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" Molly, the Seventeen Beauty Assistant, tests everything and now she&amp;#039;s giving you full access! Follow her at seventeen.com/beautycloset.  We call out the donut bun (also known as the ballet bun) as one of our best back to school hairstyles in the August issue (on stands July 2nd), so when researching for the story, I wanted to try out one of those crazy-spongey-donut-looking-things. My naturally thin hair usually produces a bun that&amp;#039;s more like the size of a donut hole rather than a full, round donut so stuffing it to make it look more voluminous sounded like a good idea to me. I followed all the directions, but since my hair is so long, I was left with too much hair sticking out of the base. Hair fail. Until I figured out the trick.....  Taking inspiration from the &amp;quot;sock bun&amp;quot; trend, I snipped the elastic thread holding my Conair Bun Maker together. This resulted in a gauzy brown tube that could be used like a sock. It worked better than a sock, though, because the lightweight material added volume without feeling heavy and matched my hair color perfectly, making it completely undetectable. Here&amp;#039;s the easy how-to:    Secure your ponytail where you&amp;#039;d like the bun and slide the tube over it. Start with the ends of your hair and begin rolling the tube and hair inside down towards the base, being sure to tuck the ends in as you go. Secure with a hair tie and voil\u00E1! A donut bun, turned sock bun, turned perfect bun.  Will you try out this trend when you head back to school? Let us know in the comments!  Photo Credit: Anna Marina Karadimas "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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