The Three Buns

On the second week we had our first hair lesson on buns and plaits with Lottie. At the start of the lesson she showed us three ways to do a bun and three different plaits. This blog will only have the three plaits:

Once Lottie had showed us the looks, she told us to get started and do the same looks on our Kate Heads (which are the scariest looking heads I've ever seen).

I started off practising the three buns and to create the looks you'll need hair grips (lots and lots of these) and a hairband. 

The first look I started off putting the hair into a ponytail and you need to section the ponytail into four pieces. Take the first part and fold it forward to make a hoop. 

 You repeat this with the other three sections. The end result of the following actions should look like this or a windmill shape.

Stage 2

Stage 3

Now that you have this look, you need to get a long grip (it looks like chop sticks) and start to pinch the sides together. 

 The final look should look like a nice bun. I am rather proud of this look. For a first attempt of practising a bun like this, I felt like the outcome was the best it could have looked. i know I would be confident enough to do this look again and again without hesitation.

Final look

The last two looks both start the same as the first, you put the hair into a ponytail. You then wrap the ponytail round it self, you should have to wrap it around at least a couple of times. It should end up looking like this:

The final bun look process starts exactly the same as the others but when you get to the ponytail you turn it into a simple plait. Then again you simply twist it round and should look like this:

With the final outcome for the last two I didn't feel like the bun looked as good as the first. The second bun was my least favourite. The third bun with the plait at least had more shape to it. I hope once we start practising on people's actual hair I'll be able to get more of shape from the last two buns.