So I got the idea of trying the braided log roll with a five stranded braid base instead.
This braid was super hard to do! I really need practice in keeping five strand separate and feeding more strands into it.
Although I think the five stranded braid base helped make this updo flatter and more comfortable, I found another thing I need to do different next time: I need to make sure to take the braid base more down. I tend to pull my braid bases up a little to have more freedom around the neck, but this particular updo could really use a braid that it followed all the way down.
Here is for comparison a regular old braided Nautilus bun on the same five stranded braid base.
Not actually a big difference in looks?
I will give it another shot at some point though.
