Brides with very long hair often find it difficult to choose a wedding hair style. Most bridal fashion books feature “long” hair styles which are designed to maximise volume on approximately shoulder length hair. As a result, these styles are too bulky to work with very long hair.
Benefits of Braided Bun Hair Styles for Long Hair
Braided bun styles can incorporate even extremely long hair. Braided buns are also extremely flattering styles for damaged hair, whereas loose, flowing styles can reveal splits or less-than-healthy hair. Best of all, a braided bun style is non-damaging. While curled updos often involve using heavy sprays, damaging heat and quantities of hair-yanking bobby pins, braided buns hold even very long hair secure with only a few pins and can be brushed out easily after the wedding. This makes braided bun styles a good option for brides who are concerned about treating long hair gently.
Wearing a Bunned Crown Braid For a Wedding
Crown braids, which wrap around the head, give a beautiful and regal look to brides. One variation is to crown braid around the head once, braid out to the end and then bun the length of the braid at the nape of the neck instead of wrapping it around the head. As crown braids can be performed with a variety of braid types – French, Dutch, rope, four- or five-strand and herringbone – many different looks can be achieved this way.
Wearing a Rose Bun For a Wedding
A rose bun is made by twisting and bunning a rope braid. The result is a “rose” effect in which sections of the braid look like petals. Variations can be made by starting with a three- or four-strand rope braid instead of a two-strand one, or rope braiding two rope braids together into a hawser braid before bunning. Deceptively simple, this style is particularly effective with very long hair.
Wearing Classic Bunned Braids For a Wedding
The term “classic braids” simply refers to two braids of any type performed on opposite sides of a centre part. When the length of the braids are bunned together, either in a simple round bun or by weaving the two braids in a more complicate bun, the result can be very sophisticated. The classic bunned braid look is similar to the bunned crown braid look, only with a centre part. Just as with crown braids, classic braids can be any type of braid, including fancy multi-strand versions.
Wearing a Victorian Braided Updo For a Wedding
This classic braided style works best with hair between shoulder-length and mid-back, although it can be adapted for longer styles. The front of the hair can be pulled sleekly back from the forehead, rolled at the sides or parted, while the length of the hair is divided into three braids which are then looped up and secured with a barrette. The style traditionally uses French braids, but other braid types could be substituted.
Decorating Bunned Braids For a Wedding
Bunned braids can be jazzed up with accents for a wedding. Feathers, beads and jewels can be placed over the bun by using tiny claw clips or attaching the decorations to bobby pins. Ribbon can be sewn over the bun using a needle to form a pattern; alternatively, ribbons can be braided into the hair before it is bunned. Some brides like to show off their hair without a veil; another option which still reveals the hair is to attach a veil underneath the bun.
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