The lovely Celina asked me for a hair tutorial for something that could be worn to a wedding. It needed to be cute but not bride-thunder-stealing-cute XD
I’ve been really enjoying casual looks with plaits and braids lately so I figured I would incorporate that into the style again ^_^
This is the finished product, a plaited headband with a plaited heart and flower!
What you need:
Brush
Hair Spray
Pins
Clip to hold other hair out of the way.
Start with clean hair and brush out any knots.
Using your finger or a pin start sectioning a piece of hair starting from the top of your ear and moving backwards.
Clip it up and out of the way:
Underneath that and just behind the ear take a small section of hair:
Plait that section ^_^
Use a pin or a hair tie to keep it from coming loose for the moment.
Now on the other side of your head take a section near the top and pin it out of the way:
Plait another section under that and secure the end ^_^
Now with the first plait you made pull it over the top of your head like so:
Pin it on place like this:
Using the second plait make a loop:
Continue with the loop so it turns into a figure 8. Here you can either make it really tight so it looks like a bow or looser so it looks like a heart when it’s finished:
Pin it in place and cover the pins using a flower or another decoration:
Now you can unclip all of the sections you pulled back and fluff them up. You should have something like this:
Finished!
From one side:
And the other:
From here you could curl the rest of your hair for a more dressy look or leave it straight or wavy ^_^
Depending on what else you’re wearing at the time this can either be a really dressed up style or nice and casual!
Hope you enjoyed the tutorial, lots more to come ^_^
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With the whole new hair thing I’ve got new inspiration to start doing hair and beauty tutorials again ^_^
I’ve had a lot of requests for styles involving braids and plaits which I suppose makes sense considering that mori styles are becoming more and more popular and coming in to Summer they keep hair off the neck!
So this is one of my favorite Summer styles, mostly because it’s cool but it also looks like it took a lot more time than it actually did XD
What you need:
Hair ties
Bobby pins
Brush
Hair spray
Flower pins or decorations
Start off by sectioning your hair into 2 even pig tails.
Plait each section like this and tie the ends. You might need to experiment with plaiting overhand and underhand to see what looks best in the finished product because it can affect the way the plait sits on your head. I find that overhand works best on me.
Now take one plait and pull it upwards.
And over the side of your head:
Hold it very securely with your fingers and remove the hair tie.
Roughly pin it in place using the bobby pins. It doesn’t need to be perfect because this is just to hold it while we work with the rest ^_^
Now grab your other plait and pull it upwards too:
Hold it over the top so it crossed over and covers the end of the first plait. You probably won’t be able to get this one as far over your head as the first one because it has to go over a lump. As long as it reaches the half way point it’s fine though.
Hold it in place and remove the hair tie.
Now using a pin catch a small amount of the first plait:
Pull the pin over the end of the second plait (still holding the little bit of the first one) and push it back the way it came but underneath. Kind of like you’re following the line of a “U”. This is the most secure way to use bobby pins and they won’t just slide back out!
So when you’re done it will look a little like this and most of the ends of the plait will be hidden.
You should repeat this in a couple of the bumps of the plaits on both sides and front and back. If you do that then the ends will all be incased and nothing will be going anywhere 😀
Decoration is the key to not looking like a milk maid so I generally choose flowers and cover the back ^_^ The extra pins always help keep everything in place too. If you don’t want to use flowers then I also like pining pearls or little diamantes etc. Very cute!
Lastly it’s time to straighten your fringe or whatever you want to do with it!
From the side it looks a little messy because I didn’t push the flower pins in far enough but you get the general idea!
Finished!
Nice and cool for Summer and very versatile for different styles!
Hope you enjoyed and found it useful ^_^
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This is the first in a series of posts comparing and reviewing BB Creams… I’ve been using BB Cream for around a year now and it can be really hard to find brands suitable for caucasian skin tones so hopefully this will help when you guys are shopping for some! Do keep in mind when comparing that my skin is very pale naturally with cool pink undertones and freckles.
First on the the review pile is one that was sent to me by DBeautyShop.com:
Shipping from DBeauty Shop took around 10 days to Australia which is around average for international shipping. The service I received was very prompt and the website was nice and easy to use. The only thing is that you need to do a search for BB Cream to find it, there is no category listing.
Comes in a nice pretty pink box:
First thing I noticed was that the bottle is massive. It’s a pump action thing that spits out the exact amount your need each time. LOVE that. It’s functional and looks good on the counter so couldn’t possibly love the bottle any more. Price is about average for what we pay for BB Cream here in Aus. According to my overseas friends that’s a hell of a lot more than them XD
It’s quite a heavy cream, which offers good build-able coverage. It is fairly thick, almost like sunscreen which I suppose makes sense considering the SPF25 in it XD
The texture means that it can be difficult to get an even coverage. Fingers don’t cut it with this one, I got the best coverage using brushes but sponges worked alright too.
