The Laura Roll

I would like to talk about a hairdo today. I am the kind of girl who wears her hair up 85% of the time. I have fine and limp hair and after mastering a few up-dos that take about 5min but look put together I rarely want to take the time to fuss with a blow dry.

Now this is a hairdo I have worn for longer than I care to admit. We are talking about something like nearly 10 years. Partly cause it works for any hair length as long as they reach into a tiny pony tail and partly cause I'm a creature of habit. Mainly cause it looks put together and lady like and goes with most of my outfits. My friends have jokingly started calling it "The Laura Roll". 

So here is how you do it:

You need to have a bit of grip to manipulate the hair for the roll. This is typically my second day hairdo. A little bit of dry shampoo and some light backcombing on the crown is where you want to begin. It also works super well if you have second day curls for example.

• Make your part where ever you want. I generally have it a little on the side but you can easily do it with middle part also.

• I then twist the front section of my hair on one side and pin it. Sometimes I twist both sides so that is really up to you. I feel that twisting both sides makes it a bit more retro. You can also easily make it bit more glam if you dont twist as tight.

• Next you want to gather the rest of the hair into a loose ponytail and pull the hair tie all the way to the end of the tail. This will help your roll to stay put whole day and no stray hairs will start falling out during the day. This really is the main trick that makes the whole thing so easy and so fool proof.

•  You just roll the hair inwards so the end of the ponytail and the hair tie help to bulk up your bun a bit and you pin it both sides. Here you can play with the shape of you roll. If you want it poofier you can tease the ponytail before. If you want it low at the nape of you neck roll it while pulling the hair down a bit. Because of the hair tie holding it together its much easier to get a clean look. I dont have thick hair so usually one long hairpin on both sides is enough to hold it in place.

• I like to also roll the sides of the bun and then pin the into the bun. Just twisting between the fingers until it is as tight as you like. This is very much an optional step as the roll looks fine on its own but I like having all my hair off my neck.

And this is how I wear my hair pretty much every day. Its my go-to when getting ready for a work event in a rush, its my safe bet on the mornings the hair just does the wo-hoo thing. You can see me with a looser version of Laura roll in the previous post, and here, here and here as well.

Do you have a favorite hairdo or do you wear your hair down usually? Would you try this up-dp?
Let me know let me know!