The Official Bun Waves Thread!

[SoulOfTheSea]

Hello fellow LHCers! :D

I have searched the forum, and have not found an official bun waves thread! I found a heatless curls thread, bun picture thread, braid thread, but no bun waves thread!

Bun waves can be made with cinnabuns, messy buns, nautilus buns, beebutt buns, etc. and I think it would be so convenient to hear about all of your guys' different techniques on how to get the perfect bun waves. Feel free to include photos, videos, etc.!

I personally have been looking for a technique to make beachy, messy bun waves. I have not found a successful one yet! Anyone got a good technique for that?

Here is my contribution to the thread:

After my hair was 97-98% dry, I took my hair and cinna-bunned it with a big, soft scrunchie, making sure to not fold the ends at the end. I then slept in it, and then kept a cinnabun all day the next day with a hair stick. The results? Smooth, straighter hair with a big-bodied wave. (And this is when PhotoBucket decides to poop out on me and not upload my pictures.. PICS TO COME SOON FOLKS!)

So, anybody care to join? :cheese:

[spirals]

Aww--I had awesome bun waves the other day. No pics. It's nice to have stretched-out waves sometimes instead of my usual curls; my hair feels longer. I like to do two cinnamon buns so that the waves on both sides of my head curl toward the back. I do a "regular" one in the left (because I tend to twist right) and a "backward" one on the right side. If I want a single bun, I pull one through the middle of the other and pin with a stick, so that the coils stay the same direction I put them.

[gthlvrmx]

my friend, i find her weird for saying this, but she doesnt like bun curls or waves. mainly becuase its like its flat all around your head and then suddenly there's waves. to her it looks "unnatural" but im like, if your hair is really long, usually its weighed down so the "natural" look IS exactly what bun waves usually look like. i agree its kinda funny to see, but theyre not bad. maybe you could section the hair and make tiny buns all around the head!
has anyone experimented with that?? i might do it actually! :D now that i mention it! cool stuff! theyd be smaller waves i think, but that would be a nice effect too.

and also, does anyone like their waves from braiding it and then bunning it? mine doesnt look too great when i do it, i dont like it. XD looks weird to me.

[Hollyfire3]

my friend, i find her weird for saying this, but she doesnt like bun curls or waves. mainly becuase its like its flat all around your head and then suddenly there's waves. to her it looks "unnatural" but im like, if your hair is really long, usually its weighed down so the "natural" look IS exactly what bun waves usually look like. i agree its kinda funny to see, but theyre not bad. maybe you could section the hair and make tiny buns all around the head!
has anyone experimented with that?? i might do it actually! :D now that i mention it! cool stuff! theyd be smaller waves i think, but that would be a nice effect too.

and also, does anyone like their waves from braiding it and then bunning it? mine doesnt look too great when i do it, i dont like it. XD looks weird to me.

If your friend dislikes the look of having flat scalp hair, tell her to bun loosly on the first twist nearest to the scalp, this leaves all the scalp hair in a sort of pillowy affect that results in much more volume at the top before the waves start. I always bun for waves like this, my hair doesn't really like to go tight, it comes loose lol.:)

[IvanaGil]

I wish my hair produced nice bun waves. I get these clumpy dreads instead :(

[Jessibear2854]

I get superb bun waves from my go-to style of the moment: the figure eight bun. If I do it while my hair is still damp and leave it in all day, I feel like it's Chriastmas when I let my hair down. Fun!

[Flying Penguin]

Here is a picture of the best bun waves I've ever gotten:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=8899&pictureid=116358

I had washed my hair the night before then put it up in a cinnabun in the morning and left it in all day. When I took my bun out for bed, that was the result! I so wish I had taken it out earlier in the day so I could've enjoyed the waves! My hair was totally flat the next morning, of course, haha.

I've never quite been able to replicate the waves. I tried a few times then gave up. I think the key (for me) is to cinnabun newly washed (but completely dry) hair. Maybe I'll try again...

