A blog and Youtube channel about a girl and her quest to make everything sparkle. New craft, hair and beauty tutorials every week!
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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Music: Garageband unless otherwise credited
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High Pony Tail With A Wrapped Base Hair Style Instructions
This is a really simple way to make a ponytail have more volume at the base.
It’s also good to make a simple ponytail look more dressed up.
Start with a high ponytail.
It also makes the standard ponytail a little bit more interesting.
Separate a small piece from the back.
Wrap it tightly around the elastic band.
The higher up the ponytail you wrap, the taller the ponytail will get.
Pin the end at the end at the back or just poke it under than band.
Fluff the ponytail out.
Done!
Very “I Dream Of Jeannie”.
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.
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Even though people are moving towards using green bags here there are still many businesses that use plastic bags. We have our groceries delivered and there’s no option to not have plastic bags there so I reuse them at home.
Plastic bag!
Our groceries are delivered so I don’t get to pick how they are packaged. We have A LOT of these bags waiting to be recycled.
These bag holders have been around for ages but this one is slightly different because it’s made from an old shirt.
You need:
Old tshirt
Lace
Ribbon
Needle and thread/sewing machine
So first cut out two rectangles from the shirt. If your shirt isn’t fitted like mine was you can really just cut off the sleeves and neckline and do less sewing.
Cut some eyelet lace which is threaded with ribbon. You need two pieces and they should be twice as wide as the rectangle.
Stitch the eyelet lace in place and then turn it inside out and stitch up the sides.
You should have a big tube.
Pull the ribbon in the eyelet lace tight and you’ve got something like this:
Stitch the ends of the ribbon together if you like.
Fill it with plastic bags through the top then when you need one just grab it from the bottom.
Pretty way to brighten up the place!
Now I just need to clean the rest of the kitchen -_-‘
A blog and Youtube channel about a girl and her quest to make everything sparkle. New craft, hair and beauty tutorials every week!
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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Music: Garageband unless otherwise credited
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Twisted Faux Side Braids with PonyTail Hair Style Instructions
This crazy twisted hairstyle takes a bit of work but it looks so cool and goes great with rock styles.
Brush your hair back on one side.
Create a deep part and then separate the remainder into 3 sections.
Grab the top section.
With your fingers, start twisting it gradually moving back from the hairline to the back of your head.
I found this easiest to do with my fingernails because it created very even little tracks and made it look more like a braid.
Being able to do this tightly may take a few tries to get completely right.
You’ll see I was twisting upwards now downwards.
Once you reach the back of your head pin it in place.
Repeat on the second section.
And again on the third.
Side 1 done and now for the other.
Pull the top half of the remaining hair on the other side into a high ponytail and place out of the way.
Pin half of what’s left loose up so it forms a bit of a waterfall effect.
This will give the end results lots of layers and volume.
It’s especially useful if your hair doesn’t have layers already.
Flip the ponytail up and pin it to the scalp just above the band.
Make sure it’s completely secure.
When you flip it back the right way, the pins will give it volume and hide the band.
Fan it out and hairspray in place.
Done! Ready for a big night out.
As an extra step, if you want to have more volume or be higher up just take the hair at the bottom, flip it over the top and pin in place there.
Tease it if you want even more volume.
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.
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My house looks a bit like a bomb went off in it at the moment, it’s always half way through these projects that I think maybe I’ve taken on a little bit toooo much… but we press on anyway and today we’re doing so by making some curtains for the big window in our living room!
Because we rent, everything needs to be removable but I wanted some big drapey fancy princess styled curtains really badly.
The Pretty Window.I love my window, it’s what makes my apartment awesome.The problem is that I hate my neighbours . They apparently hate wearing clothes and love smoking. (Yes, directly into our window… they also have very loud domestic disputes and have a baby.)
View from my window is often a big guy smoking and scowling minus his shirt.
At the moment we have plain ugly blinds that are functional but also very boring.
I want somewhere to take nice outfit photos next to!
Solution: removable curtains!!
I used 6m of fabric, 2 ribbons and some florist wire…
My Dad gave me some fabric for my birthday for this project and I was really happy with it because I picked out a really nice floral design.
Pretty but not too over powering.
I used around 6 meters for this project because our window is massive.
Other than fabric the only thing you need is a sewing machine. Trust me, you don’t want to hand sew this much, I’ve done it before and it’s a great way get super sore wrists!
Also note that this is the laziest way possible to make curtains, I would suggest that you all double hem things and unless you want them to be sheer, add in a lining.
Step 1. Making the ruffle at the top.
Hem one end of the fabric. This hem needs to be the wrong way around because it’s the bottom of the frill. So fold the edge over with the bad side facing up and stitch in place.
Next lay it all out flat and fold over around 20cm (again bad side up). This is going to be the frill so make it as long as you want. Pin in place.
Measure how far down the frill should start and place a line of pins.
Stitch along the line of pins but don’t tie it off. Stitch a second line next to it 5mm away and again tie off.
Pull the top thread of the stitching so it gathers into a ruffle.
Taadaa it’s a ruffle top:
Hem all of the raw edges on the sides and bottom.
Then you’ve got one curtain! I attached mine to the blind with some clips to see how it looked so far. Not bad!
Repeat to make a second one and make sure they are wide enough to overlap slightly.
It’s important during all of this to keep hanging them up and seeing if they acually fit the window.
Now to work out how to attach them! Usually I would just suggest clipping hem on to the bottom of the roller blind, ours is broken though so it doesn’t go up all the way. Instead I decided to make some wire hooks and hook the whole thing over the top of the blind.
To make the hooks I make a “U” shape of wire with a loop on the end that I could sew on to the curtain.
I made 5 of them.
And stitched them evenly across the back of the ruffle.
Then I hooked it over the blinds. Done!!
It needs some prettier ribbons to hold them apart but very pretty right?
I’ll have to take some better photos with James’ camera so I can show you all properly how pretty it is!
A blog and Youtube channel about a girl and her quest to make everything sparkle. New craft, hair and beauty tutorials every week!
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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Music: Garageband unless otherwise credited
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Business Twist Short Hair Style Instructions
This is Stef. She has short hair and is totally awesome.
Today we’re trying out a look which is work appropriate but still pretty!
Start by lightly teasing a large piece from out side.
Push all of the the hair over to the other side and push the teased section into the middle.
Pin in place.
Hairspray and smooth in place.
Tease the other side too.
Grab the bottom bits of hair, pull it up and pin over the first section of hair.
Lightly brush the last teased side so it’s got a smoothed finish and grab the whole thing in your hand.
This is the most important part because it’s going to be on top.
Lay it into the middle and curl the ends under using your fingers.
If you have longer hair you will need to wrap the ends under further.
Slide a pretty comb in to hold it all in place.
This should cover all of the pins you already used.
To give the outside a smooth finish, run the brush lightly along and then hairspray in place.
Special thanks to Stef for being my awesome model/victim for the day.
Don’t forget to check out Stef’s health and lifestyle blog Read Shop Cook.
Her link is in the description below.
I hope this was a useful video, please check out the bog post linked in the description for more information and tutorials.
Thanks so much for watching!
Bye!
A new segment I’m trying out where in I show my morning make up routine for various days and chat about what I’m doing that day. Not really a tutorial, more of a random girly chat while we get ready together in the bathroom 😉
Thanks for watching! I upload two new videos a week on my main channel plus heaps of vlogs on my second channel so make sure to subscribe to keep up to date!
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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