Wet Bun-ers: How often do you take down and redo?

[Christelyn]

I'm a little slow on jumping on the bandwagon, but I just wet bunned my hair last night. I FINALLY have enough length so that I don't look like a HAM sandwich . I washed, conditioned and worked my Denman brush through sections of hair until it laid flat to my head, put it in a pony tail along with some Infusium and coconut oil and a little styling lotion and viola! it came out really good! But now I'm wondering...how often should I take it down and redo? Do you all co-wash, then redo? If so, how often? I kind of think I should treat this method similar to how people wear updo's from the salon--just tie it up and don't touch it again until wash day! Is that a good assumption, or am I missing something???

 

[dlewis]

I wash, co, bun for three days and THEN cw and rebun for an additional three days. If I could go longer than three days I would.

 

[Christelyn]

Thanks Dlewis! What products do you use?

 

[dlewis]

I wash with diluted v05 extra body, only washing the scalp. CO and detangle with (right now) hemp hydrating conditioner. Rinse and slather any conditioner on the last 8-10" of hair. Gel my edges down and use vaseline on the area from the hairline to where the ponytail holder will go. Bun and secure the bun with 50-11 amish hair pins and that's it. At night I tie my hair down.

 

[**SaSSy**]

I wet/baggie bun every 3 to 4 days, then take down to re-do again. I alternate with a co-wash/shampoo wash every take down. I either pre-poo or DC with every co-wash/wash as well.

 

[mariofmagdal]

After 3 days, I take it down, that is from a wet bun. When dry I take down and redo daily.

 

[PinkyD]

I wash with diluted v05 extra body, only washing the scalp. CO and detangle with (right now) hemp hydrating conditioner. Rinse and slather any conditioner on the last 8-10" of hair. Gel my edges down and use vaseline on the area from the hairline to where the ponytail holder will go. Bun and secure the bun with 50-11 amish hair pins and that's it. At night I tie my hair down.

What is the function of the Vaseline? Also how does it affect washing. Im so interested!

 

[dlewis]

What is the function of the Vaseline? Also how does it affect washing. Im so interested!

It helps my hair lay down and not curl back up. I'm not using alot so washing is no problem. I use diluted poo and only wash the scalp.

 

[India*32]

I wash with diluted v05 extra body, only washing the scalp. CO and detangle with (right now) hemp hydrating conditioner. Rinse and slather any conditioner on the last 8-10" of hair. Gel my edges down and use vaseline on the area from the hairline to where the ponytail holder will go. Bun and secure the bun with 50-11 amish hair pins and that's it. At night I tie my hair down.

btw, I love your healthy hearty bun. This is the results from the above process?

What are the amish pins?

India

 

[dlewis]

My wet buns look like this:

The above process is used to get this bun.

you can see the vaseline here:

the bun in my siggy is a dry hair bun

 

[dlewis]

amish hair pins

can be found here

http://www.plainlydressed.bravepages.com/headcoveringfile.html

I use the 3" size

 

[India*32]

My wet buns look like this:

The above process is used to get this bun.

you can see the vaseline here:

the bun in my siggy is a dry hair bun

Beautiful. I just love love love a nice bun. Thanks for sharing. My hair is probably I guess ear length, so the smallest amis pins should work 5/8.

India

 

[topnotch1010]

I wash with diluted v05 extra body, only washing the scalp. CO and detangle with (right now) hemp hydrating conditioner. Rinse and slather any conditioner on the last 8-10" of hair. Gel my edges down and use vaseline on the area from the hairline to where the ponytail holder will go. Bun and secure the bun with 50-11 amish hair pins and that's it. At night I tie my hair down.

I thought sleeping with a ponytail holder in your hair bad because it causes breakage? Does the vaseline help curb that too? Do you have to sleep "pretty"?

 

[Spiffy]

I co-wash and wet bun every 2-3 days. I just moisturize dried portions with VO5 and water everyday.