Messy bun help!:)?

Ok I've looked at a bunch of similar questions but I still dont get it! lol what i have been doing is putting my hair in a pony tail and then like you make a bun leave some out then I wrap the ends around and tuck it into the elastic band. It looks good but it looks too neat! even when I pull out random bits. I have hair that is about down to the middle of my back its thick too got any ideas please help!

Messy bun help!:)?

My sister has long thick hair and what she does is put it in a ponytail and pull it halfway through so you have a loop of hair . then she takes pieces of it and twists them and pins them around the ponytail. It always looks nice on her!

Messy bun help!:)?

Put hair in loose ponytail then put in bun pull and you got P.S. you'll need bobby pins!

Messy bun help!:)?

Scrunch some curl activating mousse in your hair, and pull it back into a ponytail. Then Twirl it around so it looks messy and put a hair band on it (making a bun) and twirl the stray strands around your fingers to give them some wispy wave.

The mousse helps give it some texture so you can make it perfectly messy! Hope that helps.

Messy bun help!:)?

the point of a messy bun is to not try so hard. i wear it all the time to go to sports practices and stuff. i put my head upside down and just make it messy and make a bun. no ponytails then buns. just wrapping hair inbetween your fingers through the hair tie

Messy bun help!:)?

this is probably confusing, but this is what i do....i go like im making a ponytail, but instead of pulling all the hair through i pull about half and then wrap it around once, but make sure to be sloppy when im doing it

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comes out like that, generally

Messy bun help!:)?

I have thick hair that is down to the middle of my back as well. I have found a giant hair clip and do a messy bun with that. Because the giant hair clips don't fit, it tends to fall out naturally and is messy anyhow.

Also, how do you "prep" your hair before doing the bun? My hair is sorta' frizzy by nature (and due to genes); I spritz it with water and spray gel and do the messy bun. Maybe if you did something different with your hair before putting it up it might look more messy.

Good luck!