HOT CURLERS.....They are back!

Done all with hot curlers and a couple bobby pins.

SPRING HAS SPRUNG....WITH MAJOR BRAIDS AND LONG HAIR.

Gorgeous Spring Braid  Twist braid by only adding to the bottom and then invert ponytail.  Easy and gorgeous!

PROM HAIR !

This was wonderful fun. What we did was crimp the hair with a wave crimper, brush our fingers through the hair to tone down the waves and simply twist the sides back on each side into a ponytail at the base of the neck. Because Brittany's hair isn't that long, we didn't have a lot of hair left to form a chignon so we had to do a messy bun (looks exactly like a fancy chignon). So we sprayed the hair with a ton of hair spray (Frizz-Ease, my favorite) and teased it. Then we made a normal messy bun by looping the first ponytail half way then applying another pony-tail over the "ball" of hair and twisting and shaping it. After that you just add a few hairpins to the sides for security and add the "glitz". We put in decorative hairpins and a decorative headband. Her hair looks 'RUNWAY GORGEOUS'! (AND THE GUY LIKED IT TOO!) HAHA

Hunger Games Reaping Hairdo

This is the Hunger Games Reaping hairstyle when Katniss volunteers herself as a tribute for Prim. Just Dutch French braid the hair down the side and tuck the end of the braid under the first braid and secure with pins. In our case we were headed to ballet so we added a cute flower clip.

Prom Hair

I got the idea for this updo from an old movie from the early 20th century called "Angel". The hair is very turn of the century with two locks hanging in the back seperated and brought to the front to show the length of the hair while still having a "fancy" updo. The hair is placed in hot curlers, put in a half bun by pinning the curls down and letting the back of the bun cascade downward toward the two tendrils. Must be a "romantic" lover to enjoy this hairstyle. Must say though, her date dropped his jaw!

Prim Rose....Hunger Games hair

Braids are the "rage" right now, the messier and funkier the better. Here is a unique way to braid your hair off to the side.

MODERNIZED...Irish Dance Hair!

Nationals are coming up Irish Dancers! If you are an older girl and can pull off a more natural yet totally Irish "messy" look....DO IT! This hair rocks the way this girl has her bangs sideswept yet neat and her hair DOES NOT look artificial...but natural and complimentary to her face and her ultra expensive outfit. Remember though....it's not all about the hair! ITS ABOUT THE DANCING! But I think when your hair looks good, you dance a little lighter and better!

PROM HAIR TIME!

IT'S TIME LADIES! I have asked Jalesa, a friend and beautician of mine, to post some prom hair ideas for you gorgeous ladies who are ready to get out there and show everyone how gorgeous you can be ON YOUR OWN! Following will be posts about Do-it-yourself prom hair. Enjoy!

Big and Sexy Prom by Jalesa

This look is a little more dramatic then a normal prom look but to get this look your part the hair into 5 or 6 sections rubberbanded in the back but not in a straight line stagger the hair then use a small barreled curling iron to curl everything tease and play with it till you get the look :) use spray and play harder hair spray(big and sexy)

Do it yourself Prom Hair by Jalesa

Wet the hair, apply any kind of curl product, put the whole head in a roller set and let dry or put under a dryer, apply hairspray before completly dry, take out rollers once dry and pin up sides to make a curling fohawk :) the poof on top is just slight back combing

PROM HAIR TIME!

Jalesa has GORGEOUS Prom hair ideas. So I will be posting some of them over the course of the next few days to give you more mature girls some ideas on how to wooooo the crowd.

(using an 1 1/2in barrel curl averything but bobby pin them in the barrel shape angled differently till all hair is up)

INSTANT HAIRSTYLE!

You guys wanted something quick....I found this one :)

Short MAMA HAIR...OUT ON THE STREET

GO AHEAD! If you have the face, get that hair cut short. Short hair and bold lips are HOT this spring....as you can see from this beautiful woman on a warm spring day!

IRISH DANCE HAIR

To achieve this look:
Part hair on side, topsy tail sides down, pull hair up in ponytail....and apply WIG! YAY! EASY-PEASY you go Irish Dance mom's! Now stick a cute headband or crown on and 3, 2,3 AND OFF YOU GO!

OUT ON THE STREET/ WISCONSIN!

DARLING French braiding for young adult during fast food work at YUMYUM Culvers! She looked so cute I had her take her blue visor off and she was a great sport about showing us how to pimp our hair and keep it out of our food at the same time! You go girl!

