An  updo is simply  putting someone’s hair up. This kind of hairdo is commonly requested by females involved in formal functions such as beauty pageants, bat mitzvahs, weddings or proms.

A typical updo for a woman with shoulder-length hair will involve pulling some or all of her hair back in a ponytail . The beautician will then take individual locks of hair from the ponytail, curl them, spritz them down with hairspray, and arrange them with the aid of bobby pins.