
Once hair is slightly pulled out, place your fingers into the hair and spray with a good hairspray for long-lasting hold and style. This will give hair a slight lift and give it a gorgeous texture. Once you’ve pulled your hair up into a position that feels comfortable (no pulling anywhere), you can take your fingertips and gently pull the hair across the front area of your scalp slightly out of the ponytail.

How high you choose to wear it is really up to you, but just remember that high buns are very trendy right now, so you really can’t go wrong. Next, pull all of your hair up into a high ponytail. From there you can give your hair soft waves or use a flatiron to make hair straight, if that is what you desire. Would you like a straight bun or perhaps some waves or even curls? Once you’ve decided, apply a heat protector and blow dry hair. The first thing to consider when styling a messy bun is your hair’s texture. This season, we have plenty of messy style bun variations that are utterly gorgeous and easy to try on your long hair. Messy buns will never go out of style and rightfully so. You can do one of these braids on each side and join them in the back of the head, or you could even do a double waterfall braid.The best way to show off your hair volume is with a messy bun for long hair. This style was simply to show you my daughter’s technique, but you could finish the style off in countless ways. If you use bigger sections to braid, that will also help. We did the braid rather tight, and so it almost resembled a plain waterfall twist, but by pulling on the edges and pancaking it a bit, you were able to see the braid a bit more. Step 13 – If desired, gently pull on edges of the braid to pancake it a bit so the braid can be seen a bit more We braided until we reached the middle of the back of the head & secured it with a clear elastic.
#WATERFALL BRAID INTO A BUN FULL#
Step 7 – Then make 1 full rotation of the braid, bringing the top or right section over the middle section, and then the bottom or left section over the middle section Step 8 – Again place the top or right section of the braid between your left hand’s index & middle finger Step 9 – Grab a small amount of hair above the braid and draw it over the hair your left index & middle finger are holding Step 10 – As before, pass that section of hair under the middle section of the braid and over the bottom section of the braid Step 11 – Make another full rotation of the braid, bringing the top or right section over the middle section, and then the bottom or left section over the middle section Step 12 – Continue this same pattern as much as desired. Step 1 – Make a part off-center on the right side of the head Step 2 – Divide out a small section of hair near the left temple and divide it into 3 even sections Step 3 – Make a few full rotations or stitches of a regular 3 strand braid Step 4 – Once you have plaited a few stitches, place the top or right section of the braid between your left hand’s index & middle finger Step 5 – Grab a small amount of hair above the braid and draw it over the hair your left index & middle finger are holding Step 6 – Pass that section of hair that you just grabbed and under the middle section of the braid and over the bottom section of the braidīy bringing that section of hair over and under like that, it weaves it through the braid and will be hanging down below the braid. She creates a waterfall braid differently than I do, so we thought we’d share her way of doing it in the hopes of helping some of you that may find waterfall braids a bit hard. This is actually a technique my 14 year old came up with. It was a riot to see them all connected walking outside!Īnd here’s the fun pic with them outside! We had so much fun! We then had them walk outside for a pic with the lake in the distance. One afternoon my niece started braiding a few of the cousin’s together in a braid train, then she had me add her on to the end (she’s in the red on the right) and then add her sister to the other end.

We had a great time at Bear Lake, despite the water being chilly! Before I get to our tutorial today I thought we’d share a few pics from our fun! French braids were are “go-to” style so we didn’t have to worry about sunscreening parts in their hair. And of course, if you don’t, we’d love it if you follow us on Instagramand if you follow us on Facebookas well! If you follow us on Instagram or Facebook, we shared some of these fun pics from our stay up at the lake.

This month has been full of family from out of town staying with us and a family reunion at Bear Lake. Sorry for not having a new hairstyle posted for you last week.
