Orange you glad it's Friday? OOTD w/ Hair Tutorial

Dress: Gordmans $12.00

Sandals: Goodwill $3.99

Take one inch sections of hair, about one inch back from forehead. French, fishtail braid until you've reached your ear, regular fishtail until you've met the middle, back of your head. Do the same on the other side. Secure with bobby pins. 

Want a better explanation? Watch Amber Fillerup's "Half Up Fishtail" Hair Tutorial

         

Here's a final look!

The Perfect Bun!

 What You'll Need:

hair tie

bobby pins

teasing brush

To start, put your hair into a high pony.

Tease hair!

** The more your hair is teased the bigger the bun you'll have!

Finally, fold hair under to create bun shape, using bobby pins to keep hair in place. 

Hairspray to add firmness. 

There will be "fly-aways" because of teasing. To fix, use teasing brush and hairspray to tame.

DIY: 90's Demin

 Cut Out Shoulder Top

What You'll Need: 

Button Up

Scissors

 Use chalk or pin to locate shoulder area. Cut to your content.

Caution: Shoulder may get cold, add sweater**

Shortalls

What You'll Need:

Overalls

Scissors

Use Chalk or pin to find appropriate length. Cut at angle to create shortalls. 

Finally, decorate and distress to create finished look!

Scrunchie

What You'll Need:

Scrap Fabric

Elastic

Scissors

Glue/ Needle and Thread

Fold fabric in half, inside out; sew/glue along open edge making a tube. Turn tube right side out. Push elastic through tube until ends meet. Sew elastic and open ends together.

Rock your pony.

No Heat, Overnight Curls!

Start with damp hair, 80% dry.

Divide hair into sections. (To determine how many sections you will need depends on your hair thickness; I have thick hair and used four sections.)

* It's important to remember that the smaller the sections, or buns you have, the curlier your hair will be.

Once you have your hair parted use a headband/sock to hold hair in place. Knot it. (Make sure you place your pony high on head; this will make it easier to sleep).

When pony is secure start wrapping hair away from you face and around the headband/sock.  Continue until all hair in section is wrapped around material. 

Finally, start wrapping hair around itself to create a bun. Secure bun in place. 

Continue this process until all hair is placed in buns.


Go to bed. 

Right after buns are taken out!

When taking the buns out be gentle! It'll probably look at little crazy at first (see above picture) but use moose and fingers to comb through to calm the crazy!

Moosed to my perfection.

And you're done! Soft, natural looking curls that last for days (3 to be exact!)!

Who Run the World? CURLS!

For someone that has string straight hair like myself, I'm always looking to do new things with my mane. However, being that it is straight, my hair has problems holding curls. So if you're like me or just want to try a new do, here's how I create long lasting and heat-less curls!

 What You'll Need:

Foam Rollers

Hairbrush

Spray bottle

These are the foam rollers I used; they range from small, medium to large.

 Start with damp hair, this is where the spray bottle comes into use unless previously washed (I washed mine, 80% was completely dry before I started curling). When you're ready to curl, take one inch sections of hair, placing the end of hair on foam curler, roll under. Do this all over scalp until finished. I slept on mine however you could put rollers in during the morning time, let set until dry and then remove.

 This is the side view and back of my head. I love that the foam rollers make the curls look more natural and voluminous!

How to Revive Second Day Curls

 How to Revive Second Day Curls

 Start by lightly combing through the curls from yesterday's do. Doing this helps with the rats and hairspray coated hair, both of which make it hard to curl hair a second time. DON'T BRUSH! Brushing your hair makes you lose texture, which is essential for second day curls!

 Next step is to begin curling hair. Instead of sectioning off hair like usual for first day curls, we'll only be curling the top section and any pieces that need extra assistance. Since we already have curls from the previous day, we're just reviving the sections that need help!

The last part of this tutorial deals with teasing. I start with the back of my head or the crown. I work my way down to the nape of my neck. I finish with the sides. 

TEASING HELP: If you're not familiar with teasing or have a hard time with doing so, it's super easy and no worries, NO NESTS! Start by holding hair in one inch sections in one hand, with the other hand take your comb and make the letter "C", continue to do this until your hair is to your liking. For side pieces, since I have short hair I use my fingers. Hold the section of hair with your index finger and thumb, using the other hand pull pieces toward scalp. If you having long hair on the sides continue the "C" motion all over head!