Abstract: A hair tying apparatus and method of use are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a needle with a shaft pointed at one end and having a head with an eye at the other, and a hair tie comprising at least one tie strand attached to an elastic loop. The method of use entails drawing the strand(s) through the elastic loop, thereby forming a hair tie loop, and subsequently through the eye of the needle, and then separating a top pony tail from the main pony tail of hair and drawing the top pony tail through the hair tie loop. The hair tie loop is then tightened around the base of the top pony tail, and the needle is used to draw the strand(s) around the top pony tail and a portion of the main pony tail along the length of the top pony tail, thereby holding the top pony tail in place relative to the main pony tail.