Day 4: Go-To Holiday Hair | Blogmas

As the weather turns colder, I find myself always wearing my hair down. This way my ears stay warm and I can always pop on a hat if I need to. I've always been a fan of curling my hair and have typically done so with my wand, however lately I've been using my straightener! I find the waves to be softer and more natural looking and the process is super simple (I burn myself a heck of a lot less haha). I learned how to create these waves from 2 videos; one from Ingrid Nilsen and one from Zoella. Of course Ingrid has short hair and Zoe had super long hair at the time of her video, but the process is adaptable to all hair lengths and looks amazing on everyone!

As you can see, I'm not using a super expensive or high end straightener to create these delicate waves. I do believe I picked this up for about twenty bucks back in the ninth grade at Wal-Mart haha. It's lasted very well but is on it's way out. I've actually ordered a NuMe set and it should be waiting for me at my family home when I get there for Christmas! I'm so excited!

What is your go-to hair look for the holidays? Do you prefer to curl with a wand, iron, or straightener? Also if you have any NuMe products let me know how you get on with them!

Thanks for reading, xo, Katelyn

Make Me Up Monday | June 8, 2015

4 Days of Hair

I have recently been doing my best to get my hair to a place where it only needs to be washed twice a week. It has been a long (and greasy) process, but my hair does seem to be a lot healthier and stronger than it was when I was washing every day or two.

During this time I have found myself using the same hair styles over and over to prolong the time between washes and to minimize the amount of heat styling I'm using on my hair. I don't use any products in my hair anymore besides an argan oil when my hair is damp after washing. I have read many articles recently about how bad hair products really are for you and since I have stopped using them I have definitely noticed a difference! (give this article a read if you're interested). 

Without further ramblings, here are 4 days of fool proof hair styles that I resort to all the time to get the most out of my wash without damaging my hair in between.

Day 1

This is my hair day 1. After a good wash and condition in the shower I towel dry, use an argan oil, and then let my hair dry naturally the rest of the way. I then use a 19mm Conair curling wand to get nice big curls. I usually pin the front of my hair back at about my ear as the volume of the curls on day 1 can be a bit overwhelming around the face.

Day 2

As you can see here, by day 2, the curls have fallen into a really pretty loose wave look. The picture on the left is when I just woke up, au natural. The second photo, on the right, is after a little bit of touching up with my wand. 

Day 3

By day 3, my curls/loose waves are still in tact but I do begin to notice my hair looking a little bit greasy only around my hair line. To hide this I like to twist the hair back around my face and pin it back by my ears. 

Day 4

When I get to day 4, I tend to prefer to put my hair up as I begin to get greasy at my part. This is the first of three variations of day 4 hair. I like to pull my hair back into a very messy and loose low bun and secure it with a cute little scrunchee. 

The second option I tend to resort to on day 4 is a simple pony tail. Since my hair still holds the wave of the curls, I think the pony tail looks really soft and pretty.

My third hairstyle for day 4 hair is a half up-half down do. I like to use a little elastic with a bow because I think this hairstyle is really feminine so I go all out on the girly front ha ha. 

I find this pattern of hair styles really fool proof and simple for a four day hair plan. I think having go to hair styles for all degrees of clean to greasy is a great idea especially when you work random, part-time shifts like I do. I don't even have to think about what to do with my hair in the morning before an 8am shift because it has just become a habit now!

Thanks for reading, xo, Katelyn