14. Two finger twist hairstick bun
Date: Sunday, September 16th 2007 @ 14:02 - Subscribe
Time needed: 10 seconds
This is an easy bun you can flip up in ten seconds, making it ideal for when you need to do the hair up really fast. What you need is one hairstick, two hands and at least arm pit length hair. When you have thick hair you might need either less fingers, or more length to pull this one off.
Form a ponytail to the right of the center and hold it with your left hand. Make a claw with your right hand's index and middle fingers.
Grab the hair with the two fingers. Your fingers are now going to make a full circle counterclockwise. First they were pointing left when you grabbed the hair, start turning and they point downward, right, up and to the left again. Don't let the hair slip away from your hands as you do this. You now have a small section in your left hand and a roll of hair around the two fingers of your right hand.
The bit you are holding in your left hand you tilt upward and then grab it with the right hand two fingers. Your fingertips are resting against your head now, making sure everything is anchored in place firmly.
Use your left hand to slightly press the roll from the two fingers and toward the head, this makes it easier to insert the stick.
Take the stick in your left hand and insert it right in front of the two fingers in the bun, pointed left and out, then grab some scalp hair and flip it over, making the tip face right. Gently push it through the hair. As you do this you can slowly let the right hand go and have it help push the stick through the roll of hair on the right hand side.
And voilà, one quick bun with funny fly outs on top. The stick used in these pictures is a bit long, but the principle is clear.
You can also build this do using hair scroos. It depends on your hair how many you need, I need three or four. Here is the same bun done with four hairscroos.
Good luck!
Observances
I had hair falling out from the roll a little bit. In itself it can look pretty however it can loosen the hold. To firm it up and avoid the roll having fly away hair, give the ponytail a twist or two. This will fix the problem.
Also this is a great trick to use if the lock that sticks up is a tad too long on your hair, as the twisting will shorten the length a little bit.
To add, I have changed a few things around on how I do things, but here is a video of me creating this bun.
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