The Link bun

[BrendaLoan]

Hi everyone! As some of you may know, I came up with this bun a few weeks ago, and I couldn’t find it anywhere (maybe it doesn’t exist?)

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/bf/0e/96/bf0e965d49eb30dd40a9bcfd40c3175b.jpg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kjaIZBQ-Zc

Some members asked me to share the tutorial if I could recreate it, so here I am :o

http://i59.tinypic.com/2w7fyit.jpg

From A to C, you can see I make 2 loops. One around my index finger, and the other one around my middle finger. Then I wrap the remainder of hair around the base, until there is no hair left..
On D, E and F, I take my index finger out of the loop, and turn the loop over.
Finally, I push a hairstick through the loop created by my index finger (push it over to your left , using the hair stick as a lever). I take my middle finger out the second loop and push the hairstick through and out of the loop.
I hope you enjoy it and find it easy to understand! For me, it holds really well when I use a two prong hair fork



ETA: I found an much easier way to make this bun, and holds better!

You can make a loop around your index finger, and then wrap the remainder of hair around the base ( skip the second loop around the middle finger). The rest of the steps are the same.

[Kina]

Link bun.

If you look at the icons on most tool bars, they have a picture of the world and a chain link in front of it. You bun reminds me of that soooo much.

[Quasiquixotic]

This is amazing! I think it looks like chain link or links. But it's beautiful! Well done :applause

Eta: lol cross post with kina! Great minds :)

[Leeloo]

It's such a pretty bun! Thanks for the tutorial. I think it looks like a bow (as in decorative like"hello kitty" bow) so maybe you can call it the bow bun (unless such already exists) :p

[neko_kawaii]

I also think Link Bun is a good name for it. Putting this on my to do list.

[Wavelength]

The Link Bun, eh? I like it.

Relevant... (http://imgur.com/gallery/8NJyG)

(Disclaimer: Yes it's an old imgur link, and no it's not my daughter.) :)

[ravenheather]

It's almost like an orchid bun except you flip the bottom loop instead of the top. I like the name link bun too.

[lunalocks]

thank you for your diagrams! I was able to do this easily. It is a nice bun.

[Quasiquixotic]

The Link Bun, eh? I like it.

Relevant... (http://imgur.com/gallery/8NJyG)

(Disclaimer: Yes it's an old imgur link, and no it's not my daughter.) :)

That is TOO cute!

[Wavelength]

That is TOO cute!

I know right?? :crush:

[MeowScat]

Just when I think I have it figured out, it falls apart. I keep messing up the part where you take the index finger out and flip the middle loop. What direction does that loop go?

Look at this mess! Hahahaaaa!!

http://i1073.photobucket.com/albums/w388/MeowScat/Mobile%20Uploads/image-14.jpg (http://s1073.photobucket.com/user/MeowScat/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image-14.jpg.html)

[Loviatar]

Second to the Rose bun, I think this is my favourite looking bun ever. I've saved your tutorial to flip it (I'm a lefty, and imagining doing it your way round gave me brain fail :) )

[BrendaLoan]

Thanks everyone! So link bun it is! I like it :D
MeowScat, that bun looks very similar to my first attempts (there, I think you inserted the stick in the loop before flipping it)
The loop actually goes from your left to your right ,and when you flip it you sort of "unwind" it, so it will feel loose (so make sure that loop is tighter than the middle finger loop to start with)...I really hope this makes any sense haha

[StellaKatherine]

A Brenda Loop !!!! :D Love it, i shall definitely try this one !!!

[Nebulae]

I tried this several times in a row but it just won't look like your photo! What it does look like on me, however, is an infinity bun, which is only good because when I follow the instructions for the infinity bun it looks terrible, uneven because of my taper, and super small because my hair compacts a lot from twisting. With this link bun though, it looks big and poofy since there is no twisting involved! Success! :D

When I couldn't get it right I started experimenting a bit to see if I could find what I was doing wrong.. and I invented a variation! I followed your instructions, but before inserting the stick I also flipped the left loop "upside down", or, flipping it half around, if that makes sense. I ended up seeing this when I checked the back of my head in the mirror:

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e168/zillzi/IMG_9202hyperlinkbun_zps1002a9e6.jpg~original

Since this involves one extra step and is a variation of your link bun, I would think the hyperlink bun would be a pretty appropriate name ;)

I also made this bun vertically, it looks really intricate and sort of woven, and eats my 6" sticks! Didn't see that coming :lol: I really like both of these buns, they will probably become staple buns for me! :D

[StellaKatherine]

I keep on trying and can't make it work :( The only time it looked even close was with the middle strand going vertical between two loopes... heh... :)

[afu]

The 'b' step gets me all confused, I managed something that holds but haven't looked at what it looks like yet. Video tutorial anybody?

