Wear hair up for a month/few months/year challenge!

[TrapperCreekD]

Day 40: KittyBird's Fishtail Jamie Leigh
Day 41: Dutch Fishtail braided bun???

[ositarosita]

today is a special day so I WILL be wearing my hair down ... first time since I joined this challenge

October twenty fourth to November tenth ... buns .. all mini buns with a few Gibson tucks and double French braids/ single French braids

[LauraLongLocks]

Day 4: French twist, secured with magic grip pins, and studded with rhinestone hair pins.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/Bestbirth/Hair%20Gallery/001-5.jpg (http://s21.photobucket.com/user/Bestbirth/media/Hair%20Gallery/001-5.jpg.html)

[Crumpet]

Day 74 -- Sleep cap (because I'm still sick)...I might go for a nautalis with hair stick if I get more energy. Moans...

[LauraLongLocks]

Day 74 -- Sleep cap (because I'm still sick)...I might go for a nautalis with hair stick if I get more energy. Moans...

Sorry you are feeling ill. Being sick is no fun at all. Get well!

[shola-faye]

Day 19: braided updo with hair fork

[swearnsue]

I would like to try to wear my hair up with something other than a big claw clip! Having my hair up isn't the challenge, it's learning how to do it.

Right now, I made this up, I braided my hair as far as I could reach (I'm old..lol) then folded the braid up, tucking the loose ends underneath. Then I secured (in an unsecured-feeling way) with hair pins. I'm just hanging around home tonight so it's OK if it falls apart.

[ravenheather]

Day 21: Dutch braid

[Coffee Succubus]

I might be interested in this! I just... don't know what to do with my hair other than french-braiding it.

[LauraLongLocks]

I might be interested in this! I just... don't know what to do with my hair other than french-braiding it.

I like to browse through everyone's styles, and if I don't know what it is or how to do it, I go find a YouTube video on it. Torrin Paige has a bunch of great video tutorials and fun personality too.

[alishaxmarie]

Day 20: English braid down my back

[alishaxmarie]

I might be interested in this! I just... don't know what to do with my hair other than french-braiding it.

When I started I only really knew a few different hairstyles: regular 3-piece English braids, fishtail braids, the cinnabun, and French braids. I learned Dutch braiding, which is almost the same thing as French braiding but looks really unique when done with multi-tonal hair. I also learned to braid with four strands of hair instead of three. I also learned how to French twist just the other day! There's so many simple variations you can do to really change things up without much effort. For instance, sock buns are easy and you can braid small sections of your hair into them to add variety. Basically, you'd be surprised what checking other posts leads you to try! :) Good luck!!

[0xalis]

Day 76 apparently, thanks to a "duration between two dates" calculator I found.
When I'm awake I find it hard to keep my hair down for more than maybe an hour. I actually wore my hair down on halloween for the entire duration of trick-or-treating. Surprising.
I've gotten lazy and started wearing it down to bed, though. Once my hair is too long for the pillowcase I'm going to need a satin sheet or a satin sleep cap.

My go-to styles have been: "ponytail bun" and "twist hair up - fold in half - ends tucked away into strange loop type thing - hold with clip." lol.
I really need my hair to get longer so I can stop wearing the same styles every day. That CANT be good for my hair.

[Johannah]

Day 52 - nautilus bun with ficcare
Day 53 - lazy wrap with hair fork

[BowTie]

Day 33: Gibson tuck with a hair stick

[Crumpet]

Sorry you are feeling ill. Being sick is no fun at all. Get well!

You're so sweet! Thank you! (no hugs while still sick and contageous :rolleyes:)

Day 75 -- Jamie Leigh bun with two hairsticks. I *love* how big my bun looks with this do. I should wear it more often...

[BrightEyes]

Day 4: Half-up held with a Flexi-8

[LauraLongLocks]

Day 4: Infinity bun, secured with a hair stick.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/Bestbirth/Hair%20Gallery/012.jpg (http://s21.photobucket.com/user/Bestbirth/media/Hair%20Gallery/012.jpg.html)

[Tail Feathers]

day 114: simple dutch braid, tied off with ribbons....

