The Hair Bow

Here's a little fun for a Sunday night: The hair bow is a crazy hairstyle that is ultra femme but super easy to punk out if you choose.you may have seen it on such stars as Lady Gaga in the past.  I tried it out the other night when going out in the Castro, a very fun part of San Francisco, and a VERY appropriate area of the city to test out a new look or two.

Here's a shot of the whole look from the front. As you can tell (I assume), I only did half of my hair in the bow, I think it works better for me.  If I were to use all of my hair to do this, it would be ridiculously big and over the top.  I'm not Lady Gaga, I'm not even close to trying to be.

The fact that it's really not difficult to do is also a pretty big factor in my new love for this style.  I put my hair in a half pony, but before the last wrap around of my hair elastic, I left a loop with a tail of hair that stopped between the loop and my hairline.  Then I wrapped that tail around the hair elastic and bobby pinned it into place.  Feel free to ask me for pics of the process, I'll take some.

Here's the final look I went with.  I layered 2 lipsticks to make that color and I am sort if in love with it.

 

This is what those who are taller than I am saw, and frankly, I'm a little jealous.  You can really see the "bow" from this angle. 

This is my absolute favorite part of this hairstyle.  I mean so often something will look really cool in the front an be an absolute wreck in the back, but I'm into the way this looks, although the waves probably help that.  I have a feeling if you have thin hair, you'd have to use all of the your hair to get the same effect from the front, therefore changing this view a lot.

 

This hairstyle really is quick and easy, although be careful taking out the elastic because there is a good chance a knot magically formed around it. Be cautious if you love your mane like I do mine.

No Sock Sock-bun

The Sock Bun!!

We all know what the sock bun is.  It is pretty and simple but sleek too.  Back in the day my synchronized skating team would use bun forms to make this nice little shape, and now girls do it in real life with a cut up sock.  Usually when I wear my hair in a bun I literally just tie it in a top on the top of my head without using anything to secure it. A literal "top-knot" if you will, but today I decided to switch it up.  Since I have a limited number of socks (why am I always buying them and never having any?!), I decided to fake my way to a sock bun. 

From the front, it looks like a normal but, sock or no sock.  What I did was put my hair in a high pony tail, and folded that into a semi loop, only halfway down. Then I twisted the rest of it around that loop, so it looks like a donut from the top and front, but from the side it has a little more lift in the back, because that's the loop I folded from the pony tail.

 You see what I'm saying about the lift in back?

Et Voila! from the top, it looks exactly like a sock bun!

Braided Bow

So, the other night I had a dream that I called my friend Elli, and despite the rest of the dream being very bizarre, I had this awesome braided bow on the side of my head!  I decided to give it a shot, and I'm a little bit in love with it.  I hate being one of those people who take pictures of themselves and puts it on the internet, but I'm really feeling this bow, and I want other people to try it! I was sitting there thinking, how can I do that, but then I remembered that I started this blog like over two years ago, and since for the moment my job is job-hunting, why not try to start it up again, right?

I even think it looks nice from the front! It's super easy too, you literally braid two relitively small pieces of hair from the bottom near your ear, and tie the two braids in a bow. I used a couple of bobby pins to keep it's bow form.