[Dreams_in_Pink]

afu is right, we need a video tutorial :(

I'll probably fail with this bun like most other buns because of my thick ponytail and very thin ends, but still worth a shot :shrug:

[Quasiquixotic]

I tried this several times in a row but it just won't look like your photo! What it does look like on me, however, is an infinity bun, which is only good because when I follow the instructions for the infinity bun it looks terrible, uneven because of my taper, and super small because my hair compacts a lot from twisting. With this link bun though, it looks big and poofy since there is no twisting involved! Success! :D

When I couldn't get it right I started experimenting a bit to see if I could find what I was doing wrong.. and I invented a variation! I followed your instructions, but before inserting the stick I also flipped the left loop "upside down", or, flipping it half around, if that makes sense. I ended up seeing this when I checked the back of my head in the mirror:

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e168/zillzi/IMG_9202hyperlinkbun_zps1002a9e6.jpg~original

Since this involves one extra step and is a variation of your link bun, I would think the hyperlink bun would be a pretty appropriate name ;)

I also made this bun vertically, it looks really intricate and sort of woven, and eats my 6" sticks! Didn't see that coming :lol: I really like both of these buns, they will probably become staple buns for me! :D

This reminds me of a helix bun, but horizontal and a little different. Very cool!

Yes, I third video!

[Paranda Belle]

That is a lovely bun.

Just took my stick out and tried it. It feels comfortable and secure, but like Nebulae's, mine looks like and infinity. I like in the original how it almost looks like a bow.

[BrendaLoan]

I added a video tutorial on the first page :)

[woolyleprechaun]

Ahhhh that's such a pretty bun! I will try this when I actually wash my oilslick.... Thanks for sharing :)

[jacqueline101]

I'm another fan of the link bun. I do like this bun.

[BrendaLoan]

Nebulae, the hyperlink bun looks amazing!!! :applause another bun to my list to learn


I keep on trying and can't make it work :( The only time it looked even close was with the middle strand going vertical between two loopes... heh... :)


The 'b' step gets me all confused, I managed something that holds but haven't looked at what it looks like yet. Video tutorial anybody?


afu is right, we need a video tutorial :(

I'll probably fail with this bun like most other buns because of my thick ponytail and very thin ends, but still worth a shot :shrug:


This reminds me of a helix bun, but horizontal and a little different. Very cool!

Yes, I third video!

I made a video, hopefully you will find it useful :o


Ahhhh that's such a pretty bun! I will try this when I actually wash my oilslick.... Thanks for sharing :)


I'm another fan of the link bun. I do like this bun.

Thank you very much! :flower:

I would love to see how the bun looks in different lengths, thickness, colors and textures, so feel free share your pictures!

[jacqueline101]

Nebulae, the hyperlink bun looks amazing!!! :applause another bun to my list to learn









I made a video, hopefully you will find it useful :o





Thank you very much! :flower:

I would love to see how the bun looks in different lengths, thickness, colors and textures, so feel free share your pictures!

I will have to try it someday and post pictures.

[TrapperCreekD]

So gorgeous, must try this!

[schnibbles]

Well, after many, many attempts, this is my best one. (pretty sad...)
I can't get it to hold with a stick whatsoever, if I squish the loops and kind of weave a fork through, I can get it to stay in.
My loops are sort of bulbous, they don't stay neat or tight. In fact, in this last attempt, I didn't wrap the length until the very end. That seemed to help anchor it better. (Meaning, after flipping the one loop over, I had the 2 loops properly positioned in my left hand, tail of hair still hanging down, then I wrapped the length and worked the fork in.)

Thank you for the lovely video, BrendaLoan! It helped a lot.