[mariakatija]

Day 11: Sleep Braid

[mariakatija]

LauraLongLocks, you seriously have some amazing updos! I really love them! I can't wait until I get some hair toys and can copy you. :p

[Nebulae]

Day 10: nautilus bun (only because I didn't want to repeat the lwb so many times haha!)
Day 11: lazy wrap with turquoise acrylic stick

[LauraLongLocks]

LauraLongLocks, you seriously have some amazing updos! I really love them! I can't wait until I get some hair toys and can copy you. :p

Wow, that's so nice of you to say. I'm just learning how myself! It's fun. I really recommend Torrin Paige on YouTube for so many style tutorials. Hair sticks are a great place to start with the toys. You can do a lot with a stick.

[Hootenanny]

Day 19: Disc bun with 60th street fork

[alishaxmarie]

Day 21: cinnabun

[TrapperCreekD]

Day 42: sock bun

[ravenheather]

Day 22: disc bun with my favorite elymwold stick.

[Johannah]

Day 54 - nautilus bun with ficcare

[BowTie]

Day 34: French twist ponytail.

[LauraLongLocks]

What day is this for me? I think day 5? Nautilus Bun.

[BowTie]

Day 34: French twist ponytail.

I think this is called a segmented ponytail. However I added more hair before every ponytail so that gave it a french twist feeling

[Hootenanny]

Day 20: Seashell bun with Jeterfork

[BrightEyes]

Day 5: Pony tail held with a Flexi-8

[breezefaerie]

I am finally joining this thread!
:D
Day 1 - rope braid

[Crumpet]

Day 76 -- still sick (sighs) but getting better. Its wash day and I think I may do a protein treatment AND an SMT to make myself feel better. I'm tired of being cooped up all the time while sick! Anyway, after the wash, it will be damp bunned in some sort of loose wrap bun and then into the sleep cap this evening.

[mariakatija]

Day 12: Cinnabun with this cute bun wrap.

[Jenny31557]

Lace twist into a side braided bun.

[LauraLongLocks]

Day 5, again, switched to a hawser braid.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/Bestbirth/Hair%20Gallery/002-2.jpg (http://s21.photobucket.com/user/Bestbirth/media/Hair%20Gallery/002-2.jpg.html)

[ravenheather]

Day 23: first half in a Lwb with a GTS fork, second half in an English braid.

[TrapperCreekD]

Day 43: LWB, Jamie Leigh

[shola-faye]

Day 20: braided bun
Day 21: high bun

[BowTie]

Day 35: loose peacock twist secured with a jaw clip

[Nebulae]

Day 12: Lazy wrap yet again
Day 13: Nautilus (and off to youtube to learn something new)

[breezefaerie]

Day 2 - Flipped bun secured with claw clip

[Andeee]

Day 2 - Flipped bun secured with claw clip
What's a fllipped bun?

[Hootenanny]

Day 21: Seashell bun with a Jeterfork (again, lol)

[Crumpet]

Day 77 -- Midsummer bun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXB-qvdC4nI). Its a new one for me. I like it, although I wish I had a longer tail to play with!

[breezefaerie]

What's a fllipped bun?

For me it's a cinnabun that has been flipped up after coiling :)

[Andeee]

For me it's a cinnabun that has been flipped up after coiling :)
Ah, I see. :-)

[LauraLongLocks]

Day 6: Cameo bun.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/Bestbirth/Hair%20Gallery/004.jpg (http://s21.photobucket.com/user/Bestbirth/media/Hair%20Gallery/004.jpg.html)

[BrightEyes]

Day 6: Peacock twist held with a Ficcare.

[mariakatija]

Day 13: Half the day with a ponytail, the other half with a cinnabun.

[alishaxmarie]

Day 23: Half-up into a braid and then braided the rest down my back. One of my hair sticks came in today so I put my hair up into a twisted disk bun for the first time :) Very happy about the buns I get to try now!

[shola-faye]

Day 22: high bun and head band

[Jenny31557]

Simple braided bun. :)

[ravenheather]

Day 24: pencil bun with a ketylo stick in raspberry twist.

[TrapperCreekD]

Day 44: Jamie Leigh, lazy wrap for wash day.

[BowTie]

Day 36: I'm going to be out today all day and probably tried some clothes too so I wanted somethkng that will hold all day but still look cute. I made two lace dutch braids and secured them with two ponytail holders. I decorated fron of my hair with a silver side comb.

[freesia]

I've wanted to join for quite some time, and have already kept my hair up for at least a month. I'd better start counting :o.

Day 1: Variation of Double loop/Spidermom's bun

[shola-faye]

day 23: Side bun held with a small round banana clip

[Tail Feathers]

day 117: dutch paranda braid, finished off with ribbons

(i need to become a little more creative... always a dutch braid !!)

