How-To Hair: Mermaid Tail Braid

Hey everyone!

First, make sure you enter my giveaway!!  It ends June 4! Anyway, today's post was so fun for me, it's a hair tutorial on how to get a "mermaid tail" braid.  It's super easy and doesn't take long at all!  I've been getting tweets and comments asking for more tutorials, and I love braiding my hair when I'm bored, so here's what I came up with! :)  I hate wearing my hair down if I'm not going out at night or something, so I braid/fishtail it all the time.  I typically go for a braid though, because honestly I hate doing my hair if it takes more than 10 minutes on most occasions.  I hope you all enjoy this tutorial! Comment and let me know if you want to see more! :)

Here's the finished look:

First, make sure there's not knots in your hair.  Then, pull all your hair to one side.

Split your hair into two sections and tie one of them back

Now, you're going to do an inverted braid on one of the sections.  An inverted braid is just like a normal three strand braid, except you're going to cross each strand underneath instead of over the middle piece.

Do the same with the second section

Now that your braids are done, you're going to pull on the braids and loosen them up a little.  Next, you're going to take bobby pins and pin together the two braids.  Do this all the way down your braids

This is what your braids should look like before you push the bobby pins together.  Make sure to place them in your hair from the back so there's minimal visibility of them from the front.

Push your bobby pins together, and use a hair tie to combine them together at the bottom.  Then take our the two hair ties that were holding your braids together separately and you're done!

Like I said, this is an extremely easy look to achieve.  You can wear it on a casual day or dress it up at night by pulling out some stray pieces and curling them!  

If you try this look, send me a picture!! :)

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xo Sarah

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How To Hair: 9 Strand French Braid

Hey everyone!

Again, I'm so so so sorry that all of my posts have been lacking lately, it's going to be a crazy last 2 weeks of school with dead week then finals!  I've been getting a lot of requests to do more tutorials, both hair and makeup, so here's one for you all today!!  It's a super easy hair tutorial, the 9 Strand french braid! Here's the finished look:

Here's How to do it:

1. Brush out any tangles you my have in your hair

2. Split hair into 3 sections and tie each off.  French braid each individual section and use a clear elastic to secure them.  Then, braid the three french braids together, secure it with a hair tie, and you're done! See, wasn't that easy? :)

I like to pull my braids apart a little, just to make it a little more messy and casual.  

Here's a close up of the braid:

Hope you enjoyed! 

If you try this hair style make sure to send me a picture so I can see it! :)

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xo Sarah

DIY: Chalkboard Piggybank

Hey everybody!

Today I have a really cute Do It Yourself post on how to make a chalkboard piggybank.  Chalkboard paint has been all over the place lately; there's so much you can do with it!  So, when I went to Michael's Craft Store yesterday I had to pick some up.  Here's what we're making today:

All you'll need is:

A piggybank (Michaels has them three for $10!)

Chalkboard Paint ($.99 at Michaels!)

Chalk (any craft or grocery store probably has this!)

A brush--I used a foam brush :)

Step 1: Paint one coat on your piggy bank. 

The kind of chalkboard paint I used said to paint two coats, one vertical and one horizontal.

After 1 coat:

Step 2: Paint a second coat.

Make sure to leave about an hour between coats for the first to dry.  Paint this coat using horizontal strokes :)

Let your paint dry over night, just to make sure the chalk doesn't chip or stick when you try to draw on it.

After it dried, this is what mine looked like:

Now, decorate however you want and you're done! :)

That's it! It's super easy to make one of these, all you need is chalkboard paint, chalk and something to paint!  They will also make great presents! ( My cousin is about to have a baby and I'm thinking about making her one that says "college fund" ;) )  I hope you all enjoyed this post! :)

What do you use as a piggy bank?

Comment and let me know!

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xo Sarah

Other DIY's:

Princess Birthday Present

Flower Wall Decor

Tiny Treasure Boxes

Glam Anything Holders

Necklace Organization

I Took A Stained Glass Class!

Hey everybody!

So I'm super super excited about this post, because it's about something that is SO much fun! I went and took a stained glass class!! My mom's a painter, and the studio she paints at offers classes so my sister and I went and made them!  This is my "masterpiece":

My mom has done this many times, so we have tons of these lying around the house, she's made angels and doves, and hers look like this:

The class where I took it was $59 each, which sounds expensive, but for everything you get to do, it was worth it!  

Here's the steps:

First, you learn how to cut glass.  Then, you pick out what colors/design you want to do (my sister and I both did angels).  Next, you draw your design on the glass and cut it.  This was the hardest part for me.  Then you go to the grinder to grind down your sharp edges and even up the sides of the wings and the body, etc.  You also grind around the head to make it more square on the edges.  The next step is called "foiling".  You take this copper colored foil stuff and wrap it around the edges of each piece of glass.  You have to make sure you push it as tightly onto the glass as possible, because this is what the solder sticks to.  Then, you take a big paint brush and paint this gooey stuff around the edges.  Now comes the most fun part: Soldering! You let it all heat up then just take the solder and melt it all around the edges of your glass, putting the most where the pieces connect to each other (like the wings, body and head).  Then, you just windex off the glass and you're done!  

All together, this took about 2 hours, which sounds like a long time but actually it's so much fun that you don't even realize it! I want to go back to do another design soon!

I know this was a random post but it's so much fun I had to share :) Hope you enjoyed! :)

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