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee165/Buttercup_9/P61324972_zps84ba7b8e.jpg (http://s234.photobucket.com/user/Buttercup_9/media/P61324972_zps84ba7b8e.jpg.html)

[BrendaLoan]

schnibbles I really like it!!! I think you definitely achieved the link effect. And that is a good advice, I'll try wrapping the ends last next time, and see if it holds better for me as well :D

[schnibbles]

Thanks BrendaLoan! :redgrin:
I think wrapping the ends last maybe gave me somewhat more pokey-ends sticking out, but that's just my hair acting like a brat. Which is not unusual, haha

[neko_kawaii]

The video is great, thanks!

http://i1247.photobucket.com/albums/gg632/neko_kawaii_hair/_DSC0087_zps5c1615f6.jpg

[lapushka]

I added a video tutorial on the first page :)

Very clear there, thank you for making a video on the bun. It looks a lot like a LWB times two. Then flipped open like a cinnabun/figure eight. Very nice bun. Thank you for sharing it. I don't think we had that bun yet!

[BrendaLoan]

neko_kawaii, thank you for sharing your picture! The bun looks great
Lapushka, thank you! I'm glad the video was helpful, and that I could contribute to this forum in some way, I've learnt so much in here :)

[TrapperCreekD]

Ugh, this bun would be so much easier if my fingers were longer. :rant: This is so pretty, but I couldn't make it stay very with with sticks, it felt it would fall out if I moved much. Will definitely have to try again when I get my fork.

schnibbles, how on earth did you manage it with iii hair? I'm ii/iii with quite a bit of taper and I felt like I was running out of length.

[excentricat]

This is great. And I can use some of my otherwise-too-long sticks in it. Thanks for the hyperlink variation as well!

[Imalath]

Beautiful bun..and aptly named. Thanks for taking the time to make a diagram and a video for us. Definitely going on my list of styles to master.

[JadedByEntropy]

I had to immediately try this, and it wasn't hard at all. My 2nd bun learned! I can only do it as a half up at hip length, but its really compact and sturdy!! It might even fit in my car. lol I LOVE IT

This is the link http://s26.postimg.org/4wbhqk4a1/linkbun_halfup_3.jpg (http://postimage.org/)
adult image (http://postimage.org/)

and this is the other way I think StellaKatherine found by pinning down the loop off the top of the finger instead of the loop held by that finger. http://s26.postimg.org/gk5jl3tex/linkbun_halfup_2.jpg (http://postimage.org/)
20mb image hosting (http://postimage.org/)

[JadedByEntropy]

whoopse double post

[RapunzelKat]

Hmm, this just might work in my hair. I'll have to give it a try! :)
Thanks for sharing BrendaLoan, always fun to have a new style to try!

[littlerobot]

Lovely!

Tried it on my APL hair and I'm a link too short! Haha, I don't know what I expected. :hmm:

It's still a lovely bun and I'm looking forward to growing into it. :thumbsup:

[schnibbles]

schnibbles, how on earth did you manage it with iii hair? I'm ii/iii with quite a bit of taper and I felt like I was running out of length.

I have absolutely no idea! :grnbiggri I think if my hair was any shorter, it wouldn't have happened.

JadedByEntropy - love it as a half up too! Nice.

[BrendaLoan]

Thank you excentricat, Imalath, RapunzelKat and littlerobot! I'm so glad you like it :o I enjoyed doing the tutorials
JadedByEntropy I love the way it looks as a half up! Have to try that too
TrapperCreekD Please let me know if it worked for you using a fork :)
And littlerobot, I hope you can do it soon :flower: I actually have no idea how much length is needed

[LunaLuvsU]

I love the bun and your hair is so beautiful! Im a bit jealous haha :rolleyes: :3

[lapushka]

So, are you going to keep calling it "the unnamed bun", or are we all going to come up with a name for this beauty? I myself prefer the "link" bun, and think that has already been mentioned down the thread - I think. :D

[BrendaLoan]

Oh yes, I love that name, I already wrote "link bun" at the beginning of the video. Maybe I should ask the mods to change the title of the thread ;)

LunaLuvsU thank you very much! :flower: I'd love to see some pictures if you ever do the bun

[TrapperCreekD]

It works!!!!!!! :joy:

http://i.imgur.com/n5NGvgx.png

[schnibbles]

Yay, Trapper - you needed a fork! ;) looks great

[Jennwith4]

I'm going to try this!

