How To Recreate Kate Middleton’s No-Hair-Tie Bun With This Easy Hack

One of the most frustrating things about having long hair is the fact that it often gets in the way. Just ask Kate Middleton, Catherine Princess of Wales, who tried her hand at fabric painting during a visit to Marina Mill—a family-run textile business in Kent—on Thursday, only to find herself caught short without a hair tie.

It was no problem for the Princess, who deftly deployed a TikTok-worthy hack to rescue her newly lightened hair from the paint. She swept her glossy waves into a low ponytail at the nape of her neck, twisted the lengths, and then rolled them into a neat bun, securing it by tucking the ends through the center, and pulling it taut. And voilà! A respectable royal up-do fit for a public engagement—and in seconds, no less.