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Messy Bun
A loosely gathered bun sitting mid to high on the head, deliberately uneven, with soft pieces left out at the temples.
Try Messy Bun on your own photo. Free to download, iPhone, iOS 15.1 or later.
Both renders are HairGlam output. In the app the style lands on your photo instead.
Hair is pulled into a ponytail, twisted or looped through itself, then pinned so the ends fan out rather than tuck away. The looseness is built in after the fact: strands are pulled free at the hairline and nape once the pins are set, and the crown is tugged upward for height. Second-day hair with a little grit holds it far better than freshly washed hair, which slides straight out of the pins.
- Suitsoval, round, square, heart face shapes. Height at the crown adds a vertical line that offsets width across a round or square face, while the loose temple pieces break up a wide forehead on a heart shape.
- Hair typefine, medium density, thick, wavy. Grip matters more than density, so unwashed or texture-sprayed hair holds the pins, and fine hair can fake bulk because the shape is supposed to look uneven anyway.
- UpkeepTrims on a ten to twelve week cycle stop the ends fraying inside the knot, and day to day it is an elastic, two pins and about two minutes.
- Ask forTell your stylist to keep the ends blunt through the length and cut face-framing pieces to cheekbone level so they fall out cleanly once the bun is pinned.
Does it suit your face?
A photo of Messy Bun on someone else cannot answer that. Render it on your own face and you will know in a few seconds.
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Every style in this catalog renders onto a photo of you, so you are judging your own face shape and coloring rather than a model's.
Free to download. iPhone, iOS 15.1 or later.