How to Make the Perfect Ballerina Bun

Ever wonder how those girls get their bun so…perfect? It’s perfectly round and every strand seems to be in place. But no matter how hard you try, things always seem to be lopsided or not as volumous as you want and your bun ends up looking far from perfect. If this sounds like you, I have some good news, I used to be just like you until I found out the trick to the PERFECT, and I mean PERFECT bun.

Things you’ll need:

·         A tube sock

·         Two hair bands

·         A few bobby pins

Begin by selecting a tube sock that is relatively close to your hair color, it doesn’t have to match perfect or anything. If your hair is dark go for a brown or black sock and if your hair is blond try a white sock, like I said, it doesn’t have to match your hair color exactly.

**Something to remember: the longer the sock, the bigger the bun is going to be.

Cut the toe end of the sock off and role your sock up until it is in the shape of a doughnut. It should look something like this:

Pull your hair into a neat ponytail at the spot where you want the center of your bun to be.

Now, pull all of the hair from your ponytail through the center of the sock.

Next, lean forward slightly so that your bun is parallel to the ground and spread your hair over the sock in all direction so that none of the sock is showing. Slip a hair band over your hair to secure it around the sock.

You’ll probably have the ends of your hair sticking out, that is what the bobby pins are for. Wrap the ends of your hair around your perfect bun and secure them with the bobby pins.

Finished bun should look something like this:

If you would prefer to have your bun closer to your head, once you have completed your bun according to the instruction above, gently push your bun against your head to flatten out the sock a little. This will make your bun look like it is leaning right up against your head and not sticking out a little like the bun above.

Feel free to dress up your bun with bows, ribbons, headbands, and other neat accessories. Be creative and experiment, you'll never know what new style you might create for yourself and end up loving forever!

Good luck and I hope you enjoy your bun as much as I now enjoy mine!