princess leia?

I've been LOVING flower buns lately. I wanted to do them with the hair half way down but just ended up pulling it all up. Even though she may look like princess leia - the flower buns are too cute not to do!
I haven't been able to blog as much as I normally like to. It's been a couple crazy months & it's just going to get more hectic with the holidays. Plus Thanksgiving with my fam & a trip to Disneyland pretty much makes it a very crazy next month. So I'm planning on posting some new stuff - just not as often throughout the holidays. Life just gets too hectic & stressful. But once January comes around I'll get around to posting more often. But don't you just love this time of year?? & a random thought - who's counting down for the Twilight movie to come out?? Can't wait - yep planning on going to the midnight movie with my team Edward shirt!!

I've been wanting to post these for awhile now and I thought this would be a good time to post these darling pictures that moms have sent me. I am so impressed...most of these are pictures are from stuff moms saw on here & took it to the next level & totally made it their own. Enjoy!! *sorry most are small - I wish they were bigger so you can see how cute they all are

is this not the cutest face? with her 3 little piggies on top? i really like how she added the 2 piggies underneath too.



her fourth birthday...so cute

these are out of order - they go with the bigger pics below.




okay - this little girl melts my heart. her mom sent me a lot of fun photos of her. i hope she doesn't mind me mentioning this but this cute girlie has autism & she has to do something to get her hair out of her face or she'll chew on it. I think she's become quite the creative mom with lots of patience. I admire her lots...thanks for the email.




this is macie - her mom got this idea from the worm twists i did a few weeks ago. this is one i see & think why didn't i think of that - it looks darling. (somewhere i had another pic but it didn't upload i see - sorry - hope you can see it well enough)

These got out of order some how - they go along with the bigger pictures up top. This is actually a girl who nannies these 2 girls. So she gets to do 2 little girlies hair!! & i think she does an awesome job!!

Thanks to all of you for sending photos. If you have something you want to share - send them to me. Or if you have step by step instructions you want to share also - send them my way. We all love new ideas.

corkscrew twist tutorial

I really do hate hearing myself on camera but I'm doing this for the good of my blog followers - so you have to suffer with me...sorry!!

I hope these tutorial are helpful to you who are trying to learn. The key to doing it though is PRACTICE. I've had lots of practice to perfect it & so it's fast & easy for me. You'll just get better & better each time you do it and you learn your own mistakes along the way so don't feel discouraged!!

Natural Style: Locs

2 braids

Pull up the front of the hair & braid on the side.
Pull up the second section of your hair (making sure the braid on the other side is on top) & braid on the opposite side.
Section off your next part of hair & braid off to the side but add the braid above it. I just added it the braid to the middle as part of one of the sections of the 3 strands for the braid. Once I started getting down where there wasn't as much hair, the braid was the only strand of the 3 pieces.
Keep going from side to side with the braids until you are all the way down to the ends.
& that's it...I added some ribbon at the ends of the braids. Spray to hold.

double twists

I know - she has a prairie do but you always got to try something new, right?
Divide the hair in half. Clip the part that you are not working on out of your way.
Do the french twist braid on the bottom. Ending with a messy bun.
Do the french twist on the top now. Also ending with a messy bun. You want the twists to be going in opposite directions.
I just added one bow to the top.
front view (no she did not want me to take her pic.) I wanted you to see what it looked like in the front because it felt akward for me to do & it looked loose but it turned out cute - so if it does for you too - keep going. Spray to hold.

HAIRSTYLES FOR ROUND FACE SHAPES.

Haircuts for round face shapes is a dilemma even for celebrity hairstylists. Round face shapes are the most miss-diagnosed and misunderstood of all face shapes. About 75% of women reading this article, think they have a round face shape. don’t. That is about the percentage of women who get it wrong.