[alishaxmarie]

Day 24: Disk bun! :)

[Hootenanny]

Day 22: LWB with Ficcare

[Johannah]

Day 55 - pha bun with ketylo hair stick
Day 56 - twisted lazy wrap with hair fork

[breezefaerie]

Day 3 - LWB with stick

[Crumpet]

Day 78 -- Artemis bun with hairstick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBjLxJF1zIc). Its a new one for me. I like it a lot -- it feels really secure. I've been trying to test out new buns lately. I think this one is a keeper, especially since its a really simple variation on the nautalis.

[BrightEyes]

Day 7: Pony tail held with a Flexi-8

[LauraLongLocks]

What day is it? Maybe day 8, I think? Whatever. Jamie Leigh today. First try. Doesn't look too bad. I rather like it.

[TrapperCreekD]

Day 45: messy English braid chignon

[Nebulae]

Tried some new buns yesterday, so half of day 13 was actually a woven bun! :)

Day 14: orchid bun (sort of, didn't look quite right but still pretty) held with a bone stick.

[mariakatija]

Day 14: Regular braid.

Wow! I've been wearing my hair up for 2 weeks now!

[BowTie]

Day 37: A bun on top of my head.

[breezefaerie]

Day 4 - Log roll with Flexi-8
and about a million pins because it won't stay!

[CurlyMopTop]

Day 183: Lazy Wrap Bun
Day 184: Gibraltar bun
Day 185: French braid
Day 186: Gibraltar bun
Day 187: Side English braid
Day 188: Lazy Wrap Bun

[ravenheather]

Day 25: pretzel bun with a flexi 8

[ravenheather]

Day 78 -- Artemis bun with hairstick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBjLxJF1zIc). Its a new one for me. I like it a lot -- it feels really secure. I've been trying to test out new buns lately. I think this one is a keeper, especially since its a really simple variation on the nautalis.

I like the Artemis with 3 and 4 prong forks especially.

[Crumpet]

Day 79 -- Disc bun. Its one of my all-time favorites and its been a while!

[Crumpet]

I like the Artemis with 3 and 4 prong forks especially.

I need to get a fork or two! Its missing from my arsenal of hair tools! The Artemis even stayed up in my sleep cap all night...usually they slowly unravel during the night with the hairstick/Ficcare is gone. Amazing!

[TrapperCreekD]

Day 46: Dutch pinless with fishtail.

[Johannah]

Day 57 - disc bun with ketylo

[BrightEyes]

Day 8: Pony tail held with a Flexi-8

[mariakatija]

Day 15: braid.

I'm halfway to my goal!

[Nebulae]

Day 15: a messy Jamie Leigh made from my sleep braid (hence the messy part.. It was quite loose too so I had to put two pins in for security)
Wore it with my horn dragonfly-shaped stick, which received a compliment by a seller at the Lush-store I visited :D too bad my updo wasn't as pretty as the stick haha... But I'm happy my hair is long enough now to do this bun!

[Jenny31557]

Treble clef bun

[Hootenanny]

Day 23: Vertical disc bun with new Quattro fork

[LauraLongLocks]

I counted in my journal, I'm actually on day 19, even though I started logging here much later than that. So, with that, I did a nautilus bun today, secured with a hairstick. I showed several teenage girls how to do it while I was watching my children's swim meet. They were impressed. I heard one of them say to my 15 yr old son, "Your mom has such long hair." That was pretty cool.

[BowTie]

Day 38: French twist with my new jaw clip :)

[mariakatija]

Day 16: Cinnabun.

And today I get to do an oil treatment woohoo!

[BrightEyes]

Day 9: Pony tail held with a Flexi-8

[breezefaerie]

Day 5 - It's my day off, so topknot secured with scrunchis

[Johannah]

Day 58 - disc bun with ketylo stick

[Hootenanny]

Day 24: Seashell bun with Quattro add-a-bead fork (loving this fork!)

