My hair is now finally long enough to start to play around with different styles. This one is inspired by a piece about Cameron Diaz's hair in November's In Style at the Knight and Day premier in Barcelona. Cameron's hair was styled into a side bun, so I attempted to recreate the look myself.
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| Picture Source - from The Huffington Post (of all places!) |
I started with my hair naturally dried, with no straightening, as it is naturally big (too big if you ask me). I then pulled it into a loose side ponytail at one side of the nape of my neck.
I lightly back-combed the ponytail, but not too much, and then used hair pins to tuck over some of the ends of the ponytail to create the bun look. I kept it messy, as I was looking for an effortless look. In the In Style article, Cameron's hairstylist says that they wanted her hair to look like a flower, so they twisted the end of the ponytail round back on itself, and pinned that up. My hair wasn't long enough to do this, so I improvised.
It only took me a couple of minutes to do and I was quite pleased with the result! Nothing like Cameron's and far more messy, but my own twist on the look. I got a couple of compliments, so I was happy! It's really hard to photograph the back of your head, so sorry about the pics!
Thanks for reading. xx
Oh I love a bit of side bun action! It's simple, chic and laid back. It looks lovely on you!
ReplyDeleteLooks great, i must try out a side bun sometime!
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Great pics and it looks fab - somehow it doesn't work on me at all, my hair is looooooong as in boob length (and no before you ask they aren't down to my knees...yet!) but I think any sort of bun needs a bit of texture to look any sense and I find I just overwork it a bit too much. Nice post thoough, more of the same please. Jan x
ReplyDeleteIt looks lovely, it's a beautiful up do, have you tried it with a bun ring? they are really easy to use x
ReplyDeleteLooks lovely x
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ReplyDelete@Jan - have you tried a salt spray to add texture?
@The Beautiful Blog - I've not tried a bun ring - might have to look out for one of them!
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Hellooo;)
ReplyDeleteFab hair do!
This is one of my prefered hair styles when wearing my hair up!
I do it mainly as I prefer when some of my hair can be seen from the front.?
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I think you did a great job, I love that you kept it a little messy as it looks more natural. It's such a great style, and simple and pretty. You could always wrap some gold or silver trim into it ( I have seen that in a lot of celeb how to hollywood hair) I will have a go at this. My hair is so long, so will need a can of spray, look forward to the next one xxx
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