Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and as is customary, every year we try to add one more cute and creative hairstyle that you can wear for the occasion. {You can pick your favorite from our Valentine’s Day Hairstyles playlist.}
Today’s tutorial is absolutely adorable, and you can share/pin it <——- here!
A very good friend of mine, whose twin daughters we have used in some of our Disney hairstyles, texted me a photo of a heart bun that she created the other day and wanted me to see it! We loved it so much that we asked her if we could film a tutorial for it… he said that was her intention!
So today, we are going to show you how to create a Love Bun {heart-shaped sock bun}!
What I love about this hairstyle, is how simple it is to create the heart form out of a simple bun maker and a few hair elastics. I would never have thought of that!
So this Love Bun tutorial is dedicated to my friend Jill, one of my best friends and an even better vacationing buddy!
Feel free to tag your own photos of this hairstyle with: #CGHLoveBun
If you know how to make a sock bun, this hairstyle will be easy for you. You can use the bun alone, as I did in CGH#4, or in any number of combinations, including one I show you on CGH#3. You can also do two on top of the head, or incorporate a braid around the base, etc.
We’ve worn this around several times in the past two weeks and had people stopping us everywhere! If you want a comment-getter hairstyle for Valentine’s Day, this is the one!
Enjoy!
Items Needed: Brush, rat-tail comb, spray bottle, 1 bun maker {hair donut}, 4 small hair elastics, 2-3 hair bands, 6-8 bobby pins, hairspray and accessory {if desired}.
Time Requirement: 5-8 minutes
Skill Level: Medium
Step-by-Step Instructions:
- Begin by modifying your bun maker…
- Take a standard bun maker, and pinch the bottom of it together until it creates a point, and then place two hair elastics over it to keep the bottom squished together holding that shape…
- Now pinch together the top left side of the bun maker and slide two more hair elastics of it, and do the same on the right side {this will create the “M”-shaped divot at the top of the heart, now leaving you with a more triangular-shaped bun maker instead of a donut}….
- Next, create a ponytail on the back of the head and secure it with a hairband…
- Now take the modified bun maker, and slide it onto the ponytail holder and against the base of the head…
- Then, have your daughter tip her head down and let the hair fall evenly over the bun maker…
- Once you have the hair evenly spaced, take a hair band {you may need to use two hair bands} and slide it over the bun {it should cinch down enough to hide thebun makercompletely with hair, pullingthehair tight against the bun maker and forming aheart-shaped bun}…
- You should still have remaining hair ends sticking out from the bun, so pick up a small section and begin twisting the hair, adding in more hair as you go…/li>
- Continue twisting in hair until you have included all the hair around the base of the bun, and secure with a few bobby pins {you can also use theto create a braid-wrap accent, if you want}…
- To help emphasize the heart shape, gently pull down on the middle hair of the “M” of the heart and secure itwith a bobby pin…
- Next, gently tug on the arches of the heart to make them more full, which will also add more definition of the heart divot.>
- Add hairspray or accessory {if desired}.
I know some of you will ask, but yes, you could carefully wrap the head in an old towel and spray the heart red with temporary color {adding a spritz of glitter spray as an accent}.
Please feel free to leave me a comment below letting us know what you think of Valentine’s Day Love Bun idea! Of the two ideas shown in the video, which was your favorite?
If you love the look of this hairstyle, please help us by sharing it on YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc! I have a feeling that this video will go viral with your help if you send it to as many friends as you can! The Love Bun is simply too adorable to keep a secret!
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Happy early Valentine’s Day!
A week ago, Brooklyn had her braces taken off and filmed it all for their BrooklyAndBailey YouTube channel. You can see the process, before and after, including her reaction by clicking below…
