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The Updated Up Dos

January 16, 2012 Michelle Hair, inspiration

Don’t lose your marbles just yet, but I’m back! How are you feeling this 2012? I can’t believe the month is already half way over! We took a fun little vacay and did a bunch of outdoor activities (hiking, fishing, camp-firing and more) I took tons of pictures which you’ll probably see here. And most of all we had a wonderful holiday season. I’m back and ready to blog with passion! I’ve got another unexpected trip this next weekend which will lead to some fun posts:

packing it all in a carry on
winter wedding wear
easy travel wear

and maybe more…but for now let’s talk about hair.

I’ve been growing out my hair (lengthwise and colorwise) for a year now. It’s gotten extremely long! (pictures to follow soon) and I’m having a hard time figuring out what to do with it. huh? what? My favorite way to wear it is curled, but I’m too lazy lately. I’ve been pulling it back and blowdrying it quite a bit. 1/2 up and down, middle part with pinned back bangs, and pony tails have been my go to’s.

That’s why I’ve been on the search for different, cute, and sleek styles that I’m not bored of yet!

THE SOCK BUN

Made In Pretoria has THE best visual tutorial!!

Overview: Take a sock, cut off the toe. Roll sock into a round doughnut looking thing. Make a high ponytail on your head. Pull end of pony through the middle of sock doughnut. Wrap end of pony around doughnut. Roll pony and doughnut down toward head. Slightly pull hair around doughnut to hide sock.

THE LOOP

This one comes from Penny Pincher Fashion (picture too!)

Overview: Pull your hair into a low pony. Take out a small section at the very bottom of the pony (This will be used later.) Start to tie up pony with an elastic. On the last pull through, only pull it half way. Leave it in the loop form. Take the small loose section and wrap around elastic. Bobby pin the spare hair underneath.

THE BUBBLE PONYTAIL

Jessica Harlow has a video of it too!

Overview: Tease top of hair. Pull into a pony in the middle of head. Pull out hair near the face. Use clear elastics (3 to 4) to wrap sections to form “bubbles”.

One comment hair, jessica harlow, made in pretoria, penny pincher fashion, ponytail, the loop, the sock bun

Have you heard of The Beauty Department?

November 8, 2011 Michelle beauty, Hair, inspiration, Makeup

Have you heard of The Beauty Department?

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It’s only my new favorite beauty go to site! I stumbled upon some of their great tutorials through pinterest and tracked the sources down to The Beauty Department. From makeup tips to hair how to’s, they have you covered. And its not random, untrusted names!

Here’s the low down:

“This is a site for anyone who’s ever had a beauty question or gotten into a fight with a hair brush and lost. We’ll be covering all kinds of hair+makeup how-to’s, nail trends, skin issues, tools, current obsessions & inspirations, as well as countless quick tips. In the process we are truly excited to get to know all of you! We want to read your emails and we want you to participate in our voting polls so we can figure out exactly what you need! We want to make beauty as accessible as possible. We’re releasing new things every day including videos, printable photo tutorials and exclusive images of our lovely Lauren Conrad.

XO Lauren Conrad, Kristin Ess and Amy Nadine!”

You read that right! LAUREN CONRAD. She’s a personal favorite celeb of mine and now she’s using her celebrity power in the name of beauty! She teamed up with her professional hair stylist (Kristen Ess) and makeup artist (Amy Nadine) to for The Beauty Department. So it is sources you can actually trust with insider knowledge!

They post every day and they include such fun stuff as:

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They’ve got video makeup and hair tutorials to die for! The latest…the french braid! I also learned how to do a fishtail braid from their tutorials! Easy to understand and great to watch it done. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve paused, rewound, and rewatched quite a few of these videos!

I have to say I can’t get enough of this site. I scroll through tutorials quite often to find inspiration and even their tweets with beauty tidbits are awesome!

If you haven’t had a chance to see The Beauty Department before, take a moment now. It’ll be worth it!

*this post is just full out love for TBD! No funny business…just good pure adoration*

Also, all photos are from The Beauty Department.

No comments amy nadine, hair, howto, kristen ess, lauren conrad, makeup, the beauty deparment

No More Ombre

August 26, 2011 Michelle Hair, personal

I got my hair done guys! Here are the results.

I’m in love with it…what do you think?

2 comments brunette, dolce vita salon, hair, ombre

Vixen Hair, Lips and Hips

July 26, 2011 Michelle Clothes, What I Wore

So it has nothing to do with hips, but it sounded good right? On with the clothes! I wore this on Sunday to The Texas Shakespeare Festival‘s Play “The Beuax Stratagem” which was hilariously funny. Of course, I forgot not only our nice camera but my point and shoot. So cell phone it was! I think the turned out pretty well considering..

I got to wear this dress once last summer. It was a late September buy from Forever 21. When I spotted it, I had to have it. Why? Because a few weeks before I spotted the same dress at an F21 with CK. There was only one! And it fit both of us. It looked better on her so she got it. And I forgot about it. Until I was in a different Forever 21 in a different city and spotted it. Now it is mine and I’m in love! It’s just got so many little quirks. The zipper, the faded flower design, the ruffle.

Dress: Forever 21

Wedges: Target

Bracelet: H&M

Earrings: Charmin Charlie

I spent more time on doing my hair than I did on getting dressed/makeup. I curled it and styled in Victory Rolls. Originally, it seemed so easy from videos, but it wasn’t. Took me quite a while to get it to this state then I stuck in the accessory clips to cover up some of the messiness. I was thrilled with the end effect.

The Back.

Pardon my horrible transition of hair color. I’m eventually going to tell you all about my ombre hair journey! Stay tuned…

I left my makeup very simple (plus I ran out of time!) I only applied foundation, blush, bronzer, mascara, and Nars Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Pop Life. Have to say I felt very vixenish with the curled hair and red lips! It’ll be a look I try again soon, maybe with a more vintage dress!

4 comments CK, forever 21, hair, outfit post, victory rolls, what I wore

Tight Vintage (No Heat!) Curls How To!

July 13, 2011 Michelle beauty, Hair

Trolling around on pinterest, I’m finding lots of hair styles I’m loving trying. That’s how I got this next Hair How To! It is vintage style curls with NO HEAT!!

Yep, you read that right. NO HEAT!! And it was easy!

I watched this video:

I got up this morning, washed and dried my hair, then got started. I did just what she said. Since my hair is pretty thin, I misted hair spray all over before I began. I parted my hair then placed an elastic headband over my forehead and hair. Then, I began wrapping small sections around the head band. After I wrapped the final piece of hair, I bobby pinned a few loose sections to achieve a more day appropriate look.

BEFORE

I wore my hair like this for about 8 hours. It was a very hippie/boho look. I actually want to wear it again with a really romantic/lace outfit. After dinner, I took it all out.

Then I brushed out the curls around my hand, like she did in the video. It really does define the curl! It actually worked. This no heat style turned out as pretty as when I curl my hair with my wand!

AFTER

I’m still shocked at how well this turned out! I loved the results and the fact there was NO heat. Its a total plus during this hot summer! It’ll be happening alot more, I promise!