How to Style Your Hair into a Messy Bun
This is no schoolmarm style. You'll instantly look chic with a messy bun.
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You Will Need
- Hair that hasn’t been washed for 24 hours
- A brush
- Bobby pins in the color of your hair
- Hair spray
- Dry shampoo or hair mousse (optional)
- An elastic band (optional)
Steps
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Step 1
Start with day-old hair
A messy bun tends to come undone if your hair is freshly washed, so try this trick on a no-shampoo day.
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Spraying hair with a dry shampoo, or adding some mousse and then blow-drying it, will give your hair the manageability of unwashed locks.
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Step 2
Brush your hair back
Brush your hair to the back of your head and gather it into a ponytail in your hands.
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Step 3
Twist the hair
Twist the ponytail around its own center, forming a loose bun.
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Step 4
Anchor the bun
Anchor the bun with bobby pins in the same color as your hair, letting a few stray pieces slip out.
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For a really easy bun, gather hair into a ponytail, wrap an elastic band around it, twist the band, and then pull the tail partially through the second loop. Fan the ends out.
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Step 5
Spray it
Spritz the bun with hair spray.
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Step 6
Create wisps
Gently pull a few face-framing pieces out of the bun.
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Princess Leia’s famous hair buns in the movie Star Wars were influenced by hairstyles of the Hopi Indians.
