Add Some Color!

This year, color streaks have been the fad.  Girls at school are actually wearing bright colors in their hair, even in kindergarten.  There are several ways to get the color.  You can dye it permanently, add a temporary dye like chalk, or put in an extension.

Here's my lovely niece with a chalk streak from Gimme Clips.  Instruction are on the package, but they include getting the hair damp and using a heat tool to set the color.

Here is an extension clip I got from Kohl's.  It has a snap clip at the top, colored hair, and colored yarn. To add some color to a sock bun, just clip the extension at the top of a pony tail, and roll it into the sock.

For this style, the hair is parted on each side and then dutch braided. Belle is growing out her bangs, so I started with a regular dutch braid and then added this hair extension with the mini jaw clip from Gimme Clips at the place where her bangs started to stick out, then continued braiding with the color in one strand.  I tried to keep the color bit at the top, but it wanted to sink in anyway with every plait, so after I fastened it off with the hair band, I went back and pulled up on the color at every twist to make it show.

When you use hair extensions, you have to take special care of them.  They shouldn't be thrown in the drawer or box with the other hair stuff or they will become a tangled mess, and possibly fall apart if you try to comb them out. Be gentle when taking them out of hairstyles and put them away in their own separate place, such as in a box or hanging on a bow keeper.

Fun Survey from Gimme Clips

Gimme Clips has come out with a lot of neat things lately. Check out this survey to see some of them and tell Gimme Clips which you like best.  If you take the survey, you can be entered into the drawing for some free stuff.  Odds of winning are pretty good, too, but hurry! Winners will be announced on Thursday this week!

Belle's Short Haircut

This is the haircut I gave Belle a several months ago.  This is part of the reason I haven't been posting much lately.  There isn't a whole lot you can do with hair this short, and it often looks cutest when left alone. It's much easier and quicker to have short hair.  Now that it is starting to grow out again, I can do a bit of styling, but she seems to prefer still to leave it alone.

What You Don't Want to See When You Come Home From Vacation

Did you know that after you file a large claim with your home owner's insurance, they may give you the boot? True.

 If you ever come home from vacation and see this, you may not get your house back to normal for a REALLY LONG TIME.

Hairstyling Tips: Whatever is quick and easy cuz you have more important things to deal with than hair.

Lesson learned: Turn off the water main when you go on vacation. (And put your water heater on vacation setting.)