[martyna_22]

It seems my hair's been up for 88 days except maybe two-three times when I had it down for a few hours. :)

[ravenheather]

Day 26: high nautilus bun with flexi 8

[Nebulae]

Day 16: another lazy wrap bun, because, well.. I was lazy this morning. I'm starting to understand the name of this bun haha..! ;)

[alishaxmarie]

Day 25: Started out with a disk bun, then cinnabunned it for like an hour-ish, then side-braided it around 10:30 lol
Day 26: Four-piece side braiddd

[BowTie]

Day 39: Gibson tuck with a side comb

[CurlyMopTop]

Day 189: French braid
Day 190: attempted lace braided bangs with attempted peacock twist. We'll see if it stays. ;)

[BrightEyes]

Day 10: Peacock twist held with a Ficcare

[Hootenanny]

Day 25: Seashell bun with Grahtoe cedar fork

[Johannah]

Day 59 - cinnamon bun with two ketylo hairsticks

[freesia]

Day 2: paranda braided bun
Day 3: GOT style braid (accent and lace braids going into an english braid)
Day 4: french round braid, put into a bun with a small hairstick

[TrapperCreekD]

Day 47: Elling Knot
Day 48: Dutch Pinless

[LauraLongLocks]

Day 20, I think? Woven bun (and cute baby, too) styled and photographed by my 13 year old daughter.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/Bestbirth/Hair%20Gallery/004-2.jpg (http://s21.photobucket.com/user/Bestbirth/media/Hair%20Gallery/004-2.jpg.html)

[Crumpet]

Day 80 -- Disc bun (wash day)
Day 81 -- Disc bun -- but I think I'll play with some different updos this evening.

[alishaxmarie]

Day 27: Dutch braid

[Nebulae]

Day 17: orchid bun.. This time I found it much easier to make! Practice makes perfect.. eventually :D

[Jenny31557]

Messy bun held with mini claw clips.

[mariakatija]

Day 17: Regular Braid

[Johannah]

Day 60 - twisted lazy wrap with hairfork

[BowTie]

Day 40: A dutch braid secured with a ponytail holder.

[ravenheather]

Day 27: Dutch braid
Day 28: high ponytail with a scrunchy

[Crumpet]

Day 82 -- Disc bun with ficcare

[LauraLongLocks]

Day 21: nautilus, again. I might change it before my workout, or after, or during...

[breezefaerie]

Day 6 - English Braid
Day 7 - Mrs. El Knot

[mariakatija]

Day 18: Braid

[Hootenanny]

Day 26: Disc bun with pink ivory antler forks

[shola-faye]

day 24: bun held with octopus clip
day 25:sister's wedding! hair at the front twisted back with a gibson tuck
day 26: high bun held by octopus clip
day 26: banana clip with hair tucked

[BrightEyes]

Day 11: peacock twist held with a Ficcare

[alishaxmarie]

Day 28: Regular braid down my backkk

[Johannah]

Day 61 - lazy wrap with two ketylo sticks

[Crumpet]

Day 83 -- Gibraltar with spin pins for my run. I will change it up do a double-french braided and then bunned concoction later today (because I expect it will be wanting a wash -- but I won't let it!)

[BowTie]

Day 41: A bun on top of my head. I'm also thinking about doing this challenge for a year.. not sure yet..

[breezefaerie]

Day 8 - Cinnabun

[alishaxmarie]

Day 29: First lazy wrap bun :)

[Cheyne]

Cinnabun with black hair sticks.

[LauraLongLocks]

Day 22, I think? First ever lazy wrap bun.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/Bestbirth/Hair%20Gallery/001-6.jpg (http://s21.photobucket.com/user/Bestbirth/media/Hair%20Gallery/001-6.jpg.html)

[Tail Feathers]

day 122: another braided bun

help
i am pathetically boring

anyone have an idea ?
i am always in a dutch braid or a dutch-braided bun . . .

[LauraLongLocks]

Tail Feathers, try a french slide. It's not a bun or a braid. Torrin Paige has a tutorial for it.

[BrightEyes]

Day 12: Pony tail held with a Flexi-8 clip

[evb]

hmmm okay I will do this until end of year. Noting in advance that this weekend is a big going away with husband one and he likes the hair down so will be probably half ups friday/saturday/sunday

Day 1 {yesterday} bun ~ don't know what it is called... regular bun then fork inserted diagonally from nape up and flipped over so it looks kinda like a chignon

Day 2 {today} regular english braid side of head instead of back

[alishaxmarie]

Day 22, I think? First ever lazy wrap bun.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/Bestbirth/Hair%20Gallery/001-6.jpg (http://s21.photobucket.com/user/Bestbirth/media/Hair%20Gallery/001-6.jpg.html)

You started about a week after me and we both did our first lazy wrap bun today (or probably yesterday when/if you see this) although I put my hair stick in on the other side. I think that's a pretty cool coincidence :) How long is your hair?

