I Tried To Do Insanely Difficult Ballroom Up-Do's

Hi Beautiful! Today, I attempted to master the art of Ballroom Hair, as seen on TikTok. It's A LOT harder than it looks... and kinda sticky, tbh. Watch to see how I did!

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[CaylasCapsule]

Thoughts as a former ballroom dancer:
1. We’d carefully blow dry it to get the glue to dry faster and exactly how we wanted it.
2. The hair colors recommended for dancers were jet black, bleach blonde, or bold red.
3. We used lice combs to get it really sleek.
4. Ballroom hair trends are a legit thing. And different hairstyles are popular depending on which style of dance you do.
5. If the hair is in a hanging braid, dancers would typically safety pin their hair to their dresses to prevent it from hitting themselves or their partners.
6. The trick with the rhinestones is to put them the right distance from each other. A lot of people place them too close at first.
7. For your first time doing ballroom hair, good job Brad! 😊

[AccidentallyOnPurpose]

The fact that Brad admits when he doesn't know something or is unconfident actually makes me respect him and his talent way more as a hairstylist.

[venuskitten]

Brad portrayed perfectly the rollercoaster of any creative project. You start happy and excited, then you become absolutely maniac, and then you accept the outcome whatever it is, you just want to finish it at this point

[icannotbeseen]

next week: taking out insanely glued ballroom up-dos

[squeakybgaming]

The powder builds up in a sort of "cement" with the hair spray to hold it more firmly. :) Great first go!

[agnesrona]

I used to do ballroom dancing and I LOVE that Brad is discovering and appreciating this. It truly is an art!

[megg]

Why do I feel like I'm watching this on 1.5x speed 😅

[WorthlessFemale]

Entertained? - yes
Learned something? - yes
Happy Brad posted because we miss him and love watching him try new things, react to things and just hang with our favorite yt hair dresser? Most definitely, heck yes! 😊♥️

[jacnet]

Hi Brad! I’ve had this hairstyle done for ballroom competition before, and they use gel first to make the waves, then Bobby pin it in place, then hairspray it. It cost me $115-$125 depending on the stylist, and they’re done in 20-30 minutes! And if they use too much hairspray, it ends up flaking all over your head and shoulders!

[lavenderwarrior]

This is amazing! You should do the one for synchronized swimmers next! ❤

[bdctrans]

These competitions last for a weekend to over a week. They will sweat and sleep with this hairdo throughout the competition, usually a few days before and after the competition. So whatever needs to be done to shalack that hairdo in place, they will use it! In the early years, like the 50s and 60s when my mom and dad competed in these, my mom said her hair would go three shades lighter with the amount of powder they used in her hair. Back then, if they couldn't afford gel, they would use homemade sugar syrup on their hair, douse it with powder, and then use two cans of hairspray!

[cathleenanne]

I really wanna see the full process for washing this out and what the hair recovery looks like 🙏🏻

[SRLevine]

Ok, Brad? You did an excellent job so stop hating on yourself. I couldn't accomplish even a 10th of what you just did so be proud

[lisacolledge]

I just loved the pop up of 'Brad's annoyance meter'. 😂😂😂😂 i wish we all had one of those!

[dragimoth]

I love how the back of her neck is literally reflective from all of the gel and hairspray

[huggledemon]

Anyone else want to see Brad try and return the hair to its original soft state!??😅😂🤷🏻‍♀️👍🏼🥰 0:15

[IAmLucipurr]

Brad, you should take a look at synchronized swimming hair styles. they're similar to ballroom hairstyles but they're also very pretty and rock hard hairstyles. and watching people take out their ballroom and synchronized swim hair is satisfying.

[lucky]

your hair/sweater combo is giving little mermaid

[Itzelr]

The orange hair and teal/blue shirt combo is beautiful!!!!

[leslieburleson]

These people are single handedly destroying the ozone layer 😂😂😂 omg, I felt like I couldn’t breathe watching them spray all that . I’m having flashbacks to the 80’s