I NEED to learn how to make a BUN...

[pearlygurl]

Please Ladies, HELP ME!!!

Protective styles are the only thing I need to perfect in order to begin my hair growing journey. I've seen some of your albums and I too would love to rock a neat, silky and perfect bun. I have tried the little doughnut looking thing but that never worked and it just broke my hair. Then I tried one of those make a bun plastic things that are advertised on TV and my bun came out a HOT mess!!! I don't have this new site down yet so when I tried to do a search no results came up. For all you ladies who rock buns I need to know exactly what you USE to make your bun and exactly HOW you make your bun. TIA for any suggestions

 

[AceH]

Hey there

First, I make sure my hair is well moisturized

I lightly brush the lop layer into place so my hair is smooth.

I use an ouchless ponytail hold to make a ponytail (not too loose and definately not tight)

I cut the foot part of a black tube sock off and used the top part as my shaper. I roll the top part as to make a donut.

I slide that over my ponytail.

I moisturize the heck out of my ends, so they are pretty much saturated in product (soft sheen gold activator).

I seperate my ponytail in the middle and tuck the ends of my hair under the sock donut.

I use a headband like scrunchie made of velvet (comes in all colors, stretches and does not break my hair) to cover the base of my bun.

Pics in my album. HTH

 

[pearlygurl]

Thanks sooooo much....I'm cutting one of my dads socks up as we speak. I'll let you know how this works for me.

Any other suggestions?

 

[AceH]

Great! Good luck

 

[FlowerHair]

I just grab my hair as if I were to make a ponytail, twirl it around until it shapes a round bun, tuck the ends under and pin it with u-shaped hair pins.

 

[Boadicea]

I use a medium Whirl-a-Style to make my buns.

 

[candibaby]

...whirl a style?

 

[Boadicea]

http://www.whirl-a-style.com is the official website but for some reason it's not coming up right now. It's a tool that you use to creat a perfect round bun. Look in my album, I have a lot of different styles in there and I used a whirl-a-style for the majority of them. I have a demonstration in my album too so you can see a picture of it until the website comes back up.

I bought mine at Claire's. I think the medium was $3-4

 

[candibaby]

thanks boadicea, your album is really helpful, I think i'll have to find one of those on my next trip to the mall.

 

[pearlygurl]

Thanks FlowerHair and Boadicea for your suggestions...by the way, Boadicea your hair is da BOOOOMB and then some

 

[Boadicea]

Thank you, ladies. If you try the whirl-a-style, I hope you like it! I use mine all the time.

 

[Camille]

I use a medium Whirl-a-Style to make my buns.

My God Boadicea, is THAT your Hair?!?!?!?! It is BEA-U-ti-ful. Perm Box hair!

 

[Babygurl]

I dont use any shapers or donuts to make my bun, I put it in a ponytail and twirl the hair until it coils around the base of the ponytail and secure it with a scrunchie. Hope that helps.

 

[Isis]

When I wear a bun, I gather a low side ponytail, secure it with a silk or satin scrunchie, braid it and pin the braid under with Good Hair Day pins. I don't have a pic of it (i wore it a lot last year before I bought a camera) but I sure receive many compliments and looks with this side bun.

 

[Carlie]

...bumping for user who wants to know how to make a bun...

 

[KinksnCurlz]

1) gather hair in ponytail, use ouchless band to secure. Apply moisturizer to length of hair.

2) fan hair out w/ fine tooth comb (meaning length of hair is split in half and fanned out and in a circle ie. donut)

3) take heaviest section (usually bottom) and lightly twist under while gathering more hair around in a cirlce to create the donut. Always i have ends left out so i just tuck them under. The trick is to gather it loosely, that way, the bun is more full and much bigger.

4) Goody hair pains secure (use 3 - 12, 4 and 8 o'clock).

5) Elasta QP hair sheen.