[Ambystoma]

Wow Flying Penguin your bun waves look beautiful!

This is an old picture (it's longer now hooray!) but these are bun waves on me. I like them because it makes my hair look straighter but with movement still :)

I need to work out how to get the ends to go under instead of being so enthusiastically flippy though, never manage to beat that tendency out of it :o

http://i.imgur.com/aIQrXl.jpg

[Amygirl8]

My hair doesn't like bun waves that much, haha.
I might try something tonight though. I'll do a bunch of beebut buns near the nape of my neck (maybe six) and then sleep on it, and see how it goes =D

[bunzfan]

I get the best bun waves from damp bunning like this

http://imageshack.us/a/img710/8149/009ugh.jpg
By wavyone (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/wavyone) at 2012-03-08

and this

http://imageshack.us/a/img526/1386/dscf0163t.jpg
By wavyone (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/wavyone) at 2012-05-20

Some really mad bun waves!

http://imageshack.us/a/img89/8977/111iugvi.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/89/111iugvi.jpg/)

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[melusine963]

Here is a picture of the best bun waves I've ever gotten:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=8899&pictureid=116358


Those bun waves are lovely. I have permanent bun/braid waves since I never let my hair loose, but they never look as natural as these.

[gthlvrmx]

hmm that's interesting, when i oil my hair and bun it, i do have curls like bun curls but not as intense as when i used my conditioner as leave in. Ill have to give it a wurl again with only conditioner and damp bun it. i got serious curls that left me at apl but my friend seemed to love it XD i was confused why loved it, they were just curls to me, but i might do it sometime again and post piccys here! dont know if they looked that great but we'll see.

hmm but i dont know cuz theyre curls, not waves :p maybe im posting in the wrong thread. XD

[DancingQueen]

Hmm, I have never really been in to this stuff, but maybe I should try it some time... Whenever my hair is in a bun, it becomes a bit straighter than usual, looking a little longer.

But do you guys think it would be damaging to do it too often, like every 3 days?

[bunzfan]

Hmm, I have never really been in to this stuff, but maybe I should try it some time... Whenever my hair is in a bun, it becomes a bit straighter than usual, looking a little longer.

But do you guys think it would be damaging to do it too often, like every 3 days?

It will actually help to protect it more i wear my hair up in some sort of bun 7 days a week:D

[ingvild]

I get the best bun waves from damp bunning like this


By wavyone (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/wavyone) at 2012-03-08

and this


By wavyone (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/wavyone) at 2012-05-20

Some really mad bun waves!

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Beautiful!! Especially the first one!

Okay, this is interesting. I love how big my hair is after I take down my trusted cinnabun, but I never really think the waves look too nice. I washed my hair today and it's slightly damp still, so I'll hurry up and make a bun on the top of my head and show you all tomorrow ;)

[vanillabones]

Okay, I love bun waves. Bun waves are a newly found thing for me now that I am growing my hair. I used to wear it in a bun when I was very little as I see with pictures, it looks good on my face (a high bun baking in the kitchen etc.)
Here is my cinnabun? It is the only bun I know how to do and I wear it all of the time. Flexi-8 in this picture but I haven't been able to make a flexi work with it again I need a new size.

http://i45.tinypic.com/2hn5bfa.jpg

Yesterday I had nice bun waves when I took my hair down after sleeping so I took a picture.
http://i48.tinypic.com/21b80oi.jpg
I love bun waves I can't wait to try a sock bun but I don't know how to even start or if I have enough hair. I won't be able to do it the way most people do, I don't have enough hair... I may have to make a custom sock... what worries me is I don't think I have enough hair to shield a piece of cloth.

[rock007junkie]

I wish my hair produced nice bun waves. I get these clumpy dreads instead :(

I thought I was the only one. The only time I get decent bunwaves is after flatironing my hair.

