4. Full Bun Braids

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An option of lower maintenance is the full braided bun, which includes all your hair in the braid hairstyle. This allows you to work with your natural hairline and dawn a style with more hair.

What makes this lower maintenance is that there are no parts of the hair that need frequent haircuts for the bun braid hairstyle to look in place.

5. Bun Braids with Undercut

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Pairing an undercut with bun braids may mean more haircuts, however, less hair also means less time spent braiding the hair. This combination allows the style to be cleaner cut, but also versatile, as there are many undercut hairstyles to choose from that can influence the height of the braided bun and the amount of hair incorporated into it, from various tapers and fades to more extreme bald undercut haircuts.

Even without long hair, this is more doable as it uses hair from a smaller area of the scalp than full bun braids, and thus, doesn’t need as much length to be styled across the scalp.

6. Braided Topknot

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This bun braid hairstyle can be considered a type of high braided bun, but specifically consists of a bun that is placed on top of the head, with its body created by the braids as well.

When viewed from the front, the topknot is the most noticeable compared to other types of high braided buns, and looks especially stylish with long hair.

7. Low Bun Braids

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