New Store

Heya everyone,

Sorry for the such a delayed post, being a student doesn't help with handling university work and exams. I hope you all are well and ready for the come back.

So after thinking a while I have decided to open up a new store a delete my Etsy store mainly due to the fact that the currency was in dollars and as I am based in the UK it made no sense to me trying to keep costs correct and shipment correct. Also, after reading some reviews I found that in some occasions the fact that items were all in dollars buyers would be put off buying them as the hassle of conversion currency rates and dealing with shipment would confuse them. So instead of not selling my bow I have found an alternative website based in the UK. I will give it a try, and if any changes are to occur then I will happily inform my lovely followers.

My new store can be found at https://homemadehairstyles.misi.co.uk. Hopefully this one will work and I can add new items to it very soon. 

Love ya

xxx

Dutch-Braid Headband Ponytail

Hey there my lovely people,

Todays post with be another hairstyle, however set out a little different. I started hairstyling a while ago and had never thought I'd end up writing a blog. So I took some pictures of the finished hair style but not of the procedure, but i do have the final result and its not the complicated. I will also add a youtube link to help with demonstrating how part of the hair styles is done.

What you'll need;

• Hair Brush
• Rat tail comb
• Gel/Hair spray
• Elastic band
• Hair band
• Bobby pins

The hair styles is a dutch-braid headband pulled back into a ponytail. It is a very simple and easy hairstyle to do on others aswell as on yourself. With practise everyone gets there. :)

You'll first need to start off with brushing the hair through making sure there are no knots or tangles. Then using a rat tail comb part the hair either from ear to ear or as I've done I started the part roughly 2inches from one ear all the way to the other side. Secondly, pull the hair you won't be using of the braid into a low pony tail for now to keep it out of the way. Once that's done you can begin your dutch braid. While braiding I added in gel every so often to help hold back the fly aways. I have found this youtube link that demonstrates a full head dutch braid but the techniques the same just with a smaller section of hair. 

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCPaH3ORDfs

Once you've completed the braid, you'll want to continue it all the way until the end and tie it off with an elastic band. 

You'll then put the braid to one side and work with the remaining hair you held back at the beginning. Brush out that hair again making it smooth and pulling it up into a ponytail. Once you're happy with where the ponytail is situated hold it in place with a hair band. Also use gel/hair spray to smooth the hair if you'd like. 

Finally with the braid you had aside, wrap it around the hair band to hide it and using bobby pins secure it in place. And TAADAAAAA you're finished, an easy and simple hairstyle!

You can also opt by not putting the hair up in a ponytail instead you can leaving the hair out, especially for short hair that's too short for a ponytail. 

I hope you enjoyed this post as much I dad writing for you all to read.

Don't forget to check out my etsy store; https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/HomeMadeHairstyles

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Also follow me on instagram @HomeMadeHairstyles and if you recreate this hairstyles use #HMHDUTCHBRAIDHEADBAND so i can see your wonderful recreations and share them on my page. 

See ya next time

Love ya

xxx

Bobby Pins...

Bobby pins...
Lots and lots of bobby pins.
What would we do without bobby pins?

Hey there,
Right so today we are looking at, guess what?
You guessed it, bobby pin or hair grips whatever you feel comfortable calling them.

Why a post on bobby pins you may ask, well surprisingly not many people know the variety of bobby pins out there available to them, nor do they know how to use them or in what circumstances to use them in.

The essence of bobby pins that many people know of are that they will simply hold back hair or help hold down fly aways. That is correct however there are a few other things to bobby pins that maybe some won't know.
For example did you know when placing a bobby pin in your hair you place it straight part up and not with the bumpy side up which is what most people do.

This image does not belong to me

When I first found this out I was extremely surprised by the amount of people that also did not know this. After changing the way I placed my bobby pins I noticed that they stayed in place for longer and were a lot more secure. 

There are many lengths, widths and colours of bobby pins. Some to just accessorising the hair, others to hold down fly aways, and what (I personally think) they are used for the most is to help secure a hairstyle. 

As well as bobby pin there are also hair pins which in word explanation is a open version of a bobby pin. Here is an image showing what the difference between a bobby pin and a hair pin is.

           

Hairstyles that will include both types of pins are usually updos majority of the time, or a more complex half hair updo (an example of half hair updo, is a previous post on a hairstyle where the inspiration images uses pins to create flower petals). An updo I recently created and done on myself and used both pin types was an elegant low chignon (or low bun in other words).

A bobby pin will hold down the hair more securely especially if they a crossed over each other, what a hair pin does is it keeps the hair in place 'softly', what I mean by that is they help keep the hair in a certain place which does not need to be held down securely. Its harder to explain in words what I am trying to say, but if you try it out for yourself you will understand the concept. For example, in the image above I used hair pins on the sides to tuck in the hair and hide the bun maker that's helping make the round shape of the look.

And that is it for now. I hope you enjoyed the post and that it was a little helpful. 

If you'd like to see a pic-by-pic on the hairstyle I have shown in this post please let me know and I will try and get that done for yours soon as possible. 

Thank-you for views this post, don't forget to follow and stay upto date with any up coming posts. Also follow me on Facebook and stay upto date over there too.

Love you all xxx

Opening my own Etsy store!

Hey there my wonderful reader,

Great news is coming your way!
From the information I have already posted in both the 'About Me' section and my first ever post I mentioned that as well as hairstyling I love crafting. So my new hobby currently together with hairstyling is DIY hair bows of all shapes and sizes.
This all began (obviously) when I first discovered my passion for styling hair, something was always missing, a small accessory just to give the final look a little WOW factor.

In order to be able to share my crafting with you all I have opened an Etsy store where I will be selling a variety of hair bow accessories.

My Etsy store is now up and running for you. Just head over to www.etsy.com/uk/shop/HomeMadeHairstyles and you will find just a few of the hair accessories I am selling currently. In the next week or so I will be adding more to my store so that you have a larger selection of accessories to choose from. 

Since starting my blog a very long time ago I have finally began to get the drift of it and hopefully you won't need to wait months for a new post. 

Thank-you for all your support and views

Don't forget to comment and like, also check out my other social media network space and follow and like over there too to keep up to date with everything. 

Love you all 

xxx