PIMP THAT HAIR

SNOWBALL DANCE

2012-01-28T17:04:00.001-08:00

I got the idea for this updo from an old movie from the early 20th century called "Angel". The hair is very turn of the century with two locks hanging in the back seperated and brought to the front to show the length of the hair while still having a "fancy" updo. The hair is placed in hot curlers, put in a half bun by pinning the curls down and letting the back of the bun cascade downward toward the two tendrils. Must be a "romantic" lover to enjoy this hairstyle. Must say though, her date dropped his jaw!

Trendy Braids

2012-01-28T17:02:00.001-08:00

Braids are the "rage" right now, the messier and funkier the better. Here is a unique way to braid your hair off to the side.

MODERNIZED...Irish Dance Hair!

2011-06-23T01:14:00.001-07:00

Nationals are coming up Irish Dancers! If you are an older girl and can pull off a more natural yet totally Irish "messy" look....DO IT! This hair rocks the way this girl has her bangs sideswept yet neat and her hair DOES NOT look artificial...but natural and complimentary to her face and her ultra expensive outfit. Remember though....it's not all about the hair! ITS ABOUT THE DANCING! But I think when your hair looks good, you dance a little lighter and better!

PROM HAIR TIME!

2011-04-20T14:20:00.000-07:00

IT'S TIME LADIES! I have asked Jalesa, a friend and beautician of mine, to post some prom hair ideas for you gorgeous ladies who are ready to get out there and show everyone how gorgeous you can be ON YOUR OWN! Following will be posts about Do-it-yourself prom hair. Enjoy!

Big and Sexy Prom by Jalesa

2011-04-20T14:14:00.001-07:00

This look is a little more dramatic then a normal prom look but to get this look your part the hair into 5 or 6 sections rubberbanded in the back but not in a straight line stagger the hair then use a small barreled curling iron to curl everything tease and play with it till you get the look :) use spray and play harder hair spray(big and sexy)

Do it yourself Prom Hair by Jalesa

2011-04-20T14:08:00.000-07:00

Wet the hair, apply any kind of curl product, put the whole head in a roller set and let dry or put under a dryer, apply hairspray before completly dry, take out rollers once dry and pin up sides to make a curling fohawk :) the poof on top is just slight back combing

PROM HAIR TIME!

2011-04-20T14:02:00.001-07:00

Jalesa has GORGEOUS Prom hair ideas. So I will be posting some of them over the course of the next few days to give you more mature girls some ideas on how to wooooo the crowd.

(using an 1 1/2in barrel curl averything but bobby pin them in the barrel shape angled differently till all hair is up)

INSTANT HAIRSTYLE!

2011-04-19T07:13:00.001-07:00

You guys wanted something quick....I found this one :)

Short MAMA HAIR...OUT ON THE STREET

2011-04-16T16:00:00.000-07:00

GO AHEAD! If you have the face, get that hair cut short. Short hair and bold lips are HOT this spring....as you can see from this beautiful woman on a warm spring day!

IRISH DANCE HAIR

2011-04-15T15:56:00.000-07:00

To achieve this look:
Part hair on side, topsy tail sides down, pull hair up in ponytail....and apply WIG! YAY! EASY-PEASY you go Irish Dance mom's! Now stick a cute headband or crown on and 3, 2,3 AND OFF YOU GO!

OUT ON THE STREET/ WISCONSIN!

2011-04-04T14:07:00.001-07:00

DARLING French braiding for young adult during fast food work at YUMYUM Culvers! She looked so cute I had her take her blue visor off and she was a great sport about showing us how to pimp our hair and keep it out of our food at the same time! You go girl!

FROM THE STREET #2

2011-02-22T18:28:00.001-08:00

Today we visited "Spencers" at the mall in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The #2 girl on the street was all too happy to share her gorgeous french braiding which she did PERFECTLY and tied into a cute messy bun/ ponytail in the back. It looked so neat in the front and yet looked appropriately casual in the back. I had total "hair envy". She wanted to hide her face, lol...so I let her :)....I don't know whether or not it was because we were in Spencers or "just a girl thing"...I know I wasn't looking so hot with my makeup today and would have never allowed a pic of me. Hooray for self done do's!
PS...gotta love the raunchy marijuana necklace and the St. Pat's T-shirt in the background that says "rub for good luck" with two gold shamrocks on the front, lol. I was looking for "fun" St. Patrick's day things but this may not have been the right spot...haha.

