QMacrocarpa
April 2nd, 2015, 07:20 AM
This last month I've been doing a lot of styles secured with hairpins, mostly Good Hair Days pins (I put away most of my hairtoys for the month, as a challenge). I discovered that I could secure a log roll with pins at the top and bottom, but that style wasn't great if I needed to bike somewhere, because the bun wasn't low enough to fit under my helmet, and the pins at the top meant I couldn't put the helmet between the top of the bun and my head. So yesterday I tried a "lazy log roll" and it worked well for me.
Start making a log roll (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT2tt3TNC5k) a bit off-center on the back of your head (I shifted mine to the left). Do the initial twist and the wrapping around the base as usual, then re-orient the roll horizontally (hence "lazy"-- the roll is lying down) and secure with a couple pins at each end. Because I started my roll to the left, I took the top to the right and pinned it there. I ended up with a nice low bun which stayed put all day and fit fine with my helmet. My bun wasn't super-wide, so when I first put in the pins, there was more overlap between the pins at the two ends than I wanted, but I remembered a tip from someone about putting in GHD pins so they curve away from the head, so I did that with the pins at the wrapped end, and that worked fine.
This may work best if you have long wispy ends (like me). If the wrapped part of your roll ends up a lot thicker than the rest of the roll, you might have to make adjustments to get this to work (or it just might not be the bun for you).
For me, it seems reminiscent of the way my orchid bun turns out, but easier to do. I hope this helps someone!
:blossom:
Start making a log roll (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT2tt3TNC5k) a bit off-center on the back of your head (I shifted mine to the left). Do the initial twist and the wrapping around the base as usual, then re-orient the roll horizontally (hence "lazy"-- the roll is lying down) and secure with a couple pins at each end. Because I started my roll to the left, I took the top to the right and pinned it there. I ended up with a nice low bun which stayed put all day and fit fine with my helmet. My bun wasn't super-wide, so when I first put in the pins, there was more overlap between the pins at the two ends than I wanted, but I remembered a tip from someone about putting in GHD pins so they curve away from the head, so I did that with the pins at the wrapped end, and that worked fine.
This may work best if you have long wispy ends (like me). If the wrapped part of your roll ends up a lot thicker than the rest of the roll, you might have to make adjustments to get this to work (or it just might not be the bun for you).
For me, it seems reminiscent of the way my orchid bun turns out, but easier to do. I hope this helps someone!
:blossom: