Friday, October 2, 2009

Loopy Looking Bun

I totally wanted to get my latest hair do with Curlformers posted that I gave you a sneak peek of in my last post, but because there are a ton of pictures I didn't have time to upload those all right now. So you'll have to settle for a quick & easy one.

Maybe it's just me, but I when I did this I thought that it looked like more than just a normal bun. So I thought I'd share. It's quick & easy, and I think quite pretty.

I made an offset zig-zag part on the right side. (as always!) You can part it however you want - or just pull the hair straight back with no part if you like. Make a ponytail wherever you want on the head. I put it off center towards the left side of her head.
Do a real loose twist braid/corkscrew. I did this another day and actually made one even looser than this & it had an even loopy-er (that's not a word - I know!) look to it. Get the hair plenty damp or you'll have fly aways big time since the hair isn't twisted overly tight. Just do a few twists pretty far down the ponytail. Secure the end with a rubber band.
Then begin wrapping it like you would a normal bun. But don't pull the twist too tight around the base of the ponytail. By not pulling it in too tight, it also gives the look of having a "bigger fuller" bun too!
Once you've wrapped the twist around the base of the ponytail & have run out of hair to wrap, take the end of the twist where you've secured it with the little rubberband...
and reach through a chunk of the twist and grab the end "tail" of your twist. Her hair happened to wrap 1 full time around and so I was pretty much back on top of the bun for this. You can pull it out anywhere and make this work I believe.
Pull the tail through the twist so it's poking out all crazy like! (I mentioned I'd done this another time, but I actually pulled the tail out like this & fanned it out all spunky like. It was a more playful instead of "pretty" do that day.)
You could curl it a bit and spray it some if you want a spunky look (this isn't a very good example of that though.) But hopefully you get what I'm saying.

At this point, secure the bun carefuly with a few bobby pins. But don't do it up around the area where your "tail" is sticking out.
Anyway, if you're not doing a spunky look, take the tail of your twist and get it a bit damp, or mist it with hairspray. Curl it back down towards the head (just with your finger- not necessariily the curling iron.) We kind of had a spot that looked like a loop was missing, so it made it easy to decide where to position this.
Tack that tail down in behind a part of the bun with a bobby pin. (That's why you don't want to have too many bobby pins in the bun at this point, because you want to be sure you have a spot to stick the tail and anchor it.) Don't pull the tail down too tight either, or you loose that loop look. Secure with more bobby pins if necessary around the rest of the bun. You can have this looping anywhere on the bun and make this work. Like I said, her hair just happens to be the length that we were back on the top.
And you're done.
You can leave it plain, or add an accessory. We opted for our tiny clippy flowers I made ages ago. We just love these cuz you can just clip them into wherever and they add just a nice touch of prettiness! We tried it with 1 -
and with 2 flowers. I think we ended out just going with 1 in to church.
And that's it. A bun that looks like you've had to pin big loops of hair to get the look, and all it is is a loose corkscrew/twisted braid!

20 Hair Lovin' People Said:

  1. I actually used to do that to Alyssa's hair. Now she won't let me touch her hair...LOL
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  2. Now here's one my big girls would love! Thanks.
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  3. Thanks for stopping by my blog. Ok I read your review of the curlformers and you actually have me wanting to run to Sally's. My hair has been so damaged with the hard water and my pregnancy that I want to shave my head. I love that you use no heat. I think I am going ot have to try those. I will let you know how I do. I bummed I didn't get a chance to win them.
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  4. Stopping in from SITS! LOVE the hair do's. So cute! I'm terrible at doing my own hair, but hope I can make up for it with some cute hair do's for my daughter.
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  5. You are so lucky that your girls have long thick hair. My youngest has long hair, but it is really thin, and my thick haired daughter get tangles so badly, I have to keep cutting it. Do you have any suggestions for thick hair and how to keep the tangles out.
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  6. SURPRISE! I've got something for you on my blog.

    http://theredheadriter.blogspot.com/2009/10/drop-makes-ripple.html
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  7. Classy. I love it. Now to figure out if I can do that to my own head...
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  8. I love it! We are all about quick and easy at this house these days.
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  9. Thanks so much for stopping by my blag and commenting - otherwise I would never have found your fantastic blog! I have grown my hair out long for the first time since I was a teenager, and have NO idea what to do with it. I've been putting it up in a clip every day and was almost to the point of getting it all cut off again when I saw all your fantastic 'dos. I'm going to try a few cute things for me and send a link to your blog to my friend who has a long-haired daughter (I only have boys)!
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  10. Oh my that is so neat and pretty, I am horrible fixing hair! It looks like it's something that I may be able to do though. Thank you for stopping by my blog! Please follow me!
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  11. Hi, Thanks for the wonderful comment about my blog and the welcome to SITS. I love your blog. I love to do hair too so I can't wait to check out your styles. How fun! Have a fun weekend.
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  12. Beautifulness!

    p.s. Thanks so much for stopping by last week on my SITS feature day!
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  13. How neat.
    I've been looking for new ways to put up a bun in my hair because I am not so hairdo inclined.
    I think I can do these though!

    Thanks for stopping by my blog.
    Have a great week =]
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  14. Thank you for your lovely and inspiring comment... and thank you for all of your tutorials, they are really helpful!
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  16. How do you get your corkscrew twists to stay so pefectly?!?!?! I try and I try but the ALWAYS fall out when I move my hand.
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  17. Jana - If you are doing more than one corkscrew, I always tie it off with a rubber band or hold it with a clip. Yes, they do tend to come unwound a bit, but I just twist the whole thing a few times before adding it into my hairstyle or whatever to get it tightened back up. Remember the tighter you twist it as you're doing it, usually the tighter the whole twist will be when you are done. But of course you do have to secure it with something at the end!
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  18. I love love love this blog...so much fun! I tried this on my own hair and it actually turned out pretty good! I love all of these fun, cute, and easy hairstyles! Thanks!!!
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