DOES THIS HAIRBOW MEASURE UP?

2011-02-22T05:38:00.001-08:00

I make hairbows for fun. Not for sale. I gift them to the people I love too...so if you haven't gotten one...well....just kidding.
I LOVE the measuring tape that we all recognize from gramma's sewing basket (actually my grandmother never sewed anything but aprons as far as I can remember but I like to pretend I grew up perfect for my own self-esteem...you know if you lie to yourself long enough, you believe it. I can't remember her actually in an apron either but she did sport some great name brand clothing. So my family has some class, whatever)
Blah, blah...here is the bow. This is a big day for us because it is actually our first ponytail Sarah has been able to have since she chopped off her pigtail some time ago. BTW....she HATES this bow. She cried when I "MADE" her wear it before so I have to sneak it on the BACK of her head. Brilliant idea moms! The teachers love the bow but she doesn't even know which one is back there :) Now that is another WIN/WIN!
SHELLY

DAY THREE...UNWASHED HAIR!

2011-02-17T06:17:00.001-08:00

OK, OK....I read an article last week on Yahoo that talked of American women beginning to cut down on the number of times they wash their hair each week, taking on the trend of most other societies. Well, we know that our children really don't get "oily" hair. I don't believe they need their hair washed every single day. But what do you do when your kid has been sporting the six pony-tail hairstyle like I had up a few days ago? Well at 7:30 when you wake up and realize that not only have you slept in while your child is coloring peacefully and you are freaking out that you look like crap, you shove their hair into a giant wad on the top of their head, add a hairbow on each side of the bird's nest wad...and BINGO! ...your kid ONCE AGAIN looks great and you are dragging her into school looking like crap!
OK...my picture quality stinks right now because I have to find my camera since we moved here. Let's just say I'm dissapointed in the blackberry storm right now and waiting for my iPhone contract.
I even ran these suckers through iphoto so they aren't getting any better.
If you look closely at my child...you can see her eyes are a little swollen from bawling because I made her quit coloring as I ran like the madwoman from hell trying to slap on my own makeup to get her to eat some Life cereal.
Yeah...I LOVE being a mom sometimes...I tell my kids all the time...."I love you all! I just don't love you all at the same time..." haha!

DANCE HAIR

2011-02-15T06:15:00.000-08:00

A bunch of us moms know what it is like to send your child to school and know that they have to leave school and go directly to dance. Sarah is an Irish Stepdancer for Canada so we have quite a long day. This triple messy bun do is great because it holds the hair nice and tight and you can add a little bow on each bun to show off your "team spirit" no matter what it is. Since Sarah dances for the Brady Academy in Winnipeg, Canada....we have CANADIAN colors!
The middle picture is Sarah in front of a creepy old parlor door inside our old, old farmhouse that we love. She almost looks like a ghost from the 1800's, huh? lol

Valentines!

2011-02-14T06:07:00.001-08:00

WOW! The part looks so much better in person! haha! Oh well, this is my 6 AM try :)

FROM THE STREET

2011-02-13T17:40:00.001-08:00

Saw this cutie pie at the mall and her mom was a good sport about letting me pull out my cell and take a picture of these darling braids. French braid down the center back and "normal" three strand braid attached. It was something different and absolutely darling. I wanted to share it with all you moms out there in time for Valentine's day if you want to try something different. You could even weave some pretty pink ribbon in the accent braids to really show it off.

YAY! for a creative North Dakota mom!

Hi...I did a naughty thing!

2009-12-16T09:52:00.001-08:00

Hi Everyone from Sarah!
I was trying to help mommy one morning before my bath. I decided she was so busy that I could help by getting ready for my bath. Mom is so careful with my hair that she snips my bands out of my hair so I don't have breakage...isn't that nice? Well I snipped for her. Woopsie! I cut off one of my pigtails by mistake and now have a bob. Don't give up on me now...my hair is growing really fast and really soon you will see lots of hairstyles again.

Easy and elegant church hair

2009-06-25T22:15:00.000-07:00

I didn't wait for this to dry for the picture...I would have never gotten my legs shaved!

SPRUCING UP BRAIDS

2009-06-25T22:11:00.001-07:00

Double them up for twice the look and add delicate ribbon...so girly!

