Finding time in your daily routine to style your hair is hard - regardless of if you are a student, a parent, a young professional or anything in between. If you have medium to long hair, styling your hair can take anywhere from 5 minutes to an hour or even longer. Having a hair style that works with required dress codes, or that is age appropriate, is sometimes hard to attain - especially with a time limit. So what is a girl to do?
A new hairstyle sweeping the internet is called The Sock Bun - it is a bun, that once slept on, produces fantastic no-heat curls. It takes about 5 minutes at night, and 2-3 in the morning, all while not damaging your hair with heat styling tools. All that is needed is a new sock, a firm hold hairspray, and a brush.
Steps to Creating the Sock Bun
- Find a clean sock!
- Cut off the toe of the sock - so you are left with a tube. Roll the sock in on itself until you create a donut shape. If you have thicker or longer hair, use a thicker sock. Subsequently, if you have thinner or medium length hair, use a thinner sock (such as a dress sock).
- Brush out your hair with a comb, or brush, beginning with the bottom layers. Ensure that there are no tangles and remember to be gentle with you hair - harsh brushing can cause breakage and split ends.
- Spray your hair with a firm hold hair spay, remembering to focus on the middle and lower half of your hair. Avoid spraying hair spray directly on your roots.
- Brush your hair back and pull it up into a pony tail. Aim to have the pony tail sit a bit higher up near the crown of your head. You are going to have to sleep with this bun in your hair, so the higher up on your head the ponytail is, the easier if will be for you to sleep. Secure your ponytail with a hair elastic.
- Spray your ponytail with hair spray (or water in a spray bottle) again.
- Holding the ponytail straight above your head, put the end of the ponytail through the middle of your sock. Slide the sock down your ponytail about 2 inches - so the ends of the ponytail are hanging over the sock. Spread the ends evenly around the sock - it should almost cover the sock completely.
- Tuck the ends of your hair under the sock and roll it outwards. As you roll the sock outwards, more and more of your hair will be wrapped around the sock. Your hair should be fed up through the hold of the sock, and then be wrapped around it as you role the sock down your pony tail.
- Continue rolling until you have a bun. At this point, depending how good you get at making the sock bun - it does make for a great style to wear out, so long as all of the sock is covered by your hair. If you wish to have curls, continue on.
- Go to sleep! Sleep with the Sock Bun in your hair.
- In the morning, remove the sock and undo the ponytail. You should be left with great no-heat curls. For best results, give your curls a quick spray with hair spray to ensure the curls stay all day.
There are many videos found on YouTube that give step by step video instructions for this hair style.
Jamie Anne Vaughan - Fourth year Queen's University student, born and raised in Toronto, Canada. Working towards a BAH in Film & Media, with a minor in ...