No make up:
Just the BB cream:
As you can see it does cover my freckles very well but it also has a darker tone than my skin so I look a little dull. I think it would work well on someone a little darker than me. The texture felt quite heavy to begin with but after it was completely dry I didn’t notice it anymore.
Lasted well throughout the day and the coverage was good by the end of the day. I would say this is more on the hardcore spectrum of BB Cream, if you were to layer foundation over this (or even just a thicker layer of BB) you should be able to cover pretty much anything you want. If you wanted one less step this is probably enough to replace foundation.
VERDICT: Quality is good, coverage can be very good if applied well. Bit orange for me but nice none the less. Super useful bottle, large amount of cream. Generally DO WANT but on someone else’s skin.
Last weekend I was lucky enough to get to go to the launch of Illamasqua’s Myer counter here in Melbourne. It was so much fun! I went with all of the MBBE girls and it was like a gigantic playground 😀
All of us had a lot of fun playing around with the awesome hand painted mannequins on their runway!
Having heard so many good things from my overseas friends about the brand I was super keen to try everything out, especially the foundation. I have a really tough time trying to match my skin because it’s so pale. Everything either looks too dark or too orange :S Having heard a lot about how awesome the range of foundations were I was first in line to test it out with the lovely make up artists!
Very excitingly they actually had a shade of the Rich Liquid foundation that did match me 😀 😀 😀
It made my skin flawless! After testing how long it lasted for the rest of the day and night I was so pleased that I went back to buy a bottle last Friday! I’ll do a review soon with some proper before/after pictures so you can see the effect.
Everything there was set up really well, the staff were super friendly without being pushy (which as you all know I love!) I’ve been back twice since then and they were all just as lovely.
Looking through the shelves there were so many products that really appealed to me. Lots of bright things and lots of encouragement to experiment with different looks. Lots of colours and styles that you wouldn’t find in department stores normally. The tag line for the brand is “Make up for your alter ego” which I really like. I love that they embrace the more out there styles.
James took so many photos that day that I’ve put them all in a side show to make it easier ^_^ You really need to see the awesome job the make up artists did on the girls! So much eye candy 😀
Very fun day and I just know I’m going to be going back soon haha! Big thank you to the lovely Christabel for organising the day for us!
In my last order I bought a pink hair extension from Bodyline. I liked it but it wasn’t super wearable straight away because it was a different length and texture to my hair. So what to do with it?
First thing I decided to do was make a clip in fringe. I measured my own fringe (or bangs for those in America) and then added an extra inch and cut:
I then trimmed it to the correct length and made sure the edge wasn’t too blunt so it matched my current fringe.
Unfortunately I had used a little of the pink to test a synthetic hair curling technique that The Fashionate Traveller told me about. So I needed to re-curl it into a fringe-ish shape.
On Leanne’s advice I curled the hair on itself, pinned it and boiled some water.
I put it in a bowl and pored water all over it. I soaked it until the water was cool then left it to dry. Done!
Once it’s all brushed out you should clip it in and style it with your fringe. I used a straightener to gently move any wayward bits into place:
You can hide the top with a headband or brush your fringe over it, I like mixing it with my blonde so it’s a bit stripy! This is me wearing it with the other extensions I bought from Bodyline. I’ll show you how I styled them another day ^_^
There was a lot of left over so I decided to make some small single strands with the left overs. These aren’t overly pretty but good for mixing into other styles.
Grab a bobby pin an thread a strand through.
Loop it around and using a couple of other hairs tie it in place. Secure with a little bit of glue and make sure you do it tightly so there’s danger of it coming apart while you’re wearing it!
Repeat with the rest! Again not particularly pretty at the top but that will be hidden among the rest of the hair!
Lastly what to do with the left over random bits that can’t go anywhere else or are damaged?
Well you could use them as a very stylish moustache…
Or use your hair brush to tease them into a big puffy ball which can then be included in bun hair styles…
So to use it I did two big puffy buns…
Then mashed the pink into one of the buns. Pin and hairspray and you’re good to go!
You could always cover both buns with pink completely. I chose to be asymmetrical and just did half of one ^_^
So there you have it! 3 different things with 1 $6 hair extension ^_^ What do you think?
Until MBBE I was a Bobbi Brown virgin… is that embarrassing? According to my friends it is XD BB is a luxury brand here and it’s always been out of my price range so you can imagine how excited I was to have the opportunity to try the products out!
