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Hair/Tutorial

These hairstyles are good for a bang that is growing out or like on me that doesn´t really have a bang but still want to get rid of the front hair sometimes. I just used my natural texture of the hair here but it´s even nicer with more texture like a beachy wave style I think. They all start with the twisted bang/front hair and then the finish is a bit different. To start do like this:

1. Create a sidepart. Take two strands of hair.
2. Twist the hair around each other. Or it´s more like changing position on them.
3. Add more hair to the lower strand of hair.
4. Change position on them again.
5. Keep adding hair to about this long.
6. Then start a ropebraiding instead. Twist each strand of hair in the same direction.
7. And then twist them in the opposite direction around each other.

Now you have three different styles to choose from!

The simple twist: Just secure the twisted hair with an elastic and leave it hanging. For this style don´t ropebraid it too hard since it needs some flow in it to blend with the other hair.

The half up twist: Make two twists/ropebraids. One on each side. Secure it in the back with an elastic. For this style it´s also nice with a middle part instead of a sidepart.

The ponytail twist: Make two twists/ropebraids, put all the hair in a low ponytail, hide the elastic of the ponytail with some hair.

Hair/Tutorial

I went for vaccation to Mykonos last week and one night we were going out for dinner and I wanted to do something easy and fast with my hair so I did this relaxed braided updo with a headband. To do it follow these steps:

1. Put on the headband.

2. Make two braids.

3. Pull out the hair in the braid to make it bigger and messier.

4. Do the same on the other one.

5. Take one of the braids and wrap it around the headband towards the other one.

6. Wrap the same braid one more time.

7. Take the other braid and wrap around the headband in the opposite direction.

8. Do this also twice.

9. The ends will be hanging out for now.

10. Find gaps to hide the ends and bobbypin them into place.

11. Arrange the braids and bobbypin them into place.

12. Pull on the braids to make the hairdo look fuller and make it as messy as you like.

Finished!

Hair

Rodarte made the cutest, messy braided half up do for the runway of Fall 2013. It has a bohemian feeling to it that makes it great for summer! I saw a very nice tutorial for it on Latest-Hairstyles.com that the amazing Steph Brinkerhoff made. To see it click here...

Hair/Tutorial

This is a cute side bun with braids I did as a contributor for Latest-Hairstyles.com. For written instructions click here...

Hair

This is just some cute ideas on how to accessorize your hair! It´s nice sometimes to dress up a plain hairstyle a bit. The bow on the top picture is my daughter´s that I bought in the section for kids on H&M. The bottom left is a hair clip from Accessorize and I use this clip with a side part where I leave the side with most hair down and clip away the other side and put all the hair on one side of the shoulder. The bottom right is a small scrunchy. To be honest I never thought that I would ever wear a scrunchy again but when I went to Berlin last month my friend looked so cute in hers and KaDeWe´s department for hair accessories was full of them so I actually bought this small one and I like it!

Hair/Tutorial

After some promises of ice cream my daughter was nice enough to let me do this tutorial on her and her lovely hair! This is a cute way to style your or your daughter´s hair and I think it works on most ages! I couldn´t choose which way to finish it when I did this tutorial so I decided to make two options insted! The ropebraid is more casual and the soft bun I would say both works as an everyday hairstyle and a bit more formal. So here we go...

1. Create a side part.

2. Start on the side of the head with less hair. Take two strands of hair around the area of the ear. One strand up and one down.

3. Take the strand of hair that is below the other and twist it up and over the other piece while you at the same time twist the upper strand down and under. In other words you change place on them.

4.Now add some hair to the lower strand of hair. Do the same twist/changing of position.

5. Continue the same way. Add hair to the lower strand and twist.

6. When you reach the other side of the head secure the twisted hair in a low side ponytail.

Now you have to choises!

Soft bun:
7a. Twist the hair around itself softly.
8a. Then twist it around the elastic and secure with bobbypins.

Ropebraid:
7b. Divide the hair in two strands. Twist them in the same direction, for example clockwise.
8b. Now also twist them around each other in the opposite direction, for eample anticlockwise.

Makeup/Nails

I just love this combination of nude and silver! I saw on Pinterest a combination with two nailpolishes from Essie called Jazz and Set in stones but I just can´t find them anywhere. So I took inspiration from it to do this combination and anyway this way is much cheaper because it was things I already had at home. You just use any nailpolish in nude you have and then you need some silver glitter that is very inexpensive (you can find it in any craft store or sometimes even bookstores) and at last you need a top coat. I used a nailpolish from Chanel called Inattendu and the fast drying top coat from Essie called Good to go! And then I used some glitter in silver from my daughter´s arts and crafts box.You can play around with it! For example you can have the silver glitter on only one nail or a little on all of them.

1. The products you need to accomplish this look. Of course you don´t need exact the same brands as me! If you have something else at home use that.

