Buns!!!

Cinnamon wrote: I have not expereinced breakage and I try to wear my buns daily but very loosley.  I'm guilty of wearing it tight once I'm past 8 weeks post-relaxer because I like for my hairline and crown to be SUPER-STRAIGHT! It's a bad habit but it will be broken. I moisiturize my sock bun daily with oil.  It's a greasy mess but it smells really good.

Cinnamon, you can smooth down your new growth without pulling the bun very tightly. What you do is slightly dampen the new growth (so it's easiest to work with) and then use your hands the hairline backwards - in the direction of the bun. Then just tie your hair down with a scarf. The scarf is what does the smoothing. After 15 minutes, remove the scarf and you should have a flat hairline.

yep pretty much what everyone else said... make sure its not too tight and that you are able to touch your chin to your chest without feeling ANY tension at all.  You should also be able to roll your neck from side to side without any pulling or tension from your bun.

Alternate bun position and keep your ends moisturized and sealed.  Never do a donut bun on wet or damp hair because your hair stretches up to 30% of its dry length when wet.  If you pull wet hair too taut- when it dries and tries to shrink back to normal length the stress from the pulling and stretching earlier on while wet-- may cause it to snap or weaken.  I airdry in a lose ponytail and as it dries- I'll tighten it more and more.

Also make sure you are careful about the placement of pins and fabric of your donut itself and scrunchies, etc.  For my sock buns, I make the outter most layer with a satiny/silky fabric... something with slip to it.  Cotton fabrics will zap moisture from your hair and rub- leading to dryness and breakage.  Also hair pins placed in the same spot day in and day out will eventually weaken the hair strand in those areas.

HTH!

I wear sock buns as well (thank you Sistaslick).  I too use to experience breakage with them.

What I do is spray oil sheen on my sock bun everytime I use it.  This really works and I have no breakage.