I added folded braid to my previously posted hairdo list, and tested the gibson tuck, and it, too, works.
I will try and take photos of all of those listed hairdos in the near future.
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I added folded braid to my previously posted hairdo list, and tested the gibson tuck, and it, too, works.
I will try and take photos of all of those listed hairdos in the near future.
Arctic, I had a pixie-type cut when I was a teenager (I'm 39 now), and it looked horrible unless professionally styled. My hair has just enough wave to be annoying, LOL, and my facial features do not lend themselves to short hair. Long hair in an updo is fine, but short hair looks ridiculous on me.
Butterflybutton (love that username!), the photo with the layers was from December, right after Christmas, so it probably did grow something around a half to three-quarters of an inch between my taking the December photo and having the layers cut out earlier this month. Thank you for the lovely comment. I like my hair so much better without the layers, and I think I'm kind of "can I call this APL?" right now. (It isn't quite to my underarms if I extend my arms out to my sides.)
Jennah, thank you so much! :)
I can make one type of bun...the kind where you don't pull the tail of the ponytail all the way out when you put your hairtie in and it leaves a loop :lol: (I could probably do a cinnabun too, I want to practice that one). I can also do a french/dutch braid but not very well with this hair length...it's hard for me to hold onto as it gets down the braid and uses up length. Even with a regular dutch braid it happens...my ponytail circumference is about 2 5/8 inches right now so maybe it's that plus the fact that I have a small amount of layers?Quote:
Originally Posted by Arctic
I can't do any decent buns yet, the best I've ever managed was this one:
http://oi57.tinypic.com/2qsuec6.jpg
...and then I am 4.5 cm away from apl.
Think I will have to be a bit realistic here, I measured today and saw that it is 4-4.5 cm left till apl... so April might be a bit too optimistic. I probably need 3 more months, meaning in the middle of May I might have reached apl. Oh well, time will tell :redgrin:
Estrid, I think your chosen method of keeping the bun up is maybe meant for a longer hair. Choose method according the length you have. Bobby pins and u-shaped hair pins will keep your hair up, as would many ficcare-type clips, probably spin pins too. If you don't mind plastic, mini claw clips work amazingly too. If your hair is very slippery, you might need to ponytail it first before bunning, but knowing this is LHC you probably don't want to :)
You fork is pretty and messy buns are trendy, so your bun doesn't look bad, but it does look a bit unstable.
I do think your hair is thicker than mine, from the photos, at least it's denser, so you might very well need more lenght than I do. But give good old bobby pins a go, you can still decorate the bun with your fork!
Arctic, actually that is the way that have worked the best for me (the fork). My scalp is quite sensitive to pulling, so bobby pins, claw clips and things like that tend to hurt. I agree that I could probably make the cinnabun look better by using like 10 bobby pins to hide the layers and ends poking out, but I would never be able to walk around with it for long because of the annoying pain it brings. I did put one bobby pin in that bun in the photo, but that was mostly because those ends were hiding the fork, and it was the fork I wanted a photo of :p
Surprisingly enough that bun held pretty well on its own, even though I did a quite poor job putting the jeterfork in (the top prongs didn't grab any hair from the scalp so it is tilting).
I will wait till my hair is longer before I venture outside with buns like that, but it is fun to try them out every now and then.
Estrid your bun looks so cute! I feel like I'm going to be in this thread forever... I haven't had my hair this short since before puberty. I think the longest bits are an inch or two from APL though! Woop woop!
Yeah, there's no way I can do any proper buns yet. I'm on the thicker side of ii (3 1/2 inches) *and* I have layers, so it'll be a while until buns are possible. I like to do twin (Dutch/French/fishtail) braids, halfups, and the twist-it-back-and-pin-it updo I posted several pages back. I've never been able to master the Gibson tuck, and a bit passed chin length I could easily do a crown braid, but for some reason it's impossible for me now. Honestly my go to style is just twin English braids pinned in an X shape to the back of my head. It doesn't look great, but it's quick, easy, protective, and gets the job done.
Ahh, ok :) I misunderstood that your photo was in the spirit of "see I can't do buns at this length" :) Sorry!Quote:
Originally Posted by Estrid
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I have this persisting idea in my head that I'd like to take photo of each of the styles in my list of hair styles. I started the project today, and made almost 20 (!) hair styles (when different braids are counted each as a style, etc) and took photos of them, but alas, when I later saw the photos on my computer screen, they were not good enough quality to post here :( I'm bummed as I went through lot of trouble. I can't understan why I did not notice the photos being so bad at the camera's display. Note to self: don't take photos without my eye glasses on. Oh well, I had fun making all the 'dos!
ETA: I took a length photo too today, it's in my blog:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/entry.php?b=120771
Wow! I'm impressed you managed that bun, it's so cute!Quote:
Originally Posted by Estrid
I'm finding at this shorter length that pins pull too much on my hair as well. I'm inspired to get a hair fork now :)