I am loving the current barrette trend I've seen on bloggers and around Instagram lately. I think adding a hair clip or barrette is a chic way to accessorize that is also easy and functional! Shop my favorites that I've found below:
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When it comes to doing my hair lately, I've been trying to curl it more and straighten it less. With naturally curly hair, sometimes flat irons can be too harsh and make my hair look damaged and unnatural. However, since trying this Panasonic nanoe Flat Iron & styling iron, I can create a smooth, silky straight hair look that gives me the perfect balance of straightness for my curly hair!
A few game days ago, I decided to put my new Panasonic nanoe Flat Iron to the test and straighten my hair instead of curl it. Because it was such a humid day, I knew I wanted to put my hair back, but a straightened ponytail often looks better than a curly one because it gives it a silkier look and adds a bit of length. The slim ceramic plates allow you to easily smooth hair at the roots, but the rounded straightener head makes it easy to style waves and curls, too.
I'm seriously so happy with my new Panasonic nanoe Flat Iron! As I mentioned, it really doesn't "iron" my hair to the point of crispiness, and actually styles it well without burning it to a straightened crisp. This is due to the nanoe™ technology used in the flat iron that infuses moisture into hair to keep is smooth and shiny. Plus, the high-recovery heater and advanced smooth ceramic plates provide even heat distribution and maintain constant temperature so you can straighten your hair from roots to ends without having to go over it multiple times.
Another bonus about this straightener? It heats up in just 30 seconds and have five temperature units! This is perfect for someone like me who is always distracted while getting ready to go out, so I can turn on the straightener to high and quickly straighten my hair while getting ready with my friends. And, if I miss a piece, it's so quick to turn it back on and fix my hair before heading out the door! The result of even heat dispersion, even tension and the large plates keeps hair styled, smooth and vibrant all day long... even on a hot and humid game day!
For anyone else looking for a flat iron that gets the job done well without giving you that over-straightened look, I can't recommend this one enough!
xoxo
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Panasonic. The opinions and text are all mine.
Heading back to school on Sunday means I'm packing in as much as I can to wrap up my month long winter break away from school. A lot of my friends have already gone back to school, so I went down to Chicago this weekend to see my brother and visit my best friend Lauren (same as New Years!). We had the most fun long weekend, and I'm excited to share it with all of you!
My Hair Struggles
6/29/17
Okay... I have to admit that I really don't do the best job of taking care of my hair. When it comes to my shampoo and conditioner, I usually opt for Herbal Essences in whatever color bottle my mom restocks me with, and for product after the shower I use one serum that's been a part of my routine for about six months. Other than that? Well, there's really not much to say. I never remember to use my heat protectant before doing my hair, and actually doing my hair at all is something that happens maybe once a week. So... when Function of Beauty reached out to me about their non-toxic, sulfate-free customizable shampoo and conditioner, I knew I needed to take this opportunity to get something good going for my hair.
Styling Short Hair
2/8/16
In the past week, I've come to realize how much easier it is to have short hair... showering is faster, shampoo no longer needs to be used in excess, and drying it takes a matter of minutes rather than hours. However, one thing that I've found most difficult about having short hair is that I actually have to style it now. I am so not used to having to style my hair at all. When I had long hair, I blessed with natural waves and volume that came from air drying and messing it up with my fingers. Not going to lie, I took my senior photos after towel drying my hair!
Unfortunately, this is not the case with my short hair. I got out of the shower on Saturday, let my hair air dry, and then cried about how much I hated it. I thought it looked so terrible to the point where I didn't even go out Saturday night because I thought I looked ugly... basically I'm pathetic. I'm not trying to throw myself a pity party, really, because TBH I think I just sound more pathetic and more like a brat rather than like I should be feeling bad for myself. The point is simply that I'm glad I donated my hair, and once I learn how to style it and get used to the short, I know I'll love it. I just need a little inspiration.
What I've realized with my naturally wavy hair is that it's just too puffy for this length! I'm thinking I'll learn a few tricks with my curling iron and straightener, maybe watch a few tutorials like this one, or read a few posts like this one. I just need to see what I can do to get back to my signature wavy look without looking like Lord Farquaad from Shrek... yes, it was that bad.
