Inspired by: Pinterest!

Pinterest is absolutely addictive. If you haven't signed up yet, you should. They have an entire section just for Hair & Beauty, but make sure you've got some time if you check it out. (Here is my hairstyles board if you'd like to follow it!)

I found this style a while ago, and tried it last week- super simple braids, but tight at the base of the head. It was a great one to do when my hair was wet, and worked well on my somewhat wavy hair, but would also look great on curled or straight hair as well. 

I only used 2 rubberbands and a few bobbypins and it held all day long. It even looked better as it dried throughout the morning. (Also, I did a two-into-one braid on one side, as my bangs still aren't quite long enough to reach without falling back...) So here's the video, although it is long, and a little boring, so feel free to skip through the steps. :)

Wave Curl Tutorial

I've been meaning to post this for a while now. Hopefully it's useful to some of you. :)

Here's how I made my wave iron.

This is the end result- nice loose waves instead of tight curls. They look great as they relax throughout the day.

Inspiration: Mollee from "SYTYCD?"

So I don't usually watch this show, but I caught the judging last night while I was waiting for Glee- Mollee (who was voted off last night) was so stinkin' cute! And she was sobbing so hard that it made me sad for her. Anyway, her hair style was really cute- a little smocking ending in a braid. Fun and really simple.

Also, I took a very simple video of me curling Emma's hair with my newly-created wave machine. :) (Yes, it's my curling iron with the clamp removed- see this post) Super pretty waves and really fast. I'll post it later tonight.

Perfect (and cheap!) wave curls...

Okay, so I had high hopes of doing a video tutorial, but once again, my kids are sick, so I'm not getting any free time. (Not that I usually do, but still...) :)

Anyway, here's a great idea that I found on youtube when I was searching once again for a coveted Enzo Milano curling iron. I've seen these around, and loved the look that they give, but for that price tag, I haven't been able to justify it.

So the idea...All you do is unscrew the clamp on any regular curling iron! Simple, right? Not sure why I didn't think of that- usually I'm pretty inventive, but that one went right past me. :) Anyway, here's what I did with my 1/2" Conair which I never use anymore. I know people can do these wavy curls with the clamp, but it was much more simple without it.

So here's a picture of my hair using my nice easy cheap clampless curling iron. Fun stuff! I think I may actually pull apart my bigger iron as well to see the larger waves.

Day after

Yesterday Emma had two full French braids in her hair, so today we
made it easy and just left the crimped hair.