Just Wondering Wednesday #8

I hope everyone is having a great summer.  I realized today my girlies go back to school in about a month's time & that's just crazy!  Summer has been flying by too quickly if you ask me!

Here's my question for this week.  I'm wondering ....
Are you a "salon product only" kind of person?  

I mean -- will you only buy the products you use

in your hair (ie shampoo, pomade, etc.)

from a salon or beauty supply store?  

Or... are you of the opinion all hair products 

are pretty much created equal & 

to heck what those salon folks say & 

buy what ever is on sale at your local store?!

Up for grabs this week:

$5 gift card to Sally Beauty Supply

(You can put it towards fancy shampoo if you want! :-))

Remember - leave a comment here if you want to be included for this weeks gift card.  I'll do my best to get the winner announced on Friday.

And on a personal note .... can I just say .... I've had countless people tell me over the years that any more kids after you've had 3 kids is no big deal ... it's easy & not really any different than having three?  I'm sorry -- but I can't disagree more!  The new "babe" I mentioned a few posts back that I'm going to be watching temporarily isn't so much a "babe" I guess -- she's 3 1/2 like Bee -- but I am just worn out by the end of the day.  Maybe it's because it's like having twins.   I don't know.  But I don't agree with people who say more than 3 kids is no big deal! :-)    Anyone else been deceived by the whole more than 3 kids is no big deal thing?!  I guess I'm just not a wonder woman - so you lovely and amazing ladies out there with more than 3 kids - you are my heroes! :-)  Ok, I'm done with my soap box now!  Thanks for listening! LOL

Dressed Up Bun

As it's still hot and very much summer here at my house, the girls often want their hair up off their necks & I'm always trying new things despite their asking for "just a ponytail" a lot of the time!  Sorry for another "bun" style - but  here's a sure fire way to dress up a boring bun and add a bit of "art" to the style.

Sorry - no step-by-step pictures on this- but it's really not a hard thing to do.  Let your "inner hair-artist" shine through! ;-)

Start by making a ponytail and secure it with a rubber band.  I set Bug's off to the left side of her head a bit with a zig zag part on the right side.

Braid or do a twist/rope braid (which is what I did) and tie the end off with a rubber band - leaving a tail.

Basically start to make a bun as shown in THIS old post but don't tuck the tail.

Wrap the hair around as you would to make a bun - but don't tuck the "tail" underneath the bun to hide it.  Secure the bun in a few places with bobby pins - but leave the "tail" of the braid sticking out of the top.

This pic is from our old Turkey Bun that I posted ages ago - but basically the point that the "artsy" part starts!

With the "tail" sticking out of the top of the bun, divide it into several small sections.  Spray them a bit with water so you can work & form the hair around your finger.  I had 5 small different sections.  The 1st, 3rd & 5th sections I curled to the left down around my finger to almost make a full loop or circle.  

The 2nd and 4th sections I barely curled over so they almost formed a candy cane like shape.  Make sure the hair is quite wet so you can work with the hair & then spray well with hairspray to "freeze" the hair in place!  Or be sure to have some kind of pomade to sculpt the hair into the shape you desire.  Hope that makes sense. 

I basically used the same technique to get the curved/loopy hair for today's style as I did for this old one I posted back for New Years Eve.  A bit of product to sculpt & mold the hair can do wonders!  You really can do all kinds of pretty loops & curls to make just about any style a bit fancier!

Anyway, sorry to refer to so many old posts.  But often times I do a style & then after wards realize that it has multiple parts of other styles I've done in the past.

 

I hope what I did makes sense.  Let me know if you have any questions!

The Winners

Happy Friday everyone.  So glad the weekend is almost upon us.  This week we've got 2 winners -one from Just Wondering Wednesday #6 -- which asked "If you could meet someone from the past - who would it be?"  I've got to say there were so many comments that made me almost cry - especially where we've been dealing with the loss of a loved one.  You guys had a lot of great responses to this question!

Random.org says the winner is lucky #13!  And to me the #13 is lucky -- so I can't say I'm surprised!!

That means lucky #13 is Carly  -- so e-mail your mailing address a.s.a.p so I can get your cash off to you!

And for the winner of this week's question - "How long does it take you to get ready?":

It looks like Melanie is the lucky #27 this time!  So please contact me w/your info so I can send your prize off as well!

I'm glad to see that I'm not alone in it taking me a while to get ready in the morning!  I don't consider myself a very high maintenance kind of gal - and since I can't just pull my hair up in a ponytail I do have to do my hair each day or I look -- well -- less than presentable!  But some days it sure takes a long time to get ready when the girls are around!!

Also, thanks so much to everyone and their well wishes for us during this tough time.  It's been amazing to see God's hand in things and to see His tender mercies - so thank you all who have offered prayers & thoughts during all this. 

Have a great weekend & we'll see you back here soon!