How to do a Hair Bow

Hair bows are a super cute way to spice up your hairstyle from day to day! You can put all your hair up into a hair bow or you can do a half up look with just a mini bow!! Both are a great way to change up your look!! They are really quick and simple too, great for when you are in a hurry!

Supplies:

• Brush
• Hair Tie
• Small Hair Tie/Rubber Band
• Bobby Pins

Steps:

1. You want to start off by brushing your hair and making sure there are no tangles left in it.
2. Then put your hair up into a loose pony tail.
3.  Take the rubber band (or pony tail holder) and pull the hair through half-way.
4. Flip the tail to the other side and repeat, leaving a small tail remaining.
5. Take the tail, fold over the middle, and pin in place. From underneath pin both sides of the "bow" in place. Tug on the loops until you have perfected the bow!

To do this with a half up look, all you need to do is just use the top half of your hair and put that into the pony tail and then just follow the same steps above!!

How to do Beach Waves

Beach waves are a great look for summer. They give your hair just the little extra volume it needs and also gives it a fun  wave to it. For lots of girl the beach waves can be hard to accomplish, your hair is either too curly or too flat! but I have a few tips that I think really help to achieve a great beach wave.

The first way you can try to achieve beach waves is a non heat method. So it is really good for you hair. All you need is sea salt spray, lots of brands sell sea salt spray but my favorite is from Not Your Mother's, it is called Beach Babe Texturizing Sea Salt Spray. And the good thing about this spray is it also gives your hair volume and reduces frizz! But for this all you need to do is after you get out of the shower is spray it onto your towel dried hair and just let it air dry.

Another method would be a big barrel curling iron, this method you need to make sure that you are using a heat protecter on your hair so you are not causing much damage to it. You want to start with completely dry hair, and take two to three inch sections and loosely curly them around the iron. Hold for a few seconds and then let you hair down. Just repeat this step all over your hair until all sections have been curled.

Good luck!!!

Favorite Stlying Tools

As we all know, hair dryers, flat irons, and curling irons are a big part of most women's everyday routine. So here are some of my favorite products to use for your hair.

My favorite hair dryer is a Hot Tools. It is extremely light weight and also has lots of power, drying your hair faster than most dryers do. It has two heat levels, cold and hot. It also has two speed levels, low and high.




My favorite straightening iron in a Chi. It is one of the thicker Chi's so it allows you to straighten more hair in each stroke. It heats up really quickly and you only need to go over each section of hair once.


My favorite way to curl my hair is with a straightening iron so for that I would recommend a conair straightening iron. To curl your hair it works way better if you use a long and skinny straightening iron. I like using the straightening iron to curl my hair because it seems to make the curls last longer.

Upside Down French Braid

An upside down french braid is a great ways to spruce up any up do. It gives your look a great fun summer look. It is very easy to execute and does not take much effort to accomplish.

Supplies:

• Brush
• Hair Tie
• Hair Spray

Steps:

1. Brush hair, making sure there are no knots present.
2. Flip hair upside down.
3. Take a triangle shaped section from the bottom of the hair.
4. Split it into 3 sections.
5. Cross the rightmost strand over the middle strand.
6. Cross the leftmost strand over the middle strand.
7. Add hair on each side into the left and right sections.
8. Then repeat steps 4,5 and 6 until you have braided up to the crown of your head.
9. Then secure the braid with a hair tie.
10. Spray the braid with a little bit of hair spray to secure all hair into the braid.
11. From here you can put your hair into a simple ponytail or even into a  complex bun!

This look is quick and simple allowing you do not need to spend much time getting ready in the morning but still being able to look like you have been getting ready all day!!

Best products to use!

You always want to make sure that your hair is in the absolute best condition possible. And to do that you need to make sure that you are using the correct products for your type of hair.

For Shampoo I recommend a product from Eufora it is called Moisture Cleanse Shampoo. This shampoo is designed to completely get rid of all of the product build up in your hair. It gets rid of all the mineral build up without drying out your hair and making it brittle.






If your hair is severely damaged, dry and needs moisture I would recommend another product from Eufora it is called Urgent Repair Replenishing Treatment. It is a conditioner that your can leave in or use for everyday use. I use it on my hair 3-4 times a week and I absolutely love it. The first time I used it I noticed a huge difference in my hair, it seemed softer, smoother and way more moisturized.






And for your product use I recommend a product from S Factor. It is called Silky Smooth Moisture Serum. It serves as both a heat protectant and creates a smooth silky look.







These products are my absolute favorite products to use on my hair, I definitely recommend getting them!!

Sock Bun

The sock bun is a super easy and quick way to style your hair. It is a very easy to execute and stays in all  day long. The sock bun is really in style this summer and it gives off such a polished look. A sock bun usually works best when you have long hair.

Supplies:

• Hair tie
• Sock
• Scissors
• Brush

Steps:

1. Brush your hair thoroughly.
2. Pull your hair back into a high pony tail and secure it with a hair tie.
3. Take a sock and cut off the toe portion of the sock.
4. Then roll the sock into a tube.
5. Place the sock roll around your ponytail.
6. Split your ponytail in half, creating a top portion and a bottom portion.
7. Take the top section of hair and evenly fan it out over the sock.
8. Gently tuck the ends of the hair under the sock.
9. Take the bottom section of hair and evenly fan it out over the sock.
10. Gently tuck the ends of the hair under the sock.
11. Secure all loose ends with bobby pins.

Fishtail Braiding

Fishtail braids are great for long hair, they are a simple way to get your hair back and out of your face and still have your hair looking cute. They may seem like they would be a complicated but they are really easy to do. But keep in  mind that your hair needs to be a pretty good length for fishtails to be able to stay in. Also you want to make sure that you are pulling the hair tightly so it does not fall out later in the day.

