I love updo hairstyles; they add a little bit of elegance and prettiness to a look in an easy way without a lot of work, and updos can be worn casually or dressed up to look sophisticated for a night out or formal event. Like my past hair tutorials for the French Braid Updo and the Renaissance Braided Updo (aka S-Braid), the Knotted Updo or Knotted Bun is both easy and feminine, plus a lot of fun.

How To Create The Knotted Bun Updo Hairstyle

Step 1. Start with hair down and combed out. Hair can be naturally straight or curly, and this works on shorter hair as well as long as the pieces are long enough to knot.

Step 2. Starting at the crown, take a lock of hair and knot it. Keep the knot close to your head. Use a bobby pin to hold knot in place and leave the end loose.

Step 3. Continue to create knots around your head, going around until you knot all the pieces. If you want to create a half-up, half-down knotted updo, only create mini knot buns with the top half of your hair and leave the bottom half loose (also a very pretty hairstyle).

Step 4. Once all your hair has been knotted and pinned in place, takes the ends of each knotted lock of hair and knot it a second time. Continuously knot the pieces until there is no length of hair left and each is a continuous knotted bun. If there is not enough hair to tie another knot, simply coil the end into a loose bun and pin in place.

Step 5. Take any remaining loose ends and pieces and either tuck them in and pin with a pretty clip or bobby pin, or leave loose for a more disheveled, casual knotted updo bun. Pretty clips and hair accessories such as glittery head bands or flower barrettes can be added in for a dressier look. Carefully remove the bobby pins holding knots in place to replace with pretty hair accessories or over the original pins to cover them up. Voila, a fun and trendy updo!