Deceptive Buns

**LittleOrca** · February 16th, 2012, 07:22 PM

In general, I figured that the more hair you had the larger your bun is. However, that is not the case for me. Since I grew out the damaged hair, my circumference in my ponytail went down and my buns are no longer as large, even though my hair is longer than it was before I started to grow out the damage. I don't like having small buns (at least in my hair!)

My solution is usually a rolled sock bun, however, it gets so heavy at times that I get a headache from it. *sigh*

Do you have any buns you like to do that are large and make your hair look thicker and maybe even longer?

I hope that made sense.

**xoxophelia** · February 16th, 2012, 07:27 PM

Hmm.. you could do two braids on damp hair the night before and then comb it out just a little. That gives super volume. Then, just very gently twist for the updos so they take up more space.

**Seeshami** · February 16th, 2012, 07:28 PM

Hairagami, magic bun, eazibun bun. Anything you wrap the bun around will "pouf" up your bun. They make a bun donuts that are a foam like stuff that is super light weight, so that might help. The other big pouf not a real bun I can think of is this thing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCopp3wHTww

However, with the pouf not a bun you would end up rolling under a lot more probably.

**Chetanlaiho** · February 16th, 2012, 07:48 PM

Braided bun, as long as you put the braid really flat on top of your head =)

**Madora** · February 16th, 2012, 08:02 PM

This one sure makes my hair look longer than it was:

**MissManda** · February 16th, 2012, 08:16 PM

I like pin roll buns since they are very pretty and leave lots of room for creativity. When I make a flower-shaped bun like the one in the video, it gets much bigger than a fully-rolled sock bun but doesn't have the weight of the hair donut.

**LittleOrca** · February 16th, 2012, 10:54 PM

Thanks all.

**kidari** · February 16th, 2012, 11:01 PM

doing a curl "set" in the hair and lightly gently twisting as opposed to tightly twisting is my secret to big deceptive buns

**Hollyfire3** · February 16th, 2012, 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by kidari

doing a curl "set" in the hair and lightly gently twisting as opposed to tightly twisting is my secret to big deceptive buns

How do you set the curl in your hair? Sock curls rag curl pin curls what?

**Rini** · February 16th, 2012, 11:15 PM

I like to do a sort of lazy wrap bun and then adjust the coils and spread them out a bit so that it looks like I have more hair. It's very effective. I get about twice the bun size that I used to get from a regular cinnamon bun. I don't like to use bobby pins or elastics (just forks, sticks and flexis) so this is a good solution for me.

Here's a pic of the "spread out" bun:

and compare that to a normal twisted cinnamon bun on me: