Messy Side Braid

Lots of celebrities have been wearing their hair in a messy loose side braid. I loved it and wanted to share with you one way to achieve this look. Sorry about all the picture but I am a visual person and tend to think others are too.

I like to do a quick curl to the hair just to give it a good shape and for some extra volume.

Take where you normally part your hair and just continue down the back of the head to the nape.

Braid the 'fat' side in a loose (but not too loose) Pocahontas braid.

Then start taking pieces or sections of the remaining hair and add it to the braid.

Twist and wrap it through the braid.

Continue until all the hair is in the braid.

I braided the front of her hair but you can just add it to the braid if you want.

What do you think? Does she look like Blake Lively or Taylor Swift?

Hidden Braids

This one is for all my french braiders out there. I saw this idea on a morning show called the Daily Dish, tried it on Elsie and loved it. So now I am sharing. You may need help with this one, it is sometimes difficult to french braid the back of your own head. At least I am not that talented. :)

First do about 5-6 little "hidden" braids right under your occipital bone or in line with your ears. Tie off with clear elastics.

If you part your hair on the side, you will notice you will have more hair on one side (I call the fat side) and less hair on the other (the skinny side). Start with your skinny side and start french braiding around. If you part your hair down the middle, it doesn't matter what side you start or end with.

You will start grabbing the little braids as you go.

You want them to peek-a-boo through the french braid. You may need to surface them after you are done braiding.

I braided the front and added it to the big braid in this picture. But last night I taught a YW class where I ended up turning it into a Bohemian style braid and it looked awesome. (that will be my next post)

Seriously, LOVE IT!

~Beach Waves~

Beach waves are a fun and easy way to add texture in your hair. I like that it gives me an option besides just straight or curly. It is suppose to look like you just got home from the beach...so a little messy is great! I think it looks so cute...it is my new favorite! It is easy to do and you just use your flat iron. First section the head in about 3 large sections. Starting with the bottom section you clamp the flat iron and turn down in a circular motion. Release the hair from iron. Grab the hair below that circle and add another circle in the opposite direction going up. Continue going down the length of the hair in this pattern. I know it sounds complicated and I figured it would so I made a video for you to see how easy it really is.

I love it on long and short hair.

When I style my hair like this it ends up lasting a couple of days.
Ug this was the best video out of 3. My angle on this video isn't perfect but I hope you get the