FROM THE STREET #2

Today we visited "Spencers" at the mall in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The #2 girl on the street was all too happy to share her gorgeous french braiding which she did PERFECTLY and tied into a cute messy bun/ ponytail in the back. It looked so neat in the front and yet looked appropriately casual in the back. I had total "hair envy". She wanted to hide her face, lol...so I let her :)....I don't know whether or not it was because we were in Spencers or "just a girl thing"...I know I wasn't looking so hot with my makeup today and would have never allowed a pic of me. Hooray for self done do's!
PS...gotta love the raunchy marijuana necklace and the St. Pat's T-shirt in the background that says "rub for good luck" with two gold shamrocks on the front, lol. I was looking for "fun" St. Patrick's day things but this may not have been the right spot...haha.

DOES THIS HAIRBOW MEASURE UP?

I make hairbows for fun. Not for sale. I gift them to the people I love too...so if you haven't gotten one...well....just kidding.
I LOVE the measuring tape that we all recognize from gramma's sewing basket (actually my grandmother never sewed anything but aprons as far as I can remember but I like to pretend I grew up perfect for my own self-esteem...you know if you lie to yourself long enough, you believe it. I can't remember her actually in an apron either but she did sport some great name brand clothing. So my family has some class, whatever)
Blah, blah...here is the bow. This is a big day for us because it is actually our first ponytail Sarah has been able to have since she chopped off her pigtail some time ago. BTW....she HATES this bow. She cried when I "MADE" her wear it before so I have to sneak it on the BACK of her head. Brilliant idea moms! The teachers love the bow but she doesn't even know which one is back there :) Now that is another WIN/WIN!
SHELLY

DAY THREE...UNWASHED HAIR!

OK, OK....I read an article last week on Yahoo that talked of American women beginning to cut down on the number of times they wash their hair each week, taking on the trend of most other societies. Well, we know that our children really don't get "oily" hair. I don't believe they need their hair washed every single day. But what do you do when your kid has been sporting the six pony-tail hairstyle like I had up a few days ago? Well at 7:30 when you wake up and realize that not only have you slept in while your child is coloring peacefully and you are freaking out that you look like crap, you shove their hair into a giant wad on the top of their head, add a hairbow on each side of the bird's nest wad...and BINGO! ...your kid ONCE AGAIN looks great and you are dragging her into school looking like crap!
OK...my picture quality stinks right now because I have to find my camera since we moved here. Let's just say I'm dissapointed in the blackberry storm right now and waiting for my iPhone contract.
I even ran these suckers through iphoto so they aren't getting any better.
If you look closely at my child...you can see her eyes are a little swollen from bawling because I made her quit coloring as I ran like the madwoman from hell trying to slap on my own makeup to get her to eat some Life cereal.
Yeah...I LOVE being a mom sometimes...I tell my kids all the time...."I love you all! I just don't love you all at the same time..." haha!

DANCE HAIR

A bunch of us moms know what it is like to send your child to school and know that they have to leave school and go directly to dance. Sarah is an Irish Stepdancer for Canada so we have quite a long day. This triple messy bun do is great because it holds the hair nice and tight and you can add a little bow on each bun to show off your "team spirit" no matter what it is. Since Sarah dances for the Brady Academy in Winnipeg, Canada....we have CANADIAN colors!
The middle picture is Sarah in front of a creepy old parlor door inside our old, old farmhouse that we love. She almost looks like a ghost from the 1800's, huh? lol

Valentines!

WOW! The part looks so much better in person! haha! Oh well, this is my 6 AM try :)

FROM THE STREET

Saw this cutie pie at the mall and her mom was a good sport about letting me pull out my cell and take a picture of these darling braids. French braid down the center back and "normal" three strand braid attached. It was something different and absolutely darling. I wanted to share it with all you moms out there in time for Valentine's day if you want to try something different. You could even weave some pretty pink ribbon in the accent braids to really show it off.

YAY! for a creative North Dakota mom!

Hi...I did a naughty thing!

Hi Everyone from Sarah!
I was trying to help mommy one morning before my bath. I decided she was so busy that I could help by getting ready for my bath. Mom is so careful with my hair that she snips my bands out of my hair so I don't have breakage...isn't that nice? Well I snipped for her. Woopsie! I cut off one of my pigtails by mistake and now have a bob. Don't give up on me now...my hair is growing really fast and really soon you will see lots of hairstyles again.

Easy and elegant church hair

I didn't wait for this to dry for the picture...I would have never gotten my legs shaved!

SPRUCING UP BRAIDS

Double them up for twice the look and add delicate ribbon...so girly!

Curly Church Hair with 3 bows

PRETZEL HEAD

The look of a yummy pretzel, without the salt. Just divide the hair into four sections, braid, cross over the two top braids to the opposite bottom braids then loop up the bottoms to the top and slip ends under the existing rubber bands. Easy peasy and sure to pleasy in under five minutes!

Sarah's favorite ballerina pose...

New bows to snaze up the look

And the result is a happy five year old.