Basic Hime Hair Pouf Tutorial Using a Rat / 姫ギャル髪型チュートリアル

by VioletLeBeaux | Aug 8, 2011 | Hair-Tutorials, Tutorial, Video-Tutorials, Violet Vision Videos

This is a simple hair tutorial showing the way that I do this big poufy hair style. This style can be used in a Japanese hime gyaru fashion look or adapted to many other styles. This is just one out of many ways to achieve looks like this and isn’t as damaging as many others as it uses a rat hair piece rather than teasing the whole lot.

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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.

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Morning!
Today I’ll show you how my hair in a basic hime pouf.
This is the style I do most often.
Brush our your hair.
Mine was a bit dirty so I added a little scented talcum powder.
My version of this style is by no means the best of only way to achieve this style but it’s what works the best for me.
Take a small section of hair starting at the top of your ears and moving up to the top of your head.
Clip it out of the way and too the side.
For this version you will need a rat” basically that is something squishy in the same you want your hair to be.
Mine is a bandana wrapped in a hair extension.
Pin it to the top of your head behind the section of hair you clipped out of the way.
I am using a darker colour so you can see what I’m doing.
Pin it at the front, back and both sides so it’s really securely in place.
Now unclip the front section and brush it out.
Divide it into 3 sections: left, middle, right.
Let the left and right sections go so you are just holding the middle.
Using a teasing comb brush the section straight forward and tease the back of it so it will hold the shape better.
Lay it back over the rat and pin at the base.
Now spray it all over with hair spray and smooth down.
use your fingers to fan it out so it covers as much of the rat as possible.
Take a section from the right and brush it upwards.
Tease the back with the comb and pull it up the side and over to the opposite side.
Pin it at the base of the rat and also pin it at the top of the rat so the curve stays in place.
Repeat it on the other side too.
Pull the section up, brush through, tease, pin top and base, spray and smooth.
If you are unhappy with the shape just squish it until you like it and spray again.
To blend the bump to the bottom hair a bit more just grab a section from the side, tease and pin at the back.
Of course, spray it in place too.
Repeat on the other side and you’re almost finished.
That’s the basic bump almost done.
From the back you can see there are a few gaps where the rat can still be seen.
just fan out the hair with your fingers to cover them and spray.
If you use a rat the same colour as your hair it doesn’t matter as much.
Time to curl the rest of it.
I use a mini straightener for the curls.
Don’t forget the bits pinned at the back too.
Add some accessories front and back and you’re finished!
I like to use long ribbons on the back so it looks more impressive.
If you feel your hair isn’t big enough you can tease thr roots for some extra volume.
I live by the motto that there’s no such thing as too much hairspray.
So now you’re all made up you just need somewhere fun to go and show it all off.
I hope this was a useful video, please check out the blog post linked in the description for more information and tutorials.
Thanks so much for watching.
Bye!

I hate major unfinished projects…

by VioletLeBeaux | Aug 6, 2011 | Competition, Craft

I really do. There are too many of them around my house staring at me and laughing because I haven’t had the time or motivation to completely them. Damn you unfinished projects! DAMN YOU!

I keep procrastinating >_<

I procrastinated earlier this week by entering the Kawaii.i “Kawaii Fashion Coordinate Contest”. I entered with the outfit I wore to Blogopolis, most of the photos were from my phone so here’s a decent close up of the nails/make up from the day. Voting is open now so if you like it feel free to click here and vote for me or any of the other cute entries!

Back to crafting things, here is a small selection of the projects currently cluttering my house and taunting me with their unfinishedness…

Embroidered clip top bag…

Ipad Case with included detatchable handbag…

Quilted Bag Remake…

Gigantic Monster Scarf for the beginners knitting tutorial…

Okokokokok no more procrastinating by writing posts like this, I’m going to go actually try to finish something… or at least make some kind of progress with one of these. They are all for tutorials so if you have any preference to which I finish first let me know… it might actually motivate me haha!

How To Make Elastic Lolita Or Fairy Kei Style Sock Toppers

by VioletLeBeaux | Aug 5, 2011 | Craft, Other-Accessory-Tutorials, Tutorial

Time for the follow up on yesterday’s Ribbon Sock Topper Tutorial! This version is held on with elastic instead of ribbon and it has some very soft netting. I made these ones to go with a tulle skirt I have… The good part about elastic sock toppers is that you don’t need to be afraid of the ribbon coming undone and getting lost, the bad part is that unless you’re precise with measuring the elastic they might be too tight and cut off circulation or too loose and fall down. They are also less versatile as they can only really go where the elastic allows them.

Cut a piece of tulle which is at least twice as long as the eyelet lace. This will create a nice ruffle.

Cut a piece of elastic using the measurement around your calf. These are the pieces you should have…

Using your needle and thread, running stitch along the top of the tulle, if you pull it tight as you go this will create the ruffle.

Tie it off when you reach the end and you should have something along the lines of this:

Place the eyelet lace on top of the tulle.

Stitch the eyelet and the tulle together in two rows, one at the top and one at the bottom. This will form a channel for the elastic to be threaded through.

So you should having something along these lines:

Now you need to thread the elastic through the channel, I used a safety pin to guide it:

Make sure the other end of the elastic doesn’t slip through! Once it’s all gathered on you should have both ends out the sides.

Stitch the elastic’s ends together securely.

Then it’s just a matter of threading some ribbon through the eyelets. I used a bobby pin to do that because the eyelet holes were too small for the safety pin.

Make sure that you leave enough ribbon so that you can completely stretch the elastic without it being pulled back inside. That should give you enough to tie a bow on the end since you don’t want to have to rethread the ribbon every time you wear them!

Stitch the ends of the eyelet lace together so it closes the gap, tie the ribbon in a bow and you’re all finished!

Taadaa! Pretty cute ^_^ I like these because the tulle makes them a little difference to standard sock toppers. When you wear them with over the knee socks they look a little more grown up too!