[DweamGoiL]

I don't have enough hair for this bun :(

[JadedByEntropy]

I've gotten so many comments on this bun! And its so much flatter than other's i've tried, that its become my go-to bun!! :cheer:
It eats up ALL the length and stays close to the head without being too heavy.

Would love to see if someone with knee can still do it. what would it look like with all the extra hair underneath?

[Tinalee]

Thank you BrendaLoan for sharing, I will be trying this soon :)

[Peggy E.]

am definitely going to try it, though my poor old creaky hands may not cooperate. and even though at classic, have so much very thin taper am afraid second loop will be super tiny!

too cool not to at least give a go, though! ;o)

[christiansummer]

I love the look of this bun, but I'm still trying to make it work.

TrapperCreekD, that fork looks amazing in your hair. Who made it?

[Johannah]

*adds video to favorites*

[TrapperCreekD]

Thanks, schnibbles!


TrapperCreekD, that fork looks amazing in your hair. Who made it?

Thank you. It's a custom from PENSandPICS (https://www.etsy.com/shop/PENSandPICS?section_id=7713949&ref=shopsection_leftnav_2) on Etsy.

[BrendaLoan]

It works!!!!!!! :joy:

http://i.imgur.com/n5NGvgx.png

Yay! Looks great!! :o And I love your fork too




I've gotten so many comments on this bun! And its so much flatter than other's i've tried, that its become my go-to bun!! :cheer:
It eats up ALL the length and stays close to the head without being too heavy.

Would love to see if someone with knee can still do it. what would it look like with all the extra hair underneath? I'm glad you like it :) And I'm curious as well... Any volunteers? :rolleyes:


am definitely going to try it, though my poor old creaky hands may not cooperate. and even though at classic, have so much very thin taper am afraid second loop will be super tiny!

too cool not to at least give a go, though! ;o) Ohh, I'd love to see if it works for you, your hair color is sooo pretty! :crush:

[Scarlet_Heart]

I couldn't figure the last step out. But I'll keep trying.

[Hairitic]

Love your Link Bun. It looks so cool! :whistle: Thanks for the tutorial. :blossom:

[BrendaLoan]

http://i59.tinypic.com/2w7fyit.jpg

I found an much easier way to make this bun, and holds better!

You can make a loop around your index finger, and then wrap the remainder of hair around the base ( skip the second loop around the middle finger). The rest of the steps are the same.

So, any testers? ;)

[StellaKatherine]

Hmm, last time I did it I couldn't make it secured enough with hair stick. I shall try with the fork if it will work better!

[BrendaLoan]

Hmm, last time I did it I couldn't make it secured enough with hair stick. I shall try with the fork if it will work better!

I think this way you can make it work using a hairstick, or at least I hope so :)

[bunzfan]

I've tried this several times but, it never looks like yours.

[apynip]

My BSL hair is /barely/ able (the ends are slowly slipping out) to do this but it was really easy! once it grows out a bit more I think this might become a favourite bun!

[slynr]

Great bun. Thanks for the tutorial:)

[embee]

I'm having a bit of trouble seeing what this really looks like. Probably a computer problem on my end, and I don't have video capability. :(

But on
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=21324&page=2
I posted instructions (post #14) for something which reads like this link bun. It's my "go to" bun. ;) And if I could get better pics of the back of my head I'd post them, but really they're no good - I'm *terrible* at taking LHC style pics.

[excentricat]

And that method is how I thought I was supposed to be making the Pha bun. Bun styles can be so confusing and overlapping sometimes.

[BrendaLoan]

Oh, I forgot to post a picture when I edited the post :p The bun looks like this
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/bf/0e/96/bf0e965d49eb30dd40a9bcfd40c3175b.jpg

[BonnieU]

I love this bun! I will patiently await the length to sport it :knit:

[Drosmand7]

I had to immediately try this, and it wasn't hard at all. My 2nd bun learned! I can only do it as a half up at hip length, but its really compact and sturdy!! It might even fit in my car. lol I LOVE IT

This is the link http://s26.postimg.org/4wbhqk4a1/linkbun_halfup_3.jpg (http://postimage.org/)
adult image (http://postimage.org/)

and this is the other way I think StellaKatherine found by pinning down the loop off the top of the finger instead of the loop held by that finger. http://s26.postimg.org/gk5jl3tex/linkbun_halfup_2.jpg (http://postimage.org/)
20mb image hosting (http://postimage.org/)

Great idea!! It worked for me!