2.Paint your nails with the nude colour.

3.You might need two coats of it for good coverage.

4. Take some of the glitter and start sprinkle it on the nails. It´s easier if the nude nailpolish didn´t dry completely.

5. Sprinkle a little over all of the nails.

6. Add some more on one of the nails.

7. Add the top coat. Depending on the top coat you use you might need more than one layer. With this one from Essie I needed two to get a smooth surface.

Finally you blow away or brush of the excess glitter. Wait until everything is dry!

Finished!

Hair/Tutorial

This is a hairstyle I did for Pricilla J. Design as a guestblogger on their site! To check out the full tutorial with step by steps click here...

Hair/Tutorial

This is an easy hairstyle that you can do on curly or straight hair. Curls always add some body and texture to the hair but if you don´t have time and have straight hair you can do it on straight. Just follow these easy steps to achieve the look:

1. Curl your hair. (Optional)
2. Don´t make the curls to neat and perfect, it´s just to create some body and texture to the hair.
3. Loosen the curls with your hand.
4. Backcomb the hair a bit on the crown. For this hairstyle I didn´t do it for maximum volume, just for the hair to lay correct over the crown because my hair has a tendancy to separate there. That´s why I say it´s an optional step. If you have the same problem as me or if you want more volume there do this step.
5.Take a piece of hair on the side of your face.
6. Braid a normal french braid, the first few times you braid incorporate some hair and then just braid a normal braid without incorporating hair. Secure with an elastic.
7. Do the same on the other side.
8. Now you have the two braids. Take all the hair between the braids and from the crown up. The reason I do it this way instead of incorporate hair when I´m braiding is that the hair on the crown lay nicer this way I think.
9. Take of the elastics from the small braids.
10. Divide the hair you´re holding in 3 strands, the two outer strands have the two braids plus some hair from the middle. Braid the hair in a normal braid (do not incorporate any hair). Start with one of the outer strands over the middle one and then the other outer strand over the middle one (the middle one is now the former outer one with a braid), and then just continue to braid without incorporating hair. The reason you start with the outer ones are so the braids will end up in the right place. If you are not happy with how the braids ended up, just use a bobby pin to put them into place.
11. Secure with an elastic band.
12.Put all of the hair in a low ponytail.
13. Twist the hair around the elastic band of the ponytail.
14. Secure with bobby pins.

Hair

My daughter was nice enough to lend me her head for 10 minutes to take pictures of some of my favorite ways to style her ballerina bun. She is so cute in her bun and it´s a great way to keep the hair out of her face. The bun is super simple to make, a high ponytail, twist the hair a bit around itself and then around the elastic of the ponytail and then secure it with a few bobby pins. The headband, the small clips and the flower are all from H&M. I seem to buy a lot of hair accessories from there! And the last one is a small scrunchie that I bought in Berlin at KaDeWe.

Makeup

Nude lips are now a days a modern classic. Paired with smokey eyes it´s a true red carpet hit. But they are also good for an understated look and a look where you want to draw attention to one part of your face and the lips to just balance and complement the make up. However a nice nude lip is not as easy to achieve as you would think. Like finding and chosing the right shade of foundation, it´s just as important to find the right shade of nude lipstick so you don´t look sick or washed out. In general women with a light skin tone should go for a pinky undertone, medium skin or olive skin a rosy-beige undertone and dark skin a bronzy or taupe undertone.

I went down to my local MAC store to ask them about their favourites for a nude lip and this is their suggestions to try:
Light skin: Myth or Creme de nude.
Medium, olive skin: Pure Zen or Japanese Maple.
Dark skin: High tea, Viva glam 2 or Taupe.
And a nice shade for light and medium skin (wich is good if you are paler in winter and more tanned in summer) is Luxe natural from the new collection Mineralize rich lipstick.

Sometimes lips can have a very strong natural colour and then you can tone it down with some foundation or a little bit of concealer before the lipstick or you can even just use a lipgloss on top. My lips though get to dry from this so a great but expensive product to tone down the lipcolour is Kiss kiss lipstick from Guerlain, and then just a lipgloss on top like Boy bait or Fashion Whim from MAC.

My everyday favorite nudish lip product is a Chubby stick in Heaping Hazelnut from Clinique and the lipgloss mentioned above Boy bait and Fashion Whim from MAC since I´m not using lipstick on a daily basis.

Hair

The hair clip is an easy way to accessorize your hair and it has a relaxed and playful feeling to it that I like. Instead of always hiding bobby pins this is a way to secure your hair out of the way fast. I was in Berlin this weekend to visit my sweet friend Nora. We went for some shopping and she took me to this super nice department store called KaDeWe. There they had a great section for hair accessories and I got so inspired. These hair clips I bought there and they are called y.e.s from www.solida.de. Anyway hair clips like this you can find anywhere!