[mariakatija]

Day 19: Cinnabun.

I'm so bad with learning new styles, but it's hard when I don't have any hair sticks. I am going to buy some in December!

[Hootenanny]

Day 27: stacked disc buns held with eaduard sticks

[TrapperCreekD]

Day 49: Sock Bun
Day 50: Bunned english braid with paranda

[LauraLongLocks]

You started about a week after me and we both did our first lazy wrap bun today (or probably yesterday when/if you see this) although I put my hair stick in on the other side. I think that's a pretty cool coincidence :) How long is your hair?

Actually, I put my stick in the opposite side. This is a mirror image. I usually insert sticks on my right. My hair is also MBL, at 29.25" when I measured on October 28th. I want different hair sticks, or a flexi 8. I'm so tired of my same old slippery plastic hair stick that always slips out after a few hours. We have similar length, texture, and volume, if your profile is up to date. Hello, hair twin (except, you're the prettier of the two, because you have waves/soft curls that I can only dream about or sleep on rag curls).

[ravenheather]

Day 29: nautilus bun with clear acrylic helix by chevalure.

[breezefaerie]

Day 9 - braided chinese bun

[evb]

day 3: washed my hair so just twisted it into a low drop style bun and used a claw to catch tails at top. Not sure I consider this protective of my ends but I didn't want to fiddle with it much while it was wet

Q: So I already mentioned I am going out this weekend with the husband and he likes my hair down. If I wear braids to bed {usually do} and in a bun during day does a few hours at night count against me? Or is this one of whatever you feel is right things?

[mariakatija]

Day 20: Side braid.

I attempted a bun but my hair wasn't feeling it.

[BrightEyes]

Day 13: Pony tail held with a Flexi-8

[Hootenanny]

Day 28: LWB with mamacat sticks

[Crumpet]

Day 84 -- French twist (with extra bun on top!) with a Ficcare.

[Nebulae]

Day 18: kept my sleep-braid in all day..
Day 19: pha bun with a rosewood fork
Day 20: pha bun again, this time with a horn dragonfly stick

[ravenheather]

Day 30: French twist with icy silver ficcare

Can't believe it's been 30 days!

[TrapperCreekD]

Day 51: Various LWBs for wash day.


Q: So I already mentioned I am going out this weekend with the husband and he likes my hair down. If I wear braids to bed {usually do} and in a bun during day does a few hours at night count against me? Or is this one of whatever you feel is right things?

Yeah, basically. Everybody usually sets their own rules for the challenge, i.e., allow hair down x amount of days per month, or wear up x amount of hours per day, or wear up except for special occasions... Do what works best for you! :D

[LauraLongLocks]

Day 22, I think? First I wore it in a figure 8, then a nautilus, then a Jamie Leigh, then a knot bun, and now it's oiled and loose in a sleep cap. I am really amazed and pleased at all the styles I've learned to do recently. I love having long hair!

[shola-faye]

day 27:braided updo
day 28:boring bun
day 29: braided headband and bun

[breezefaerie]

Day 10 - modified gibson tuck

[Nebulae]

Day 21: sock bun with my bangs/fringe lace dutch braided as an accent

wow, three weeks already.. I might continue this challenge all through winter :)

[evb]

day 4: twisted hair and started cinnamon bun but instead of tucking ends under and pinning I used a claw clip to attach tail ends to top of head. I call that a drop bun... is that right? My hair is still damp from yesterday. My sleep braids did nothing to speed up drying time

[alishaxmarie]

Day 30: lazy wrap bun
Day 31: disk bun

[Hootenanny]

Day 29: disc bun with LadyIdun icicle stick

[Crumpet]

Day 85 -- Disc bun with a Ficcare.

[mariakatija]

Day 21: Cinnabun.

Week 3 already :O

[BrightEyes]

Day 14: peacock twist held with a ficcare

[LauraLongLocks]

Day 23: Pigtail rope braids, then I did a sock bun, then tried to do a crown braid, but can't figure out how to change my hand hold when I get to the back of my head. So, I threw it in a knot bun, and it looked awful, so I did a cinnamon bun with two spin pins and went to the ladies' night at church that way. Too bad. I wanted to do something a little fancy and special, but couldn't figure out the crown braid, and I ran out of time to keep trying.