Celeste and I were invited to take a tour of the new Bobbi Brown counter opening in Myer and it was very eye opening!
So many pretties and shiny things to eat up my bank account!
They had framed photos of her first notebook where she swatched the lipsticks that lead Bobbi to start her very first collection…
I was very pleased to see lots and lots of their skin care line. I’ve been using the eye cream recently and I really like it!
Holiday palettes=very pretty!
Our lovely hostess Alexis who was absolutely packed full of great information about the products, the brand and also Bobbi herself. It was very interesting to learn about the philosophy and woman behind the brand. It’s all about natural beauty and while that may not be my personal style I have total respect for women that can pull it off!
We were lucky enough to receive awesome gift bags too which I was super excited about!
Now what everyone’s waiting for… palette review!
Bobbi’s Holiday Glamour Set
This set is basically an all in one travel kit. It comes in a seriously cute little zip up bag which is really good quality. I know that the bag will still be with me even after the make up is used up so very happy with that. If you can find one in store, touch the insides because it feels awesomely silky 😀
On the left side it’s filled with 3 brushes (blush, lip and shadow) and a mascara. The mascara is quite lovely, the formula is nice and smooth and it’s dark. It doesn’t give an insane amount of volume or length so I think it would be best used when adding false lashes or going for a pretty natural look. Unfortunately it brought up one of my allergies so no natural look for me >_<
The brushes were really lovely, nice and very soft. Sturdy and no bristle loss at all while I used them.
The palette has 4 shadows, 2 lip glosses, 2 lip colour and 1 blush.
Names of the colours:
The eye colours are definitely for a more natural look than I’m used but the shimmery one on the top right really gives them a boost.
The quality of the shadows were really nice, which is really what you would expect considering the set costs AU$240. I think the shades really don’t suit my skin which is unfortunate 🙁
The colours were very long wearing and lasted from morning until night with no touch ups.
I enjoyed the lip colours a lot, especially “pink bouquet” and “ruby”. They both went on like a dream 😀
VERDICT: Lovely bag, lovely brushes, while the colours of the palette didn’t suit me I think on the right skin tones they would be quite lovely too. The price is the big falling point for me as I would personally never be able to afford $240 on a Christmas gift, it’s not far off being a week’s rent! That said, you are really paying for quality and there is a huge amount in the pack when you think about the value of the brushes, bag and mascara too…. so if I had the kind of budget that would allow it, I probably would splurge on this if the colours suited me.
Day to Night Cool Eye Palette
According to the marketing material, this one is aimed at “the busiest woman on your list”… that sure sounds like me!!
This palette was much more my colours than the previous one, pinks sparkly greys and white. Looks really nice on and the brush was lovely. The one thing that I noticed with most of the shadows that I’ve played with from BB was that they are very light and fluffy. You don’t have to dig to get colour at all which is awesome but you do tend to end up with a bit of a mess at the end XD
VERDICT: Really loved this one. Priced at AU$99, again it’s most definitely a luxury brand but should someone slip this into my Christmas stocking this year I certainly wouldn’t complain ahahaha!
Bobbi’s Beauty Rules
This palette is an accompaniment for the book of the same name. The book is aimed at teenagers using make up for the first time and basically about finding yourself and your style.
The shape and construction of the palette is very clever, it opens like a book, has a magnent closure and an eyeliner which slots into the spine. That said it doesn’t come with a brush or an applicator which I think is an oversight as most teenagers just starting out with make up probably wouldn’t have their own or maybe wouldn’t have the skills to apply with fingers etc.
The lip colours at the top are all very squishy glosses which are quite pretty colours even if they don’t suit me personally. I really liked the blushes and the formula was very easy to use, very difficult to use too much so probably good for teens too XD
Again the shadows were very nice and fluffy. I *loved* the light purple here too, very shimmery and pretty.
VERDICT: At AU$115 I would have needed to save a a long time when I was a kid to afford one of these (I only earned $40 per week at my job during highschool) but I imagine if you had really awesome parents this would have made a good starter kit as a birthday or Christmas present!
So far of all of the Bobbi Brown products my favorites are still the gel eyeliner and eye cream but I’m going to save those reviews for another day! Overall I’m very pleased with quality of products and while I can’t afford them personally I would have no hesitation on recommending them to someone with a higher budget ^_^
This afternoon I’m going to get the 10 Step make up consultation so I’ll let you all know how it goes!
Illustrator. Strong tea, knitting, watercolours, and making a video game called Moonlight in Garland. Living with her adorable husband Jimmy, fluffy puppy Miss Lottie and Bergamot Bunny in Melbourne, Australia.
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