The Sock Bun and the King's Crown

1.  The Sock Bun
Once you figure out the sock bun it is easy to do, but learning it is the trick and it takes practice, so first you need a sock.  We usually cut men's dress socks.  They seem to work the best. 

Start off by cutting the toe off, about three inches up. 

Roll it starting at the bottom.

It should look like a donut.

  Start your high ponytail with the water spray bottle. Brush smooth

This takes longer than you think because you keep brushing until all the bumps are out.

Once it is smooth, hair spray all around.

Use a hair band for the high ponytail.

Tighten and brush out the ponytail.

Pull it straight up.

Put the sock on the end of the ponytail pulling the hair through the hole. This doesn't feel right, but it is.

Go about three inches down and wrap the hair around the sock and stick the ends under into the hole. 

Then roll the sock, which will roll the hair.

Continue to roll, pulling from the inside out with your fingers.

Keep doing the same motion.

It should look like a donut from the top.

Continue to roll and pull.

At the end, roll and try to stuff all of the hair into the donut. 

Roll it as tight as you can.

Pull the hair out underneath. 

Don't worry if it isn't perfect.  You can't really tell and it still gives a great look.

Secure with pins.  I use at least 4 if not more.  Secure front, back and sides.

Hair spray the bun.

This hair do stays in pretty well.  It also is curly when you take it out because of the wetting down.

I just wanted you to see the morning after hair for the sock bun.

2. The King's Crown.

Spray down with water.

Do the same thing by smoothing and putting in a high ponytail.

Tighten and brush the ponytail.

Pull the hair around her head evenly.

It will be in front of her face.

 

I like to start in the back.  Grab three pieces of hair to start braiding.

After you have braided once, grab a piece from the left and add to your braid.

On the right just braid like normal  So you are only french braiding on one side and not the other. 

this braid is loose on the left and tighter on the right.  The left will make the crown. 

I make the braid on the left about 1 1/2 inches from the hair band. You continue to braid adding hair as you go around her crown.

The reason that you spread the hair out and in front of her face is so that you don't grab too much hair at once.  Try to keep the left pieces that you add to the braid evenly distributed, so that you have enough hair to finish the bun. 

When you get back to where you started and all the hair has been used from the ponytail, finish the braid.

Add a hair band. 

Lift the bun and wrap the loose braid around the hair ban.

Stick the end under the hair band. Put the bun back down.

This will also help the bun be more full. 

Secure the bun with bobby pins.  I use at least 4 or 5. 

Here is the morning after for the King Bun.  I did smooth and hairspray the hair back again up to the ponytail.  I did not brush the ponytail.