[evb]

day 5: the same thing for the week, twist it and use a claw to grasp ends towards top of head....

[breezefaerie]

Day 11 - LWB with beak clip

[Crumpet]

Day 86 -- Sleep cap since I'm staying at home today. Its just so comfortable!

[Johannah]

Day 62 - Lazy wrap bun with two ketylo's
Day 63 - Nautilus bun with ficcare
Day 64 - Pha bun with ketylo

I've been busy, ghehe.

[LauraLongLocks]

Day 24: Double upside-down dutch faux crown braids.

Front view:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/Bestbirth/Hair%20Gallery/006.jpg (http://s21.photobucket.com/user/Bestbirth/media/Hair%20Gallery/006.jpg.html)

Back view:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/Bestbirth/Hair%20Gallery/005-2.jpg (http://s21.photobucket.com/user/Bestbirth/media/Hair%20Gallery/005-2.jpg.html)

[ravenheather]

Day 31: Lwb with Quattro fork with a pietersite top
Day 32: pretzel bun with celtic cross flexi 8

[TrapperCreekD]

Day 52: English braid chignon.
Day 53: Dutch Jamie Leigh with paranda

[Hootenanny]

Day 30: Disc bun with Grahtoe antler forks

[mariakatija]

Day 22: First my hair was in a sleep braid. Then I took it out for an hour. Then I put it in a cinnabun. Then I took it out again! Then I put it back up again.

I've noticed that my forehead and back acne have disappeared since doing this challenge! Perhaps wearing my hair up doesn't allow the oils and cones from my hair onto my skin as often.

[Crumpet]

Day 87 -- Gibraltar with spin pins...I may change it up after my run though.

[Hootenanny]

Day 31: Disc bun with Lark's captured ring stick

[evb]

today is day 6. Currently my hair is in a bun with two knitting needles crossing it {hey I knit so I have hair sticks :p} but for about 6 hours today I did a half up since I planned on being somewhere to buy hair forks. I hope to still make it to shop and try some out but time is a wasting.

[TrapperCreekD]

Day 54: French Twist Slide

[Nebulae]

Day 22: same sock bun as day 21.. It stayed through a nights sleep and a session at the gym!
Day 23: dutch braid because I had to go to the dentist.. I figured a bun on the back of my head wouldn't be that comfortable, even though I intended this challenge would be buns all the way. Today was an exception :)

[julee]

*newbie waves hi* can I join? :) I love looking through this thread for style inspiration! Mostly I wear my hair up as I don't like wearing it down much but it would be good to do a challenge for the rest of the year.

Today is a LWB with a purple two prong 60th street fork.

[LauraLongLocks]

Day 25: Nautilus bun.

[ravenheather]

Day 33: katniss braid to go see Catching Fire

[mariakatija]

Day 23: I had a headache today so I wore my hair mostly in a loose ponytail.

[alishaxmarie]

Day 32: infinity bun
Day 33: infinity bun and cinnabun
Day 34: Infinity bun and then english braid

[Nebulae]

Day 24: lazy wrap bun, acrylic stick

[ashke50]

Today is day 958, and I have my hair in a pencil bun. I've done mostly plaited cinnabun, equilibrium bun, figure 8 and hypno buns for the last few months.

[freesia]

Day 5: fishtail braid
Day 6: diagonal dutch braid
Day 7: dutch braid
Day 8: diagonal french rope braid
Day 9: 4 strand round braid
Day 10: sock bun
Day 11: lazy wrap bun

[Nekomanta]

I'm joining! I start with one week challenge.
Day 1: French braid

[Hootenanny]

*newbie waves hi* can I join? :) I love looking through this thread for style inspiration! Mostly I wear my hair up as I don't like wearing it down much but it would be good to do a challenge for the rest of the year.

Today is a LWB with a purple two prong 60th street fork.

Welcome to the challenge! :flower:

[Hootenanny]

Day 32: Disc bun with quattro fork. (But it's coming down soon for its weekly bath.)

[BrightEyes]

Day 15: Peacock twist held with a Ficcare

[evb]

day 7 side braid that at one point I rolled into a bun and kept up with my new hair forks. They are not very long so I used two for stability.

This is surprisingly harder than I thought it would be. I am used to wearing braids but since I was going out all weekend I wanted something different and usually it is braids for sleeping {or left over from sleeping} vs half ups. At least I had come into it thinking weekend out with the beloved so will wear down part of time. Onto the rest of year.....

