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How to Make a Perfect Bun

Master the effortlessly elegant chignon by borrowing the graceful technique of a former ballerina.
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Sophie Flack with perfect bun
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How to Make a Perfect Bun

Having spent nine years dancing with the New York City Ballet, Sophie Flack has pulled her hair up into a sleek, sturdy bun thousands of times. (According to our calculations, 8,300 times, give or take a couple hundred buns.) Now a writer—her first novel, titled, yes, Bunheads, came out this fall—she remains a master of the effortlessly elegant chignon.

Get her graceful 4-step technique

From the December 2011 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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