Waterfalled French Braid with Beachy Waves

If you don't have a crimper/waver, you should reconsider.



I absolutely LOVE this beachy-wave look.
 

Every time Bella goes out with these waves, 

without fail...someone tells her she looks like Rapunzel.



And if you have naturally textured hair like I do (I call it textured because it's not really curly, but not straight either), a crimper is fabulous because you can quickly crimp a

Pretzel Knot

I took my son to the doctor today for strep throat.

Turns out
he does have it, but that's not the focus of my post.



Point being: there was a girl at the doctor's office eating a large mall-pretzel.  She kept dipping it in cheese 

and taking long, dripping bites. 

It was disgusting. 

Who eats a cheesy pretzel at a doctors office? 

There are sick-germs all over the place. 



I was

Double Dutch Braids

I just watched the 1986 movie, Karate Kid II.  



It's the one with Ralph Macchio
as Daniel LaRusso where he goes with Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) to Okinawa, Japan.

  

When Daniel gets there, he meets Kumiko (Tamlyn Tomita).  And after he learns about honor, and not to use karate for sport, and all that good stuff.  He falls in love with her.



In this movie, not only is Kumiko beautiful;

Elegant 1/2 UP Do

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow.

That's what is seems like
every time I go outside.



It's great for sledding and skiing. But it's COLD, and terrible on curls.  So I thought a straight hair-do would be more my style today. 

It's super easy, and looks fancy enough to wear to a black-tie affair.

Bella

No Heat Curls: Headband Curls

Double Do Day!



I love a hairstyle that can work twice.
 

Plus this one doesn't use any heat to get these cute spiral curls.

(You just need a simple stretchy headband.)



I love it because it's perfect for a simple hairstyle in the day.

And if you have somewhere fancy to be that evening, 

you just let it out and the curls are fresh and ready to go.



Or you can put the headband

3 - minute do: Bumped High Bun with Headband

I find myself wearing this do more often than not lately. 

After the Christmas
and New Year's break, it was hard to get used to getting up early again. So I sometimes needed a quick hairstyle. 



This one takes literally 3 minutes!



You can fancy it up with a headband.

I'm wearing a string of pearls on stretchy string that my little sister, Lanie made me.  Super easy and inexpensive. 

Laced S - Braid

If you're looking for a fresh an innovative look for those cold winter blues, this is it!




I love braids.  Can you tell? 



My hairstyle theory has always been, 

"When it doubt, braid it out."



Just playing with braids can give you thousands of new looks.



This one in particular looks hard, but if you know 

how to  lace braid...it's easy.  And you'll get a ton of compliments.

Bella

Big Classic Bouffant

I really am a fan of this look, and I always was. It's so classic, feminine and the dramatic cat eye eyeliner is probably my absolute favorite look, although I don't wear it. Anyway, I found this handy tutorial on Bobby Glam Blog, and If you want to check it out you will find lots of these classic hair tutorials. 

Firstly, you need to fit the Hair Booty hair extension to help achieve a big bouffant to rival Brigitte Bardot’s! You need to take a section from the front of your hair to pull back over the Hair Booty once it has been fitted. Like you can see in the pics above, if you have a fringe like me, take the section from behind your fringe. If not, begin so you are in line with your temple. Take a section about 2cm wide to cover the Booty.

Take the sectioned hair and secure with a sectioning clip to keep it out of the way whilst you are fitting your Hair Booty.

Now you need to fit your Hair Booty, the trick here is to put the Booty quite high up on your head as it creates a much bigger and more voluminous bouffant. So the clips of the Booty will be fitted on to the top of your head, with some falling around your crown area. Now, if you’re wanting a super duper bouffant you could always backcomb your hair before you fit the Booty. If you don’t want oodles of volume, you can skip this step … totally up to you.

Once you have your Booty fitted you then need to un-clip the section that you sectioned off in step 1. This will be pulled over to cover the Hair Booty. Backcomb this section a little and spritz with hairspray to ensure all of it is covered.

Pull all of your hair over to one side and secure in place with bobby pins. The side you choose is completely up to you; generally the same side as your fringe works best.

Then if you have a fringe, you need to pull this over and secure neatly with a bobby pin. If you don’t have a fringe you can just pull a section of hair to the side and secure it with a bobby pin too … it should still look the same.

Next you need to take your hair straighteners or curling tongs, whichever you prefer, and carefully add a few curls throughout the ends of your hair. Be sure to start the curl from the mid-lengths of your hair to achieve that classical look!

Laced Snaked Fish Tail Braid

I'll admit it...I'm a hair gawker.

I try to be discreet, catch a
quick glimpse and then pretend I'm just looking past them at the interesting poster on the wall or what's just beyond them on the grocery shelf.  But then I'll steal another look at their hair.  



I just can't help it.  It's that AWE factor.



I know staring isn't polite, but if someone has their hair in some cool,

Using Hot Rollers for Body & Curls

I don't know how many of you have a set of
hot rollers...but they're a must for great hairstyles.

My hair has so much natural wave (not enough for curl, just enough to be annoying) that if I let it air dry, or worse -- go to bed with wet hair...