Curly Church Hair with 3 bows

2009-06-19T08:04:00.001-07:00

PRETZEL HEAD

2009-05-13T22:22:00.001-07:00

The look of a yummy pretzel, without the salt. Just divide the hair into four sections, braid, cross over the two top braids to the opposite bottom braids then loop up the bottoms to the top and slip ends under the existing rubber bands. Easy peasy and sure to pleasy in under five minutes!

Sarah's favorite ballerina pose...

New bows to snaze up the look

And the result is a happy five year old.

What to do the day after braids

2009-05-12T17:36:00.000-07:00

You have all been there. You have put your daughter in braids the day before, let her sleep in them and woke up to find hair that looks like the nest of a huge bald eagle. Don't even try to comb through it. Get out your handy dandy goody brush, comb it back into a fuzzy wad of hair and assemble it like a bun. Put your cute bow under the fuzzy wad and add the cute clips and BINGO, you have pimped hair in less than two minutes. (The thing that takes the longest is trying to open these little clips without shooting them across the room!

Giraffe Head

2009-05-12T17:35:00.001-07:00

Straight out of the pool and into three ponies...good hot weather hair and matches the giraffe shirt if I do say so myself.

Neat and Tidy Heat Wave Hair

2009-05-08T11:31:00.001-07:00

Sarah looks thin in her mug shot. When she gets home from school, I'm going to stuff her.

Hot Weather Hair

2009-05-07T09:18:00.000-07:00

CINCO DE MAYO !

2009-05-06T07:35:00.000-07:00

Courtesy of Curlformers and a pretty posy glued to an alligator clip!

Results of the Curlformers on Sarah

2009-05-02T12:41:00.001-07:00

OK...here are the pics. They curlformers worked so much better when you sleep on them and don't try to dry them. Sarah never needed heat added to her hair and they are BOUNCY AND GORGEOUS! Note, I used the extra long and wide without any problem...one size fits all girls! It's about time.
This first picture is EXACTLY right after I pulled the pasta tubes out of her hair. I didn't touch it. You can see it is seperated at the crown. I didn't have a pic so I just used the end of my rattail comb and picked the curls through to lightly seperate them. The results are below. My rating A++++++ I love these things and may make a video if I get requests.

Sarah's Curlformer Experience...

2009-05-01T19:10:00.000-07:00

She is bathed and all curlformed up. To be continued in the morning! (she better not wake up because of these suckers because I love my Friday night sleep!)

Notice that even though Sarah's hair should have been been in medium length Curlformers, we were able to easily use the Extra long ones. I really recommend these. They are not heavy and so your child won't complain. This way you know the Curlformers will fit everyone without ends sticking out. If you click on one of her pictures, it will get larger and you can actually see the hair in the curlformers. It doesn't matter if the hair doesn't reach the bottom. Just consider them "decorations" Sarah feels like a Queen Bee in them.
Also, make sure you alternate the colors. Each color curls a different way and this prevents the curls from sticking together. Plus they look cuter, snicker.

Told ya they were comfy.

THE AA HAIR

2009-05-01T18:09:00.000-07:00

This idea came straight from "The story of a princess and her hair". It is from her African American Hairstyles. She step by stepped it quite nicely and it was super easy to do (less than 10 minutes on a sopping wet head). I loved the result.

LOOKING GREAT WHILE YOU AREN'T ACTING GREAT..

2009-04-28T12:03:00.000-07:00

New Korky bows are darling. Sarah is posing and pretending she can really play the piano. Notice her hair is sopping wet. I always braid sopping wet hair. Does anyone else do this? It really does dry nicely.

Who says you can't look like a hot zebra while you pout and bawl at a eatery?

SPRING OUTFITS!

2009-04-15T22:53:00.001-07:00

Grandma sent the dress. Mom designed the bows to match. Pimpin' spring chic ! Don't ask me why Sarah looks like a meanie when she poses....I try but I'm not a photographer. Work it girl, work it..

NEW BOWS MADE....cute stuff if I say so myself..

2009-04-15T22:51:00.000-07:00

PROM HAIR IDEAS

2009-04-15T11:31:00.000-07:00

Wish I would have taken a frontal pick. I just teased the hair mighty high for a *Poof* look. Combed it smooth, pinned fringe to sides, twisted the back into a half French twist and secured with bobbies. Added the sparkly headband and bango...pimped up prom hair in less than 10 minutes. If I could do it differently, I would twist the bangs on the side to hide the bobby pins better. In all, this looked so beautiful on her. We went to Target and got tons of complements. Too bad we didn't do something fancy!

