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

Half updo accentuated with rope twists

Hey my fellow readers,

So here comes the first of many hairstyle posts. This hairstyle was done on short and fine hair, however it can be done on any hair length and different hair types too.

This idea was an inspiration from a hairstyle i found on pinterest by BabesInHairLand.
The tools that you will need are:

• Hair brush
• Rat tail comb
• Rubber bands
• Hair band
• Alligator clips
• Booby pins
• Gel spray

Lets get start on how to do this hairstyle...

You'll want to have the hair damp and brushed out smoothly, to help maintain the fly aways under control and to keep the hair smooth and bump free.

To start off, as the pictures show, you'll section off the hair that you'll be working with first with a rat tailed comb, from the top of one ear to ear to the other, and pulled the remaining hair into a ponytail with a hair band. Then split the hair that was sectioned off at the front into approximately four equal parts using the same tool (the rat tailed comb), and using alligator clips secure each section with one. Alternatively if you don't have alligator clips, bobby pins will also do a good job at keeping each section separate.

Secondly, you'll take each section and smooth it out with the comb and add some gel spray and rubber band it securely in place, I have used white rubber bands but its up to you what colours you'd like to use.

Once those are secure and you're happy with the way they look then you'll want to bring them to the front of the face and hold them with alligator clips if it helps keep them away from what you're about to do next. Now you'll want to release the ponytail you had previously done to hold back the hair you were not using and divide it in half and secure the top half with a clip and once again crate a ponytail with the remaining hair. You'll next want to release the hair you just divided and secure it with a clip and tie it back with a rubber band, keeping the four small sections of hair you done at the beginning still out of the way.

 

Next you'll want to go back to the sections you first made, the two centre ones you'll want to split them in half (the pictures will help you understand what I'm trying to say). Then you'll want to create the twists, although they seem complex they are quite easy once you get the hang of it. So in each hand you'll hand one strand and twist them clockwise separately and then join them by combining them anti-clockwise, this prevents the twist from unravelling itself (CuteGirlsHairstyles are a youtube channel where i learnt how to do these twists, if you need extra help on understand the step go over and check out their channel). 

Once you've finished that first twist you'll want to secure it with a rubber band temporarily. With the remaining strand you have left you'll create another two more twist and secure them with a rubber band, i have secured them together however if you find it easier you can rubber band them separately.

Finally, grab another rubber band, the same colour as the one you had previously used to secure the top half and combine the twists together with it, you'll then want to remove the rubber band/s you had used temporarily to hold the twists and the hairband holding the remaining hair. And thats your finished hairstyle.

I have gone ahead and grabbed a small section of hair and wrapped it around the rubber band to cover it and used a bobby pin to secure it in place. This step is optional, you might instead want to tie a ribbon, or a bow or any hair accessory you'd like to use.

Thanks so much for popping over to have a look at my new post, don't forget to follow if you'd like to learn more about creating unique hairstyles and techniques. Please leave a comment and any hairstyles you have seen and wish to know how to do them. 

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How I will set out my 'Hairstyle' Blog posts

This post will be short but sweet.
I will just be explaining how I will be setting out my future blog posts for hairstyles that I do.

There will always be pictures hehe
1-The tools I used to create the hairstyle
2-The hairstyles progress throughout

In the post I will explain each step as clearly as possible and hopefully the pictures will help explain each step by step process.

Some hairstyles I will do will be inspired by other hairstylists, either I will have kept it as the original hairstyle I've seen or I will add my own little twist to it. If it sounds slightly confusing now hopefully when I start posting these posts you will have a better understanding of what I am trying to say.

I will not take credit for the hairstyles I have only recreated, I will certainly put up their original picture and try to provide a link to some social network where their work is published. I will only take credit for what I have done that is different from the original or a hairstyle I have come up with.

And finally, I love you all. Thank-you for coming by and taking your time to look at my blog.
New posts will be up soon.
Once again if you have an questions you would like to ask, please don't hesitate in contacting me. You can do so my visiting my contact page on my blog and using which ever method suites you best.
See you all soon!

Hair Essentials

So it has been well over a month nearly two since my last post, being a university student doesn't help with trying to run blog at the same time, in addition to that starting work full time, makes me procrastinate even more. I am very sorry for those waiting for a new post but no need to wait any longer  because I am back. WooHoo!!! As promised I would post as soon as my student life was out of the way (for now). So here it goes...

As the title already says, this post will be all about those key hair essentials that nobody can live without!

That first key hair essential is the hair brush. We cannot go a day without brushing our hair, it is essential that your hair is brushed at least twice a day, in the morning whilst getting ready and at night before bed. Keeping the hair de-tangled not only makes the hair look smooth and soft, but it also helps the hair stay healthy as no horrible knots are created that could cause the hair to break. One of my favourite hair brushes is the Tangle Teezer, it works with any type of hair and de-tangles the hair very easily.

Secondly we all need hair band/elastic band (well majority of us that have hair long enough to pull back). It is a quick and easy way to get your hair out of the way of your face. I personally recommend having a large supply of them as there's always that friend that asks to borrow one and ends up never giving it back and the unfortunate event of the hair band/elastic band snagging.

And last but not least hair pins/bobby pins. These small little things help out a lot, be it for pinning up a fringe/bangs or holding down fly aways or used in a hairstyle. There are a variety of hair pins/bobby pins, the closed ones in different lengths and opened pins also in different lengths. The closed ones are the most commonly used and known of, in further posts I will be explaining the different ways in which these pins are used.

And it has now come to the end of this post, hope you have enjoyed the short explanation of what I think are the hair essentials anyone should have. Sorry it took so long for this post to come but it is finally here!!!

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to get in contact with me, I will do my best to answer all your questions and queries as best as I can.