This is a style I wore for a concert outing back in 2016, with a side French braid and my one-coil variation of a hairstick bunwhich is typically called the 'Chinese bun' in hair forums (not
because of the hairstick per se, I don't think, as there are many buns
and updos that involve hairsticks. But I'm not sure as to what origin
the forum name for the style actually has, and if it's a similar example
to a braid being referred to as 'French' or 'Dutch', or if the origin
is more stereotypical in nature :S Just in case, I now tend to call this
a one-coil 'hairstick bun' in a more neutral way).
For this one-coilbun I used my Hairjems cobalt hairstick with
detachable dangles, using just the short detachable dangle around the
bun, as well as a star hairpin I got during a 2012 trip to Vienna.
YouTube tutorial will come sometime in the future, for now here's a couple of clips showing the style:
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Long Hair Community Winter Swap time 😄! This week I got this amazing hair-and-fandom-centric box from fellow member neko_kawaii 😍😄💙
I love it all, and she made most of it, too 👌💙! There’s some
chocolate 🍫; a book I'm really excited to read; a grey paranda and hand-woven thin scarf inspired by Crowley's necktie from Good Omens (I'm 100% hyped with this fandom since June xD ❤️); some lovely finishing pins and an amazing hairstick of Aziraphale's Flaming Sword 😍 (more Good Omens goodies! I absolutely love that hairstick and it made my day 😄👌💙); and, last but not least, a gorgeous Doctor Who-themed tote bag she made and embroidered with one of out favourite River Song quotes 😍💙
xDD
And here come some action shots of the paranda, hairstick and pins with a cinnamon bun and braided updo, as well as some non-hair action shots of Crowley's necktie 😄
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I really like the look of a side braid paired with a braided bun. I usually go for either a plain 3-strand or a lace braid, and often favour the look of just one side braid when I lace braid (and often go for the two when doing 3-strands).
For this style I used:
-Comb and brush as needed.
-Aloe vera gel as light fixator and flyaway-tamer when braiding and bunning (optional gel and/or finishing fixing spray as needed)
-A metal-free elastic for the ponytail
-Open pins for the side braid and/or bun. Bun pins (hairsticks, forks or spin pins can also be used).
-Paranda for the braid
Steps:
1) Separate a section of the hair at one side (I usually choose the right side) and lace braid it. I use aloe vera gel to help make the braiding easier and smoother. Secure the braid to the side with open pins as needed.
2) Pull the rest of the hair into a high ponytail (I go for medium height). Add the side braids before securing it with a metal-free elastic.
3) Braid the ponytail, with a paranda for added volume (tutorial here).
4) Coil the braid around the base of the elastic to create a braided bun, and secure with bun pins (or sticks/fork/spin pins), with additional open pins as needed.
5) Final touches: I use a couple of open bun pics to polish some flyaways at the nape and add more aloe vera gel/a bit of hairspray to set the style and potential flyaways.
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One of my hair staples for more than a year has been Janet Stephens' knotted Valkyrie ponytail, a historical style inspired by Scandinavian depictions of Valkyries:
This length-shortening updo/half-updo is pretty easy
and fast to do, and very comfortable to wear. I've been wearing the
standard Valkyrie ponytail and my braided variation (either three-strand
or rope-braid) as a weekly staple for more than a year now 😃. A recorded tutorial of my own version of Janet Stephens' video will be coming soon, but in the meantime here are some written
instructions as usual, as well as the (ample) pic gallery 😃 xD
For this style I used:
-Comb and/or brush as needed.
-A metal-free elastic for the initial ponytail
-Hairstick
-Open pins for final touches
Steps:
-With the help of some aloe vera gel as a light fixator to control flyaways and static, I comb the hair into a high ponytail, using a metal-free elastic. Mid-height is my preference, but you can do a higher or lower ponytail according to your personal taste.
You can also do this knotted ponytail without any elastic, as shown in Janet Stephens' video above, but I often use elastics for more than one updo because my hair is very fine-textured and slippery, and that combination generally means absolutely no hold on its own 😅, so I need to have an elastic as a base for the whole updo to stay put in a secure way. Because there's no way my hair wants to hold a knot on its own without the knot slipping down the hair in two seconds, no matter how long the length is xD
-Now comes the knot - Which I do similarly to Janet Stephens' video, but also differently, given that I use an elastic as a base and am also left-handed: What I do is twist the hair counter-clockwise around the base of the ponytail, as if I were doing a cinnamon bun. The knot comes from sliding the hair through the loop and tightening it by pulling against the base of the ponytail, similarly to the self-dressing part of Stephens' tutorial.
-As exemplified in Janet Stephens' video, the knot can be enough to hold the hair, depending on your hairtype and length. In my case my hair is very long, similarly to the first model in the video, but while hers is thicker and of less fine texture, mine is extremely slippery, so the knot slips out of shape immediately even with the elastic base. To remedy this, I further secure the knot using a hairstick (Janet Stephens's tutorial uses a bodkin/hairstick for her shorter-haired model). This also
looks nice in a decorative way, and it's additionally functional apart from securing the knot, as it also ensures that the hanging braid stays out of the way in a
comfortable way.
-I also tend to use a couple of open bun pics to polish some flyaways at the nape.
-Finally, I add some more aloe vera gel (or the fixator of your choice) to set the style and smooth flyaways, and it's done!
Final rec on this style: My very fine-textured, straight hair needs both the elastic base and the hairstick for this style to work all day long. Every head of hair is different, so, depending on length, texture (curlier hairtypes would generally hold the knot better on their own), density, fineness/coarseness of the hair strands, and hairtype in general, your hair will be able to hold the knot on its own or not, and you may need either the elastic base or the hairstick, or both or neither. Just experiment to see which option works best 😃!
Picture gallery (2018-, updated from time to time):
-With side braids:
-As a cosplay style:
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