Cross My Heart

It's the time of year where we start thinking about all that lovey-dovey stuff and everywhere you turn you see hearts.  :)  I'm going to be posting a few fun Valentine's hairstyles here and there so keep your eyes peeled!  Here's one that I like to call "Cross My Heart" and the name sounds romantic so I'm posting it.  :)

Start by parting the hair horizontally into 3 even sections.  Clip the two side sections out of the way and create a Dutch braid out of the middle section.  Braid it all the way to the bottom of the hair and secure it with an elastic. 

 Unclip your right section of hair and twist the whole thing in toward the braid.  (I have twisted away from the braid here just to show you that option as well if you like it better.) 

 Have your princess hold the twist while you move over to the left section and twist that in toward the braid also. 

Now take your two twists and cross them over the top of the braid and then around the back. 

 Keep wrapping them around the braid until you get to the bottom of your twists.  Now secure the twists and the braid together at the bottom with an elastic.  Hide the elastic with a hair clip to finish it off. 

I wish he was my boyfriend.

Hello there! this is an outfit I couldn't actually wear at this time of
the year, well actually I could if I added a coat and layers of tights.
the shirt is from h&m and shorts from camden market, my old sunglasses
and bag from primark, it's a cheap look to be honest. the bow collar I
added myself it's just a ordinary silk ribbon I found inside my sewing box.
The oxfords are from primark too. btw I really want to get cool new shoes.

Today'song: Boyfriend - Best Coast

Shapes around.

Camden market denim shorts & primark blazer.
Before yesterday I went to Shepherds bush and I found some thrifted clothes for only £1 each, the charity shop was closing down. Although most of the clothes were shabby, there were loads of nice stuff. I got myself some skirts and a blazer, that I just washed and it's now smelling of comfort softener. hmm

Today'song: I Met Up With The King - First Aid Kit

Double Layered Bun

Here's a really pretty hairstyle that needs to be done with wet hair.

Start by pulling all of the hair back into a ponytail.

Separate a section of your ponytail and puff it up about 1/2 inch and then fold it down in front of the elastic and secure it with bobby pins in an "X" formation. 

Take the excess hair from that section and wrap it flatly,  in a circular motion, on top of the head - being sure to add bobby pins as often as needed to hold the hair down.

Continue separating sections from the ponytail and continuing these same steps. 

When you're all finished, spray it with hairspray for hold.

Add some fun hair accessories and it's all complete.  We've added some little bows glued to the ends of hair pins that we just tucked right into the different layers of the bun.

24 January 2011.

With a fan heater placed close to me I warm myself up, my mother says it is not so good to have it so close though. I have to take a shower and put some thrifted clothes I bought in the dry machine. I'm also planing to finish reading my book tonight. kissx

photography

Today'song: Ole Black 'n' Blue Eyes - The Fratellis

a sunday smile.

sometimes I feel like writing a lot, but only sometimes!


white coffee with cream and a history book


It is weird but I love the smell of these pages.




an old photograph of my mother.


a book I started reading but did not finish yet. film rolls to get developed, negs,.




primark shoes and thrifted dress. (camera AF minolta panorama)

I had these photos on my desktop and decided to post them. *the leather journal is from camden market.

Today'song: I Sing I swim - Seabear

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) - In the post below, I said that I was excited about the weekend and truly hoping that it was going to be nice and sunny. Fail - there was not even a sparkle of sunlight, it is like Murphy's law. I bet next week when I will be back at college, it will be sunny. Weekends are always cloudy in this town. a song