Beauty | My Hair Routine Pt. 1

Bad hair days? Everyone has some of those once in a while. Today I'm going to tell you my secrets for making the hair look decent on these kinds of days.
My hair actually looks best on days when I just washed it in the morning, but I'm not a huge fan of washing it every single day so I leave at least one day in between washes. On those days my hair can look like quite the mess, so I've come up with some hairstyles to disguise all that mess going on.

1. THE DONUT BUN | You will need : A hair donut, a hair tie, some dry shampoo, some bobby pins and hair spray.

First off I spray some dry shampoo close to the roots of my hair (don't forget the back of your hair !) and rub that in. My favourite dry shampoo is the Baptist one in Cherry. I let this sit for about five minutes while I brush my teeth and wash my face. After those five minutes I comb through my hair until there's no longer any visible white leftover to be seen. Then I make a high ponytail and slip the donut over it. Once that's done I start twisting the ponytail around the donut until it is completely covered in hair. Now the only thing I have left to do is pinning up the little hairs in my neck that are too short to be incorporated in the donut and spray some hairspray to keep everything in place. Et voila we're done !

If you want your donut to be a little bit more messy like mine, try tugging on the sides of your hair to loosen it up a bit.

2. THE HAIR CLIP | You will need : A pretty hair clip of your choosing, some dry shampoo and some hair spray

This one is super super simple. I apply dry shampoo the same way as with the donut, then I section off the upper part of my hair and separate it in two halves. Then I twist those halves a bit and pin in the hair pin. Apply some hairspray to hold it in place et voila, you're done.


3. THE FRENCH BRAID | You will need : Hair ties (preferably small ones in a shade close to your hair colour), some dry shampoo and some hair spray.

This one is a bit more tricky, but with some practice you'll have it down in no time. So first off I apply some dry shampoo the same way I explained above and then I start french braiding the whole of my hair, which is the tricky part. (Click here for the video that learned me how to french braid) Then I pull the braid here and there to loosen it up and make it a bit more messy and then just spray it with some hair spray to keep everything in place et voila !

A few months ago I was contacted by the brand Casper, a start-up mattress company based out of New York City. They asked me to share my tips and tricks for bad hair days with you for their "Own Your Bed Head" project. And at the end of this project they will feature their favourite tips and tricks over on their site, so make sure to check those if you, like me, suffer from terrible bed hair from time to time !

What is Casper? Casper is a start-up mattress company based out of New York City. If you order their mattress it comes in a box and expands as you open it! They engineered their latex memory foam mattress to keep you cool at night but still give you the right supportive bounce. You can also try one for free for 100 nights, risk-free! 

I'll leave you with that !
Love,
K.

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Beauty | Inspiration - Short Hair Don't Care

Well hi !

Sooooooo, I've had my long hair for about four years now and that's also about the time it took me to get it this long BUT I'm kind of getting tired of it. Sooooo I've decided that this is going to be my last week of long hair for a while. On Saturday I am going to the hairdressers to get a hell of a lot of hair chopped of and I'm going to get a semi long bob. However I'm going to add the ombre back in, because I loved the look of that on me and I don't want to lose that too (One thing at a time !).

I'm training myself in making life less difficult, because I have quite a big tendency to do that. So my mantra for this one is : It's only hair it'll grow back ... eventually hihi

But yeah, I wanted to show you the pictures, that I'm going to show the hairdressers to base my haircut on, to keep you updated. I'll definitely post photos of my new haircut once it's done, so keep your eyes peeled for those on Twitter and Instagram on Saturday (you can find the links in the contact section !)

I'll leave you with that !

Love,

Kelly

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Beauty | Inspiration - Hair- Half updo's

No matter what hairtype you have, one way or the other them hairs are going to get in your way. When I'm at school, taking notes in class, I can't have my hair being all over the place. And while I do love ponytails and buns, sometimes I just want to keep my hair down, BUT out of my freaking way ;) I have found myself going towards half updo's on those kind of days and I'm kind of really liking it ! My face is hair free, but I still have the effect of having my hair down.

Right now I'm just clipping away my locks whit a nice hairclip, but I want to give these more special updo's as seen here above a try, being a bit more glamorous and shiz.

If your looking for a good tutorial on a half updo, Zoella recently posted one on here YouTube channel. It's a very pretty and simple updo, it won't take you that much time before leaving for school. I'm going to give this one a try some time soon ;)

Love,

Kelly

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Beauty | Inspiration - Messy Waves

I have been on the lookout for a new hairstyle, because I found myself wearing the same updo every day. I do love my long ombre-ed hair, but I've become quite out of inspiration with how to style it. Actually I am looking for a quick style that I can manage to do in max 15 mins before leaving for school. 

I stumbled across this style and loved it instantly ! My hair is pretty straight, but the shorter parts, like what's left of my fringe, have a mind of their own and just point every direction. So messy waves seem ideal to me. This look has much of a 'I woke up like diz' vibe, but it looks put together at the same time. 

My best ideas for this look are basically randomly curling sections of hair, big or small, front or back, just very random. Then I would use some sea salt spray to acquire the messy part and then setting it with hairspray.

I'm going to give this a try and report back to you !

Love,

Kelly

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Beauty | Inspiration - Poytails

Well helloooooo !

Time for another Tumblr inspired post, haha ;)
One of my favorite hairstyles is a very simple one, a cute ponytail. I have some different hairstyles based on a simple ponytail and this is one of them, the ponytail with a ring. It think the ring makes your ponytail look  little bit more polished because you cover up the mess of the elastic and have a smooth metallic ring instead.
This is a hairstyle that you can combine with pretty much every look, versatility to the max :)
I am on the hunt for a new pretty ring and as soon as I get one, I'll show you how I like to style my ponytails. Aaaaaand on Wednesday I'm going to the hairdressers to get my hair ombre-ed, YAY ! I already planned a photo shooting afterwards so you'll definitely get a peek of the result ;)

Talk to you soon !

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Beauty | Hair - Ombre Inspiration

Well helloooo !

In a few weeks I am going to get my hair ombre-ed (if that's even a verb ;)) and whenever I do something with my hair I have the habit of thinking about it a lot and browsing through the internet to have a clear idea of what I want. I thought it would be nice to share my findings with you :) 

So above you can see pictures of the kind of ombre I intent to get and I will probably print them and take them with me, that way my hairdresser knows exactly what I want ! 

So, basically when you ombre your hair (again, I don't know if this is an actual verb, but maybe we should make it one) you bleach the ends of your hair. The ends of your hair are the most fragile and so when bleaching them, they get really dry and frizzy, so it is important to take good care of your hair after ombre-ing it. One of my absolute favorite vloggers on YouTube, Zoe a.k.a. Zoella280390, has ombre and she actually made a really nice video telling you how she takes care of her ombre-ed hair and that way I kind of have an idea on how to treat my hair once my ombre is done :)

I'll definitely be posting some pictures afterwards and tell you guys what I did/do/will do to take good care of my hair ;)

Talk to you soon !

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