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Scroll down for the easiest messy bun tutorials!

It’s been hot lately and I have been wanting to do my hair up.. a lot. And what better look is there than a messy bun? It looks great, kind of gives you that effortless chic vibe, great for the office, going out and running errands, they are so versatile!

The only problem is of course, while they may look effortless, they are usually not that easy to do, at least for me – I have super thick hair, tying it up sometimes leaves me with a headache, no joke!

Different styles of messy buns

If your hair is thick and heavy, like mine, the last thing you want is to tie it all the time in the one spot or in the same style every day, this would cause too much stress in the areas where the hair gets compressed from all the tying, resulting in weakness (easy breaks) and split ends, so being able to do the messy bun updo in a variety of ways is important.

Messy buns without bobby pins

Also, you want as little bobby pinning and spraying as possible. There are a couple of tutorials below that use no bobby pins at all. Personally, I don’t mind pinning a few pieces of loose strands here and there, but I don’t want to use bobby pins as the main method to hold the bun together as they sometimes snag on the hair and it’s a hassle with all the fiddling!

So with the above in mind, I set out to find the easiest (and cutest) messy bun tutorials, these are the ones I personally tried and found the easiest to do and had the most success with.

Step by step: how to do a messy bun

As you will see from the messy buns tutorials below,they share a few common steps.

1. (Optional) Teasing the hair at the top of your head to create a little volume and body.
2. Using a fabric covered ponytail holder, pull and tie hair back into a pony tail. A high ponytail for a high bun and a lower pony or a pigtail for a bun that sits low.
3. Twist ponytail into a bun, secure with another ponytail holder and pull hair out to form a loose messy bun. Shape with fingers. << This is the part where the magic happens and where the techniques differ!

Do I need to curl my hair for this to work?

You don’t need to curl before putting it up in a messy bun, but I find (for myself), thebun looks a lot better when I do curl first, plus this has the added advantage of hiding bits and bobs, which means even if your technique isn’t perfect, it won’t be obvious!

If you have straight hair, you can backcomb it, tease it out a little before you start twisting to form the messy bun, this gives more volume to your bun.

Four easy messy bun tutorials!

1 & 2. Easy,  no bobby pin messy buns, good for any type of long hair, straight or wavy.

The first two are really cute messy buns of an adorable little girl, don’t dismiss them! These buns are great for grown ups too, check them out. Using only rubber bands, these are some of the easiest you can do on yourself!