Laurenji
July 20th, 2010, 11:36 AM
I was going to try and turn this into an article, but I realized that since I'm not enough of a chatterbox, I don't have enough posts...oh well.
I discovered an easy way to do those "sporty girl" kind of messy buns--the sort of fluffy, loopy, never-the-same messy bun.
Just as a disclaimer, I have very straight, thick-ish, BSL hair. I'm pretty sure this could work with lengths all the way from APL to at least Waist, but I haven't confirmed that. It should also work with at anything in the 1a-2b ish range curly wise. I'm not sure how it would look on anything curlier than that. Also, I don't have pictures right now, but I'll put some on later.
Anyhow.
Directions:
This requires ponytail elastics and bobby pins, so this won't work if you don't use those.
Start off with steps 1-2 of the Cheater's Easy Hairstick Bun (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/vbjournal.php?do=article&articleid=138).
Note: make the half-through ponytail loop bigger or smaller depending on how "head-eating" you want the bun to be.
Once you've got the loop, and your ends are wrapped around, grab some bobby pins. Pick out a small loopy section, put a bobby pin in the middle of it, and pin the loop back into the ponytail holder. Continue taking small sections and pinning them down randomly back into the center.
It turns out different every time depending on how you pin the little loops down. Experiment with larger and smaller loops, ways of wrapping the extra hair, and ways of pinning the loops down until you find something you like.
I promise pictures later, but it might not be until much, much later tonight when I have time again.
I discovered an easy way to do those "sporty girl" kind of messy buns--the sort of fluffy, loopy, never-the-same messy bun.
Just as a disclaimer, I have very straight, thick-ish, BSL hair. I'm pretty sure this could work with lengths all the way from APL to at least Waist, but I haven't confirmed that. It should also work with at anything in the 1a-2b ish range curly wise. I'm not sure how it would look on anything curlier than that. Also, I don't have pictures right now, but I'll put some on later.
Anyhow.
Directions:
This requires ponytail elastics and bobby pins, so this won't work if you don't use those.
Start off with steps 1-2 of the Cheater's Easy Hairstick Bun (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/vbjournal.php?do=article&articleid=138).
Note: make the half-through ponytail loop bigger or smaller depending on how "head-eating" you want the bun to be.
Once you've got the loop, and your ends are wrapped around, grab some bobby pins. Pick out a small loopy section, put a bobby pin in the middle of it, and pin the loop back into the ponytail holder. Continue taking small sections and pinning them down randomly back into the center.
It turns out different every time depending on how you pin the little loops down. Experiment with larger and smaller loops, ways of wrapping the extra hair, and ways of pinning the loops down until you find something you like.
I promise pictures later, but it might not be until much, much later tonight when I have time again.