I couldn't get my iii hair to do the loop, too much hair - too little length.. but this is a great idea. I did it with two buns instead of one.

[PrincessBob]

Really easy to do thanks to the tutorial. It holds pretty well, I guess, but mine doesn't look like links. Maybe I just need to practice.

[JadedByEntropy]

Passing hip, i was able to make it finally with all my iii hair xD
Its still not that big from the side, still loving how flat it is. I've got a friction problem though, it falls out pretty fast with it all in there...maybe more length would help ;) thats always the answer!

http://s26.postimg.org/dpppxaazt/link_bun_11_14.jpg (http://postimage.org/)
20mb image hosting (http://postimage.org/)http://s26.postimg.org/i04dsvg2x/link_bun_side_11_14.jpg (http://postimage.org/)


^^^ Sept @ hip
and now tonight, @BLC
http://s26.postimg.org/zeom15d7p/1932781_10153329186992067_3444049677450615916_o.jp g (http://postimg.org/image/zeom15d7p/)

[mary*rose]

I have been trying for an hour to get this bun, and I think I've been bested by it... I simply have too much hair :justy: I can get to hold just fine, which is great because it's very sturdy, but it just looks like a disc bun on me, not the cute link/bow looking bun that everyone else is getting!

I tried fixing the loops before wrapping my hair. I also tried leaving the last six-ten inches out of the bun, and got something that *could* be something like the link bun.

So I tried that again, except with a half up, and got this derpy-looking thing:

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1445/25861661775_e2426994a2_z.jpg

:wail:

I braided the end so my hair wouldn't be in my way. At least it'll hold all day...

[Bubble_Curl]

Please excuse the massively oiled head of hair, lol...

What a fun bun to do! It was pretty and simple to do, though I think it'll look prettier as I keep growing... Here is my first attempt and I just hope I remember how to keep doing it :p

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff100/sallyn_album/Mobile%20Uploads/image_5.jpeg

[Ephemia]

So I tried this today and somehow managed to create this thing:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=22065&d=1458258612

Is this a bun that exists? I didn't flip the loop because I couldn't remember how it was done, and I wanted to see what would happen. This isn't a link bun, but whatever it is, I like it.

[gthlvrmx]

I found an much easier way to make this bun, and holds better!

You can make a loop around your index finger, and then wrap the remainder of hair around the base ( skip the second loop around the middle finger). The rest of the steps are the same.

So, any testers? ;)

It works for me with this variation mentioned here ^ It kind of reminds me of a nautilus or lazy wrap bun though, you just unravel(twist) the loop as shown at step E.

[Groovy Granny]

Nice bun; it worked well :thumbsup:

[Spinder]

I adore this bun, it's absolutely adorable!

[reilly0167]

Hi everyone! As some of you may know, I came up with this bun a few weeks ago, and I couldn’t find it anywhere (maybe it doesn’t exist?)

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/bf/0e/96/bf0e965d49eb30dd40a9bcfd40c3175b.jpg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kjaIZBQ-Zc

Some members asked me to share the tutorial if I could recreate it, so here I am :o

http://i59.tinypic.com/2w7fyit.jpg

From A to C, you can see I make 2 loops. One around my index finger, and the other one around my middle finger. Then I wrap the remainder of hair around the base, until there is no hair left..
On D, E and F, I take my index finger out of the loop, and turn the loop over.
Finally, I push a hairstick through the loop created by my index finger (push it over to your left , using the hair stick as a lever). I take my middle finger out the second loop and push the hairstick through and out of the loop.
I hope you enjoy it and find it easy to understand! For me, it holds really well when I use a two prong hair fork




ETA: I found an much easier way to make this bun, and holds better!

You can make a loop around your index finger, and then wrap the remainder of hair around the base ( skip the second loop around the middle finger). The rest of the steps are the same.
That is so cool!