For school, I am obviously not going to start heat styling my hair every morning (let's remind ourselves I go to an all girls school and wear a sports bra everyday and have never entered the building with a stitch of makeup on), but I do want to preserve a little bit of my dignity. I love the half back bun look, and I will probably start doing a lot more french braids... my whole high ponytail thing isn't going to work anymore, time for a new signature style!
One look I am excited to try with the short hair is a deeper part! Straightening my hair has never been a long process for me, so I might start doing it a little more often because I'm sure it won't take long at all now that there is a lot less hair to work with, and I think a deep part looks so chic!
If you want to go back to my archives and read a sort of embarrassing, sort of funny post about my favorite hairstyles, consider this here your jackpot. Happy Monday!
xoxo
Short Hair Reveal
2/4/16
Every year at my school during Catholic Schools Week, it's tradition to have a "Gr8 Lengths" assembly. Gr8 Lengths is pretty much the same thing as Locks of Love, except for the difference that the minimum hair donation length can be 8 inches instead of 10! Our school donates to Children With Hair Loss, which is a beautiful non-profit organization that provides wigs free of cost to any child who has lost their hair, no matter for what reason or financial background.
This year, over 140 girls signed up to donate their hair at my school, and around 30-40 girls impulsively chopped their hair at the end of the assembly!
On Tuesday, I was so excited to have two of my best friends chop off 8 inches of my own hair! The ends were gross, I was excited for a change, and the donation is such a good cause. I of course picked Caroline, and I picked another one of my best friends who doesn't go to my school to do the honors. They were so sweet to come and unlike some of the other choppers, they did a pretty even job! It's a special thing that seniors get to pick who cuts their hair, compared to the younger classwomen who have the stylists do the duty. It was such an exciting feeling and I'm so glad I got to share it with Caroline and Elizabeth!
I was cutting the hair of one of my best friends at my school, also named Caroline, and I can't say I did as good of a job.... oops! Her chop was a little chunky, my bad, but I honestly think most girls look so much cuter with short hair no matter what! The stylists had us all ponytailed up before the assembly even began, so you can see my hair was already ready to go even though Caroline was lined up in a different group of seniors before me.
It was so funny getting my hair cut... measuring out eight inches, I was like, oh, this isn't bad at all! Even when Caroline and Elizabeth starting handing me my ponytails as they came off I kept thinking, wow, that eight inches is really nothing! And then, I ran my fingers through my hair, and the ends just stopped, and I was like oh my gosh, where's my hair?! My hair is gone!
I think I'm into the whole short hair thing, but it's going to take some getting used to. I went on Wednesday after school to get a real haircut and have it all evened out, and the stylist ended up taking almost three more inches off. It is currently even shorter than in these pictures, and I am not 100% in love, but I like the change, and my hair is definitely a million times healthier now. However, what really matters it that the old eight inches will go to someone who needs it far more than I do.
Have any of you ever donated your hair? I would love some tips on short hairstyles, or getting used to the new 'do!
xoxo
How I Style My Hair
6/12/14
I've talked about my favorite hairstyles before, but little about my hair in general. I don't do much to it, and I honestly couldn't even if I tried (I own probably three curling wands that I can't figure out for the life of me). However, I've been posting a lot, or it seems like a lot to me, of selfies of my hair on instagram recently and I wanted to share how I do my hair!
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As the caption stated, I literally woke up like this (#flawless haha just kidding.. did you catch the beyonce reference?) , but I found that for me, my hair is wavier when I go to bed with it wet. I'm not sure how that works, but I'm not complaining! My hair has natural wave but I usually let it air dry before bed. Now, I think I'm just going to stick with this method!
This is my hair when it's straightened. It takes me less than 10 minutes to straighten my hair, and I love how I can flip it upside down a few times or, in this case, sleep on it, and it'll look natural! I think the key for straightening is to use a medium heat and go over each section of hair a few times so it's doesn't look too "done".
Finally, if you haven't noticed, all of these pictures of my hair are how my hair looks after it's been slept on. This picture is a representation of my sheer love for topknots because I woke up, put a shirt on, took my hair out of it's bun, and voila! Loose curls for days. Personal favorite
How do you style your hair?
xoxo
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