How To: Make a Bow Bun for Short Hairstyles

Are you thinking of a ponytail or a simple bun? If you can make a ponytail, you can make a bun, and in this guide, we'll show you how to make a bow bun—for beginners. It's a very easy, but very cute and chic, way of tying up that short hair.

It seems tough to do when you watch it, but it's really very easy. So try it and you will see...

Step 1: Get Knots Out

Comb your hair and make them smooth and tangle free. Just make sure there are no knots.

Step 2: Start a Pony

Grab your hair in high pony. Take elastic and take out your hair like you normally do for a pony. You can grab your hair anywhere like on the crown or lower than the crown basically depending on where you want the bow.

Step 3: Loop in the Band

When you are taking your hair out of band for the last twist, do not just take the hair all the way through. Create a loop and leave some of the hair under the band as shown. This is the step that makes all the difference; just so easy and so simple.

Step 4: Split the Loop

Now divide this loop into two equal loops. Take the hair under the band and pull it upwards through the center of the two loops and after a slight twist neatly secure the hair with bobby pins. Use bobby pins according to your hair. Just make sure that the hair is secure.

Step 5: Make the Bow

Adjust hair loops with your hands and comb for that perfect bow shape and then use a hair spray This will provide a hold to your up do. Finish off the hair style with a flower or any accessory you like. You can keep it simple also just a bow bun.