Sock Buns for All

Last week I saw a link on Pinterest promising beautifully curly hair.  Well, if you know anything about us Ray girls, it’s that we have beautifully straight hair.  Really REALLY straight.  So I resolved to give it a try.

The first step was cutting the leg part off of an old sock.  Who knew that basket of unmatched socks would come in so handy?  Then I rolled that up into a ring, then watched the how-to video until I thought I might be able to roll the hair correctly into a bun.

 

Here’s what we ended up with.  Rachel’s hair was easier to roll into the bun because it’s longer and thinner, but Jenna’s bun was fuller and prettier.  I put a bun in my hair too, but didn’t take a picture.

And here is what we had the next morning…

Jenna had great fullness with a little bit of curliness.

Rachel had a little bit of curl.

And me?  Well my hair looked like I was the next Farrah Fawcett…(and my bathroom mirror looked like it needs to be cleaned!)

 

Last night we decided to try again.  Even though the person on the internet had assured me (or whoever was watching her video) that all that was needed was a tiny bit of water, I hadn’t really believed it.  After all, I’ve tried curling a lot of Ray girl hair over the years.  I resolved that this time we would mix some hair gel with water, and comb that in before rolling the hair into the sock bun.

As I combed and smoothed and rolled last night, I had memories of my mom putting my hair in foam curlers many years ago.  And that before it went into the curlers she combed in something called “Dippity-Do.”  Some things never change, do they?

I was curious when I woke up on the morning of Day 2 to see how everyone’s hair had faired.  Much to my sadness, Jenna’s bun had come completely undone during the night and she had her normal (beautiful) straight hair.  Rachel’s hair, darn it, was still damp.  But mine?  Mine worked just great.

Which is why today at the kid’s play place I’m the mom with the fanciest hair…