[ingvild]

Yeah, um... here's mine (made from a cinnabun) :p

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/pingvingvild_/bunwaves.jpg

Got big hair, of course, but not very nice. I combed and braided afterwards anyway. :)

[Teazel]

This is an old picture now, but it's a nice example of the big, loose waves a soft nautilus bun can give me.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=583&pictureid=22846

[bunzfan]

Yeah, um... here's mine (made from a cinnabun) :p

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/pingvingvild_/bunwaves.jpg

Got big hair, of course, but not very nice. I combed and braided afterwards anyway. :)

I actually think it looks very nice;)


This is an old picture now, but it's a nice example of the big, loose waves a soft nautilus bun can give me.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=583&pictureid=22846

That looks wonderful:crush:

[Dovetail]

Well, my hair totally hates me :c I was trying to do lovely sock bun curls, but I think my hair was TOO wet as it was still damp when I took it down this morning, and now it's decided to go all floppy and just hang there for me. How lovely of you hair, I love you too...

Vanilla- you could try a baby sock ^-^ I'm going to try one of my own socks instead of the husbands (since his are so bulky) hopefully I'll be able to get some of the lovely waves everyone here has *-*

[vanillabones]

Wow Teazel, what beautiful bun waves!! I love your kitty, so gorgeous.
Ty Dovetail, what a good idea, a baby's sock :D

[TeaEarlGreyHot]

My hair isn't very long, only about 1-2" above BSL but these are my regular sock bun waves:

http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w438/TropicalSerenade/Hair%20Growth/Hair%202012/0AEF9FAA-39CD-434E-A607-190756862614-22651-000010BA7367B60B.jpg

[DancingQueen]

*bumping thread up so I can see some more bun waves.* :)

Teazel, I just LOVE your bun waves, they are gorgeous! :crush:

[gthlvrmx]

here are my cinnamon bun curls! i always get these, not in waves. my hair just curls up :p it really eats up my length though, more than my actual CURLS DO! :D its frizzy but this is my dry hair bun, if i had damp bunned it, it woulda been neater and curlier actually. :p
i havent tried section bunning and i wanna try it to see how different the curls are! probably smaller! :D ill try it and post some pictures later!
i do prefer though that the curl went up higher but maybe by sectioning it all it would turn out that way. :)
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o109/gthlvr13r/0915121702.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o109/gthlvr13r/0915121700.jpg

[SoulOfTheSea]

my friend, i find her weird for saying this, but she doesnt like bun curls or waves. mainly becuase its like its flat all around your head and then suddenly there's waves. to her it looks "unnatural" but im like, if your hair is really long, usually its weighed down so the "natural" look IS exactly what bun waves usually look like. i agree its kinda funny to see, but theyre not bad. maybe you could section the hair and make tiny buns all around the head!
has anyone experimented with that?? i might do it actually! :D now that i mention it! cool stuff! theyd be smaller waves i think, but that would be a nice effect too.

and also, does anyone like their waves from braiding it and then bunning it? mine doesnt look too great when i do it, i dont like it. XD looks weird to me.

I agree with you, that look DOES look natural. And I get awful waves when I braid then bun, it's all flippy in the wrong sense of the word.


I wish my hair produced nice bun waves. I get these clumpy dreads instead :(

That's what my bun waves usually come out as! It's so frustrating.


I get superb bun waves from my go-to style of the moment: the figure eight bun. If I do it while my hair is still damp and leave it in all day, I feel like it's Chriastmas when I let my hair down. Fun!

Hmmm I might have to try a figure-8 now. :D


Here is a picture of the best bun waves I've ever gotten:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=8899&pictureid=116358

I had washed my hair the night before then put it up in a cinnabun in the morning and left it in all day. When I took my bun out for bed, that was the result! I so wish I had taken it out earlier in the day so I could've enjoyed the waves! My hair was totally flat the next morning, of course, haha.