[LauraLongLocks]

Day 26: Same as my avatar. I lost a bunch of hair getting the ponytail holder out of my hair. Ouch!!! Now it's down, but I'll put it up again before I go out to feed and care for my livestock.

[TrapperCreekD]

Day 55: Dutch Jamie Leigh

[ravenheather]

Day 34: high nautilus bun with flexi 8

[mariakatija]

Day 24: Messy bun.

My hair is still not cooperating! :( Hopefully after I wash it, it will behave.

[rut.de.leu]

I'm gonna do this until Christmas, I think. I'd like to do it for a long period of time but that's my current goal as it's short and attainable.

Day 1 (as in, 24-hour period started at midnight, will readjust if necessary): messy horrible first attempt at a vortex bun, since that's November's style. It's not pretty, but it's VERY light-feeling and my scalp isn't being pulled, and it is holding quite well with nothing but itself and a 60th Street. Maybe next time I will try pinning it so it can look the way it's supposed to.
I've never used anything but a generic cinnabun successfully before so I'm excited to try new things!

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

Sorry for the horrendous photo quality and angle.

[Johannah]

Day 65 - reversed nautilus with two ketylos
Day 66 - disc bun with two ketylos
Day 67 - disc bun with two ketylos

[evb]

day 8 another wash day.... I think the conditioner only washing is keeping my head super moisturized {yay esp in winter} but then it gets scritchy faster. Anyway it took days and days for it to dry last time or maybe I hadn't rinsed properly and it took days and days for my hair to soak up all the conditioner so either way I am keeping my hair in a half up until it dries {it was 10 degrees for yesterdays low so no going out with wet wet hair} and then doing my quickie twist and using claw from half up to hold ends near top.

[Hootenanny]

Day 33: LWB with 60th street fork

[breezefaerie]

last few days .. LWB

[Nekomanta]

Day 1: French braid
Day 2: French braid
Day 3 (tommorow :)) : Crown braid

[LauraLongLocks]

Day 27: Cinnabun secured with two spin pins.

[Nebulae]

Day 25: rose bun with fakkare

[mariakatija]

Day 25: Messy bun.

I really need to wake up earlier...

[LauraLongLocks]

Day 27 (continued): I decided to try out a disk bun. It took me a few tries, but I got it, and it's holding very well. I just wish I had something besides this same plain plastic stick to hold it. I want something pretty to put in my hair. A stick with a topper, or a flexi8. My small Ficcare is too small for this bun. I really should have ordered a medium, but I'm keeping my small because my daughters will use it as they grow to longer lengths, and it's still good for half-ups on my own head.

[ravenheather]

Day 35: nautilus bun with a larks squiggly

[alishaxmarie]

Day 34: sleep braid
Day 35: same sleep braid
Day 36: so far just a side braid but maybe I'll throw it up on my way home from college today

[rut.de.leu]

Edit: changed my mind and tried the vortex again because it's so darned comfortable. Back to the same 60th Street to hold it.
It's messy again, but went faster this time. One of these days I'll become proficient and maybe creating buns won't make my arms ache.

-

Day two: boring cinnabun as usual, though weirdly flipped so it's not behind my head for sleep. Wearing my Ketylos for sleeping as they're my shortest, but might switch to something more decorative when I go to school. Will adjust when I wake up.
My hair feels great with my new conditioner and it's hard to keep my hands out of my hair, so I'm making sure to leave it up!

[Johannah]

Day 68 - lazy wrap with hair fork

[julee]

Day 2: cinnamon bun with ficcare
Day 3: LWB with ficcare

[evb]

day 9... twisted my sleep braid into a bun

[Crumpet]

Day 88 -- Gibraltar with spin pins
Day 89 -- Disc bun with hair sticks
Day 90 -- Hair cap while at home -- then a wash -- and then in a disc bun

I'm at 90 days. I can't believe it!

[mariakatija]

Day 26: Braided Bun

[Hootenanny]

Day 34: seashell bun with quattro add-your-own-beads fork

[BrightEyes]

Day 16: Pony tail held with a Flexi-8 clip

[Nebulae]

Day 26: Jamie Leigh with wavy wooden stick

[breezefaerie]

Day 13 - pineapple. I've been sick.

[TrapperCreekD]

Day 56: failed attempt a new updo, then a lazy pony bun.
Day 57: damp dutch braid & bunned tail

[LauraLongLocks]

Day 28: Sock bun, then switched to two very unattractive rope braids.

