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I may need to hide my hair from a certain elder who is impossible to reason with... I forgot how to tie a bun however...
Well, it's hard to explain, but you can check on Gollan's site on how to make a bee-butt bun. I dunno if your hair is long enough yet tough =S I can't do it really easily yet as well so =S
But I wish you good luck!
See ya!
A simple way to "hide" your hair is to put it in a ponytail and then to bring the tail of the ponytail back under the hair tie, so it creates a smooth sort of ball. This looks sort of like a bun.
Peace
I don't actually wear a bun, but I have played around with trying it.
The way I got it to work was to twist all my hair along it's length, and then after that wrap it 'round and 'round itself in a spiral without letting it untwist, and tuck the end in. Braiding first also works instead of twisting, but takes longer and looks different. As for securing it in place when you're done, that's the part I don't have figured out yet.
My hair is quite fine and thin, so it goes into a very small space if I do this, even though the end of the natural 'V' shape reaches my waist, but it depends what type of hair you have. My hair almost dissapears, but if your hair is thick and/or coarse it can still come out quite big.
Also, if you are trying to hide your hair, then securing it with hairsticks or a butterfly clip would be out (I'm not sure I would want something really obtrusive like that anyway). That leaves hairpins, or my wife even secures hers with a ponytail band. I'm not sure how that works.
I'd guess some kind of hat would be necessary too. Obviously not one of those cheap baseball hats with a gap at the back! ... and what if this elder expects you to remove your hat out of respect/because you are indoors?