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"Required: one hairstick, longer than your bun is wide. Not a cheap one, either. This hairstick has to be what I politely refer to as "load-bearing."
This is a very simple style, takes roughly nine seconds, and is my own default style most days.
To do this style, you will comb through your hair to remove tangles and gather it at the nape. Twist it gently into a ropelike tail, and begin curling it into a cinnamon bun shape at the nape of your neck. It will curve on its own in a preferred direction depending on the direction of twist; let it.
The secret to this style's robustness and firmness is that you will use the innermost coil of hair as a sort of hairslide to hold the rest in place Use the following illustration as a guide:
Hold the hairstick with the tip pointing away from the center of the bun and pierce the innermost coil at one of the red dots. Then, reverse the hairstick and "scoop" under the outside margin of the bun. Slide it under the center of the bun, and then tug the innermost coil down at the other red dot, and push the hairstick until it comes out there. I've heard one user state that this held through an entire kickboxing workout. I can't make any claims about that myself, but I can say that I generally wear this style, and that I need not fiddle with it or do anything at all until I pull the stick out at night before going to bed. "
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