PIMPIN' GWEN STEFANI HAIR !

2009-04-11T17:21:00.000-07:00

All Rockin' girls love Gwen Stefani Hair. You can have this too. Let me know if you would like to see a video of achieving this hairstyle. Love it! I made my curl go forward for more of a "retro" look. It shows off the curl more.

New bows...cute ponies, and....flying monkies?

2009-04-10T08:17:00.000-07:00

TRUE...I see the hair isn't at it's best but hey....who can compete when your kid is eating lucky charms..? They are magically delicious you know. Besides, I never proclaimed to be a professional. I was doing hair, making breakfast, feeding the dog, and making cookies at the same time.

Nutin' Fancy

2009-04-08T08:19:00.000-07:00

Nothing particularly fancy, Sarah just wanted to show off her bows we just made. Boy was she a "fighter' this morning! Has anyone ever thought braids were going to be impossible? Now I have "mother guilt" for scolding her before school. Sheesh....

BOHEMIAN HAIR

2009-04-02T18:41:00.000-07:00

Bohemian hair is HOT, HOT, HOT right now. Below is two examples. The first one was achieved by straightening the hair and making a headband out of your own hair. The second pics are done by waving the hair (we used the Conair Infinity deep wave curler) Then we added a "hippie" hairband. LOVE IT! Totally pimped up Britt's hair.

THE DOGGIE BOWS

2009-04-02T08:12:00.001-07:00

Aren't these bows the greatest? New bows are fun.

Sarah wants to be sure you have a shot at her pretty nails in the pic.

EASY BREEZY HIKING HAIR

2009-04-01T08:15:00.001-07:00

Today, Sarah is going on a field trip to the Ostrich Farm. She will feed them along with the deer and some Lorakeets. Then, they are having a picnic and hiking to see the wildflower gardens and butterflies. Fun day!

Take a good look at Sarah's face on this picture. She never wants to smile so I yelled, "Daddy wears DIAPERS"....it worked.

I noticed the hair really doesn't look that great in these pics but has deep waves in it and is gorgeous. Brittany and I scored a deep wave ceramic curling iron for 13 bucks yesterday! HOLY MOLIE! We bought two of course. Brittany and Sarah love their new Bohemian hairstyles.

HIPPIE CHIC

2009-03-31T07:45:00.001-07:00

Old fashioned chignon with flower clips. Looks great with the tie-dye. Yes, I made it. Bringing back pleasant memories for you?

WOWZA...TWO FOR ONE

2009-03-30T07:50:00.001-07:00

Today is Sarah's first trip to the dentist (it counts as first if it is the first time she actually lets them in the mouth, right? OK...so we didn't have any luck the first two times. Sad.

I'm lovin' these twist braids. They look so cute in her hair. You know, I wish I had someone to work on my hair. Sigh.

Sarah and Daddy went to a Ho-down so I thought it appropriate that she looked "tough". Scary.

OK, OK...I could have cropped out my steam mop but at least I clean.

LAID BACK SUPERSTAR HAIR

2009-03-27T09:18:00.001-07:00

Looks better with the sunglasses, really.

FOUR MESSY BUNS

2009-03-26T07:55:00.001-07:00

and a bowl of rice krispies......

UPDO

2009-03-25T12:43:00.001-07:00

OK...fancy, I know...but we are getting a little practice in for formals as Brittany gets older. Here is her UPdo from different angles. I did this by tying hair into loops and pinning.
OHHHHH, look at it with the flower....makes it, don't ya think?

ROCKER GIRL

2009-03-25T07:48:00.000-07:00

Sarah is really working the camera here....

The cool thing about the worms in the hair the day before is the wonderful big ole PUFF of curls you get the next day. Here is mighty rocker girl showing off for the camera. She is especially excited about this hairdo because it was FAST and SHE LOVES CURLY HAIR!

TUESDAY WORMS

2009-03-24T08:06:00.000-07:00

Her hair needed to be a little longer to get the full effect. It wasn't nearly as cool as on the hairblog I saw it on. I twisted it until it curled on itself...thus, the worms. Ms. Sarah was patient for this one but so excited that I couldn't get her to hold still for the picture. Truffle (in background) however was calm and posed nicely...

MONDAY CURLS!

