My hair is TOO HEAVY FOR CINNABUNS

[FallingDarkness]

And disc buns have recently started to tangle my hair real bad.

These were my go-tos, and I don't have them anymore, and I am REALLY bad at fancy bun stuff (it's a miracle I can work these two properly, lol). Are there any really easy, really simple buns for hair sticks for TBLish, thick hair? PLEASE HELP

[Tosca]

Try a lazy wrap bun. It is one of the most basic buns, and a lot of others are based on it.

https://youtu.be/nvKbxNBHjOI the 'traditional' bun. Tutorial in german with english subtitles.

https://youtu.be/URA_ws_Pprk my personal variation. Tutorial is visual only, with no spoken words.

[sumidha]

A cameo bun would help distribute the weight better, I think, and is based off a cinnamon bun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYDptMnuWxw&list=PLz649mKx_Z4x68Ap1cKtTH5XOSvxhSpVe&index=11

[Kaelee]

I graduated from Disk Bun to LWB- my hair is to too thick and heavy for cinnabuns too. Give LWB a try!

[Reyesuela]

Infinity buns were my go-to before my big chop and hair loss.

[Simsy]

Nautilus, or braided Chinese buns. Lwb is also good, though you might run into the same problem.
Another option is to secure the buns differently. Small claw clips will hold a cinnibun quite well.

Have a look at Torrin Paige, she does a lot of easy styles and she tends to distribute the weight around. She also stocks links to other good youtubers as well.
https://m.youtube.com/user/torrinpaige

[Fia]

Cinnabuns might still work if you fasten off each wrap so that you get multiple connection points between the bunned hair and the scalp hair. That's what I do myself, not because of weight, but because my Houdini-hair slips out of the bun otherwise.

What you do. Twist hair as usual and do the first (center) wrap. Fasten with a pin of choice at 12 o'clock (spin pin or amish pin would likely be the sturdiest options, I prefer amish pins). Twist and do the second wrap. On my hair the ends end up somewhere around 9 o'clock on the second wrap so I pin them there and then fasten another pin roughly 4-5 o'clock to stop the second wrap from working itself loose and creeping up over the center wrap. If you have a full second wrap and ends don't come into play until the third wrap just keep the principle going of fastening the wrap you've just made at one or two fastening points and then tucking in/fastening the ends once you get there.

What you'll get is a spread out cinnabun that is held in multiple places by pins, which should work reasonably well to spread the weight of thick hair (as well as keeping break-out prone hair from escaping).

[Sarahlabyrinth]

Have you tried holding your cinnabun using two or more claw clips? That distributes the weight really well.

[Anje]

Cinnabuns got too spirally on me after a while, so the middle would spit out if I didn't pin them EVERYWHERE. Since I'm kinda minimalist with my hair to the point of getting grumpy if I need a second hairstick, that wasn't going to happen with any regularity.

So I'm going to add another vote to the suggestions for the Lazy wrap bun (I like to twist mine a little on the first wrap, which seems to help it hold together more on my slippery hair) and the Nautilus bun. Nautilus is topologically very similar to the LWB, but the way you grab the hair and get it into position is different, so they tend to look a bit different and one usually works better than the other for any given person. Either will hold for most people with a single stick, or you can use something like a fork or a Fic if you prefer.

I'm not sure you'll be able to do a celtic knot at your length, given that you have iii hair, but it's another one to try that's difficult to outgrow. Check out a lot of different youtube videos, because everyone does them slightly differently, and one version might work better than another.

[-Fern]

Braided LWB (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=23796&d=1467668711) distributes weight like a champ.

Or sectioned buns. Someone brought up a cameo bun, which is a good type of sectioned bun.

French/Dutch braids also help distribute weight really well. A Jamie Leigh (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=98504&page=110&p=2416012&viewfull=1#post2416012) bun might work well for you.

[meteor]

Another vote for a Braided LWB. :agree: It's a very easy, comfy style that doesn't require twisting. If the hair is too short/thick for it, then just doing a braided "knot" type of bun or a folded braid should work.

You can also split hair in 2 or more parts and either do multiple buns or do a "frame" bun: bunning from half-up and braiding/twisting and pinning the remainder around it. This helps distribute the weight a bit.