Creating a classical hair bun for ballet is an essential part of any dancer’s performance. A neat, uniform bun gives a dancer the confidence to perform their best and ensures that their hair doesn’t distract from the beauty of their movements.
Additionally, a well-crafted bun will keep one’s hair in place throughout practice and performance. With the right materials and a little patience, anyone can master the art of creating a perfect ballet bun.
1) Gather Materials
The first step in creating a ballet bun is to gather all of your necessary supplies. For this style, you will need a few hair elastics, bobby pins, hairspray, and either a donut or sock (for those with shorter hair). If you have long enough hair (shoulder-length or longer), neither the donut nor sock is necessary.
2) Prep Your Hair
Once you have all of your materials ready, you can begin prepping your hair for the actual styling process. Start by brushing out any tangles from your hair with a soft bristle brush or comb.
Then use your fingers to section off the top half of your head from the bottom half and clip it up for now. It is important to note that if you are using either the donut or sock for support, you should incorporate this into this step before clipping up the top half of your hair.
3) Create Your Base Bun
Now it’s time to create your base bun! Start by taking down the bottom section of your hair and gathering it into a ponytail at the back of your head.
Make sure that it isn’t too tight so that it won’t give you any headaches during practice or performance! Secure it with an elastic band. Depending on how much volume you want in your finished look, you can leave some of your ends out in order to create more fullness when wrapping around the base bun later on. If using either the sock or donut for support, slide them onto your ponytail before beginning to wrap it around itself into a bun shape. For those not using either item, begin wrapping around itself now until it creates an even shape around its circumference.
Secure with bobby pins as needed until secure and no stray hairs are sticking out.
If desired, spray some hairspray onto both hands and lightly run them over the finished product in order to add light hold while keeping flyaways away.
4) Add Finishing Touches
At this point, both those using additional items for support as well as those without should be done! For those who used additional items such as donuts or socks for added volume/support at their base buns: remove these items now and smooth down flyaways with either hands sprayed with hairspray or just some extra bobby pins as needed.
For those without additional items: , feel free to add extra pins to ensure everything stays in place if desired!
Conclusion:
Creating a classical ballet bun may take some practice and patience but is not impossible once you know what supplies are necessary and what steps are involved in prepping & styling one’s hair into this classic look.
Gather all necessary materials such as elastics, bobby pins, hairspray & either a donut/sock (if applicable); prep one’s hair by brushing out tangles & sectioning off top half; create base bun – secure with elastic & wrap around itself; add finishing touches such as smoothing down flyaways & securing with pins; et voila – perfect classical ballet bun.