By Amy Lawrenson

A fishtail plait is the perfect holiday hairstyle but if you're anything like me, you find them a bit tricky to do. In our Three Ways with Plaits feature one of the hairstyles can be created with a straightforward 3-strand plait, but for added wow factor you need to master the fishtail.

Here TIGI's European Session Director, Maria Kovac, shows you how to get the look...

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Photo: Laura McCluskey

Video editing: Sunil Makan