HairDo's: Easy Braided Bun Style

This braided bun style is perfect for summertime! It gets your hair up off your neck and away from around your face, its very loose and flowy so its okay if it falls out a little and its just so cute and easy! I'll take things step by step and you'll see how easy it really is.

Start with your hair however you like. Mine was a little crazy this day.

Section off the hair from a bit behind your ear. Clip it so its out of the way.

Take a section of hair from the very front and do an inside out french braid, adding pieces from the top and bottom and working your way down towards the back of your head. Keep it close to your head and guide it so it goes towards the back.

See how its braided almost over my ear? Continue braiding regularly once you can't french braid and then tie off the end. You can also do just a regular french braid if you can't do the inside out one but I think this one looks cooler.

Now take another section of hair, this one smaller and do a french braid the same way you did the other one.

Braid it all the way down and secure it with a bobby pin or an elastic.

Now on the other side of your head braid a tiny little baby braid, just regularly. Secure that one as well.

Gather all your hair loosely to the side that you did the two braids on and put it in a ponytail. Keep it as loose and messy as you can. If you have very fine or thin hair I'd say go crazy with teasing it first.

Take your first, larger braid and pull at it to make it bigger. Don't worry about it being messy, the messier the better! If some of the hair falls out of the braid just use a bobby pin to pin it into place. Next, pin both of the braids into the ponytail. This part you do want to be tight and secure against your head.

Now gather the ponytail into a bun and secure it with another elastic or bobby pins, or both! I used both. Keep it messy, keep it loose. I pulled mine and messed around with it for a bit to get the look I wanted. You should end up with something like this:

Pin the little braid from the other side and pull out random pieces of hair around your face. Then attack the whole masterpiece with hairspray!

If this is a bit too "done" for you I have a second option!

Instead of two braids in the front just do one and take out the little baby braid on the other side. This is a bit more casual if you don't want it to look like you really did your hair. Plus its easier because its only one braid instead of three!

Let me know if you try this style out!