Half Up High Bun

The dividing line runs roughly temple to temple, or from the top of each ear if you want a bigger knot, and everything above it goes up. The lower half is left exactly as it falls, so the same style looks entirely different depending on whether that length is straight, waved or curled. Because only a fraction of the hair is gathered, the knot is small and needs an elastic plus a pin or two to sit tight.

• Suitsoval, round, square face shapes. Lifting the crown adds height above a round or square face while the length left down runs a soft vertical line past the jaw on either side.
• Hair typefine, medium density, thick, wavy. Fine hair gains from it, because the knot supplies height the length cannot hold on its own, while very thick hair should take a smaller top section or the bun overbalances.
• UpkeepTrim the ends every ten to twelve weeks since half the length stays on show, and the knot itself goes up in under a minute.
• Ask forAsk for layers that start below the chin so the top section is long enough to knot cleanly without short pieces dropping out.

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