“I have round face!” is how the disappointed woman will announce her perceived round face shape. It is said, in such a way, as if having a round face shape is a failure of sorts. How did round face shapes get such a bad rap? Maybe because it is wrongly equated with being overweight. Round face shapes can be the most exquisite and lovely faces of all. Women will quickly mis-diagnose their face shape as round, after a small weight gain, say, or after a long winter of indulging in a multitude of sins. But, a small weight gain usually Hair styles can enhance a round face shape will not change an oval face shape to a round face shape. Bone structure is the most important factor in the geometry that makes up our visual face shape.

A weight gain though is all too quick to stare us back in the mirror, everywhere, including on our faces . So, it’s easy to understand how this kind of misnomer happens. In our own critics eye, we may indeed look more round, when in truth, the weight gain has just made the face shape a heart, fuller oval, rectangle or whatever shape we’ve had since puberty.

Not many people have truly a round face shape. A round face shape is a perfectly symmetrical shape after all. The characteristics that go into making a face appear round are, rounded jaw line, widest part of the face being at the cheeks and ears, a face that is close to being as wide as it is high.

The underlying bone structure may allow for fuller looking cheeks. Also, if the eyes are big and round, this adds to the illusion of looking more round. I am certain some round face shapes can be the most exquisite and lovely faces of all, there are many beautiful celebrities with round faces. One reason, may be the uniqueness of the round face. There just are not many people who have round face shapes. Another reason is that a round face shape alludes softness . . . and here’s the proof!

So, what are the best hairstyles for round faces? Keep these basic hair design principals in mind:

Try:

* Hair styles with fullness and height at the crown
* Soft waves
* Asymmetrical styles
* Off center parts
* Hair styles that are longer or shorter than chin length
* Short hair styles, swept off the face
* Wispy, partial bangs work well and sometimes a short fringy bang
* By layering the top to achieve fullness and keeping the rest of the cut relatively close to the face, your face shape will appear longer and narrower

Avoid:

Chin length hair with rounded lines, that mirrors the faces circular shape

* Straight hair - which looks severe
* Center parts - which can make the face look too round
* Fullness at side of ears
* Straight full bangs
* A rounded haircut ending at the chin will certainly add weight to your face shape. Because the widest part of your face is at the cheeks and ears, you need to avoid having the fullness of the cut here as it will make your face appear wider.

HAIRSTYLES OF THE CELEBRITIES THAT HAVE ROUND FACES.

Celebrities that have round faces:

* Katherine Jenkins
* Isabella Rossellini
* Audrey Hepburn
* Geena Davis
* Christina Ricci
* Kelly Osborne

Even though their face shape can change from, smiling to not smiling and from different camera angles, these are celebrities with round face shape bone structure.

Eva Longoria Parker
Going for the chop doesn't stop you from doing big hair on big occasions. Traditional rollers give Eva a ‘Fifties set' vibe.

Christina Ricci
In a shock move, cutesy Christina swaps her usual goth girl brunette for this more demure and delicately feminine strawberry blonde – but does it suit her so well? Bob hair style looks very nice!

Kate Hudson
Kate's playful curls are high-end boho, shiny undone spirals with root lift concentrated around her hairline.


Stine Bramsen
Move over Agyness, Alphabeat's alpha blonde, Stine Bramsen's Scandinavian brand of icy lilac reinvents the art of fair play.

Reese Witherspoon
Shorter and blonder, Reese's high-end hair is a confection of cool cream and beige tones.

Duffy
Retro-rock chick, blonde buttery tones composed of all-over skinny and chunky highlights. The blueprint for winter's wannabe golden girls.

Anne Hathaway
Anne gets smart with caramel and amber toned strands concentrated around her hairline for a complexion warming, couture brunette look.

Crossed-Over Piggies

Part the hair down the middle. Then you are going to do half up piggies so part where you would pull the hair up. Now, part that in half & grab opposite ends together. So the back left & front right.
Bring those 2 together to make one piggie.
Do the same to the opposite side to make it cross over the first piggie.
Do your messy buns on the top to finish it off. Add your cute bows & you're done. (& I have to give credit to hair4myprincess - I was able to figure out how to do the links...thanks for your help:)