Kenshin Hair Styling?

[JayCosplay]

Hey all. I'm new to the site, and was hoping to find some helpful people to give me a hand. I'm working on a Kenshin Himura cosplay and was planning on using my real hair for
1: I just plain hate wearing wigs, they are difficult for me to use.
2: I don't have anywhere safe to keep it at the moment.
3: I'm a poor college student.
(I'm listing these reasons because other places I have asked for help all they do is yell at me to wear a wig because . . . honestly I don't know why they are so adamant about the wigs. But my thing is that that isn't an option for me right now so I would like someone to actually answer my question.)_

Anyway. I'm going to be doing a kenshin himura cosplay and was wondering if anyone could give me tips or point me in the right direction of how to make his poofy ponytail.


http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/ ... 25-319.gif

sorry for the gif, but it was the only thing i found that actually showed him from the back.