"Wait, you bought them...WTW?!"

I feel compelled to write a very informal post about one of greatest beauty finds to date! Mostly because of a funny convo my friend/co-worker had this morning.

She pokes her head in my office to say "Good morning!" while she waits for her meeting in the next office. I pop my head over my monitors to say good morning back and see how her weekend was. She does a double take before she answers and asks "when did you get bangs?...I really like them!" I replied with a smirk "I bought them". Haha I wish I recorded her response..."wait, what? You BOUGHT them?"! I had to repeat myself a couple times that i did in fact buy my bangs!
I bought them and they're awesome for days I don't want to wash or brush my hair. Or for the days my hair is not cooperating and I threaten to cut bangs. Seriously they're awesome! You should get a pair and try'em out.
When I got mine they're a tad on the super shiny side (seriously what bishes hair is naturally that shiny) so I sprayed some dry shampoo and a little hairspray on them and voila, almost an exact match!

I found mine at Ulta for $30! I had a coupon that I found on the Internet because that's a little spency IMO.
Here's where you can find them: http://www.wigs.com/product_info.php?products_id=3752

Do any of y'all wear Fangs (fake bangs)?

Below are a couple of pics when I wore them last.

Happy holidays to ya and happy hair-doing!

some days I want to chop it all off!

I know you have those days (like I'm having today) where you just want to chop all your hair off! Donate it and be happy and stress free with no mop to manage on a day to day basis? 

Well for those of us who don't have the cajones (me) or your beau loves it too much, or for whatever reason you can always pretend (when is the last time you did that?) with this fun make over tool. 

InStyle Hollywood Makeover

Here's what I would look like with short hair. Okay so the picture of my face isn't the best and nor is the background. But you get the idea. :) 

Sooo maybe I'm not a short hair kind of gal. 

BUT ...

in all seriousness I have been considering dying my hair red!! *gasp* Well okay, like a dark auburn color. I have been platinum blond, light brown, blond with red streaks, jet black and now my ombre brown, honey, black color that's going on. I've been rocking the dark hair for almost 3 years now! 

I'm kind of wanting to play and experiment. I've done the bangs thing (MAJOR disaster) and now the one color I haven't been is a reddish color. 

This is my inspiration and what I would want it to look like if I do decide to rock the red do. 

Using the same tool as above, here I am with auburn hair! Again, not the greatest pic of me and maybe I should have taken off the red scarf. But these were done a while ago (I've been contemplating for a couple weeks now).

What do y'all think; should I do it or stay dark brown/black? Have you ever been a red head or auburn (not naturally)?

PS. This is not a quarter life crisis or anything like that. It's just time for an update and to play with my look for 2012. :)

cheers to the freakin' weekend, 

the sock bun

I've had my eye on this trend that kept popping up all over Pinterest aka my obsession. 

Finally I decided to do a little research on how to do this fancy little no heat curling trick, yes I repeat NO HEAT! I have to say I was little skeptical after I got the sock in, but the results were actually quite amazing! Even the hubs said "holy expletive, NO WAY! It's beautiful! That was worth losing a sock for." 

So here are my crappy pictures from my phone and a few extra tricks on how to try it out for yourself.

Hair before it went into the sock bun

Le Sock Bun...goodnight

 Hair right after I pulled out the sock bun. Those 3 crazy ends sticking up at the top of my head are my bangs (more on that later)

Over exposed, fuzzy close up after running my hands through it (my hair is really not this orange)

After I calmed down the frizz and put some hair spray in it...voila, Le Sock Bun Curls!

You will need: 

1 tube sock (preferably not a mans sock, it creates too big of a "donut" and you will end up with more waves than curls)

Cut the toe part off the sock

Pony tail holder

Spray bottle with water

How to create The Sock Bun Curls:

Flip your head over and make a ponytail right on the top of your head. Don't fasten the ponytail holder too tight or you will get a kink in the morning. 

Spritz the hair sticking out of the ponytail and get it pretty wet, not soaking, but more than damp. 

Brush through it to smooth it out. 

Slip the donut onto your hair and pull all the way to the ends.

This is the tricky part if you have lots of layers; pull your over the donut and start tucking your hair under then just slowing start rolling the donut down towards your head. 

There is no need to fasten it with anything as it is very secure once you've rolled it all the way down. 

Go to bed and undo and wake up to fabulous curls in the morning! 

*My bangs got kinked really funny so I ended up flat ironing them. I think the next time I will pull my bangs out before I make the high ponytail and just bobby pin them back.*

This picture kind of shows it step by step. 

If you have shorter hair, maybe try doing two really small donuts more towards the back of your head to see if that works. 

Next time I will be cutting my sock my shorter so that the donut is not so fat; that way I will get tighter curls.

P.S. This sock bun can also be used to create a very elegant 'Carrie Bradshaw' bun. Just leave a few pieces out before you twist down onto your head and then wrap them around the bun and secure with some bobby pins.

 

Let me know if you try it and how it turns out! 

I really do love donuts, 

LeFoof

trend alert: hair chalking/sea dipped/pastel tips

I am totally digging this new trend! Especially since it can be a temporary fun change to your hair. Normally I'm not a fan of wrecking a pretty face with crazy colors like magenta, purple or blue. But I love the subtlety of this look. 

Extreme

High pigment

More wearable just a touch of color

I want to try blue or maybe red

Source: tumblr.com via Hannah on Pinterest

I almost wish the highlighted parts of my hair were blonde enough to pull off this rainbow effect. Love this chicks style too! 

Source: google.com via Anna on Pinterest

Here's one way to achieve the pastel tips on your own. Obviously you have to have some sections of highlighting if you have darker hair or you need to have light hair to make this work. But in this blog she explains pretty well how to use the Kevin Murphy Color Bug . 

Would you try this out? If so what color would you do?

rainbows and unicorn magic,

LeFoof