In the morning,

 it will have out-of-control kinks, but a ton of body.



Those are the days to bust out the hot rollers and take advantage of  

Wet Hairstyle: 3 Knotted Buns

I hate having wet hair and no time!




You see, I don't like to blow dry my hair too often.  And if I let it air dry, it takes approximately 5 hours. 

That's not practical.



I know...you loyal readers probably all plan ahead, go to bed on time, never procrastinate.  But I find myself in this predicament all too often.



So here's another WET HAIRSTYLE hairstyle for you on those rushed

Holiday Hairstyle Inspiration

Hey! I haven't posted anything a long time ago... sorry about that. But I'm very happy today, because here, it's Christmas! I've spent this day wathching some Christmas movies like 'Home Alone' with my family and of course, eating! And I am so excited, so It seemed nice to post sometnig finaly. So, these are my top three festive, kinda, holiday inspired hairstyles, and I have a tutorial for each one of them! I hope you'll enjoy it! And Merry Christmas to everyone who is celebrating it today just like me!!!

No1: Loosley Curled Chignon

This is a tutorial I found on She Lets Her Hair Down, (actually I found all of these tutorials there) and I really like that blog! It's so inspirational, and you can really find any hair tutorial! I love it, thank you! 

Prep your hair by spraying hair spray all over it and brushing it through twice to have a texture that can easily be molded. You need that "dirty" texture in order for your hair to hold a curl and to achieve a hairstyle like this. 

Separate a section of hair at the top of your head and clip it out of the way.
Curl all of the rest of your hair in whichever direction you'd like. This doesn't need to have a rhyme or reason to it because it is just to give your hair texture. Once it is all curled, separate the curled hair into two equal sections and twist them until you reach your ends. 

Keep twisting them together and overlap the two sections over and over to create a loose bun at the back of your head. Pin the bun in place using strong bobby pins. Don't make it too tight on the sides. Take down the section of hair at the top of your head and curl it all going back and away from your face. Loosely separate the curls with your fingers.

Bring the curled hair at the top of your head back towards your bun and twist the ends so you can pin it into place. Loosely pin the top section towards the back using hair pins. The look should be loose and have a little bit more volume at the top than on the sides. 

No2: Mini Crown Braid

As always, it's best to have slightly dirty hair so your braids stay in place and so you can easily attach pins into your hair. Here are some products you can use to give your hair that "dirty hair" texture.

 Start with a small triangle section on one side of your middle part. Split that small section into three smaller sections. Start a normal three strand braid by taking the section that is closest to your middle part and bringing it under the middle section making it now the middle section. Now take the section closest to your forehead and bring it under the middle section.

You're now going to add hair to your three strand braid by taking a long section from your middle part to where your braid is laying. Add that hair into the section that is closest to your middle part.

Now take that whole section under the middle one making it the new middle. Next, take the section closest to your forehead and bring it under the middle section (you're not adding hair on this side). Now you will repeat steps 4 and 5 until you reach the end of your middle part (about 3 times).

After reaching the end of your middle part, you will continue braiding like normal without adding hair.
Once you absolutely can't braid that hair anymore, you can tie it off with a small elastic band or with a bobby pin.Repeat the same braid on the other side and secure it at the end.

Wrap each braid around your head and pin the ends into the braid on the other side. Hide your pins and the ends of your hair by tucking them under the other braid. It might help to add some hairspray to the spot where you will pin the ends into to make sure the pins and braid stay in place.

No3: Stars Chignon

I already posted a very similar tutrorial, you can look up the tutrorial here. But If you would like if you want to look up the whole tutorial go to She Lets Her Hair Down. Here's a quick gif to show you how to warp the chignon, and for the rest well, I already posted the link. 

Don't forgent to get the "dirty" texture, it's essential. You will need strong bobbi pins, hairspray and an  festive accessorie (optional).  

The star bobbi pins are as I said, optional. Here is the original DIY tutorial for the star bobbi pins that she used here, or you can buy also similar bobbi pins on Ebay. 

Good luck!

Lace Braided Bangs

Here's a fun, beachy hairstyle that you can use with your natural wave or
wear it straight.



And it's perfect for growing out those pesky bangs, or when you just want them out of your face.  



Both Lanie and Bella love this lace braid for that reason.  And instead of again tucking bangs back with the usual bump, this is a fun and unique alternative.  Give it a try.

Miriam

Continuing Swooped Fish Tail

This hairstyle is one word -- whimsical.



It's so
flowing; I feel like a fairy princess (which I'm not at all).



Last year in school my English teacher's daily quick-writing assignment was, 

If you were a wizard/witch, what would your patronus be? 

(For those of you scratching your head, it's a Harry Potter thing.) 



I had no idea what mine would be, so I think I wrote a badger or

How to Weave in Highlights

Happy New Year!



Because of the holiday I've done a little research, 

and the top resolutions for 2013 are:




Save money 

Lose weight

Get on a budget

Find love

Stay happy

Stop smoking

Spend more time with family



In an effort to help you all stick to the top goal of saving money, I thought I'd teach you how to stop paying those high salon prices and handle hair-dying needs at