by VioletLeBeaux | Aug 3, 2012 | Hair-Tutorials, Tutorial, Video-Tutorials, Violet Vision Videos
A quick video on how I make my top buns more interesting by braiding up the back of my head. .
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Violet LeBeaux spends most of her time trying to think of ways to make life prettier, posting said ways on her blog and drinking very strong tea. She writes about big hair cute things, girly fashion, beauty finds, sometimes Hime Gyaru fashion (姫ギャル) and crafty tutorials.
She lives with her adorable boyfriend Jimmy, fluffy puppy Miss Lottie and Bergamot Bunny in Melbourne, Australia.
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Braided Updo Hair Style Instructions
Today I’ll be showing how I do a really beautiful braided updo.
Much more interesting than a standard bun!
Basic braiding knowledge is required for this one.
Brush your hair straight forward and pin any fringe out of the way.
Take a small section at the very bottom and divide it into three to begin the braid.
Braid forward to the top of your head.
It’s a little hard to see so here’s a view from the top!
It can be a little tricky because you’re effectively braiding backwards.
I find it’s a lot easier to do different direction braids like this without looking in a mirror, if you look in the mirror you just end up confusing yourself as to which direction you need to go.
So just judge it by the feel.
This is what it should look like.
Being upside down for so long it can be uncomfortable!
When you reach the top, tie it and the rest of your hair into a ponytail.
There are any number of buns and styles you can do from here.
You could try just a regular one or use a donut or sausage.
I like to curl the ends though.
Then scrunch them to the head and pin in place so it’s quite a messy bun.
It looks like it took more effort than it did.
Very pretty and a very nice change to a plain old bun!
A bit tall for my backdrop though.
I hope this was a useful video.
Please check out the blog post lined in the description for more information and photo tutorials.
Thanks so much for watching!
Bye!
by VioletLeBeaux | Aug 2, 2012 | Life
Last Sunday Daiso finally opened their CBD store! I was so excited about this because the original ones were too far out for me to visit very often. For those of you not familiar with the concept of Daiso, it’s a Japanese discount variety store where everything is $2.80 (well it’s 100yen plus tax in Japan but here we pay extra… because it’s Australia).
You guys enjoyed the last lot of Daiso photos I took so I took more which I thought you guys might like too ^_^ Video will be up asap so enjoy the photos in the mean time!
Seeing all of the little details and bits and pieces was really inspiring for my Home Sweet Home project. I’ve been feeling a bit down on it because I hit a plateau where the house is nice enough that I can live with it… but not so nice that it’s perfect. I needed this to give me a bit of a kick to get back into things! Now I want to go back and replace all of the crappy functional things in my house with nice ones haha!
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Have you guys been yet? I bought quite a few things… mostly for the future puppy 😀 😀 😀
by VioletLeBeaux | Aug 1, 2012 | Craft, Storage/Utility-Tutorials, Tutorial
A little while ago my friend Kim was nice enough to give me this cute bow shaped pencil case for my birthday. So cute!
I realised when she gave it to me that I had a big bow at home in my craft pile that came off a really cute bag which I’d accidentally spilled a drink on. I thought why not make a matching bigger version to keep even more pencils in!
And here they are together!
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You could easily do this tutorial just with some spare fabric you have though.
This is the bow I started with.
I used:
- Velcro
- Ribbon
- Needle and thread
- Glue gun
First thing was taking it apart so it wasn’t joined up in the middle anymore.
I unpicked all of the stitching in the middle.
Then restitched it up the bottom, it wouldn’t be a very useful pencil case if they all just fell out the bottom haha!
So this is what I was left with.
I stitched the back pieces together as well.
At this point it was basically a big pouch.
Then on each side I folded the pleats up individually and stitched them together so they are held in place.
 
Next was creating something to hold the middle in place and hide the ugly marks from the original stitching. I only had thin ribbon rather than the thick stuff so I used 3 layers of it.
It was easier to just glue this than stitch because of the thick fabric. So two lots first:
Then one in the middle to cover the gaps.
And the ends were folded into the middle and glued in place.
Last thing to do is find a way to keep it closed. I didn’t have a zip the right colour so I used velcro. I snipped the middle so it would curve and follow the natural line of the bow.
After being glued in place it looked like this:
Not too bad!
 
Then it was just a matter of filling it with some more pencils!
Not quite big enough to fit all of my copic markers but maybe I’ll make a gigantic one!
And with it’s baby sister 😀
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