Lattice-work Bun

Hi everybody,

My last post about the 3D pull-through braid has to be one of my all-time favorite looks!  I can't wait to do this hairstyle again.  But it's hard to wear my hair down or in a braid EVERY day, so today I criss-crossed my hair over and around different hairclips until I came up with this look.  It looked almost like a patchwork quilt, I thought :-)  But "lattice-work bun" was a prettier title.

Figure 8 Buns

Hi everybody,

I tried a new hairstyle idea today and loved it!  First I made a small bun with the top section of hair close to my bangs.  I left the tail long and added it into another bun made with the middle section of hair.  Finally I added all the left-over hair from the nape of my neck, but instead of making a third bun I wrapped that hair around the top two buns in a figure-8 fashion.  It's lasted all day long and is extra nice because it keeps all my hair up and off my neck~ so much more comfortable on hot summer days like today!

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Wimsey wanted his picture taken, too~ he hopped up on the chair to wait his turn :-)

Braided Figure 8 buns~ another Taekwondo hairstyle

Hello everybody,

Yesterday was the Taekwondo competition for our students~ everybody had a fun time!

That morning I had braided my hair in random English braids, from the top of my head near my bangs to about the level behind my ears. I divided the braids and my remaining unbraided hair into two low pig-tails. Then I braided the extra hair in the first ponytail into one English braid, and the three braids into another English braid. I did the same for the second ponytail (although this ponytail had four braids, so I added one of the smaller braids to my single English braid).

In each ponytail, I wrapped one of the braids up into a bun. Then I took the extra braid from one side and wrapped it around the two buns in a figure-8 fashion. I took the extra braid from the other side and did the same thing. 

A little funky, but a fun recreation hairstyle :-)

(I'm wearing the Taekwondo Peace Corps shirt that my friend from Korea gave me. Wimsey got in on the hair pictures, as you can see.)

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Figure 8 Braided Buns~ my look for today

Well...actually my look for yesterday...but I'm only getting around to posting the pictures today.

Yesterday I tried to do the figure 8 braided buns~ first I pinned the top part of my hair to add volume, then I put the lower part into two ponytails. I braided the hair in my two ponytails, and wrapped the first one up into a braided bun but left the last foot of hair out of the bun. I made the next braided bun and did the same thing. Then I took the left-over braid from one side and wrapped it around the opposite bun, and visa versa. That was as close as I could come to imitating a look I've seen in pictures on the internet of the figure 8 braided buns.

Here are my pictures:

Thank you for looking! I hope you have a good day, wherever in the world you are. It's so much fun to share pictures with friends like you.