"The Perfect Bun": A Review.

I have to admit that my reason for walking into my local big-box store was to buy one of those goofy mesh hair rolls to replicate a sock bun. You know, the ones that look like a doughnut, that you pull to the end of your pony tail and roll down to create the bun. "But, Wormy, why did you not just use a rolled sock to create the look you wanted?!" Blame my husband. He doesn't wear crew socks, and I'm not ruining a good pair of my trouser socks for the sake of a bun. 

Up until now, I have lusted after this beautiful hairstyle. It was seemingly only achievable to ballerinas and fashionistas. Now that my hair is long enough, I have tried to replicate it without the use of a tool. I have tried twists that leave my hair in a conical spiral or flat on my head. I have tried folding the hair and wrapping an elastic around the gathered mess. I have even tried my hand at using bobby pins to make it work. Every method and experiment left me more disappointed than the last, and even when I came close, I could never achieve the look I wanted. 

Alas, I gave up on trying to do it without one of these mysterious doughnut things. The only problem was that I couldn't find one. Just my luck, I finally go to get one and no one carries them anymore. Whilst in my search for anything even remotely like a "sock bun" thing, I found a product called "The Perfect Bun". It is made by Remington and I found it hiding just above my line of sight (I'm a shorty.) at the top of the shelf. I was skeptical, but for just under 5 dollars, I was willing to try it. Its not a doughnut, or even bun shaped at all. Its a long flat-ish thing with soft roller type foam and a bendable wire core. The instructions on the back make the whole ordeal of creating the bun look effortless. 

Well, it is. In less than 5 minutes, really more like 2, I had a decent bun. Here's a pictoral play-by-play:

The Box: 

    

The Step-By-Step: 

•  Put hair into ponytail.

A stronger elastic works better. (I had to replace this one half way through the tutorial.)

• Pick up Perfect Bun and open up the inside large enough to fit your finger and thumb.

Please refrain from referring to it as a maxi pad...like my husband did when he was taking the photos. :/

• Insert your finger and thumb into the opening (*ahem) and pull hair through the hole about halfway.

• Begin to roll the hair forward (towards the front of your head) around the Perfect Bun. Continue rolling until you stop at the base of the ponytail.

• Wrap the ends back around the ponytail base and bend into shape. 

• Begin carefully spreading the hair evenly around the Perfect Bun ring, making sure to cover the overlapping in the back.

• You're all done! If you need to, spray down any fly-aways with hairspray. (Note: If your hair is shorter or has lots of layers, like mine, a bobby pin or two may help keep shorter layers from coming loose and sticking out. However, I needed no bobby pins.) 

This thing WORKS! I love the fullness of the bun and the almost perfect shape of it. Best of all, it was so easy! I would highly recommend this product to anyone searching for the perfect bun tool.

-Wormy