Why Not a New Hair Do This Week, Jenn?

You may be wondering why I haven't posted this week--- I am wondering the same thing. I have several new hairstyles photographed. I just need to edit them and get them posted. Well THAT simple task is easier said than done. Sadly... I won't be posting a new hair do this week. On Monday I was working in the yard doing some gardening with the husband and checking on our bee's (We have a bee hive). A bee flew into my eye and I panicked and it ended up stinging me. This had been a worry with our hive because I am allergic to bee stings. Nothing like stopping breathing or anything (thank goodness) but allergic non-the-less. I spent Monday sleeping and hurting.

My first reaction to the bee sting of course was to take a picture--- I had the camera on me, so I ran and got tweezers to get the stinger out and had my husband take a picture and then yank that stinger out. If you look closely it looks like half the bee is still attached-- totally gross! When I went to bed Monday night I thought things were looking great. It looked normal and I wasn't in a ton of pain. I had loaded up on antihistamines during the day and I thought I had got off pretty easy. Not-so-much come morning... I woke up looking like this---->So pretty! By the time I got the kids off to school and headed to the hospital myself my whole left side of my face was drooping from the swelling. This picture looks good from how bad it really got. Shots and loaded up on prescriptions I came back home and rested. Went to school... came home early and had an allergic reaction to one of the medications they had prescribed me. REALLY--- that pretty much rocks!

So up until today this week has pretty much stunk because I have been doing the allergy thing to a bee sting. I still am having lovely side effects from one of the allergic reactions to having a horrible headache behind that left eye and I still see a little blurry, so looking at the computer for too long just doesn't sound fun. So forgive me for not posting a new hair do this week. I am off healing up. See you next week (hopefully) happily healed up!!!

Water Fall Braid-- Headband

I just wanted to show one last way to use the waterfall braid when you need to do something with the left down hair to hold it tight. For this one we just did the braid across the top of the head like a head band and pulled it back into a pony tail.

From the front it really just looks like a head band.

But the way the hair moves through the braid is so cool like this. So do this one and enjoy it.

It will make it through the day better that the braid alone for Beans. That's why we have come up with these modifications, because it really is a pretty braid. We just needed to pull it tight to make it work. Hopefully this helps everyone, but especially those who have the same hair problems we have with this braid. Have a fabulous day!

Double Braid(ish) Look

Yesterday we left off at this point. And I told you I was going to show you how I made this hair do (very) different. And hold up to our fine (type) hair. Anyone can use this. It doesn't have to be fine hair. I think the only thing it must be is long hair.

Starting from this point you are going to brush through the ends one last time to make sure you have all the top part smoothed through.

Now count each side for hair that is left down. Count each individual strand if one side has more you will just double up on your first weave through on that side. You want it to be balanced.

You are now going to weave in and out and secure in each strand to the finishing braid.

The weaving pattern should look like this. You can use an alligator clip to hold one side while you work on the other.

Weave the other and secure with an elastic while you continue weaving every piece until you have no more to weave.

Its going to look like this if you used rubber bands to hold all of them in place.

You now want to clip out the elastics. Every one but the bottom one. You can use my way of using a seem ripper to remove them, that is what we did.

And right now it isn't all that pretty--- kind of... BLAH. If you can't wait throw a bow in and it will relax into the style.

Here it is with a bow covering the ugliness.

But if you can wait for about five minutes you will find that gravity takes over and the top part falls beautifully into the bottom part giving it a wide braided look that you can't help but love.

You can still finish it with a bow, but it really doesn't need one.

And it did hold up to all day of running and playing, which the waterfall braid alone doesn't do for us. We call this one a winner.