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Need help making a bun (hair)
Katarine
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So at the new job I'm about to start next month, the dress code states that my hair cannot extend more than 2.5" below my collar. Well, right now my hair reaches below my waist and I can't cut it for several reasons. Because my hair is extremely long and extremely thick I've never been able to make a bun out of it no matter how hard I've tried. I've finally found one way to make a bun, by separating the hair into two sets and braiding each set, wrapping them around each other, setting them with those really long bobby pins and clipping it in place. But, it takes a lot of work to do this, and I don't know that I'll always have that much time to get ready in the mornings. Does anyone know of an easier method for making a bun for really long (3'+) and really thick (hairdresser told me it's what they call 6x normal thickness) hair?
Honestly, I appreciate any advice given.
Honestly, I appreciate any advice given.
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This girl I subscribe to on youtube has really long hair too, and she always explains things well. These two look the easiest to do, whichever you have most luck with. Hope this helps!
How I make a bun for work is that I put my hair in a pony tail but when you would pull the hair through the last time when your elastic is tightest instead of pulling it all the way through I only pull it far enough to cover my finger in an upside down U shape. then I twirl the hair tight untill it start to wrap around itself and then wrap the tail around the nubbin making sure that the very end is wapped undr the bun around the elastic. Then take another elastice and wrap it around the base of the bun making the last round go across the bun intead of around the pony tail.
I hope that makes some sense.
@flowerhoney -- No, I don't honestly. The woman who cuts my hair could totally thin it if I asked, she cuts my mother's hair too which is where I got my thick hair from, but I don't know... I just don't want to thin it. I should, but I have an aversion to it that I totally can't explain and have no excuse for.
@cabsy -- Yeah, I tried that lazy bun method before and it just never worked properly for me. It was so loose that it came apart within an hour; which is what happens most of the time. Clips and pins can only hold it for anywhere between 10-60min and then they fall out.
But thank you everyone! I really do appreciate all of your tips and advice! I'm going to try practicing a bun every day and getting my hair used to being up so that it quits bellyachin' about it after an hour. Take care, and thank you again!
For example, jobs with hat/headware dresscodes still allow Jewish men to wear yarmulkes. You don't need to share with us what your reasons are, but if they fall into something religious or cultural, you can probably just bring it up at your job and they may give you alternatives that you can both agree on.
have you considered attempting something like a snood?
Or something similar? If your hair isn't allowed to be lower than your collar, you can still have it down slightly, there's no real need for it to be up in a tight bun, unless you want it to be.
Take a look at some hair nets or snoods or other things like that. The menonite women that I used to live near would wear their hair up like that all the time, especially when they were doing food production. And these women had hair down past their hips at times.
Just another thought for you!
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