Hello all, I was playing around with my hair yesterday and came up with the idea of double figure 8 buns. It's sort of like a cross between the flamenco and a figure 8.

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p15/pawnofhearts/Hair_photos/double8sticks.jpg

Very cool and creative.  This would work great for people with really thick hair that have a hard time getting all their hair to stay in a single bun or figure eight.

How cute!!!  I'd love to be able to do the double figure 8 and use my large red rose hairclips and some hairsticks for decoration!!!

*looks off dreamily, imagining...*

Nice creativity! ;)

Helloooo, Princess Leia!  ;D

How lucky to have enough hair to create such a style. My hair could never do that.  ;)

;D I'm glad you liked it! I think you could probably do this even before your hair was long enough to do a regular figure 8... splitting the hair into two buns made mine thin enough that I got in an extra wrap... It might even be easier with thinner hair ( I don't know... unfortunately that's never been one of my problems... :-?)

And I think it would be very cute with rose clips, Sakina. If you ever decide to try it, I want pictures!

I think I need to find a new bun.. I've tried so many variations on the 8 now that it's almost rediculous. Next up,  a column of infinities going up my head! well, maybe just 2.  And to think, I was never much of one for trying new styles with my hair before this... braid, down, bun. braid, bun, down. braid, ponytail(!), bun, down. yeah.

OMG, that is so cute!  I'm definitely going to try this, thanks for sharing! :D

Neat!! :D

Very cute! Wow, your hair is so thick, Kiraela! :o :D

adorable!! I love twin buns!  I should do them more often....its hard to part my hair even by myself though!

EDIT* wait a minute!  upon closer inspection of the photo....you have nicely hidden your part!!!!  how did you do that?  was it messy and knotty on your hairs?

Very cute! And yes, how DID you hide the part? That's amazing!

Mellie

actually, that's sorta the way it fell :-/ I just combed it straight back, split the resulting tail into two sections, and bunned..  no tricks, easy on the hair, I'm not sure if it would ever work again. :-/ sometimes life does that.
I'm glad you ladies like it though!

well your carefree part is beautiful!  maybe i will start doing that when I part my hair to style it becuase an accidental crooked part looks worse than a purposeful messy non-part! hehe!  Beautiful :)

Thanks! I don't know if I've mentioned this, by the way, but... just judging by your avatar.... You have abso-bloomin'-lutely gorgeous hair...  Just thought I'd mention that.

heh thanks!  that pic is a few months old and my hair is doing better since then, I just need to get around to taking new pics!

OK so this is going to be one of those REALLY DUMB questions.  How do I do a figure 8 bun?  What is it?

Debr

I suck at instructions.. so I'll give a link to the ones at Long Hair Loom's styling station central.

http://www.network54.com/Forum/242462/message/1048750751/Figure+8+Bun+Instructions+%26amp%3B+clamp+information

Hope that helps.

and if the bun slips sideways... well, that's got a name too: the infinity bun.

Really really  8-)   I like it a lot.  I may try that tomorrow!

Lynn

thats really cute, id love to do just a single figure of 8, does anybody have a simple way of explaining how to do a figure of 8 bun BTW, this is my ultimate goal to wear one of these, though im only nearly 23" so probably yonks until i can :(

sorry just seen the link, tried it and failed miserably mine looked like a body part of a man, not an attractive look ;) will have another go when im BSL! darn :-[

perhaps you could try doing a figure-8 as a half-up... it looks spectacular and is easier, since you're only using half as much hair, you'd get more wraps and be able to do it easier.  Hope that helps somewhat.

Hi I am new here.  The double-figure-eight is really pretty! I am wearing it now!! ;D

Welcome RedLotus!  I hope you will give us an introduction in the New Members area so we can get to know you better.  :)