2009-03-24T08:04:00.001-07:00

MADE WITH THE GOOD OLE FLAT IRON....the only way Sarah's hair can hold a curl!
On a sadder note, she didn't like being called Strawberry Shortcake at school...bummer.

ST. PATRICK'S BOWS

2009-03-17T07:25:00.000-07:00

IRISH GIRLS NEED GREEN BOWS.

THE BIRTHDAY GIRL !

2009-03-16T21:17:00.001-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH....morning picture

2009-03-16T09:16:00.000-07:00

THE MESSY BUN

2009-03-14T11:24:00.000-07:00

I love the messy bun for Saturday's. Hair is out of the way and you look pretty, yet carefree! Here is Sarah showing off her stuff!

THE SKULL CAP !

2009-03-12T07:43:00.000-07:00

I'm loving the skull cap's right now. If you add a hairclip they look sooo cute! And they hide bad hair days.....not that Sarah has any, lol.

Hair Re-do...poor Brittany

2009-03-10T13:06:00.001-07:00

MONDAY HAIR

2009-03-09T08:53:00.000-07:00

Hate Mondays so its fun to make them "partyish"

SUNDAY HAIR FOR TEENS

2009-03-08T15:20:00.001-07:00

OK...not posting Sarah because she has destroyed her hair. Here are some pics of Brittany's cute do for church

SHE LOOKS GORGEOUS....if I do say so myself....and I do..

THURSDAY HAIR

2009-03-05T07:51:00.001-08:00

Piggies are my favorite on Sarah. They just seem to fit her personality...plus they are easy. I do a side part in the front and angle down the back to the middle..I love the messy look with the ends seperated and curled with the flat iron. Tie in a simple bow and you are a hip chic in less than 5 minutes.

THE BIRTHDAY OUTFIT

2009-03-04T22:36:00.001-08:00

Somehow I convinced myself that Sarah needed a birthday outfit and I needed to make it. So I have spent the entire day while she was at school making a TuTu, hairbows, flower wand, top, and getting everything hidden. OK....the Tutu is HUGE! I'm a little afraid of it as you can see by how it is taking on its own life form on the play table. The other picture is the outfit put together. I am going to force myself to wait until her birthday on the 16th before I give it to her. She better wear it or I'll freak out!

HAIR BOWS

2009-03-04T17:21:00.000-08:00

OK...here are the HUGE bows on Sarah's little head. What a trooper

We Mom's know that designers want about 25 bucks for a really nice set of hair bows. Well I just can't and won't pay that. So I took a picture of a pair I loved and bought the ribbon and several glue gun burns later came up with an almost perfect replica!
I love these bows so much even if they are half the size of Sarah's head. I finished making her TuTu today for her Happy Birthday outfit....it is sooo cute. You will have to wait and see her all dolled up in the outfit I made. Gee-I'm getting rather crafty, huh? Anything to put off housecleaning. Sad, really.
OOOOHHHHH, AHHHHHHHHH....I need to get a life.

WEDNESDAY HAIR..HART HAIR

2009-03-04T06:48:00.001-08:00

This style had to look a little "older" for Brittany...thus no bottom ribbons.

This is what we call THE HART HAIR.....(heart...I"m sure you get it)

TUESDAY HAIR

2009-03-03T07:12:00.001-08:00

BRITTANY'S FLOWER PICS

SARAH BEFORE FLOWERS

THE AFTERS:

YES, THAT IS MY NIGHTGOWN IN THE PHOTO WITH FLOWERS...DON'T LAUGH...IT IS COMFY.

HAIR!

2009-03-02T20:12:00.001-08:00

HERE ARE THE AWESOME HAIRDO PICS I PROMISED!

ooohhh, ahhhhhh...look at the hairbows mom made. They match my sundress.

SARAH TRYING DESPERATELY TO POSE FOR PICS....note that this is her hair AFTER a full day of play and grocery shopping. Usually we don't have whispies!

SARAH GOING TO SCHOOL ON PAJAMA DAY

Mother and Daughters

2009-02-12T13:01:00.001-08:00

Brittany, Sarah and I have had a lot of fun spending more time together!

School mornings.....Yuk!

2009-01-11T20:15:00.000-08:00

Sarah bawling because she had to get out of the bubble bath. This is a DAILY occurrence.

Waking up the VAMPIRE!

2008-05-19T09:34:00.001-07:00

WAKING UP THE VAMPIRE Sarah can be a very scary thing.....

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