Bun
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This article refers to the bun or chignon hairstyle. The bun is a type of hairstyle for longer hair that takes the hair to the back of the head in a ponytail before being wrapping around and into itself in a circular fashion, or "bun."
Creating a Soft Bun
If you're starting with freshly washed hair, add volume and texture with mousse or spray (if you have naturally curly hair, use a lightweight styling cream instead), then blow-dry hair while tossing it around with your fingers until it's about 80% dry. Use a medium-size round brush to finish blow-drying the hair around your face, as well as any frizzy areas.
- Tease - Use a fine-tooth comb to gently tease the top and sides of your hair, and a little at the crown. Tease just the roots, starting about two inches from your scalp and working form the front of your head to the back. When you're finished, use a paddle brush to gently smooth any tangles in your hair.
- Pull Back - Sweep your hair back using your hands, not a brush, so there's no part and loosely gather it all at the nape of your neck. Secure into a low ponytail with an elastic band placed about a half-inch away from your scalp, which will help to keep the volume you've created on the top and sides of your hair intact.
- Twist - Tease the underside of the ponytail using the fine-tooth comb, then skim over the top of the ponytail with the paddle brush. When finished, grasp the tail by the end and wrap it around the base of the ponytail clockwise until it creates a chignon; tuck the ends under the bun so they've hidden.
- Secure - Take a long, U-shaped hairpin and bend one prong to the side (the serpentine shape will create a hook), then slide the pin into the bun where the ends are tucked. Repeat on the opposite side. If the chignon still feels loose, add one more bent pin at the top or bottom. Mist with aerosol hair spray.
- A volumizer adds a little lift to the top and sides of hair and keeps the bun from looking too tight. If you have curly hair, skip the volumizer and instead work a drop of lightweight styling cream through damp hair.
- Dry shampoo bulks up fine hair and makes the texture a bit rough, which helps your bun hold.
- Prevent fine hair from slipping out of the bun with dry shampoo. Spray it on your roots, then brush it through your hair before pulling hair back into the knot.
- On extra-long or thick hair, use two elastics, one on top of the other, to form the ponytail. This will add support and keep your chignon from sagging.
- If you create volume on the top and sides fo hair, do less teasing on the tail. If the top and sides are relatively flat, then you can tease the tail more to make the bun more extravagant.
- If you find, once your hair is already back that you'd like the top or sides to be a little looser, slide the pointed tip of a rattail comb sideways into the hair at a few spots and gently lift it away form the scalp slightly.
All material is from "Beauty 101: Soft Bun"[1]
References
- ↑ "Beauty 101: Soft Bun." Allure. March 2009. Pgs. 80-82
