Difference Between Afro Puffs Puffs and Space Buns

They look similar but they’re not the same. People with afro hair have a long history of styling their hair in a way that their natural texture creates the round shape of the “buns” except they’re not buns. And when we talk about space buns they are just that, buns that are more similar to what a ballerina’s bun would look like than to afro puffs.

Are Space Buns Unprofessional?

The answer is, that it depends. They may be widely considered to be unprofessional due to the high volume of people that wear this popular double bun hairstyle to go to festivals and events of the sort. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t wear them in a professional setting. Styling is key here because you wouldn’t just wear festival hair to the office, would you? While some companies differ on what they’d consider work-appropriate attire, you could still pull off space buns styled in a way that doesn’t scream “festival”. If you’re thinking of wearing these lovely buns to work, try to style them so that they’re lowered and neatly put together or braided.

Now that we’ve covered some ground about the space buns, let’s take a look at 30 of the coolest space bun hairstyles you could try!

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Messy Space Buns with Curly Hair and Bangs

The messy double bun hairstyle has to be one of our favorites! Not only are they pretty easy to style this way, but they will always look cute no matter your hair texture.

The buns here are teased to bring out more hair strands to fall naturally around and we absolutely love how they’re paired with curly and equally “messy” bangs.

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Pointy Buns

The regular perfectly round buns are not the only option you got when wearing them, depending on how you wrap them you can get different bun shapes. For this particular double bun hairstyle, you might want to experiment with wrapping the buns tightly and securing any flyaways.