5 days of Chrissy Teigen hair goals

Sometimes you just have to accept that you can't beat a classic. Chrissy knows. When you've got a long 'do, tousled waves look the absolute biz and they're easy to get if you have a pair of straighteners or tongs. Simply curl all over and brush out for legend status.

Teach your low pony some new tricks with hair ties and kirby grips.. To nail it, smooth your hair back and fasten with a tie, then add more as you go down the hair – securing in a random pattern – until you have about two inches left at the bottom. Fold up the end and add one more elastic over the top to secure it, then slide kirby grips into place on each side of your head. Nice.

Here, Chrissy gives your fave half-up, half-down 'do an upgrade by adding some haphazardness and two twisted braids. To start, do two miniature French braids on top of your head (one on each side of your parting) and secure with a few grips. Then, separate the top section of the hair (including the ends of the plaits) and tie with an elastic. Once secure, pull lightly around your roots for some necessary mess. Bosh.

This deceptive slicked-back look that Chrissy wore to the Oscars is more than meets the eye. From the front? A side-parting with a low pony. From the back? A cool chunky plait in a poker-straight line. Replicate it by styling your hair in a low pony tail, plaiting it, and then folding in half, pinning the original elastic and ends of the hair together. Nifty.

OK, you get it. It's pretty obvious that CT loves a plait – you can add this to your list of reasons she is all of us. This time she shows off two small inside-out braids, once again either side of her parting, which go all the way back to the middle of her head. She ties them together, with the rest of her hair in a pony tail and breathes life into your second-day (third-day?) hair routine.