How did ancient women make fake buns?

Fake bun is a common hair product in ancient makeup modeling. It is a hair accessory made by a makeup artist by imitating the ancient people's hair bun with modern makeup methods. It is an essential prop and accessory in hair and makeup. It can help stylists to create different characters, such as civilians, ladies, nobles, concubines, queens and so on.

Making material

1) iron wire: used to support the shape and outline of the fake bun.

2) Black cloth: the lining of fake buns.

3) Fillers: such as wig piece, foam, silk cotton, etc.

4) Invisible hairnet: reinforce the fake bun to make its surface cleaner.

Main types

There are many kinds of fake buns. Here are only four forms: Yuanbao steamed stuffed bun, Ruyi steamed stuffed bun, round steamed stuffed bun and square steamed stuffed bun.

Yuanbao Ji is named after it looks like an ancient Yuanbao. When making, first complete the wishful skeleton with iron wire, then sew the iron wire skeleton loosely, sew the woven hair piece firmly on the upper right of the skeleton, and then turn it left and right according to the required size until it reaches the desired bun size. When making a bun, the wig needs to be 2 cm larger than the skeleton, so that it can be connected with the real hair or inserted with clips, hairpins, flowers and so on.

Ruyi steamed bun is a kind of steamed bun commonly used by married women. Its making method is basically the same as that of Yuanbao steamed bun, but its shape is slightly different.

Bun is a kind of bun that rural women used to comb in 1930s and 1940s. There are differences between the north and the south. Generally, colored silk thread is wound in the middle of the bun. The color of silk thread is used to represent different ages or different environmental atmospheres, such as weddings, funerals and weddings.

When you make a round bun, you should first wrap the silk thread of the required color around the root of the fake braid, then wrap the braid around the hair root, and finally put on a black net and reinforce it with a needle and thread, so that the bun will be beautiful and firm.

Square bun is a bun that urban women often comb. Square bun is difficult to comb, so it was only used for women in wealthy families at that time. Now it's very simple to make, as long as you prepare a square skeleton made of iron wire, the other order is exactly the same as making Yuanbao buns.

Production steps

1) Design shape

The basic shapes of medium-thick iron wire folded into fake bun are generally square, round, spindle and wishful.

2) sewing cloth pieces

Fix black velvet and silk fishnet stockings with black thread along the folded bun shape, and the stitches should be compact and dense to prevent them from falling off and slipping off. When sewing, the cloth should be flat without wrinkles.

3) Filling

Fill the designed fake bun with foam, silk floss, curly hair and broken hair with invisible hair net and adjust it into the desired shape. If necessary, it can be adjusted and fixed with black needle and thread.

4) Hair wrap

Wrap some small pieces of hair on the surface of the fake bun to make it smooth and flat. I suggest you use silk-like hair with good luster. Wig piece put on a medium-sized invisible hairnet after all the packaging was completed, and sprayed a proper amount of dry glue to fix it.