AIBU to have gone off the 'hair doughnut' style? Is it trashy now?

[SixteenthEdition]

I really liked the hair doughnut style as it was a simple and easy way to create a glamorous look and great for me as I have thin/ frizzy hair so need to wear it up. It's also a great way for me to disguise the fact that I don't have much hair!

However recently I have seen a few people with 'hair doughnut' hair and thought they looked really trashy (not just because of the hair doughnut, just the overall look).

What's your view on the hair doughnut? Trashy or glam?

[lovestogarden]

So is it now called the 'drug smuggler do' then? She could have hidden loads in that 'do.

[FinallySaidMama]

I've always disliked it tbh. Each to their own though, I love the look of that Gibson roll thingy though, will be having a go later!

[dufflefluffle]

lovestogarden : couldn't she just!!

[SofaCanary]

Now?

[WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes]

I always use the spiral pins too, but need a donut to tuck all the loose ends into (I have layers).

[Skinheadmermaid]

Oh i didn't realise people use doughnuts to do this hairstyle!
I just wrap my hair round itself and use a couple of hairbands to hold it in place.
I think it looks really smart when done neatly, it's the neatest i can get my thick, curly hair but it needs to be sopping wet or it looks like a pineapple on my head.
Trashy is the last word i would associate with it.

[MissWimpyDimple]

I find it hard to feel hugely sympathetic to Micheala McCollum largely due to the fact that she seems to be still managing to put her hair up every day and wear make-up. Does she not realise what's going on?

[TallulahBetty]

Well, I do this hairstyle every other day (non-hairwash day!) and i always get complimented on it! I don't think i look trashy

[nkf]

How do the spiral pins work.?

[HellonHeels]

Blimey if I were banged up I think I'd want to do my hair and makeup if I could - especially if I knew I was going to be on the news.

[nkf]

The other girl has a fashionable hairstyle too.

God, this is very weird. I'm on two threads at the moment, one about the Peru girls and this one which is becoming about the Peru girls.

Very odd.

[blueemerald]

I think on top of the head is super trashy (drug mule was the final nail in the coffin) but side, back or crown is great. And I think big can be great.

[miffybun73]

YANBU, you're right.

[MadameLeBean]

Ergh, I bought one but think it looks trashy now even on me and i am super sophisticated

[MadameLeBean]

Instead I do a ponytail then twist it around then put another elastic around that. Looks quite neat if you can make sure to twist it all the way down the ponytail and not as "done" as the doughnut

[NoComet]

Doughnut buns are a bit iffy for adults, which is a pity because they are very comfortable (and if I employ DD1, quick and easy).

They can look very good on teens DD1(15) can get her mop up neatly in about a minute. DD2(12) takes a bit longer as hers is shorter and a bit fiddly.

Do they look trashy, if DD2 added a doughnut bun and black eyeliner and lipstick to the leggings and vest top she had on today, she would only have escaped trashy because she's clearly 12. If she was a year or too older and a bit taller it would be a very dodgy look. Especially if she bleached her hair.

DD1 couldn't look trashy if she tried. If she did a huge doughnut bun, eyeliner and a bra strap showing top and leggings, she'd just look like she was going to a fancy dress party.

It just isn't her.

[VivaLeBeaver]

How do you do it because I've tried with a donought.

Are you meant to put hair through it then wrap the hair round in a spiral? Or do you put hair through it and then pin it under?

[RunFatGirlRun]

Yeah, that style officially died the moment the rather foolish drug-smuggling chick was photographed wearing one as big as her head.

It's over. That's the death-knell you're hearing.

[Hopasholic]

viva There are a few ways to do it. I've tried to write it out but although it's really easy, I've made it sound like the most complex process in the world so if you just look on you tube and search 'sock bun' you'll find plenty of vids!

[VivaLeBeaver]

Thanks, will have a look.

[crypes]

The drug smuggling girl looks nearly like a geisha girl but not as alluring .

[SofaCanary]

The drug girl's ginger roots are coming through, all that scraping it back just makes it more obvious.

[Lexiesinclair]

I use one of these and it gives a really easy, natural looking bun. I agree the donuts look trashy.

[MmeLindor]

Laughing at the drug smuggler do.

Yes, it looks trashy. I like some of the alternatives so will try them out - I never mastered the doughnut anyway.

[VivaLeBeaver]

I have one of those Claire's magic bun things and can't figure that out either. I can do a Croydon facelift but that's the only hairdo I've ever mastered.