Hairstyles - The Cinnamon bun (plus video tutorial)

My latest hairstyle tutorial, featuring three variations of my version of the cinnamon bun:

-Steps:

    1. I gather my hair into a high ponytail and secure it with a metal-free elastic (you can also make a cinnabun without an elastic, as shown in the video tutorial).

 

    2. Then I begin twisting the length and coiling it around the ponytail base, in the same direction I'm twisting it, creating a spiral-y form. It can be secured with pins while you're twisting it, or directly at the end when the bun's finished, with a stick, fork, pins, flexi-8, or claw-clips.

 

Picture gallery:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

-As a half-up:

-As a length-shortening updo (see linked post): 

 

 

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Cosplay styles - Lúthien half-up

In a recent post, I talked about the braid I came up with for Lúthien's cosplay. In this one, I'll be posting some pics loose variation, which is the style I usually wear when I'm cosplaying Lúthien Tinúviel from Tolkien's Silmarillion: hair loose with heatless curls on the ends and a simple braided half-up with leaf ribbons, gems and/or small white flowers.

• First variation (May 2014):

3-strand side braids braided with leaf ribbons and gathered at the back with a leaf clasp. Small green gems as decoration.

 

 

Texture: Subtle braidwaves and bendy rollers curls (which had transformed into very loose waves by the time this pic was taken):

• Second variation (April and December 2014):

Lúthien is usually described as wearing flowers intertwined in her hair, so I finally got some small plastic flowers  and added them to the half-up. I went for two versions, one with the side braids with the leaf ribbon, and another one without the leaves, 3-strand side braids gathered at the back of the head in a half-up and adorned with some of these white flowers:

This is a very blurry pic, but hey, hair's looking long :)!

 

 

 

Texture is, once again, braidwaves and heatless bendy rollers curls in the ends. Contrary to rag/bandanna curls, bendy rollers curls make my hemline look quite thinner than it actually is, which isn't bad per se, mind, but seeing as I unfortunately am quite thick-hemline-obsessed, it does bug me a little xD

• Third variation (September 2015):

Very similar to the second one, but with more flowers and leaf ribbons. Variation with braid here.

 

 

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Flipped bun tutorial

I just uploaded a short tutorial of one of my favourite and most worn updos, the flipped bun:

And seeing as I'm flipped-bun themed, here are two recent-ish pics :) :

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Cosplay styles - Lúthien braided hairstyle

When I'm cosplaying Lúthien Tinúviel from Tolkien's Silmarillion, I usually wear my hair loose with heatless curls on the ends and a simple braided half-up with leaf ribbons, gems and/or small white flowers (I'll be posting some pics of that style in the near future).

During a Tolkien convention in December 2014, however, I ended up experimenting and came up with a multibraided hairstyle. I usually imagine Lúthien with loose hair, but I think braids would fit her too, especially when your present occupation is being on a quest that involves walking long distances and fighting evil Dark Lords! (she did have her hair shorter during the quest, if we're being purist, but do bear with me).

So this is how it looked:

It's a fairly simple multibraided style, the half-up is the same I usually do when cosplaying Lúthien with loose hair, it involves two three-strand side-braids (lace-braids or simple English braids) with leaf ribbons braided into them and either small gems or small synthetic flowers as decoration (or both!).  The next step of this style involves braiding all the hair into another three-strand braid with a paranda, and adding flowers to the braid as a final touch.

And several pics from a nature shoot from September 2015:

And with just the two sides braids, with the rest loose:

 

(Here the lower length density is slightly photoshopped in this pic because the ends came out really clumply and stringy because of the braid, and I tried to make it look a bit more like my hair's non-stringy state xD. Length is real xD):

I'll probably be doing a couple of video tutorials for my Lúthien styles soon-ish :)!

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