Beehive Hairstyle

Today, I will be teaching you how to do a Beehive. 

It's very easy to do, but you can't expect to get it out without washing your hair!

So first, I parted my hair from ear to ear, over my head, because I wanted some hair hanging out in the front. Then, I parted a section of hair of about my crown, starting at my other part line, and pulled the rest, including the front, in a low side ponytail.

I divided that section in half (top and bottom) and started to tease the top half with my comb, then the bottom half, then just a little more with both halves together. When I got my hair as high as I wanted it, I took my smoothing brush that I got at Walmart, and lightly brushed the very top, so it looks smooth on top. Then, I took the ends of beehive and pinned it to the back of my head. 

I released the elastic, and took my front hair that I parted around my face and combined the two sides in an elastic behind the back of my neck, and let the rest of the hair fall. Add hairspray.

You can do many different things with this hairstyle. I was trying for Teen Beach Movie, but the movie Hairspray also has hairstyles relating to this.

The Basket Braid

Today, I will be teaching you the Basket Braid. It is very different from a regular braid, but just as easy!

To begin, divide your hair that you're working with into four equal pieces. Take the strand all the way to the left, over the next strand, under the next strand, then over and under the strand all the way to the right. The strand that was origanially on the left, should now be on the right. Now you take that strand under, over, then under. And repeat. Keep in mind the braid won't be as long as a regular braid, because you will eventually run out of that one strand. It is just like you're weaving a basket!
That's all to it!

If you want to make it into a Lace Braid (a French Braid only adding in pieces from the front side), then you do one stitch on the top of your head (over under over, under over under), then add in a piece of hair by your hairline. Do a stitch, add in hair, and repeat.

Happy hair doing!

Baby Shower

A few days ago was the baby shower I threw for my sister, that I've been planning ever since she found out she was pregnant. 

I found this invitation template from Zazzle.com

It is called Ahoy! Nautical Baby Shower Invitation.

The shower had many fun games like The Baby Face Activity, A-Z Baby Name Game,
Name Scramble, Scratch and Wins, and Tummy Tape.

For the Baby Face Activity, I printed out head shots of my sister and her husband 

(the mom and dad to be) and the same number of blank papers. Then, the guests cut out their facial features and tape them together on another piece of paper of what the baby will look like!

I got the Tummy Tape game from Party City. Each guest cuts an amount they think will be how big the mother's stomach is, we measure, and whoever comes the closest wins!

During the A-Z Baby Name Game, we would go around in a circle naming boy names starting with the letter A all the way to Z with a rational amount of time to think. (U and Y are the hardest)!

The Name Scramble was simple. I just wrote the mom's name and the dad's name in all capital letters and cut each letter out. The guests had to see what names they could come up with, out of these letters. The most creative name wins! 

Now for the Scratch and Wins. I went to the Dollar Tree and bought little gifts like screw drivers, 

hangers, cute little boxes, etc. I wrote the gift on a piece of white paper, then colored white crayon over it and painted over that with acrylic paint. It actually scratches off well! 

Also, the baby came on Saturday and Easton is adorable! 

I made him this little hat!

Mermaid Nails

Today, I will be showing you a super easy nail polish design that I call Mermaid Nails.

So first, you will need two nail polish colors. I recommend one shiny and one sparkly! 

I used a shiny NYC purple and a sparkly SinfulColors pink. 

To begin, take a piece of scotch tape and tape your nail so that it is covering only half of the nail. Then, begin painting the nail purple! Repeat this on all of your fingers.

Once all of  your nails are dry, carefully remove the tape, leaving half painted nails.

Now, take your sparkly pink and paint the other side. You must only eye it and hope not to mess it up, because if you put tape on the other side, it will remove the purple.

Once you let it dry, you can dip a Q-Tip in nail polish remover and touch up your mistakes.

And there you go! Your very own Mermaid Nails!