Posts Tagged ‘Hair Extensions’

Morning everyone! Well I’m sure a lot of you remember I did a tutorial on how to create a hime style hair. Well after doing it every day for the last year or so I’ve developed some short cuts and easier ways of doing things. So I decided to made a revised tutorial and include the information about hot rollers in the bottom. The best part about this version is that there is very little teasing involved so very little damage

We are going to end up with this:
Now the secret to being able to do this style of hair with minimum teasing/damage is having something to stick in the middle to hold everything up. I borrowed this idea from Super Kawaii Mama’s video on 1960′s beehives. You need something to hold the center shape and a ratty old hair extension.

I use an old bandanna folded and then rolled up. 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.

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.

Here is a video of how to roll them:

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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
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 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:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_ha4pbmbvs]
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
And the back:
The side:
The end!

I hope you all enjoyed that and if you have any questions just pop them in the comments and I’ll try my best to answer

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.

Photo found via Google images, please let me know if you own it so I can credit

I want her hair and her dress. I still really want to get curled hair extensions! I don’t think I could ever have my hair naturally this long again, I had it like this for about 4 years and it was so hot and heavy that I really want the ability to take it off when I feel like it. Also I totally want a nice wrap… and a strawberry crepe. Yummy.

Ah the things I would buy if I were back in Japan! Who wants to buy my ticket?

Hello everyone and welcome to my first shop review! Be warned this is a big post with LOTS of pictures.
I thought long and hard about which shop to review first but all the online spending that my K-Rudd Stimulus Money let me do gave me an idea! Everyone is always asking where I get my deco supplies from so here is a review on…

Now a little background info:

Shop- Strapya-World
Url- https://www.strapya-world.com/index.html
Location- Japan

Products- Decoden supplies, little fake foods, cell phone straps, Disney and Hello Kitty accessories, random Japanese kitschy junk.

Prices- Well it’s a bit hard to compare as it depends on the exchange rate. Prices are in Japanese Yen. You’re paying more than you’d actually pay in Japan but most of the prices are still quite reasonable as long as your exchange rate doesn’t suck as hard as the Australian Dollar.

Service- I have ordered with Strapya a couple of times and each time the service has been quite good. Items are shipped promptly and the only time I’ve had to email the response was quick and solved my problems. Note though that English is their second language so expect to have to be a little creative with reading any replies

Shipping- Either surface mail or EMS, I always choose EMS for overseas packages because I don’t trust Australia Post. Also the EMS guy knows to ring my door bell rather than just leaving a note to go pick the package up. For some reason AusPost can’t grasp this fact. Shipping is very quick!

Now some photos and more info!

I placed my order on the 25th of April and it arrived at my door on the 1st of May, this included a weekend so it wasn’t posted until the 27th… effectively it took 3 working days to get here.

This is what I ordered, everything arrived bubble wrapped for protection. Mostly deco supplies with one big thing… A PEARL IN A CAN! (click to be taken to the Strapya listing)

So when I read about this I thought it sounded hilarious! As you all know… I LOVE pearls so how could I pass up the chance to get my own pearl out of a real oyster in a can?! So terribly Japanese it’s awesome.

Here is my adventure with Pearl In A Can..

It comes in a cute little box with some cute Engrish on it. There are 5 colours of pearl that you can get inside and each has a different meaning, more on that later.
Things get a bit messy so I would suggest you get a tray or do this over a sink! Inside the box you’ll find the can with the oyster, instructions, a little tool to open the oyster and the necklace in a little blue heart display.

Make sure you read the label… apparently you shouldn’t eat the oyster… I don’t know who would be dumb enough to eat an oyster floating in some kind of alcohol which has been un-refrigerated for several days in the sun… but someone obviously was because there are a LOT of warnings

Now make sure to read the instructions and get out this little tool thing.

This is the oyster. If you think it looks gross, you should wait for the smell…

Open up your can with the ring pull and try not to breathe in the over-powering vinegar/alcohol smell.

Heehee it looks silly!

Now pull it out and grab your tool (hahaha)! Wedge it into the oyster and open him up!

Look I found a pearl!!

Make sure to give it a wash and discard the oyster and can!

How cute is that?

Which colour did you get? I got Cream which apparently means success! Go me! Bring on my success! The other colours you can get are:
White- Intelligence
Cream- Success
Pink- Health
Purple- Property
Black- Love

Now we’ve got the pearl you should get the little cage necklace!

Open it up and pop in the pearl!

Put it back on the necklace and there you go!

How cute is that? I think it’s a great little novelty, especially since it’s currently on sale 90% off for US$9.75. Because it comes in such a nice package it would make a really nice gift.

Of course now you’ve spent all this time making your necklace you should spend some time checking yourself out Fantastic!

Final thoughts:
Strapya- Though it’s not the cheapest, the items are cute, the quality is good and there is lots to choose from. I would recommend it!
Pearl in a can- Fun to play with, a good gift and a damn cute necklace in the end!

Now my 2 questions for you guys…
1. Did you like this review? Does it need more/less humor? Would you read more of these?
2. What do you think of my new hair extensions??

As an after thought to all of this, I’ve been featured on Pink Expertise! Wow it seems like I’ve gotten a lot of features lately, it’s been really lovely! Thank you all for reading my blog, you guys are so awesome!

If you want to check out the feature just click the link below
http://thelifebehindthecoach.typepad.com/pink_expertise/2009
/05/inability-to-give-up.html