How do you keep your buns in place?

[Tehillim408]

My hair is BSL and layered, so I have a hard time keeping a bun in place with just a hair elastic.

Is there a better/more secure way to keep a bun nice and neat?

I'm thinking of a regular cinnabun.

[pepperminttea]

Hair sticks and forks work so much better for me than elastics. The only thing I use elastics for now is securing the end of my braid.

[Speckla]

I anchor them in place with two or three well placed bobbypins and a scrunchie or use a flexi8.

[Remyy]

I almost exclusively use hair sticks to hold buns in place. It's the most secure and neat looking way I think.

[selderon]

Spin pins, my friend. Two spin pins does the trick for me.

Other options include small hair claws, bun cages, u shaped hair pins and options the other posters mentioned.

[bunzfan]

Just this week i have gone back to using mini claws see

http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h400/emmerline1/th_001-30.jpg (http://s1107.photobucket.com/albums/h400/emmerline1/?action=view&current=001-30.jpg)

My hair is a similar length to yours to.

[slz]

One or two claw clips for shower buns = made just for the time of a shower, taken down right after. It doesn't hold well enough in time.
For an all-day bun : a hair stick. My scalp is too tender for pins, it hurts like hell after one hour at most.

[whitestiletto]

My hair is only shoulder/armpit length, but I love using miniclaws as well..... They come in a variety of sizes. The octopus clips hold more hair and look cuter: http://www.hairflairboutique.com/images/hair-accessories/Scunci-Octopus-Jaw-Clips-Dark-2031C.jpg

[RocketDog]

I use amish hairpins or spinpins for cinnabuns, or ficcare clips when I want something more decorative.

[Anje]

I usually use a hairstick or a Ficcare-like device. Elastics don't hold buns well.

[dulce]

I second ficcares and also a xl flexi-8 clip,if you use a mega flexi you can do a circular lazy wrap bun instead of an oval one.

[Macaroni]

Just this week i have gone back to using mini claws see

http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h400/emmerline1/th_001-30.jpg (http://s1107.photobucket.com/albums/h400/emmerline1/?action=view&current=001-30.jpg)

My hair is a similar length to yours to.

What a pretty idea! I may borrow your idea and do a deep treatment at the same time.

[ddiana1979]

I usually use a Ficcarre or hair fork, supplemented with Goody Spin Pins to tuck away any stray ends.

I think my hair is too slippery or something for hair sticks. They fall out almost immediately.

[Keller1128]

I've been using spin pins and a spider claw for buns lately. The spin pins are more comfortable for me though.

[GRU]

Hair sticks and forks work so much better for me than elastics. The only thing I use elastics for now is securing the end of my braid.


I almost exclusively use hair sticks to hold buns in place. It's the most secure and neat looking way I think.


Spin pins, my friend. Two spin pins does the trick for me.



What ^they^ said! :lol:

[skyblue]

a couple of well placed claw clips hold a bun for me all day

[Madora]

Depending how the bun is made, I use either 3 inch crimped hairpins (as many as 9) or 2 inch crimped hairpins mixed with 3 inch hairpins. I bought mine at Sally's and they're terrific!

[Zesty]

I don't wear my hair in a cinnabun very often (because it looks funny, the center swirl is really thick and kind of eats the rest of it), but for my day-to-day buns I swear by hair sticks. I can get a nautilus or a pencil bun to stay with just a single stick, and it doesn't hurt or poke. When I do want to do a cinnabun, I use a Ficcare with Good Hair Days hair pins. I also sometimes use an elastic as a base with hair pins (not bobby pins... my hair brutalizes those, and they hurt my scalp) to hold up the style.

[Copasetic]

Once you get the hang of them, sticks are great for keeping your hair in place. You can also try large hair clips. They tend to work better than elastics.

[krissykins]

Most folks here try to avoid securing updos with an elastic since it can cause more damage than the alternatives that have been mentioned (spin pins, hair forks, hair sticks, Ficcares, Flexi-8's, mini jaw clips, other types of pins, etc)

These are the tools I prefer, starting with my favorite:

1.Ficcares
2. Hair forks
3. Spin pins
4. Hair sticks
5. Flexi-8's

I only use elastics for securing braids.

[Seeshami]

The naughty mess laughs in the face of hair ties, clips and styling products. It only stays in buns when it feels like it, which is next to never.

The naughty mess does have a strange fondness for the Goody Bun Spiral and generally behaves after being redone 3 times.

And I did a very naughty thing to hopefully please the mess and I bought two flexi-8's to play with. I can't wait till they arrive!!

