Do you braid before bunning?

[Madora]

I always braid before bunning. I prefer a sectioned double braided bun.

[Firefly]

Nope, I always bun un-braided.

[RitaPG]

I sometimes braid before I put my hair in a bun.
I know I should do it more often but I like wearing my hair down and only bun it for practical reasons, I sometimes let my hair loose and bun it several times during the day.

[torrilin]

I don't usually do braided buns because my hair is too short to do an easy braid and bun combo of the uber-lazy variety. I'd need around another foot of braid length.

I can sort of fake a braided nautilus, but it has visible hair tie. The only really good looking braided bun I can do is one where twin braids are wrapped around each other in a figure 8 style.

[MissCoco]

I voted the second option, even though 90% of the time, I bun un-braided. I think I'll do braided buns when my hair reaches around hip length, like I did before cutting my hair two years ago, since it becomes easier to do so at that length.

[Sheryl]

Sometimes. I bun it occasionally to curl it. I don't braid it then. It does stay better if braided first so I will braid first if going to work.

[MoonlightShadow]

I always put it in 4 braids then I put it in a bun

[melusine963]

I find my buns hold much better with spin pins when they're not braided, so unless a style specifically calls for it and I have a lot of bobby pins at hand I don't do it. That said, I made a very successful vortex rope braid bun the other day that stayed put quite happily.