Supplies:

• Brush
• Hair tie

Steps:

1. Brush hair thoroughly to make sure there are no knots anywhere throughout hair.
2. Divide your hair into to equal portions.
3. Hold one section in your right hand and the other in your left.
4. Take a small section of hair from the bottom of the left side and bring it over to the right side, pull it tight so it does not fall out.
5. Take a small section of hair from the bottom of the right side and bring it over to the left side, pull it tight so it does not fall out.
6. Alternate steps 4 and 5 until your hair is completely fishtailed.
7. Final secure the braid with a hair tie.

Its as simple as that! The hardest thing about fishtailing is deciding how tightly to pull the sections of hair into the other side. If you do it right though your braid should look like this.

How to do a Half Up Poof

Volumus hair is a great look for this year. No one wants flat and lifeless hair. While you make think that a poof is complicated and may take hours to complete and make perfect, that is not true at all. A poof is so simple and can take as little as five minutes. One way to make sure that your volume stays all day is by securing it with bobby pins for a half up do.

Here is what you need:

• A Teasing Comb
• Hair Spray
• Bobby Pins

Steps:

1. Make sure hair is completely dry; styled either curly or straight.
2. Take the top back section of hair and comb back.
3. Hold top back section, approximately 1 to 2 inches, take your comb and put it an inch away from scalp, and then comb down towards your scalp.
4. Keep repeating step 3, 3 to 5 times.
5. Then hairspray the underneath side of the hair.
6. Let the hairspray dry and then comb the top lightly, making a smooth surface.
7. Take the top half section of your hair and pin it in the back with four to six bobby pins. Making sure it is not so tight that you lose volume.

Suave Keratin Infusions

I wanted to make my hair smoother and healthier; I kept seeing all of these commercials on the TV about this new Suave product called Suave Keratin infusions, it was really cheap and promised a great result so I  decided to do it. Unfortunately it did the exact opposite; it completely destroyed my hair. The bottom two and a half to three inches of my hair were completely fried. It was so bad that I could not even wear my hair down until I went to the stylist. The top of my hair looked normal and smooth while the bottom half of my hair was a complete frizz ball. When I went to my hair dresser to try to solve the problem she said that my hair had gotten all of the moisture completely sucked out of it. To try and help bring back moisture my hair, my stylist used a treatment called glossing where they deep condition your hair with a very vitamin nutrient product. This glossing treatment did help but did not fix my hair, I still had to cut a majority of my hair off for it to be even close to healthy. I would definitley not recommend using the Suave Keratin Infusions products, I have heard about stories even worse than mine. People hair has started falling out and leaving them with bald spots. So absolutely do not use this product.

French Braiding!

French braids are a great way to wear your hair; its great for working out and for just a simple everyday look. The best part about a french braid is you can make it super clean or you can make it into a sloppy messy look. The structure of it depends on how tightly you pull the hair while braiding. The tighter you pull the more clean cut the braid will look and the looser you make it the messier it will look.

Tools Needed:
A brush
Ponytail Holder
Comb

Steps:
1. Brush hair thoroughly.
2. Seperate a section of hair from the rest of hair at the point of head where you would like your braid to begin.
3. Seperate the section into three smaller sections.
4. Cross the rightmost section over the middle section.
5. Add some hair from the right side of the head to the rightmost section of hair.
6. Cross leftmost section of hair over the middle section.
7. Add hair from the left side of the head to the left section.
8. Repeat steps 4-7 until hair is completely braided.
9. At the end of the braid tightly wrap a ponytail holder into the braid.

How to Curl Your Hair with a Straightening Iron!!

Curing your hair is a great way to mix up your look from day to day, but curing your hair with a curling iron can be time consuming and ends up falling out before the day is over. An easy alternative to using a curling iron is to use a straightening iron. I know this may sound a little weird considering it is called a straightening iron but the results of curing your hair with a straightening iron are far better than with a curing iron. The straightening iron holds curls in your hair for a much longer time period, allowing you to have a great time without having to worry about what your hair is looking like.
Steps:
1.Take a one inch section of hair.
2. Place your straightening iron towards the root of your hair.
3. Clasps the iron together and rotate the iron as you pull down each piece of hair.
4. Repeat all over head, making sure each piece of hair is curled.
5. For looser curls twist the iron less, for tighter curls twist it more.

Quick and Easy Hairstyles for Spring

This spring messy bun up-do's are in. Even though theses styles seem like they would be challenging to accomplish, they are actually some of the easiest ways to style your hair. Buns are great for every occasion, everything from every day wear to special occasions.

Supplies:

Brush

Teasing comb

Bobby pins

Ponytail holder

Headband

Directions:

 1. Brush out all your hair, making sure there are no knots or tangles.

 2. Pull your hair straight back into a ponytail, making sure there is no separation where your part normally is.

 3. Secure the ponytail by wrapping it around three to four times.

 4. Now put your head band in towards the front of your head and take the teasing comb and loosen hair in front of headband and ponytail. This gives your hair some extra volume.

5. Take a one to two inch section of your ponytail and tease it toward the top towards the ponytail holder.

 6. Then flip the section up and over, creating a roll type look and secure it in place with one to two bobby pins. It is okay if not all of your hair is completely in the roll, pieces sticking out will give it a more messy look. But if you don’t like that you can always secure them down with bobby pins or hairspray.

7. Keep taking sections and repeating steps 5 and 6 until you have rolled all of your hair into a bun.

8. Make sure that all sections are secured tightly with bobby pins.

As you can see this look is really simple to execute and makes for an everyday great look.