How To Hair Girl wants to show you how you can do your own hair at home
Roxie Hunt is the DIY hair blogger who’s site is geared towards empowering you to experiment and have fun with your hair at home. Let’s talk about ALL the ways that Roxie’s How To Hair Girl site can revolutionize the way you think about your hair on the daily…
On red hair, elderly neighbors, and how kids are kind of the Fountain of Youth
When I was a kid, growing up with bright red hair wasn’t easy. It’s tough to remember just how red it was as it fades with age. I mean, it was a really deep dark oxidation red. A burnt umber that would have made Bob Ross sigh in delight and approval. Besides the typical teasing of being the odd looking kid in the neighborhood, there was an inordinate amount of hair touching that occurred back then too.
Ok yes fine, I got a haircut: on ditching your signature style
After I off-handedly changed my Gravatar over the weekend, several Offbeat Empire commenters asked if and why I cut off the pink-tips off my hair recently. As one said, “I guess this is the kind of staff gossip we want.”
These days, I mostly my personal life private, but heck: it was sort of a weird thing to cut off the pink tips that have defined my head for the last seven years, so fine: let’s talk about it.
Wrap, pin, and win: an edgy zipper headband
This tutorial from mega-talented DIY blogger Stacie over at Stars for Streetlights is the epitome of easy-peasy DIY with big impact. Two ingredients + one step = edgy and awesome wedding hair accessory.
Fancy-ass cute shower caps are kind of awesome (especially if you’re doing “no ‘poo”)
The whole “no ‘poo” form haircare is growing in popularity, but for those of us who A) used to have dreads or hair extensions or B) are lazy slobs, it’s just the way things go. I spent 1999-2001 with a crazy assemblage of dreads and extensions, and only washing my hair once a month. Then I spent 2006-2011 wearing my hair in two pink-tipped braids all day, every day, and only washed my hair twice a month. It was awesome and it worked great.
It did mean, however, that I needed to use a shower cap to keep my hair dry when I wasn’t washing it in the shower. And lemme tell you, there are some CUTE options…
Wanna add temporary color streaks to your dark brown or black hair? Grab your gel eye shadow and GO
Looking for a quick fix for color cravings? Go to your make up bag! You can use your gel or cream eye shadows to give yourself temporary hair color that washes out when you’re ready. This works especially well for those of us that have dark hair tresses or have a head full of curls.
Where can I find boy-friendly headbands?
After spending his entire life in a decidedly “I want to be like my dad” phase my almost four-year-old has recently entered into a “I want to be like my mom” phase. Part of this includes his new desire to have long hair — like, down his back long. Both his dad and I are totally cool with this, but it turns out the growing out of his hair is a total pain.
Tips for new parents: augmenting your pre-baby beauty regimes
Today I would like to publicly celebrate an unpredictable effect of that very predictable phenomenon: the way in which my beauty routine did not disappear at all as much as it mutated in strange and wonderful ways. It is now wholly different to what it previously was: it would be unrecognisable, probably, to my pre-parenthood self. But, I venture to assure you, it’s quicker. It’s cheaper. Hell, it might even be better.