The Ultimate Beauty Guide

It's sexy, it's versatile and it's actually pretty easy to do. Follow these simple steps to create a chic side bun in your own hair.

Step one:
Part your hair to one side – your part should start directly above the middle of the eyebrow on whichever side you choose to part it.

Step two:
Pull all your hair around behind your head over to the same side that you parted it on – pin it in place at the back of the head to keep it to that side.

Step three:
Using a fine-tooth comb, back comb the hair to give it body – you can go a bit nuts here and don’t worry about how messy it gets.

Step four:
Using a brush, brush the surface of the hair lightly to smooth it down – don’t brush to hard and remove all the teasing you have just done. Re-pin the hair to the side.

Step five:
There are two ways you can create the bun;

1. For an easy quick side ‘do’ simply pull the hair through the elastic as per usual and on the last pull through, leave the base of the pony tail in the elastic so the hair creates a loop.
2. The other option is to freestyle it and create a bun from scratch by twisting and pinning the hair into the shape of your choice.

It's up to you how messy or tidy you want the bun to be - either way you'll need just a touch of hairspray to keep it in place.