[julee]

Day 4: LWB with ficcare ( my go-to style and hairtoy) :)

[breezefaerie]

Day 14 - LWB with beak clip

[LauraLongLocks]

Day 29: I forgot the name of this style, but it's an english braid, then insert a hairstick above the braid, then wrap the braid around the stick and pin.

[Hootenanny]

Day 35: LWB with Monk the Monk fork

[BrightEyes]

Day 17: Pony tail held with a ribbon tie

[Nebulae]

Day 27: did a diagonal dutch braid at the gym, before that it was still in my sleep braid (which was french).

[mariakatija]

Day 27: flat 4 strand braid.

This was my first attempt so the braid is pretty ratty.

[evb]

day ten is my sleep braid. I am a braid person and just so groggy in morning that I don't do much with it before grandson shows up.....

[ravenheather]

Day 36: my once a month down day.
Day 37: Dutch braid

[julee]

Day 5: LWB (again) with a lotus quartz ficcare that I lost for 4 months (thought I left it overseas) and found yesterday!!

[Johannah]

Day 69 - Pha bun with ketylo
Day 70 - air drying, not sure yet.

[Hootenanny]

Day 36: Disc bun with LadyIdun stick

[mariakatija]

Day 28: Fishtail braid.

4 Weeks down, 2 days to go. I'm going to continue this challenge into December! Yay! That will be 61 days in total!

[TrapperCreekD]

Day 58: Vortex bun
Day 59: Katniss Red Dress/Interview updo

[ravenheather]

Day 38: Dutch braid

[Crumpet]

Day 91 -- Disc bun with hair sticks
Day 92 -- Nautalis with hair sticks

[evb]

today is #11... a bun for most of the day but after family left and I could chillax a braid

[breezefaerie]

Day 15 - Pineapple
Day 16 - Cinnabun

[LauraLongLocks]

Day 30: Knot bun secured with fall-leaf decorated Amish pins.
Day 31: Orchid bun secured with spin pins. It's falling out. I guess I don't have quite long enough hair for an orchid bun.

[mariakatija]

Day 29: Braided Bun.

It's so easy to do and so pretty! I love it!

[BrightEyes]

Day 18: Pony tail held with a Flexi-8

[Crumpet]

Day 93 -- sleep cap at home and gibraltar with spin pins for my run

[Johannah]

Day 70 - disc bun with two ketylo's
Day 71 - twisted lazy wrap with hair fork

[evb]

3:30 on day 12 and I am still in my sleep braid. And PJs as well. Woot woot

[Hootenanny]

Day 37: LWB with 60th street fork

[Nebulae]

Day 28: lazy wrap, with acrylic stick
Day 29: braided cinnamon bun, held with metal beak clip (I think they're called beak clips..)

[Nebulae]

Day 28: lazy wrap, with acrylic stick
Day 29: braided cinnamon bun, held with metal beak clip (I think they're called beak clips..)

[ravenheather]

Day 39: pretzel bun with flexi 8

[LauraLongLocks]

Day 31 (later): After my fail at an orchid bun, I put it up in a Jamie Leigh for a dinner out with my husband. Came home and took out the stick and now I'm going to sleep with just a french braid. :)

[LauraLongLocks]

Day 32: Cinnamon Bun secured with my copper-flower spin pin and a plain spin pin.

[Johannah]

Day 72 - Nautilus with ficcare

[mariakatija]

Day 30: Fishtail braided bun!

I finished my goal! Yay! December here I come!

[Crumpet]

Day 94 -- gibraltar with spin pins

[breezefaerie]

Day 17 - topknot

[Hootenanny]

Day 38: Disc bun with Willowthewisp fork

[Tail Feathers]

day 133: nautilus bun with single hairstick

[evb]

in a bun~ day ummm 13

[Nebulae]

Day 30: diagonal dutch braid (couldn't wear a bun today because I went go-karting with my colleagues, but that's okay because it was soooo much fun!)

November has ended and my original challenge has too. I will however continue this throughout winter, so a couple months more of updos ahead. :) For my extended challenge I will however allow myself to keep my hair down on special occasions if I feel like it. I will keep on trying to use buns as much as possible to keep my hair protected (at least at work, the collar on the shirt and hoodie I have to wear is killing my hair..) but braids are occasionally allowed. I still need to learn more updos too.. Bring on December!