Beauty: Pinterest Test

We've all seen these perfect hair Pins. But how well do the work in real life? Well let's test it, shall we?

Sorry about the super white-out flash. My camera was not cooperating. Also excuse the brown roots. 

This Pin is really simple. I just decided to do this on my natural hair, because who has time to make their hair all perfect and smooth especial in this summer humility. 

I did a little hair elastic on the bottom and a large one on the top.

I'd say it works pretty well! Thanks for reading!

OOTD: Mustard and Sky Blue

Skirt: Mango via Goodwill: $4.50
Top: Goodwill, $3.50
Sandals: Target clearance, $14

I just thrifted this skirt and I love the way it looks vintage yet wearable. And it has pockets! Always a plus in my book. This top is one I've worn many times. It's comfy and I love the color. I hope you've enjoyed. Have a great day! -Zoe

Beauty: Dutch Braided Updo Tutorial

Today I'm going to show you how I do one of my favorite updos. You can do this on curly or straight hair, and it will keep those locks out of your face all day. You'll have to have medium/long hair and know how to dutch braid to do this. Lets get started!

I begin by splitting my hair into two sections. You can do a side part, like me, or opt for a middle part. You can also tease the crown of your hair if you want some volume in the back.

I'm going to begin braiding at the very top of the hair section, and continue picking up hair from both sides.

Make sure your braid is going around your head instead of straight down.

 Once you've braided both sides, you can pull on the braids...

...and make them as messy and big as you want!

Once those braids are big and fluffy, you're going to want to take one and pull it around your head.

Use bobby pins to secure it in place, and hide the end of the braid in/under the other braid. If you don't hide and pin down the little pointy ends, you will look like you have horns. No one wants that, so make sure they are pinned good!

Swing that other braid over and pin. You are done! My curly/wavy hair will hold this style pretty well but you can hair spray the crap out of it if you have slippery hair. I hope you've enjoyed! Thanks for reading! 

OOTD: Bohemian Nautical

Scarf: Walmart via Second-hand
Tank: Walmart clearance, $3
Cardi: Maurices via thrift store, $2-ish
Skirt: Ann Taylor LOFT via consignment store bag sale, less than $1
 Shoes: Walmart, $10
Earrings: My Etsy, $5

I just got this new skirt at a bag sale for a consignment store and it still had the tags on. It was originally $50! Crazy! Well it's mine now, and I love it. Comfy, pencil-ish fit, longish, and sweat pant material. It's totally my style, right now. I also recently got this mustard scarf from my sister. I was just waiting until she got sick of it, and it's finally mine! If you are interested in the Miraculous Medal earrings, I'm wearing, you can check them out here. Oh, and that little cute-y bear in the top pic is Loki. He was being so good. I hope you've enjoyed. Have a great day! -Zoe   

Beauty: Perfect Side Braid

Have you ever seen an amazing braid on Pinterest, Tumblr ect. you want so badly to recreate it, so you get the technique down to find your braid looks great in the back but does NOT flatter your face at all? Well I have found the solution and I'm going to teach you in this tutorial! 

This is my favorite side braid. It keeps the hair out of my face, looks fancy yet classical/messy, and I always get complements on it.    

To do this you may need a few things

Bobby Pins

Little Rubber-band

Hair Clip 

Got it all? Great! Lets get started!

I like to start with the front of my hair striated/curled (you can see how I do my hair swoosh here). P.S. I know it looks like I'm giving the stink eye in this pic, but I'm just in mid blink from the flash. Seriously that's like the most patronizing look ever. I looks like I'm thinking Really? You don't know how to get your braids perfect? I guess I could bestow my knowledge upon you. I promise I'm not that snobby! Okay, back to the tutorial.  

Here's the trick: you separate the front pieces of your hair before you start braiding.

Clip that hur!

Now, I'm going to start a dutch braid at the top left of my head. If you can't dutch braid just Google it. 

I continue it down to the bottom right of my head.

Keep braiding, blah blah blah.

When there is no more hair to add just braid it normal all the way to the bottom. 

Secure with an elastic. 

Now it's time to pull that braid apart. Make it as big and messy as you want. 

Now let the front pieces free again!

FABULOUS! JK. Take the front pieces, arrange them in an attractive manner, then weave/bobby pin the ends in the existing braid. Try to hide all the pins in the braid.

You may have to weave it pretty far down the braid if you left out longer pieces. 

And that's it! Hope it helped. Thanks for reading!