How To: Create the Perfect Ballet Bun

1. The secret to any great bun is to start with a great ponytail! Get your hair straight and even, brushing it firmly to a ponytail. A little gel can help smooth things out and make it nice and tidy. Then use a tail comb to remove any bumps.
2. Secure the ponytail with an elastic, the same colour as hair to ensure it won't be seen. Lightly twist the ponytail to help hold it together as you wrap it around the base of the ponytail.
3. Follow the direction you twisted your hair for a neat, tight bun. if you twisted clockwise, wrap clockwise. As you wrap secure with ripple pins as you go. This will also hold the bun to the head, very important! Then place extra bun pins evenly around the bun. 
4. To keep the bun tidy and stop hair falling, secure the bun with a hair net. Then place a few more bun pins into the bun to secure the hair net. Finish off with hairspray to ensure there is no fly away hairs especially at the sides and fringe.

Using a bun donut:

1. Get your hair straight and even, brushing it straight back as if you were putting it into a ponytail. A little gel can help smooth things out and make it nice and tidy. Then use a comb or brush to remove the bumps.
2. Secure the ponytail with an elastic then Place a bun donut over the top of the pony tail.
3. Spread the hair over the bun donut ensuring that you are unable to see the bun maker.
4. Place an elastic over the hair to ensure the hair is firm against the bun maker. you will have an excess of hair depending on the length.
5. Wrap the excess hair around the bun, then secure with a hair net.
6. Once the bun net is wrapped around the bun, secure bun pins into the bun to secure the net.

Using a magic bun maker:

1. Get your hair straight and even, brushing it straight back as if you were putting it into a ponytail. A little gel can help smooth things out and make it nice and tidy. Then use a comb or brush to remove the bumps.
2. Secure the ponytail with an elastic . Place a magic bun maker at the end of the pony tail and flip a short section of hair upwards, this is to ensure even distribution of hair.
3. Roll the bun maker in an upwards direction, keep the hair firm and tight against the bun maker.
4. 'Snap' the bun maker into the circle and secure hair with bun pins.
5. Place bun net over hair to ensure the bun is neat and secure.
6. Finally, Once the bun net is wrapped around the bun, secure with bun pins and spray hair with hairspray.

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