I've never quite been able to replicate the waves. I tried a few times then gave up. I think the key (for me) is to cinnabun newly washed (but completely dry) hair. Maybe I'll try again...

So pretty! And same, I noticed I have to do it on freshly washed hair, that is completely dry, or like 98% dry, or else I get those awful spirally dreads.


hmm that's interesting, when i oil my hair and bun it, i do have curls like bun curls but not as intense as when i used my conditioner as leave in. Ill have to give it a wurl again with only conditioner and damp bun it. i got serious curls that left me at apl but my friend seemed to love it XD i was confused why loved it, they were just curls to me, but i might do it sometime again and post piccys here! dont know if they looked that great but we'll see.

hmm but i dont know cuz theyre curls, not waves :p maybe im posting in the wrong thread. XD

You can totally post curls! It's for any wurls, curls, or waves you get from any kind of bun. :)


I actually think it looks very nice;)



That looks wonderful:crush:

It does look wonderful!


My hair isn't very long, only about 1-2" above BSL but these are my regular sock bun waves:

http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w438/TropicalSerenade/Hair%20Growth/Hair%202012/0AEF9FAA-39CD-434E-A607-190756862614-22651-000010BA7367B60B.jpg

Those are lovely. :flower:

[Dandelion6]

[quote=gthlvrmx;2302664]my friend, i find her weird for saying this, but she doesnt like bun curls or waves. mainly becuase its like its flat all around your head and then suddenly there's waves. to her it looks "unnatural" but im like, if your hair is really long, usually its weighed down so the "natural" look IS exactly what bun waves usually look like.


But this is exactly why I like bunwaves! If I let my hair dry when it's loose I get too much volume ( and frizz) through the crown.

[SoulOfTheSea]

here are my cinnamon bun curls! i always get these, not in waves. my hair just curls up :p it really eats up my length though, more than my actual CURLS DO! :D its frizzy but this is my dry hair bun, if i had damp bunned it, it woulda been neater and curlier actually. :p
i havent tried section bunning and i wanna try it to see how different the curls are! probably smaller! :D ill try it and post some pictures later!
i do prefer though that the curl went up higher but maybe by sectioning it all it would turn out that way. :)
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o109/gthlvr13r/0915121702.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o109/gthlvr13r/0915121700.jpg

Oh those curls are so nice! =O

My bun curls never turn out that curly. I'm a wee bit jealous. :P lol. And I think that sectioning would definitely make the curl go up higher, and give it some more volume too.

[gthlvrmx]

Oh those curls are so nice! =O

My bun curls never turn out that curly. I'm a wee bit jealous. :P lol. And I think that sectioning would definitely make the curl go up higher, and give it some more volume too.

THANK YOU! :D:D my hair is happy to hear that too :)
jajja well my hair just gets curly, maybe its because my hair already is curly? i do leave my bun in all day and night so maybe that might add to, how many hours you leave it in :p
ill def try sectioning and post results here! :D

[IvanaGil]

I thought I was the only one. The only time I get decent bunwaves is after flatironing my hair.

Me too! :(

[meishkamooshka]

Some pretty waves in this thread!

[SoulOfTheSea]

Some pretty waves in this thread!

If I do remember, I think you had a picture somewhere of you sporting some pretty bunwaves... or maybe it was braidwaves... :D

And getting back to the thread topic, I used to get SUCH nice beachy waves from doing messy buns back in middle school when I had BSL length hair. I can't really make messy loop-buns with hip length hair... :mad:

[SoulOfTheSea]

Well, my hair totally hates me :c I was trying to do lovely sock bun curls, but I think my hair was TOO wet as it was still damp when I took it down this morning, and now it's decided to go all floppy and just hang there for me. How lovely of you hair, I love you too...

