Side/Low Ribbon Bun

Start with a low ponytail to the side.

Place a length of ribbon in the elastic.


Section the ponytail into three sections.

Leaving the top part of the length of ribbon out, put the bottom half of the ribbon in with one of the braid sections.



Braid the hair down with the ribbon and secure the end with a clear elastic.

Wrap the braid around the base of itself.

Twist it all around.

Using bobby pins, secure the braid to the hair.

Tie the two ribbons together.

How to Style Scene Emo Hair

This is how Alyssa Abscission does her hair!

http://www.myspace.com/punk_transistor

FAQ:
1) What's the song?
-Lemon Meringue Tie by Dance Gavin Dance
2)How many layers does she have?
-too many to count ;)
3) What hairspray does she use?
-Rave

How to Style Scene Emo Hair

This is how Alyssa Abscission does her hair!

http://www.myspace.com/punk_transistor

FAQ:
1) What's the song?
-Lemon Meringue Tie by Dance Gavin Dance
2)How many layers does she have?
-too many to count ;)
3) What hairspray does she use?
-Rave

Three Water Spouts

I have a new favorite product. Garnier Bold It Power Putty! It makes pulling my Spunky's wisps away from her face SO much easier.

I should buy stock.


I sprayed the front of her hair lightly and pulled some of this stuff through. A little goes a LONG way...so don't use too much.

Then I parted her hair and pulled it into three ponytails...that I affectionately call "Water Spouts" on curly haired children.

Then I made my Spunky's hair curly by slowly pulling the flat iron through. It took all of three minutes.

I put pre-made bows on each ponytail. Voila!

Yes, that is a temporary tatto on her face...courtsey of Grandma.

I don't know what to call this...so we'll go go with criss-cross braid on top.

I am in a crazy busy hurry today. I have loads to do...so you get a picture tutorial.

Criscross High French Braids...Submitted by Angie

Sometimes I wonder when I am going to run out of styles and then my site will become obsolete.





And then I have fantastic followers that submit wonderful styles and then my mind goes crazy thinking of styles. So much that I have a sketch pad that I keep with me to jot them down. Last night in the middle of the night I was thinking about this style and one hit me that I will be using tomorrow on the princess...and tonight I am making her some bows to go with it.

Angie...this one is darling and fun and fresh! I posted her instructions beneath the very last picture. Doesn't her daughter make a gorgeous princess? I think so!

*****INSTRUCTIONS BY ANGIE*****

"These are some pictures I took of my 8 year old after Halloween. She had taken off her "princess" dress and was just wearing her tank top underneath, but I had worked on that "do" long and hard enough, I wanted to document it. Your request reminded me of these pictures! I did two very high french braids, where I only added the hair from the one side (I use this when I braid across the crown too, no need for a perfect part!) and when the two met, I continued the braids then twisted them around, leaving some hair on the end that I just kept winding into a loose bun. (She had very long hair, I'm not sure it would work with short hair, I've never tried!) I had to use lots of bobby pins and hairspray (it stayed in all night with just a few "wisps" as you can see!) and I wasn't too worried about the visible elastics because she wore an odd sort of headband that covered them, otherwise I would have taken more time to hide them under the bun. "

REMEMBER to document those styles and e-mail them to me along with your instructions! I love new styles and sharing them makes them even more special.

Lookbooks.

I have a book that I glue inspiring photos into. Mostly fashion related. I suppose it's sort of a lookbook, you could say. It's just too bad that I so rarely expand it since I started it a couple of years ago, and by now, it only consits of twenty pages or so. It just takes up so much time when I do decide to work on it... Nevertheless, it's really nice flicking through it because it does inspire and give me new ideas. I wish mine was better organised, too, like many other ones I've seen. Mine has no organisation whatsoever - no themes, no common feature between the pictures - nothing. I don't know if that's a good thing or not. Do any of you also have a look book/inspiration book, whether it's actually in a book format, or you choose to organise it in a different way?

Click on pictures to see them in a bigger format.