The Amazing Sock-Bun :)

 I get tired of having straight hair, sometimes. Actually, my hair isn't entirely straight--it's like....wavy-gone-limp. ;) With the slightest bit of encouragement it will curl and wave very nicely, so I often like to pin my hair up in the morning, wear it up all day, and let it down at night, if I'm going somewhere. (Don't get me started on how guilty I feel when I use a curling iron...I can hear the voice of my hair shrieking at me as the iron clamps down and they frizzle to death. ;)
But there is one problem. Often times I don't have the margin in my morning to spend a long time pinning up my hair--it's not that thick, but there's lots of it. But recently I came across a fabulous help. It literally takes five minutes or less.

Enter the Miraculous Sock-Bun. :) 

It might just be my new best-friend. ;) 

First you take an old, unwanted, clean sock. Cut off the toe.

Oh bother. It's flipped.

Then roll the sock up as if you were pairing it up with another one, and make a doughnut.

 Dampen your hair, then put your hair in a high pony-tail, on the top or very-slightly-back of your head.

Stick the end of the ponytail through the doughnut, and slide it down just a little bit.

Begin tucking the ends of the hair evenly over the doughnut, and pushing them under.

Begin rolling your the doughnut and your hair, spreading your hair evenly over the doughnut as you roll. 

This is a lot easier than it looks.

Pin the finished bun onto your head with a couple of hair pins. 

You can add a pretty headband or ribbon.

 And suddenly you have a bit of an Audrey Hepburn style! :D 

After the morning and afternoon (or overnight, depending on when you set your hair) unroll the bun and take the doughnut out. Sorry for the quality--my room is on the back of our house and the evening sun doesn't come in at all.

 

You could leave your hair in a pony-tail...this is really cute also. :)

 

But I take it down all the way.

You can pull it back in a clip, or use it as the base for any style that needs wavy-curly hair. I love this Sock-Bun method because it looks really cute in the process as well as at the end! :) Try it and tell me how it works.