A lot of people make buns when their hair is wet. I’ve tried this and it looks nice but it doesn’t work for me for several reasons:
- My hair is very thick and takes fo-evah to dry. My hair will remain damp for days in a bun.
- Wet hair makes my scalp itch
- I will sometimes notice breakage
You’ve probably seen me do quite a few buns with my twist outs. That works fine, but sometimes I just want to have a bun without having to put in twists. Banding seemed liked the perfect solution.
The only problem is that it’s hard to smooth the hair back into a bun after it’s been banded (at least for my coarse hair, it is). I can never get the edges to look quite right.
I wish I could just put my hair in a pony and then band it, but this still takes a long time to dry. So I came up with this method, using smaller banded sections. Sorry for the lame music, I’m trying to stop using copyrighted music in my videos.
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Thanks for sharing, rated it too.
Great video! I definitely can see how that would help your hair dry faster. Great technique! Love the picture of your banded bun.
Nice vid! My hair also takes about a day and half to completely dry.
Nice! I airdry my hair in banded ponytails often and I love how much stretched out my natural hair (I’m still transitioning) is when it’s dry. I’m definitely sticking to this when I’m all natural.
My hair’s actually in 2 banded ponytails right now… I cowashed this morning.
That’s really pretty! I look forward to getting back to bunning length in the next several months.