inspired by: hermes scarf ad

once, a very long time ago, i purchased a beautiful ralph lauren scarf on ebay. i think i may have worn it once... or twice. ever. and then i saw this ad:

aha! now i finally have a cute way to wear it:

it's really easy. you just tie it around the crown of your head (wherever is most flattering on you), and tie it at the nape of your neck. then when you divide your hair into 3 sections, include the ends of the scarf in 2 of them. then just braid like normal and tie with a small, neutral ponytail holder (mine is off-white).

i like it when the ends of the scarf hang down lower than my actual braid. makes my hair look longer or something. just saying....

"updo" of the week

ok, again, it's not really an updo. a down do? i'm just supposed to show up to play rehearsal with all of my hair out of my face. naturally, i don't wanna look ugly while i'm rehearsing, so i feel compelled to be creative.

for this look, i parted my hair on the side, braided the hair near my temple on both sides, and then braided the rest of it together at the end:

next time i'll have to braid it a little tighter. it ended up falling out by the end of practice.... boo. so i guess my braids defeated the purpose of keeping my hair out of my face..... oh well, next time, next time.

updo of the week

so, i didn't actually go to play practice this week, because it's spring break. but i decided to do an updo anyway, mainly because i was scuzzing today and didn't feel like washing my hair. i did sprinkle in some baby powder though! 


this is pretty simple. it's just a little bit of french braid, tucked in and pinned:

updo of the week

ok, so it's not really up, it's actually a ponytail. but it kept the hair out of my face for play practice, which is really the point.

 

 
 

i can't tell if i'm getting better at this behind-the-head thing or not. anyway, all i did was take the top half of my hair, twist it around, and pin it in place. then i took the bottom half and twisted that a lot, and jammed more bobby pins in there. 

i don't have play practice next week, because it's spring break, but maybe i'll do an updo anyway?

updo of the week

i have a slightly intense drama director who requires all the girls in this year's musical to pull their hair back before getting on stage. i like to take style restrictions as an opportunity to do something cool. this is how i wore my hair last night to play practice: 

  

um, it's really hard to take a picture of the back of your head! lol oh well, this is the best i could do. i pulled most of my hair into a messy bun and left a few strands loose at the bottom. then i took those pieces, made 2 separate braids, wrapped them around my bun in opposite directions, and pinned them in place. 

my inspiration (although i think i like hers better):

                

photo of kristen bell: glamour.com/beauty