Formal Half Up Long Curly Hairstyle

I found another one of those hairstyles WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS. I think it looks interesting, so I'm willing to give it a try.

Ok, so I had to study the picture a little bit. It looks like a section of hair is pinned at the crown all bumpit style, and a section from each side near the face is pinned next to the creepy bumpit thing.

First, I parted the hair in half from ear to ear and pinned the back half to keep it out of the way.

Then I separated the side and front sections and clipped them.

In the picture, it looks like the roots are "teased". Well, I don't do that. I just twisted the hair and pushed it forward a little. My hair is poofy enough by itself. No teasing necessary. It took at least ten pins before I felt like the hair wouldn't fall down.

I brushed back each side section and attempted to pin them in place. The pins didn't work, so I used a little clip for each side.

Then I let the bangs out and released the back section from the clip. I really liked the way it looked, in spite of the time and all the pins. I should have set a timer so I would know exactly how long it took. The web site says to allow at least two hours for hot rollers and teasing and spraying and pinning and whatnot. Yeah, I'm not doing all that. I don't think I spent more than 15 minutes, and that was only because I was figuring out how to do it.