[New2NH2012]

I think, either I don't know how to USE the spin pins correctly, or my hair is too fine, because I find that when I put them in to secure the end of my bun, the tail just slides right out. Its SOOOO irritating. I will have to look into the other things listed on this thread... thanks, ladies and maybe gents! :)

[GRU]

I think, either I don't know how to USE the spin pins correctly, or my hair is too fine, because I find that when I put them in to secure the end of my bun, the tail just slides right out. Its SOOOO irritating. I will have to look into the other things listed on this thread... thanks, ladies and maybe gents! :)

I know that islandboo has super-fine, super-straight, thin hair that is so slippery she calls it Teflon hair.... and she uses spin-pins. She and I are hair-opposites, so that's as close as I can give to advice on fine / straight hair! :lol:

[Sundial]

I use hair sticks, hair forks, Ficcares, Flexi-8s and spin pins. They are pretty sturdy but I use the Flexi-8s and spin pins when I need the bun to hold like a rock

[Lishamatish]

The naughty mess laughs in the face of hair ties, clips and styling products. It only stays in buns when it feels like it, which is next to never.

The naughty mess does have a strange fondness for the Goody Bun Spiral and generally behaves after being redone 3 times.

And I did a very naughty thing to hopefully please the mess and I bought two flexi-8's to play with. I can't wait till they arrive!!

Hehe, sometimes hair can have a mind of it's own! Shame it rarely uses this mind to decide to behave for a while eh :)

[Unzadi]

I like beak clips as well as mini claws, but lately I've been gravitating to a single hairstick. Two sticks in an X if I want to get fancy.

[Alaia]

I think, either I don't know how to USE the spin pins correctly, or my hair is too fine, because I find that when I put them in to secure the end of my bun, the tail just slides right out. Its SOOOO irritating. I will have to look into the other things listed on this thread... thanks, ladies and maybe gents! :)

I have extremely fine, straight and (now that I cut it) slippery hair and spin pins do work for me. It's all about catching the scalp hair (and even though it says not to cross the spin pins, I do anyway, just carefully so as not to break them). You must make sure to spin them around and through the end of the hair and the rest of the bun too. HTH.

Spin Pins are my favourites at the moment, but I also love Amish pins (I have a bunch) and hair sticks/forks. Ficcares do NOT hold buns for me. When I had layers hairsticks/spin pins were the absolute best.

[In2wishin]

I have been using giant bobby pins for ages (the ones that are about 3" long). Recently discovered spin pins and love them too. Haven't tried Amish pins yet.

[Seeshami]

Hehe, sometimes hair can have a mind of it's own! Shame it rarely uses this mind to decide to behave for a while eh :)

It's very much like my cats. :D

[Fethenwen]

Oh, I remember the days when I used elastics to keep my hair in a bun, I don't see the point really now that I have learned to use hairsticks. The elastic is just going to give mechanical damage to hair, while making a bun with the help of hairsticks - or hairpins is going to minimize damage. Keeping the hair up in a bun is a great way to protect it.
I also find hairsticks to hold buns better than elastics. Lately I have been keeping my hair in a nautilus bun, and it holds very well!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS-BQ5OMV2Y&feature=related

If you have hair that is a little shorter, like BSL, you might want to use only a few fingers while gripping your hair instead of the whole hand. That way you get your buns tighter.

[ashke50]

I use spin pins for cinnabuns, and flexi8s or sticks for other buns. There are some really easy to follow tutorials on youtube if you don't know how to use sticks (and you can practice with just a pencil if you don't have any sticks yet!)

[layla<33]

scrunchies :eyebrows:

[heidi w.]

Pin as you go, as you put your hair up, and interlock them building an interlocking network. Eventually you can get to a triangle network foundation of pins, but start with positioning north/south/east/west.....and then build on that.

Keep your pins in good shape. When the plastic ball tip nicks and begins to lift, toss the pin.

I liked the Goody brand of long or roller hair pins. I use all 3 hair pins, the roller pins, the hair pins (squiggly) and the bobby pins.

The weight of my hair demands the use of the long pins. But tucking traces of hair is bobby pins, or outward spirals of hair, bobby pins and hair pins.

I also use a hair fork which holds my hair better than a stick, and more comfortably too.

heidi w.

[heidi w.]

There it no need to tie off a braid if bunning. Just tuck it and pin it.

heidi w.

[Madora]

@Heidi W...

Excellent! That's the way to do it!!! Hairpins forever!