Tips and Tricks #1

Try Spin Pins
I don't know about y'all, but I always take pride in trying to have a pretty ballet bun. I especially like experimenting with different parts, braids, and accessories! I might be twenty-two, but I still love to wear a bow in my hair. However, I always struggled to  make a bun strong enough to endure any number of pirouettes in class. Even after stuffing my bun with what felt like 1/2 pound of bobby pins, my hair would still fall out in the middle of class!

Finally I decided to spend a few extra dollars on these crazy looking spiral pins and I am so glad that I did! I bought Goody brand, blonde 'Spin Pins' at Walmart for $3 or $4. Only two pins come in a pack, but after figuring out how best to use the pins, two is really enough! Granted, I still us a few regular bobby pins with the spin pins, but my bun hasn't fallen out once since I tried them! 

So this is generally how I make a quick and easy bun for class:

1. I pull my hair into a tight pony. I like to used 2 elastic bands to hold my hair up because it is pretty long and thick.

2. Twist the pony tail to the end. (not too tight though)

3. I wrap the twisted pony around the elastics to make a cinnamon bun shape.

4. Holding the cinnamon bun shape with one hand, I us the other hand to place a hair net over the bun. 

5. I pull the slack and looseness out of the net and wrap all of the extra tight around the bun. 

6. I put one spin pin at the top of the bun and one at the bottom of the bun. 

7. I use 4 or 5 regular bobby pins around the rest of my bun. 

Finally, if I am feeling particularly fancy, or frizzy, I use hair spray to clean up all the fly away hairs.