Vanilla- you could try a baby sock ^-^ I'm going to try one of my own socks instead of the husbands (since his are so bulky) hopefully I'll be able to get some of the lovely waves everyone here has *-*

Dovetail, you should try doing the sock bun when your hair is 90-95% dry, so that it doesn't come out all floppy like you described. :)


THANK YOU! :D:D my hair is happy to hear that too :)
jajja well my hair just gets curly, maybe its because my hair already is curly? i do leave my bun in all day and night so maybe that might add to, how many hours you leave it in :p
ill def try sectioning and post results here! :D

You're welcome! :D And I can't wait to see!

[ScarlettAdelle]

I wish my hair did bun waves! They look so lovely, but it's not quite in the cards for me. My hair just tangles and becomes a puffy, frizzy mess!

[DancingQueen]

I think I will try to discover a good way to do bunwaves for christmas or new years, but I will need to start practicing now if I have to learn it :p If I did 2 buns relatively on top of my head, would the waves look good? Or is just one bun better? I have APL hair, so I don't have that much hair to do with. Any tips?

[meishkamooshka]

If I do remember, I think you had a picture somewhere of you sporting some pretty bunwaves... or maybe it was braidwaves... :D

And getting back to the thread topic, I used to get SUCH nice beachy waves from doing messy buns back in middle school when I had BSL length hair. I can't really make messy loop-buns with hip length hair... :mad:

Haha, I'm pretty sure they were braid waves or bun curls, but not bun waves. Thank you, though.


I did take some pics of my hair/wear it in a bun overnight just for this thread. Actually... it was two buns....
http://i.imgur.com/dcIUOl.jpg

[Amygirl8]

Finally got some bun waves!
My hair is in desperate need of a wash, so it picked them up well. This was from a single beebutt bun :]

http://i49.tinypic.com/wjf4af.jpg

[SoulOfTheSea]

Haha, I'm pretty sure they were braid waves or bun curls, but not bun waves. Thank you, though.


I did take some pics of my hair/wear it in a bun overnight just for this thread. Actually... it was two buns....
http://i.imgur.com/dcIUOl.jpg

That is how my bun waves usually turn out, with those spirally-dread-type things, lol. At least yours look decent because your hair color is so gorgeous. :D I just can't get them to form right without those dread thingies.


Finally got some bun waves!
My hair is in desperate need of a wash, so it picked them up well. This was from a single beebutt bun :]

http://i49.tinypic.com/wjf4af.jpg

Now THOSE are the bun waves I wish I could get! :thud: Holy moly those are gorgeous!

[meishkamooshka]

That is how my bun waves usually turn out, with those spirally-dread-type things, lol. At least yours look decent because your hair color is so gorgeous. :D I just can't get them to form right without those dread thingies.



Right?! I don't know what I'm doing wrong, haha! But thank you for the hair color compliment! :)



Now THOSE are the bun waves I wish I could get! :thud: Holy moly those are gorgeous!

^ I second this!!!

[spirals]

I like spirally dread-like things. :D

[leslissocool]

My hair is always in bun waves :cheese: I love them!

http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee449/leslissocool/DSC02275---Copy-Copy.jpg

[spirals]

Lately I've been wearing an orchid bun and I get awesome Farrah waves.

[Achlys]

Bunwaves from a very slightly damp cinnabun. The left one is fingercombed and the two others are brushed out.

http://i45.tinypic.com/r6wosz.png

These are from four beebutts and in a pony because they are quite uneven. Today is cloudy, which means my hair looks reddish.

http://i47.tinypic.com/6gv4te.png

[SoulOfTheSea]

I am reviving this thread for the summer! So tell me folks, any gorgeous summer bun waves thus far? :)

[DancingQueen]

Whuhuu, my hair is finally long enough to get some decent bun waves! :cheese: however, they don't seem to stay in my hair for very long. I usually wet my hair a little bit, and let it sit in a bun and dry (maybe 3-4 hours - the hair is completely dry, because it was far from soaking wet). But they never last more than an hour, tops.

How do I make them stay? Should I spray with hairspray before I let it down? Could I put in some mousse before I bun it? There must be a healthy way to do it.