So let’s make the hair clips first. These are my favorite types of roses. They are actually made from styrofoam which sounds strange but they are very soft, durable and realistic. I got mine from Spotlight but I imagine most craft stores carry them.

So what you need is flowers (or whatever you want to make into a hair clip), a hot glue gun and some bobby pins.

Now I have an army of butterfly hair clippies!

They are going to look super cute!

So now that you’ve made your clips it’s time to decorate your hair! How you arrange them greatly depends on the look you want. For me I want a hime style look but my other motivation is to cover my re-growth of non-blonde hair so I can wait longer between dyes and damage my hair less. So this is what I start out with:

So to do the style I did in the video you need to start with a base head band. I like to use one which is similar colour to the flowers and has something interesting on it like a bow.

Everything about the style I’m making is lopsided so make sure you pick your best side for the bow!

Now get your flowers, it’s nice to use a few different types or shapes of flowers to make the style more interesting.

So grab one of your flowers (I’m starting with the light pink ones) and attach it. You should slide the flower under the headband because the band will hide the metal bit. You really don’t actually need to get much hair to hold it in, just a tiny bit. I get a tiny bit of my fringe in to it then push the whole way into my pouf.

This is how it looks all the way in. See how it hides everything nicely?

Now add another one on that side above the first.

And one on the other side… For this style I work with uneven numbers of flowers to make it even more lopsided.

Now you have quite a good base to work with, start adding the other kind of flower. You can add as many or few until you like how it looks. I like a lot of flowers so this is what I ended up with :D

No regrowth to be seen ^_^

Now here are some variations on this look, it’s very versatile…

This time instead of a head band I started with a row of flowers that I’ve glued on a comb.

So add it to the side because it’s going to be your feature piece.

This version requires more flowers if you want to cover up regrowth but still looks cute.

If you are wearing awesome earrings you can pull the bits of hair on the side backwards and pin them over the headband. Here is how it looks with a different headband.

So I hope that answers some of your questions, if you’d like ore information just leave me a comment :D
Btw if you’re interested in Lolita fashion you should check out Victoria Suzanne‘s blog, it’s full of really interesting articles and she has some very cute hair styles of her own!!

I use an old bandanna folded and then rolled up, you could use whatever you want as long as it gives the same basic shape. This gives a great amount of pouf and is sturdy. You can really use anything that will hold the shape.Now find an old hair extension you’re never going to use again and tease it until it’s solid and matted, this helps it keep it’s shape.

Roll it around the bandanna.

Secure the ends with some bobby pins.
Pinch the ends in and secure with more bobby pins until you can’t see the bandanna anymore.
Finished! Now you can start trying it out with your hair!

I’ll do a quick tutorial on how to actually do the hairstyle, if you want more detailed photos check the last tutorial or this hime hair video I made of doing it on myself.

First separate the front section of hair which will become the bump.

This is the front section:
Clip it to the side for now and keep it out of the way.
Now place the hair piece on to of your head just behind the section you clipped. Secure it with some pins, I usually use one on each side then one for the front and one for the back. Don’t forget to put one in the front of you’ll find your bump gradually sliding backwards during the day.

Unclip the section of hair and divide it into 3, with a larger portion in the middle.
Brush the middle section upwards and give it a good dose of hair spray. If you want to make it easier to manage you can tease (back comb) near th
e roots but it’s not completely necessary.
Pull it backwards and pin it behind the hair piece.
Now do the same with each side. Brush it, spray it, pin it and spray it again!
This is how the back looks:

All finished! Now it’s time to curl the rest of the hair.
You will need your hot rollers, I have a set from Vidal Sassoon and they are awesome. Make sure to heat them up for the recommended time and always follow the instructions. I use mine on the hottest setting because I have very hard to curl hair.

You are also going to need the little clippy things to keep them in. I prefer the plastic ones to the metal “U” shape ones because they are quicker and easier to use.
If you have hard to curl hair like me then you will need something like Tresemme Curl Activator spray. Some people use curling water but I have no idea where to get that from. Anyway give your hair a spray all over with the curl activator.

Brush out the rest of your hair, be very careful to hold where the pins are so you don’t ruin all the hard work you just did!

After you have heated the rollers get one ready to use. Don’t touch the hot part!
The first this we want to do is get rid of all of the pinned ends so we can’t disturb the top bump
It doesn’t really matter how you roll this part because it’s going to be hidden by a bow at the end. I’ll show you exactly how to roll them properly in a second.
Clip it out of the way!
Ok! Now let’s section a piece to curl. I like to start with the piece on the side and in front of my ears because I want these to be the curliest so I leave them in for the longest. Grab your section and brush it.
Spray it! Brush through again to smooth it.
Now grab your roller and twist the hair around it at the bottom.
As you roll up catch the end of the hair in and keep rolling so it holds.
To get this perfect you’ll have to experiment with your hair, for example if I roll these underhand the curls won’t hold but if I roll them overhand they curl nicely. It’s all about experimenting to find what works for your hair type!
Clip the roller into place and you’re done.

