We have long considered it too classic to rejuvenate our look in our fifties, but the bun remains an essential hairstyle. A hairdresser reveals the right way to wear it in your fifties for a modern, non-memory look. And as a bonus, the expert reveals the ideal evening bun to wear after 50.
With the oval of the face sagging, we hesitate to wear hairstyles which completely expose the face like the hair bun. Long considered boring, it is nevertheless a practical and elegant attachment that you can continue to wear after 50, as long as you choose the right style of bun. As assured John Nollet, hairdresser and artistic director of the Maison de Beauté Carita Paris at She, “there is not just one” which is suitable for people in their fifties. This is why he distinguishes the ideal bun after 50 for the day, from perfect party bun to wear when you turn 50 or more.
If you are looking for the best bun to wear after 50 for every day, the one that will rejuvenate your look, the one that will not make you fall into the pitfall of making your look “memory” and which remains easy and quick to do, the celebrity hairstylist advises “the messy bun”. A perfect rejuvenating bun, “if I had to name just one” according to the expert. We reveal to you how to do this bun and the ideal hairstyle after 50 for the holidays.
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How to make a messy bun, the ideal “rejuvenating” effect bun after 50?
Good news, this type of bun gives pride of place to your preferences and customization, because it is a multifaceted hairstyle depending on the hairdresser. To describe it, John Nollet specifies that it is “a more or less high bun with the hair pulled back”, in other words a bun that you can wear in many ways according to your desires, but which must above all be achieved with “a cleverly crafted, tousled effect” which modernizes the bun and gives volume and texture to thin hair. To reproduce it, simply bring your hair back imperfectly and bring your lengths together at the desired height, before wrapping them on themselves and securing them with an elastic. Then, it’s up to you to see if you take a few strands out of the clip, if you pull on them a little to make them more flexible and less flat, or if you just stick with this easy bun as is.
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Party hairstyle: here is the best evening bun to wear after 50
Although the messy bun can be perfectly suitable for holidays, you may prefer a more polished alternative for an ultra chic look. In this case, hairdresser John Nollet advises wearing a “sleek bun”, in other words a plated bun. To do it, nothing could be simpler: blow-dry to straighten your locks, then pull your hair back using a brush before winding your lengths to form the bun. Then, all you have to do is coat your hair with wax, hairspray or gel to perfect the hairstyle. Hyper trendy at the moment, the sleek bun is ideal for rejuvenating a party look and being ultra chic. According to the hairdresser, “this hairstyle clears the face, brightens the complexion and brings absolute elegance. It’s very chic and it suits everyone!”.
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