sweet friday

wow it's friday already, so quickly the whole week has passed by.
i've been feeling a lot better and the pain in my ears is gone, but it's been replaced by a headache.
my little-bit-oversized-denim-jacket is almost halfway done, but i need more studs
and i've been making necklaces with kinnat since last weekend and yesterday we actually finished them!
soon they'll be online for selling and i'll make sure to post a blog and a link when it happens!
i'm so excited, i wore a piece we made today to school and got few good comments about them
so that's a good thing.
but i've been having a lot of bad things too.
i mean i shouldn't?
there isn't really a reason why i'm feeling so depressed,
well maybe there is but it's not really something that i'd post here,
as i don't want to cause drama and problems
anyway, enough about that, here's a great diy i found on this great blog,
this girl blogs about fashion and many diy projects and she describes everything so well!
check her out!

LADY GAGA HAIRBOW


what you'll need:

1) Long hair extension

2) Straightening iron and damp rag

3) Hot glue gun

4) Paper/cardboard surface (for easy cleanup)

5) Duck-bill clips and bobby pins

6) Small elastic bands

What you want to do first, is get an idea of how big you want your bow to be, and play around a bit with your strip of hair until you find the length you need for your bow. Tie off an end with a small elastic band, and cut off the excess. Now you have the foundation for your bow!



You'll need to tie off the other end of your hair strip, making sure the nub (so to speak) is as short as possible. Next, you'll need to overlap the ends, making sure the extension stays flat, and prepare to melt...



Take your rag, make sure its fairly damp, and fold over the ends of the extension. Now you're going to take your straightening iron and melt the hair together, over the rag to prevent a fire hazard. This sounds horrifying, and you'll experience some sizzling sounds and smoke, but its all for the sake of your future pseudo up-do. The rag keeps both your straightener and weave safe, and at the end, you can use the bare flat iron to secure.



Now that you have a crispy loop, you want to take 2 small elastics and secure the center of what will be your bow. It gets a little tricky to maintain the shape of the bow, but don't get frustrated. I admit, I nearly gave up. If you have a friend help you by holding the bow as you adjust, it's much easier. Next, you'll have to loop a piece of hair around the center in order to finish up the bow.

Get a long piece of your extension (you'll cut of the excess later) and as your buddy holds your bow for you, wrap the hair about 3 times around the center of the bow, and secure with an elastic behind the hairpiece. Bobby pin down a bit of the ponytail behind the bow, and then cut off the excess with scissors, making sure that it doesn't show from the front.

This is what you should end up with!! Cute, right?! You'll probably feel that your bow is a bit disheveled, but use some scissors to cut off stray hairs, and you're finger tips to adjust the shape and it will fall naturally once it's on your head, don't worry!



and look how cute it looks!


i'm off to bed
xxx