Protective updos

Fuerteventura was very windy and constantly sunny, so my hair spent most of the time in protective buns covered in SPF

 

Which made it really, really shiny in the morning...

But the stickiness of the SPF really attracted all the dust in the air, so it got dull and dirty looking after a few hours!

When we went to the beach or pool, or went for trips around to see the island, I ended up covering it a lot. A silk scarf alone was was too slippery on my hair!

The best way turned out to be to layering two cotton scarves or a pre-tied tichel to provide some grip.

 

I liked the "wrap" detail in the front of this style.

I experimented with ways to flatten my bun underneath, but usually that just ended up with weird lumps...

I liked this particular style the best where it had a "headband" in the front and a "loop" around the bun in the back. It provided the best stability of all the styles.

Even though I was really careful, I still think my hair lost some colour over the vacation...

Phew

That challenge was pretty annoying.
On one hand, I liked having to go through what updos I can do and making sure I can do as much with my hair as I want to.
On the other hand... That was a lot more effort put into my hair than I would like to. The planning, the "schedule" and the fact that I couldn't just be lazy because I felt like it. Especially having to make the non-braid-base updos on the weekends was annoying when I really just wanted to be lazy.

I'm honestly tired of having to deal with my hair. How sad is that?
I guess this challenge was supposed to celebrate all the cool and creative things you can do with long hair, but instead it just made me annoyed with having to do something with my hair every day.
The most positive I can say is, that it made me apprentice how "far" I can go with a good braid base for creating different updos while still being lazy.

But now it's over. Done. Did it. Go me.

I think I will live in a basic English braid wrapped up in a cinnamon bun for a few days now.

This resulting gif is pretty cool though!

29 different updos in February challenge: Day 29

Saturday the 29th Double figure 8 buns (Not braided bases)

Maybe I could do a second "loop" for the top part of the 8? They have a certain "bottom heavy" look to them that I don't really like.

The pins are from Ron Quattro

29 different updos in February challenge: Day 28

Second to last day of the challenge and today's updo is a Figure 8 bun held with a hairstick from WoodArtJewelry

29 different updos in February challenge: Day 27

Yesterdays four little braids have been turned into Mickey mouse ears 

29 different updos in February challenge: Day 26

Today's updo is the massive Mega royal bun based on four braids

29 different updos in February challenge: Day 25

Today I turned the four five-stranded braids into Igor's mess 

29 different updos in February challenge: Day 24

To switch things up a little I made four five-stranded braids instead of three-stranded braids. I'm a little ambivalent about making five-stranded braids because on one hand, I think they look awesome, but on the other hand I have to acknowledge that I can barely tell the difference myself.

Four small braided cinnamon buns and I really need some smaller Ron Quattro pins

29 different updos in February challenge: Day 23

Today's updo is Double braided Chinese buns on four three-stranded braids

29 different updos in February challenge: Day 22

Time for some of the four-braid based updos. There are a surprising amount of those.

Double braided buns 

Held with Ron Quattro pins