kblc06
Well-Known Member
Sorry about the small pics guys. I'll post larger one's in my fotki 
I meant to share this with you guys for a while. This was GO-TO transitioning style for over 7 months. My hair went from about EL/chin length to 2-3 inches past SL in this time frame using this as a "protective" style-I didn't fully realize this was what I was doing since this was before hair boards. Due to my scissor happiness over the past few weeks, I've decided to hide my hair from myself....I was planning on chopping a bob last night, but I got just above apl before I came back to my sense
*sigh* 
. Sooooo...I hope to be making it back to BSL sometime around the end of summer 
....but anyway here's the tutorial 
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Step 1: Prep hair into a ponytail. The placement does not matter-it's your preference. I've secured my hair into a low ponytail. I have saturated my hair with moisturizers and sealed with coconut and castor oil. I then, braid the ends of the ponytail, take another ponytail holder, wrap it around my hair, and pull the hair through about half-way into a small tucked bun. It should be secure enough that the ends of the ponytail do not come out and is relatively smooth with few flyaways. The ponytail should feel comfortably snug and not too tight.
Step 2: I take a pack of Kanekolon fiber synthetic hair, remove it gently from the pack. There are 2 rubberbands, one tied in a loop dividing the hair at the top and another farther down the length of the hair banding the two sides together. Carefully cut the rubberband that's farther down the length-afterwards the two halves should hang freely with the rubberband dividing the total length of hair remaiing in tact.
Step 3: (It would be nice if you had someone to help you on this part, but you can still get by if you don't)
Either using 2-3 fingers (on someone else's hand) or a doorknob or any other cylindrical object you can keep the hair wrapped around (but remember you have to be able to slide the hair off), begin braiding the length of the hair. The size of the loop should depend on the thickness of your tucked bun. When my hair was shorter and less thick, I made the loop smaller. Make sure you braid the length of the synthetic hair tightly and smoothly-this will help the hair look nicer for a longer period of time.
Step 4: Clip any flyaways remaining on the ends of the braid- you may want to make sure that you do not blunt the ends since this can make it difficult to tuck the hair later on. Secure the ends of the braid with a rubberband to preven unraveling and remove the braid from the doorknob, etc. You should be left with an appropriate sized loop to wrap around your bun
Step 5: Inserting you fingers through the loop, wrap the loop around the base of your tucked bun , much like you would a ponytail holder. The braided loop should feel pretty snug around the bun, but to prevent any hair mishaps, twist the loop around the bun and secure the loop onto the hair using bobby pins. Begin to wrap the braid, using the tucked bun as a base, securing with bobby pins as you wrap the hair around . Tuck the ends of the braid under the bun and pin in place. The bun should feel secure and non-wobbly. I like to take a scrunchie or cut stocking to wrap the bun with-this helps for a little added security and decoration.
That's it-you're done. HTH someone
I meant to share this with you guys for a while. This was GO-TO transitioning style for over 7 months. My hair went from about EL/chin length to 2-3 inches past SL in this time frame using this as a "protective" style-I didn't fully realize this was what I was doing since this was before hair boards. Due to my scissor happiness over the past few weeks, I've decided to hide my hair from myself....I was planning on chopping a bob last night, but I got just above apl before I came back to my sense
*sigh* . Sooooo...I hope to be making it back to BSL sometime around the end of summer ....but anyway here's the tutorial . Step 1: Prep hair into a ponytail. The placement does not matter-it's your preference. I've secured my hair into a low ponytail. I have saturated my hair with moisturizers and sealed with coconut and castor oil. I then, braid the ends of the ponytail, take another ponytail holder, wrap it around my hair, and pull the hair through about half-way into a small tucked bun. It should be secure enough that the ends of the ponytail do not come out and is relatively smooth with few flyaways. The ponytail should feel comfortably snug and not too tight.
Step 2: I take a pack of Kanekolon fiber synthetic hair, remove it gently from the pack. There are 2 rubberbands, one tied in a loop dividing the hair at the top and another farther down the length of the hair banding the two sides together. Carefully cut the rubberband that's farther down the length-afterwards the two halves should hang freely with the rubberband dividing the total length of hair remaiing in tact.
Step 3: (It would be nice if you had someone to help you on this part, but you can still get by if you don't)
Either using 2-3 fingers (on someone else's hand) or a doorknob or any other cylindrical object you can keep the hair wrapped around (but remember you have to be able to slide the hair off), begin braiding the length of the hair. The size of the loop should depend on the thickness of your tucked bun. When my hair was shorter and less thick, I made the loop smaller. Make sure you braid the length of the synthetic hair tightly and smoothly-this will help the hair look nicer for a longer period of time.
Step 4: Clip any flyaways remaining on the ends of the braid- you may want to make sure that you do not blunt the ends since this can make it difficult to tuck the hair later on. Secure the ends of the braid with a rubberband to preven unraveling and remove the braid from the doorknob, etc. You should be left with an appropriate sized loop to wrap around your bun
Step 5: Inserting you fingers through the loop, wrap the loop around the base of your tucked bun , much like you would a ponytail holder. The braided loop should feel pretty snug around the bun, but to prevent any hair mishaps, twist the loop around the bun and secure the loop onto the hair using bobby pins. Begin to wrap the braid, using the tucked bun as a base, securing with bobby pins as you wrap the hair around . Tuck the ends of the braid under the bun and pin in place. The bun should feel secure and non-wobbly. I like to take a scrunchie or cut stocking to wrap the bun with-this helps for a little added security and decoration.
That's it-you're done. HTH someone
