I have entirely too many hairstyles to share at the moment. Most of them are braids. If you are getting tired of HTHG braids, stay tuned because I am too and that means I am gearing up to move on to some uncharted hair-ritory (pardon the pun)
But for now, here is another DIY braid for you. This one needs no explaining, just a clear elastic, a comb, and a french braid at an angle. This hairstyle works on hair that is barely shoulder length to mid-back length.
The great hair blogger Reagan from www.hdofblog.com once said “Back combing is practically the high-heels of hair” and I have to whole heartedly agree. When styling your own or someone else’s hair, back combing will be what adds the height to the style. And if back-combing is the high-heels, then sectioning is the orthotic inserts. And personally, I walk a lot better in high-heels when I have my inserts in.
With that said, here is a video that will help you understand how to back-comb your hair and why it is important. It think that this should be pretty easy to follow. Have a go!
XO!
Are you intimidated by all those intricate looking fishtail braided hairstyles
? Let HTHG break it down and make it simple. This is a #DIYhair tool that you don’t want to leave home without.
Enjoy! HTHG
Dorothea Lange was an iconic American photographer who’s known for her photos that humanized the perils of the great depression and the Dust bowl. They told the stories of the life of migrant workers and poor farmers across the mid west and south.
Her photography captured the souls and hardened beauty of women who had to fight tooth and nail to survive and feed their families. Times were tough, and these were some bad ass women.
So, to celebrate the work of the late and great Dorothea Lange I put together this DIY hair tutorial for you that is both beautiful and
simple. It is a great hairstyle to wear when times are tough.
I want to thank my friend and fabulous handbag designer Sarah Nunn for introducing me to Dorothea’s work. Cute bag, Sarah!
Here is the tutorial….
!. Start with a section on one side that comes from the top of the head to behind one ear. Take it all and twist it into one twist from root to end. Wrap the twist into a bun just behind your ear.
3. Make a vertical section of hair straight down the back of the head. It should go from the top of the head, to the middle of the hairline at the nape. Take that section and twist it in the same direction of your first twist.
4. Wrap it around the front of the bun, and pin it into place, tucking in the end.
5. Now take the rest of the hair and twist it in the same direction.
6. Wrap it around the front of your twisty bun.
7. Pin it into place, tucking in the end.
Now you have a twisty bun made of 3 twists that are all going in the same direction and you look like a beautifully hardened bad-ass woman.
Did anyone else watch the Ken Burns Dust bowl special on CBS last month? I did, and I was inspired. I won’t get into it now, but watch it if you have a chance.
I totally decked out my hair with 
boughs of fake holly. I wanted to use the real thing, but guess what? It’s still practically summer in Arkansas so I was SOL and had to go to Hobby Lobby for holiday trimmings. And I surprised myself by having the resolve to go on BLACK FRIDAY, the official day of american consumer yuckness.
Lately, I have been finding myself curious about these ‘American’ modern day ‘traditions’ that seem to invoke small town hysteria. I almost let my curiousity get the better of me the day before Thanksgiving by going to Walmart, just to see how the other half prepares. I didn’t even need any groceries. I live in Walmart land and sometimes I feel like a social outcast. But If I can’t beat em, I’d like to join em at least for a moment so that I might understand them better. Plus, I like to marvel at some of the wacky mullets commonly seen in Walmart.
Enough of my ranting. At hobby lobby, I got these…..
I wound the berries into a wreath, then added the mistletoe and pine cones into the hairstyle at the end.
As a testament to my love and appreciation to all of you for giving a merry damn about what I have to say, I present to you a cool DIY holiday hairstyle video……
