Now that my hair is finally getting long enough to put up, I have become a bit addicted to the ballerina bun. I mean, with my obsession with ballet flats, leotards, and pale pink, it makes sense really. Not to mention that the
"off-duty ballerina look" is one of my absolute favorites on lazy days. With the help of my
new favorite little tool (with the most fun name ever: the hair doughnut!) and inspired by yesterday's post, I decided to make a little tutorial for anyone who wants to replicate my look.
Start with slightly dirty hair. I've heard that this method works well with all hair types, but for your reference, mine is pin straight and pretty thin.
Brush it out to ensure that you are able to make a smooth ponytail in the next step.
Pull hair into a high ponytail. To achieve a similar result to mine, I'd say the higher the better, but if you want to make a low bun, position your pony appropriately.
Backcomb your ponytail using a fine-toothed comb, just enough to generate a little volume if your hair is naturally flat.
It should now look a bit 80s...fabulous. Yeah, we'll go with "fabulous." Like this.
Get out your trusty hair doughnut. I got mine at H&M for only $3.95, but you can also find them on
Folica and
Amazon.
Slide the doughnut to the base of your ponytail. Easy.
Tilt your head forward and make sure that your hair is equally distributed around the doughnut. Then, wrap an elastic around the hair-covered doughnut. (Sorry, that sounds extremely gross.)
See all of those pieces sticking on in the last shot? Twist each of them around the outside of the bun and pin with bobby pins.
Once all of the pieces are secured, your bun should look like this.
I like this. I like it a lot. But, it might need just a little pizzazz. It's a bird, it's a plane, wait, no..
...silk scarf to the rescue!
Wabam. I'm fancy now, you say? Why, thank you! Questions? As always, email me at papergarland@gmail.com.
xoxo,
Paloma