the top of the head with two parallel partings.
2. Pull the separated hair forward.
3. Separate a thin strand at the crown and comb it.
4. Perform frequent movements with a comb towards the head at the hair roots.
5. Separate the next strand and comb it too.
6. Comb all the strands in this way, except for the last one.
7. Smoothly comb the strand at the very forehead back and collect it with a thin elastic band, together with all the combed strands, into a ponytail at the crown.
8. Smoothly comb back the side strands.
9. Now gather all the hair together and tie with a larger elastic band, which should be on top of the first elastic band.
10. Wrap the elastic with a section of hair from the ponytail.

Do not try to comb your bouffant after the event – you will only damage your hair. You can get rid of bouffant by washing your hair with a mild shampoo and conditioner.

Lush styling-loop

The “loop” styling is created elementarily – for sure, every owner of long hair has done such a hairstyle at least once to take a shower or go for a run.

The “lush loop” hairstyle at the crown can be supplemented with accessories or unusual weaving, in this form it is suitable even for a holiday:

1. Make a high ponytail with a wide enough soft rubber band that does not catch the hair.
2. Make another turn of the elastic from the side of the face and thread the hair through it, but do not completely pull out the tail.
3. You will get a loop of hair and tail ends hanging to the back of the head.

You can leave the hair in this form or put on a decorative elastic band over the loop. If the hair is long enough, you can wrap the elastic with the ends of the hair.

An interesting variation of the loop is a bow, it is very simple to make it. Divide the resulting loop in two, throw the ends of the tail between the "petals" of the future bow and carefully fasten in front with stealth or put under the elastic.

High bun at the top

Based on the tail, you can make several types of buns, but the smoother and neater the bun, the more strands you can leave and curl – the hairstyle will only become more interesting.

Well, if your haircut involves different lengths of strands. Then you can leave shortened strands at the temples, at the back of the head, in the center of the forehead, or let the strands out from behind the ears, and build a voluminous bun from the long hair.

Smoothly combed hair is also suitable for many types of buns, focus on the style of your outfit.

Try to make a bob hairstyle at the crown, armed with hairpins and one elastic band:

1. Smoothly comb your hair into a ponytail.
2. Curl the tail with a tourniquet.
3. Wrap the tourniquet around the elastic band and secure with hairpins.
4. If length allows, continue wrapping the tourniquet around the base of the tail, forming a spiral.
5. Hide the ends under the bun and secure the composition with hairpins around the entire circumference.

You can do the bun a little differently. Twist the tourniquet at first not too tight, make one turn, and hide the subsequent turns under the first.

This style is ideal for multi-step haircuts, in which the top of the hair is fuller than the ends.

The bun can be decorated with hairpins with decorative tips, a hairpin-comb or a beautiful elastic band. You can attach an automatic hairpin, both in front and behind – under the bun.

Original women's bun

In the photo – a bun hairstyle at the top, how to make such an original and elegant styling without the help of a hairdresser?

Arm yourself with curlers and hairpins.

1. Apply a light hold styling mousse to slightly damp hair.
2. Wind the hair on the curlers, placing them in a random order and not winding them all the way. If you wind your hair to the end, it will be difficult to comb it smoothly over your head.
3. When the hair is completely dry, remove the curlers, being careful not to disturb the shape of the curls.
4. Tie a ponytail at the crown of your head using a wide-toothed comb, but work only around the head to avoid damaging the curls.
5. Now go through the curls with a wide-toothed comb to get smooth waves.
6. Disassemble the tail into large strands – 3-6, depending on the density of the hair.
7. Take one strand and form a loop out of it, securing with a hairpin.
8. If length allows, form another loop. Otherwise, hide the ends of the strand by wrapping them around the elastic.
9. Repeat the operation with each strand, spreading the loops evenly.

This hairstyle is perfect for a wedding or prom, you can complement the styling with themed accessories, beautifully style your bangs, cover with glitter varnish.

Two bunches for young fashionistas

For young fashionistas, a coquettish “two buns on top” hairstyle is suitable, which is very easy to do in the morning before school.

1. Divide your hair with a straight parting into two parts.
2. Tie the tails on each side, placing the elastic bands as close to the crown as possible.
3. Twist each tail into a bundle and lay it in a spiral.
4. You can fix the buns with hairpins or elastic bands, depending on the amount of hair and their characteristics.
5. On top of the bundles, you can tie bows or decorate each bun with a beautiful hairpin.

You can upgrade this styling by making not a straight parting, but a zigzag one.

As a festive option, you can leave the temporal strands and curl them, or you can get the strands already out of the tails and wrap the buns so that the strands hang directly from their center.

Such strands must also be curled, otherwise the result will look untidy.

Bun with loose hair

If you have very lush and curly hair, you can tame it with a hairstyle – a bun at the top with loose hair will give you a long-awaited sense of harmony.

1. Comb your entire hair back using a light hold gel.
2. Part the top section of your hair from ear to ear through the crown.
3. Gather the ponytail at the crown with an elastic band to match the color of your hair.
4. Twist the tail with a tourniquet and wrap it around the elastic band.
5. Secure the bun with hairpins. Nothing if the bun turns out to be careless, because a perfectly smooth bun will contrast with curly hair at the back.
6. Comb the lower part of the hair with the addition of a gel, it is better to use a liquid spray gel.

A bun at the top always looks cute and modern, and if you find the perfect version of it, you will be irresistible.

Bouffant for long hair

In the photo – a hairstyle with a pile on the crown step by step, but keep in mind that depending on the length and type of your hair, styling may look different.

1. Divide clean and dry hair into two parts, separating the parietal region and temples from the crown and back of the head.
2. Remove the front part of the hair on the face.
3. Comb the strands at the crown using a comb with fine teeth.
4. Separate one wide strand of the parietal region, comb it smoothly and cover it with a bouffant.
5. Divide the hair on the crown of the head with a side parting and smooth it on both sides, remove it behind the ears.

The ends of the hair can be curled into soft curls with a curling iron, and short hair can be laid up or down like a bob.

Hairstyles for long hair with a raised crown are more diverse than styling for short hair.

You can tie your hair in a ponytail, braid it in a braid or two braids, build a bun at the back of your head, keeping the bouffant at the crown.

Curls with added volume at the crown

In the photo – hairstyles with volume at the crown and curls, due to which, in fact, the volume is formed, such styling is perfect for a haircut in a cascade.

1. Apply styling mousse to slightly damp hair.
2. Wind the hair on curlers, starting from the top of the head, then treat the parietal zone, temples and the back of the head.
3. When the strands are dry, remove the curlers.
4. Comb your hair with a skeletal comb.
5. If desired, highlight the ends of the strands with gel or wax so that they are sharp and make curls more clear.

All these styling can be added or changed to your taste.

Do not tighten the hair at the top of your head every day – this is fraught with a headache, and the hair itself will become sparse.

Choose a hairstyle that you feel comfortable with and that suits your overall look.