Now start sectioning the back and rolling them up too. Start at the top and work down.
Fit in as many as you can, the small the sections of hair you roll the better they will take the curl.
This is how mine looks when it’s all done :D
Give it all a good final spray. If you’re going to try hime style hair, make friends with your hair spray!
Now it’s just a matter of waiting! Go have breakfast or do your make up. Wait at least 20min until all of the rollers are completely cool to the touch!
I went and replied to some of your wonderful comments about the new layout :D Hi internet people!
Ok time’s up! You should take them out front first and then from bottom to top at the back.
When you pull them out they will look kind of funky.
Curl them around your finger to point them in the right direction.
Hurrah a pretty curl! Now spray it in place!

Here is a video of how I take them out:

Now do it with the rest of them.

And you end up with this!
If you don’t like how some of the curls are sitting just gently separate them with your fingers.
Fix up your fringe and add some accessories.
All finished :D
And the back:
The side:
The end!

On another note, does anyone know how to stop blogger from compressing photos when I upload them? My photos are very good quality but when they are uploaded they get pixely and washed out :( I’m seriously considering just getting my own domain bleh.

I hope you all enjoyed the hime hair tutorial and if you have any questions just pop them in the comments and I’ll try my best to answer :)

Next in the news is the guest blog post I did over at Lisa’s blog. I did a summer themed mani with fimo fruit so click the picture below for the full story :)

One more piece of news before I get stared on the hair tutorial! This is directly related to the tutorial though, on the weekend I used 1000hour eyelash glue and had a terrible allergic reaction to it. My eyes swelled shut and so I’ve had to photoshop some of these photos to not look completely ridiculous, the photos also saved really low quality due to a glitch in the camera so bleh. I’m going to be writing a review on the lash glue later this week and let’s just say it’s not exactly glowing but I’m waiting to hear back from their customer service department about treatments.

Without further ado, onto the tutorial!

This tutorial is for how to create this hairstyle. I’ve heard this called several different names (double french twists, 60′s rolls etc) but I think the name “Kitty rolls” is cutest because it reminds me of Kitty from “That 70′s Show”! This is a great style for when your hair is a bit dirty or you’re rushed for time.

You will need:
-Hair spray (I’m going to review this brand later this week too)

-Bobby pins and a brush
- An alice band (optional)
First brush out your hair backwards so there is no part.

-Lightly spray the top and sides of your hair. This is just to give it some texture and get the bobby pins to hold.
Now you should seperate a section on each side of your head. Imagine drawing an invisible line from each ear and pulling everything in front of the line forward.

Put these two parts to the front and sit the alice band behind them. This is so when we twist everything together you can hide the ends of the alice band.
See the placement?
Now get some bobby pins ready. It’s good to have them on hand so you don’t have to drop any hair bits to find them. I have a bad habit of opening them with my mouth XD

Start on one side and brush out one of the front sections.

Twist this section backwards.

And then place it (not too tightly) backwards and behind the alice band. This photo has been censored for my frilly peace of mind! It was a seriously bad allergic reaction!
Ok now pin it in place. The best way to do this is to open the pin, grab the edge of the twirl and the push the pin into the rest of the hair with it’s open edges towards your face. This is a very sturdy way of securing the hair. Here is a video:

Haha you can here James saying “like so” at the end XD Anyway it should look like this:

Now grab another section of hair a bit bigger than the last.

Pull it upwards and twist it around the last section of hair.

Pin it in place
It looks like this:
Keep going grabbing sections of hair and twisting them until you reach the middle of the back of your head.
Now do the same to the other side!
Exactly the same process on the other side until you reach the middle. It should look like this:

And from the side:
Now the back part is a little tricky so I’ve got another short video down lower. Grab all the loose hair and carefully brush it out. Spray some hairspray on it to give it some more hold.

Get those pins ready again!
Ok with the hair between you fingers, roll it up. Depending on your hair length you might need to roll it over twice.

Hold it there and pin through the holes on each side until it’s secure.

Here is a video:

Ok so you’ve got the back part now it should look like this: See that weird hole in the back, let’s get rid of it!

Here is how it looks from the back, basically just keep adding pins until you’re happy with the shape.
The easiest way to do this is to use a second mirror to see exactly how it looks.

Time to decorate now! Get any clips or pins you want to put in the back. The good thing about hime gyaru fashion is that you can cover any mistakes with extra bows or flowers ^_^ Don’t forget to give it a good spray, you don’t want bits coming down during the day/night.

I added two flower pins and a big rose barrette thingy that I made the other day.

And from the side:
Finish doing your make up, add a bunch of accessories and you’re ready to go! Taadaa!

Well I hope you enjoyed the tutorial, once you get the hang of doing the twisting it only takes about 5 minutes. I’ve even managed on a train on the way to a job interview once XD

I’ve decided to make this week’s blog posts all about hair and beauty so expect more of this!

Lastly I’ve been considering making full videos for posts like this, would it be easier to tell what is going on in a video? Would you guys be interested in watching videos I make or prefer I just shut up and blog?