It's a foam chignon ring, or hair donut, as I have taken to calling it. It's kind of like the Bump It, only for creating a big bun instead of root volume. It's from Ricky's NYC, a local beauty ...

there's a donut nestled somewhere in a drawer at home which almost never gets an outing due to the fact it's a little bit tricky to master... Well, blow the dust of that lonely padded hair device ...

The neat hairdo, which is equal parts ballerina and hipster, gets its name because styling it involves cutting the toes off a sock, and rolling it into your hair to create a donut-shaped bun.