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The Perfect Sock Bun

I recently mustered up the patience and determination to spend quite a bit of time on a project I was dead-set on accomplishing: perfecting the sock bun. 😉

I have extremely thin hair, so I could never get my hair to cover all of the area around the sock. After I had watched what seemed like countless YouTube tutorials, I found this one by MakeupByTiffanyD, and decided to cut up an old (clean) sock, and give it a try.

And after many, many, many tries… this was my result!

the perfect sock bun her philly

I was literally so excited about it, when my younger sister came to visit that weekend I obviously had to try it on her hair. She has thick hair, and it took us a few attempts, but we eventually got it perfect!

the perfect sock bun by her philly

This hairstyle has become my go-to, especially for my second day hair. It pulls together my outfits and gives my enormous earring collection their time to shine 🙂 Plus, with a little spritz of hairspray, it’s perfect for walking around the city.

the perfect sock bun

Have you tried the sock bun? I’d love to see pictures! xx

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  • Usually I keep my hair down and wavy-shaggy looking, simply because I am lazy. Lol! I must say although I have shorter hair, I’m willing to give this a whirl. I’m totally going to send you a picture when I do!
    -M

    • I WISH I could rock the wavy-shaggy look! 🙂 My hair blow drys completely straight. I can’t wait to see your sock bun!! 🙂 xx

  • i love the sock bun! i have super thin hair too and it takes me forever to do it, but when it’s done i love it! i haven’t done it in forever so maybe i’ll break out my [hubby’s] trusty sock and do it up this weekend 🙂

    -natalie-
    http://www.thesecondbestblog.com

    • Love it! Looking forward to seeing those pics! 🙂 xx

  • I like this hairstyle very much!!!!

    http://landing-in-fashion.blogspot.com/

  • I just bought a sock bun kit the other day, so now I know I REALLY need to try it out! xDana

    • Yes you must! Let me know how it turns out! xx

  • the sock bun is so cute and simple! I wish I could do those cool looking messy ones.

    • I do no do it the way she does in the video — I put the sock all the way down, then I just evenly spread my hair over the top and tuck the ends in, then bobby pin them. seems simpler than trying to roll it!

      • That definitely does seem simpler …. I was somehow able to do it (after some practice!) like her’s. xx

  • Have you tried using a hair donut instead of a sock? BunQueen.com has them in different colors and sizes so you can get the perfect bun!

  • STOP IT TWINNY. JUST STOP IT.
    But seriously I didn’t have any socks clean enough to cut up and the thought of cutting up my only nice ones made me sad, so I went out and bought this meshy hair rat thing that looks like a donut and I use that. Works like a charm.

    Samantha @ Sam ipsa loquitur

  • Sarah

    I love the sock bun! My hair isn’t long enough to wear it anymore, but I’m just waiting until the day comes again.

    Sarah
    aroseinthecity0.blogspot.com

    • Thanks @disqus_FoZWY48pAw:disqus ! It is a great go-to 🙂

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