South African Woman With Short Hair Wows Many With Sleek Pony Hairstyle, Mzansi Loving It: "Ubuhle Obungaka"

South African Woman With Short Hair Wows Many With Sleek Pony Hairstyle, Mzansi Loving It: "Ubuhle Obungaka"

  • A South African woman took to social media to share a video of herself attempting a baddie hairstyle with her short hair
  • The footage posted on TikTok shows her combing and styling her hair before applying styling gel and a synthetic ponytail
  • The young woman told Briefly News how long the hairdo took her and how long it lasted
  • The end result was an impressive, sleek pony hairstyle that many of her online friends complimented

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Having different hairstyles is a way for women to express their personal style and identity. It can be a way to show off their personality, creativity, and sense of fashion.

Woman styles hair into sleek pony
In a TikTok video, a woman styled her short hair into a trendy baddie hairstyle. Image: @lexie.mk/TikTok
Source: TikTok

One young woman took to social media to show off how she managed to style her short hair into a trendy, sleek pony hairstyle using copious amounts of styling gel.

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A video posted on TikTok by Lexie (@lexie.mk) shows her blow-drying and combing her hair before parting it into sections.

She applies plenty of Isoplus styling gel on her hair as she styles, ties it using wool, and lays down the hair using a headwrap. She moves on to the pony she created using synthetic hair extensions.

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After some patience styling and neatening the hair, @lexie.mk went on to reveal her sleek pony hairstyle.

Lexie told Briefly News that:

"It took me about 15 minutes to do the hairstyle and it lasted one day as I didn't use the strongest gel."

Watch the video below:

According to More Self-Esteem, a good hairstyle can boost a woman's confidence and make her feel more attractive and put-together. This can be especially important for women who are self-conscious about their hair or who have undergone a major hair change, such as a haircut or colour.

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SA impressed by young woman's hairdo

Mzansi netizens were impressed by the woman's styling abilities and complimented her beautiful hairdo. Other women joked about how they could never achieve such a nice hairstyle on their own.

Pam Ngema responded:

"Ngiyavuma ama 2k."

Niccy wrote:

"Muhle wena yoh."

A stranger commented:

"I love this gel but when you leave the house it's already evaporated."

MeloML commented:

"Knowing myself I’d cry 10 minutes trying this. Y’all so lucky you can do your own hair."

Lihle Mihle replied:

"Ubuhle obungaka."

Teequ_mn commented:

"Waze wamuhle."

Snethemba wrote:

"Asishayeleli i-styling gel izandla."

Viral TikTok video shows woman selling odd braid headband for R600

In another story, Briefly News reported that a young South African woman took to social media to show off a headband with several braids attached to it.

In the video posted on TikTok, @growingseedsa is seen showing how to wear the headpiece, which only partially covers the head. To hide the top part of her head, the woman wears hats to demonstrate how to rock a complete look.

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As if the headband wasn't odd enough, @growingseedsa decided to sell it for R600. Yoh, the good, sis, is not here to play.

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Source: Briefly News

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Nothando Mthembu (Senior editor) Nothando Mthembu is a senior multimedia journalist and editor. Nothando has over 5 years of work experience and has served several media houses including Caxton Local Newspapers. She has experience writing on human interest, environment, crime and social issues for community newspapers. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree and an Honours Degree in Media Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, obtained in 2016 and 2017. Nothando has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. Email: nothando.mthembu@briefly.co.za