French Pleat - How to

All you need for this style is a curling wand/tong, clips, smoothing out brush, back combing brush and a pin tail comb.

• Start by brushing through the hair to ensure there are no knots and tangles and part the hair in the center
• Take small sections from either side of the parting and clip them, you will add these to the style later on
• You will now need to curl the hair into a brick set, curl the hair into the direction you want the hair to go in and hold the curl in place using a clip
• Once all the hair is curled you can remove the clips and lightly brush through the hair, the curls are only to make the hair easier to style
• Starting at the top begin to backcomb sections of the hair in the direction that you curled it
• Using a smoothing brush lightly take all the hair over to the right side making sure the back is really smooth and flat then you can clip it in a criss cross technique using kirby grips, this will make it more sturdy than just sliding them in the hair
• Now you can create the cone shape at the back of the head, use your left hand to tighten the hair and roll it round your other hand to get the shape
• Secure it with some clips, you can always adjust the top of the cone shape once it's more secure if your unhappy with it
• You will have some remaining hair on the top of the head which you can just add into the style where desired, make sure you keep the volume from the back combing at the top!