overdosing with you

I've just returned home from Exeter, I took a few pictures but they are not really good. I will edit them before posting, perhaps they get to look a bit better. Sorry my blog has been boring lately. I guess bloggin gets tiresome sometimes. Even though I can blog either I want to or not but I think it became a habit. I'll quit this habit for a while haha. Good night,,,,,,,,I need an eye test, maybe I'll need glasses. :(

Friday's Film: Barrel Roll Bun

This is one of my personal favorite hairstyles because it's so fast, holds well and creates curls for the following day.  The original post is found here: Barrel Roll Bun.


Here are the pictures of the completed bun:

We put some decorative hairpins in for church. 

You can see that we've used a pretty high ponytail so that the bun is right at the crown of the head. 

You can use smaller sections of hair to create more rolls.

We've done pretty large rolls here just because of time reasons but I love the look of both.

Remember to have your bobby pins handy because you will definitely need them!  

I don't love anyone, but you are not listening.

I annoy myself sometimes, like my mind gets so messed up that I have to do lists for everything. I somehow think it will get me organized. Therefore I am doing one for tomorrow and I hate how I start it by obvious things such as ' Wake up at 7:00am, get up at 8:00am then have breakfast'. I thought about adding 'brush my teeth, dress up', but it is too much details. Anyway tomorrow I'm leaving this town and I ain't coming back. I am actually. Btw the second picture is a book by Stephen Shore that once got from my college library and had to pay five pounds fine, because I always forget to hand books back at the required date. It's a really nice book.

7-Strand Braid

Here's a style that is a very simple pattern but there are so many strands of hair that it can be confusing for your fingers.  Just take it slow and it gets easier with practice!

 

We started our with a basic ponytail but you can begin with the hair anyway you like.  Make sure the hair you are working with is divided into 7 equal sections.  Start with the farthest right section and weave it through the other section with an "over/under" pattern.  Once that strand is all the way through and on the other side of the hair, grab the strand that is now just to the right of it.  (This is the strand that was previously the farthest left strand.)  Weave that through the hair moving to the right.

  Once that strand is all the way through, grab the strand just to it's left and weave back toward the left side again.  Basically you will be weaving left when you start on the right side and weaving right when you start on the left side.  That may sound confusing as you read it but it's easier once you give it a try.  Continue going back and forth until you get to the end of your hair and then you can secure it with an elastic. 

This is a bit different than the Lucky Number 7 Braid that we've posted before.  You'll see that the steps are just a bit different and that makes the appearance of the braid very different.  Both are very beautiful braids though!

What is in my bag today,

I was only going to post the first picture of 'what is in my bag'. But then I decided to add these. In my bag today I had my diary from camden market, sunglasses from camden market as well, camera coin purse from H&M, blackberry and a film roll to get developed. Do you have a 'inside my bag' post? If so I would love to see it. Send me links :) xx

Go Utes!

In honor of this weekends fabulous game, we decided to come up with a Utah Utes "U" hairstyle.  (Sorry all of you BYU fans!)   :)  We had church the day after the game and we've had a friendly rivalry going on with some of our church members.  Of course, we had to rub in our victory just a bit!  :)  Our whole family wore red to church and we came up with this red "U" for my princess's hair.  *This is one hairstyle that I'm PLEASED to say was not well received by some!*

I started by dividing the hair in half with a part and we chose to do a zig-zag part.  Next, I pulled each side up into a ponytail and then finished them off with a 3-Strand Braid.  I secured each braid at the end with a clear elastic and then I took those elastics across to the opposite side and secured them into the top of the other braid.  I found the best way to secure them was to lift part of the original top elastic and feed the bottom end of the other through. 

 I then bobby-pinned the ends under the braids.  I wrapped some red ribbon around the two braids and tucked the ends of the ribbon through the elastics to hold it in place. 

 Our finishing touch were the coordinating ribbons.  :) 

For those of you that are BYU fans, you can check out this style:

I call it the Wish it was a "U" Instead of a "Y". 
It would be cute with blue ribbon wrapped around it as well. 

the blues are still blue.

Good night! This is the coat I mentioned on the last post. I pretty much love it and my wish came true, today was a bit cold and rainy ha. Therefore I could wear it and drink my cup of coffee on my favourite spot in Hampstead Heath. Besides enjoying the weather ( at least for while, because I know I will hate the freezing weather as soon as it gets colder and I won't be able to wear only one coat, but so many layers of clothing, which will make me look fluffy) Anyway my inspiration these days has increased so I've been feeling excited to take pictures. I hope this enthusiasm lasts.