Back in a bun...

Over the weekend the hubby and I hosted a couples game night. Most of the night was spent playing MJ Experience and as a result of all those wrist flicking movements - my wrist hurts. Of course I would do this to myself before hair wash & style day.

To give my wrist a break and decided to do a quick and easy bun. Also with doing this bun I decided to utilized Chicoro's Method of sealing to lock in some moisture for a few days.

The bun was inspired by this look worn by actress Nia Long:

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Nia Long's part is off center but I preferred a center part this time.

The cornrows in the front are not tight at all l- after applying all the product my hair laid down very easily.

Steps followed:

• Shampooed with Giovanni SAS Shampoo
• Conditioned with Giovanni SAS Conditioner
• Applied (layers according to Chicoro's Method) leave-in conditioner, Castor/Olive oil mix, and SheaMoisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie (SMCES) to front sections to be cornrowed.
• After cornrowing the front section, applied leave-in conditioner, Castor/Olive oil mix, and SheaMoisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie
• For the bun the SMCES was applied to each section of hair before 2-strand twisting. The bun is made up of about five 2-strand twists.

Sunday Style to Protective Style

I left the cornrows in place from yesterday and bunned the lose hair. Quick, simple, and easy!

I prefer to bun on wet hair. To prep my hair I applied a leave-in conditioner and sealed with a hair butter. Bunning this way helps my hair stay moisturized for 2-3 days depending on how warm it is outside. Since we are about to start the Fall season in the 90s my bun will be dry in about 2 days. Then I will take the bun down, cowash, and re-bun until the weekend.

Skin issue:

You may be able to tell by the last few posts that my skin is looking ROUGH. I have been extremely stressed lately (I won't go into detail) and my skin is showing every bit of the stress. It was worse than it is in the pics above but I have have been washing with Dr. Bronner's Tea Tree castile soap and I can tell a huge difference already. Surprisingly it does not dry out my skin. I am liking it more and more each day. All I need is to relax but until things calm down I gotta make due...

Bun Tutorial

Some geographic areas are cooling down faster than others so there are some of us that are already implementing our Fall/Winter hair regimens. I have not started my Fall/Winter hair regimen yet - it was 80° today :) however the humidity and the dew points are dropping so I will be starting soon.

Many Fall/Winter hair regimens consist of protective styles and last year my favorite protective style became the bun. This is how I do my buns:

To change it up (and prevent breakage) I like to move the position of the bun or include some cornrows in the front.

Happy bunning!

High Bun

Yesterday was such a bad hair day that I had to go home after work and do something about it.

After attempting to participate in a 6 week long twist challenge I opted to go back to bunning. For some reason wearing twists for an extended amount of time is not good for my ends unless I am going to immediately style them and keep them in an updo. My ends get too curly and although it looks good - it's bad for my hair. I noticed this back in January also when I was wearing two strand twists. Another lesson learned.

It looks like I will soon have to trim about 1/2 inch all over due to single strand knots and a few splits. I have only seen 2 split ends but the SSKs are everywhere.

Bunning It!

After having my fun with the Jill Scott inspired style I decided to use the style as a starting point for this week's protective style - more buns :)

Sunday Style: Double Side Bun

My style was inspired by one of my many hairoine's the founder of K.I.S.S. Social network, Traycee.

She did this style in May 2008 and I have admired it for months, here is my interpretation:

And yes, she is relaxed. However, she has some awesome hair care tips and regimens. I was able to get on track with my healthy hair journey by reading her blog. I love my hair and I love playing in it but I am still hair lazy. The way that Traycee keeps it simple works great for me.

Sunday's Message:

Provoking the F.O.G.

Matthew 15:21-28

Sometimes we are not in the F.O.G. because the enemy is at work doing all they can to keep us out of the F.O.G. We must direct our anger at the enemy - do what is necessary to provoke the F.O.G. It will not come easy but keep in mind that we tend to cherish things more that we have to work hard to obtain.

1. Come to God real (the woman did not deny who she was)

2. Refuse to be sidetracked by distractions (She did not allow the disciples to distract her focus on Jesus)

3. Never accept your present situation as final (She refuse to take no as an answer-she demonstrated faith)

Bonus point: You can't allow your current situation to determine where God will take you.

Sunday Style: Side Bun

This bun was done on damp hair (Damp bunning) and my ends were still slightly damp yet very soft by the end of the day.

Today message: "Still in the FOG" (favor of God)

It's alright to be in a fog if it is the right fog-the favor of God. Its possible to be in the favor of God and not recognize it because are so used to equating what we are getting(material possessions) with favor. The favor of God ain't about what you get it's about what God keeps from getting you.

(2 Samuel 9:1)

Have a Great Week!!!

Two Strand Twists Bun

I was looking for a new way to wear my twists and decided to try a bun. I didn't think it would work so I was really surprised with the outcome.

This style was so easy and quick. It took probably less than five minutes to put up once I realized what I was doing. I take the bun down at night, moisturize, seal, and wrap. Then in morning up goes the bun.

Ahead of the game?

According to My Pure, buns are in for 2010!

Okay well, I started wearing buns back in Aug 2009 and as soon as I tire of them they are the new "in" thing. Good thing I don't really care about what's in and what's not, LOL

This website also has other interesting articles, I may spend some time on this site.

'Undone textures' will be among natural hair care trends

Use natural haircare to shave the years off

Bunning - model inspired

I don't know what was going on with the back of her hair and I highly doubt that I have enough hair to do it any so....he's what I came up with.

Southern Tease Bun

I attempted the Southern Tease bun on Monday but it didn't work out. However, I did end up with this:

I gave the Southern Tease another try today, it was better. I guess I needed practice.

Buns

Here are a few more bunning options that I did not previously post:

Still keeping my hair off my shoulders to prevent breakage and maintain length.

This Weeks Bun

Inspired by my favorite top model Ms. Eva "the diva" Marcille! I thought this bun was very elegant but simple enough to imitate, so I want to try a natural version.

Buns! Buns and more Buns!

I wasn't going to profile my buns but after I realized finding different ways to do a bun can get frustrating, I decided to just post every variation I could come up with this summer. I have been bunning for a few weeks now and here are some of the buns I started with initially:

Yes, the first image is not a bun...but it ended up being one.