Hi beautiful geeks (I've been watching too much beauty and the geek hehe), sometime this year, I read in a magazine on how to do this really simple bun (for your hair, not food). I attempted to do it, but I knew I would fail at it because I have never ever done a perfect bun in my entire life. But this time was different. I did each step carefully to make sure that I don't make any mistakes or skip a step. In less than a few steps, a bun was on the top of my head! Most bun types don't stay in shape, I know what you guys are thinking, it would work if you used hair spray dumbass. But no, I will not use hair spray or gel because that stuff is hard to get out of my hair! And I hate how if there's too much in one part, it goes rock hard. I'm no hair expert so judge me and tell me that I'm using gel or hair spray wrong. I've never been a fan of using hair products, except for shampoo and conditioner, of course. Besides having shampoo and conditioner in my hair, nothing else is there. This hair style is perfect for those who don't want to damage their hair by drowning it in hair spray because when I did this hair style, not a simple drop of hair product was needed. I have hair that aren't too heavy, since it's not that thick. But I even tried this hair style on Yvonne and it didn't fall out of place on her head. I thought it would just plop out at soon as I finished doing it, but with thousands of bobby pins, I got her hair to stay there. Nah, just kidding. I only had to use 2-4 bobby pins for it. (Almost the same amount for my hair and Yvonne's) Plus, don't forget, you don't need a drop of expensive hair products to make it stay in shape. I don't think this hair style will work if you've got hair above your shoulders (hair from your whole head, not meaning your fringe or anything) because it won't be long enough to reach the top of your head but you can try to have the bun at the back of your head instead, but I've never tried it like that so I'm not sure if it will look as nice. I also don't think that the hair style will work for people with really heavy hair because it'll be so heavy for your head. I swear, my neck was getting sore from the extra weight on my head hahah. I know, it sounds stupid but my head felt lighter when I took out the bun.
equipment:

• bobby pins
• one hair tie
• hair spray (if you really need to)

Step 1: Brush your hair to make it smooth and luscious

Step 2: Gather your hair into a high pony tail that forms at the top of your head, or where you want the bun to be (you can tie your pony tail to make sure it stays in place but it wasn't a step in the magazine)

Step 3: Start braiding/plaiting your pony tail until you reach almost the very end of the last strand

Step 4: Holding onto the parts not braided, wrap the pony tail plait around the base/hair tie

Step 5: Grab a bobby pin and stick it where the end of the plait is

whoohoo! Your bun is complete. You can use hair spray if you really wanted to make sure it stayed in place for the entire day. Use more bobby pins to secure your hair and your make sure some shorter hairs are stuck up for a neater finish

done! this is before I put in bobby pins to make it look neater

done! see all the bumps? put boby pins there to make it look nicer

Good luck to all of those who are attempting this hair style. It's super simple so you won't need much luck from me and once you get the hang of doing this, it won't even take 5 minutes to finish it.

Question of the week: What's your favourite hair style?

Love,
Elaine

Hey guys! I absolutely love doing side plaits; I used to always do them last year and the year before. I only stopped doing them because I permanently straightened my hair again in the middle of last year (when I was in HK) and I didn’t want to ruin it by always braiding my hair. If I have naturally straight hair, I would still always have a side plait.

• Bobby pins (at least 2)

• Hair tie (one)

You're done!

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