Cute Summer Hair for Long Hair

I should have out this up before the how to tricky tricky your hair.

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BEAT THE HEAT

photos/post/design: Kristin Ess

Since it’s about 550 degrees here in sunny Los Angeles, I figured this would be the perfect day to show you a quick + pretty way to get your hair up and off your shoulders. Don’t let the 13 steps fool you– this tutorial is fairly simple, just wanted to make sure you saw every little step! Hope you’ve all been practicing your inside-out french braid lately. You can definitely do this with a regular french braid, but I like the volume that comes from loosening up an inside-out braid better. Here we go:

1. "Part your hair starting at the top of your crown and go down right behind your ears. Pull those pieces forward and save them for later.
2. Put all the hair in the back into a loose ponytail. This will allow the chignon shape to sit a little lower. Optional: you can make your ponytail higher/tighter if you want it up and off your neck.
3. Lightly tease the ponytail.
4. Wrap it into a low bun and pin using large bobby pins to make it really secure.
5. Do an inside-out french braid, starting at your hairline and continuing down behind your ear.
6. Braid the remaining hair all the way down and tie it off with a clear elastic.
7. Repeat the same steps on the other side.
8. Gently tug the braid apart. Start at the front hairline and lightly tug each individual loop/piece until you get down to the elastic. This will “fatten” up your braid and give it much more volume and texture. If layered pieces fall out, you can tuck them and spray them or just let them fall. Totally up to you.
9. Cross the two braids over each other just above the bun and secure them with some bobby pins.
10. Remove the clear elastics from the bottom of one braid and give a gentle but secure tease to the ends of the braid.
11. Wrap it under the bottom of the bun and secure it with a strong bobby pin.
12. Repeat on the other side.
13. Tuck the remaining hair under the bun and secure with another strong bobby pin.

Use a hand mirror to look at the back and sides. Check to make sure it’s balanced. Pull a couple loose pieces out around your face if you want a softer look. Hope you all give this a go this weekend! As always, let’s see it! –> @TBDofficial"  

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Tricky Tricky Hairdressing

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NO PHOTOSHOP

photos/post/design: Kristin Ess

"Obviously we love to use photoshop for hearts, stars, polka dots and handwriting on ALL of our posts, but we really do use it as little as possible for anything else. And while sometimes a stray hair or a hang nail’s gotta GO, it’s always better to deal with the issue before taking the picture. That being said, I thought I would let you guys in a little trick I used the other day when I shot this braid post. It’s so useful- whether you’re taking a photo or just going out with friends. Here’s the deal…

• Of course with a braid or updo you want to see the hair go in different directions, but you don’t necessarily want to see shiny scalp. It distracts from the over all look, right? If you finish a hair style and look in the mirror and you see a strong part/scalp where you just don’t want to but you don’t want to start over, then don’t!
• Spray the part lightly with a colored dry shampoo. I always have THESE ONES in my kit in every color. I don’t use them as a daily dry shampoo because I have another favoritefor that, but I do love this to cover an unsightly part. You can also find them in travel size sometimes.
• Lightly (don’t over do it because it will look chalky) spray the visible scalp line with a shot of the colored dry shampoo and the focus will be right back on the braid or updo where it belongs."-thebeautydepartment.com

Cute Outfit!

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Shirt

Undershirt

Shoes

Here is a really nice outfit for school, hanging out with friends, shopping or just any old day at home. All from Forever 21.

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Homecoming Dress!

            I really love this dress! It's for homecoming! From Windsor!  Add a denim jacket and you're good to go!

More Denim

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Denim Event!

I really like this denim jacket! It's from Love Culture! Just put it over a shirt and its a whole new outfit!

I am having a denim event showing all kinds of denim, the other event with the seventeen magazine is not over, just me and my friend Trinity, need to make more! To look at Trinity's blog click here.