Princess Leia Buns

This post is long overdue! I decided that I will start doing some hairstyle tutorials via videos which will be especially helpful for more complex styles. 

Check out my buns!!

Princess Leia's double bun hairstyle is my favorite one from the Star Wars movies. Click the link below to watch my hair-do guide:

https://youtu.be/40JG6QQeLPc

Here is the side-by-side outcome:

Padmé Amidala: French Twist

All hail Star Wars! 

My first movie-themed hair blog needs to be based on a hairstyle from Star Wars! All of us Star Wars fans are anticipating the new movie coming out in December, and this is my preparation for the upcoming movie release. 

The variety of hairstyles, make-up, and gowns of Queen Amidala blew my mind when the three prequels came out. I just need to find the metal contraptions that she wears on her head to complete her hairstyles. Below is my inspiration photo:

I had to get into character while doing my hair so I tried out the Queen of Naboo's traditional lipstick style:

Padmé Amidala's French Twist:

Step 1: Part hair right in the middle of your head. (I pinned back my bangs to keep them out of the way)

Step 2: Separate section of hair next to your part and starting from the highest point, start twisting/tucking your hair away from your forehead until it's tightly "tucked in".

Step 3: Continue to add in new sections, twisting the hair tightly into a "mound" of rolled up hair until you reach the nape of your neck. Secure with clip or hair tie or have someone hold it for you. 

Step 4: Repeat steps 2 and 3 on the other side.

Step 5: Combine the two sections of hair at the nape of your neck with a hair tie. 

Step 6: Using hair ties, section off the ponytail twice. Evenly space sections. I loosened up the hair in my ponytail sections to puff out my hair.

Here's the comparison photo!

I think I will have quite a few more Star Wars hairstyles coming soon...next one will be from Princess Leia!!

Project curls

As promised, here are the results of my twisted braids experiment. I'm not jumping-on-the-bed excited BUT the immediate product was pretty groovy, then it all went to sh...went downhill. 

I definitely had some pretty nice curls, but 15 minutes later, my hair was just wavy. I want to find an easy, heat-free way to curl my hair and I haven't found a way that works yet.

Below are the steps I took to prep my hair. On curly hair, this would probably come out incredible!!! And, this "prep" look is actually a cool hair-do to try, not even for the curly outcome:

This is what happened when I unbraided my twists:

I used Got2B, Ultra Glued in an attempt to hold the curls but it turns out my hair has superpowers and can resist even the strongest hair holding product. LOL.

Since my hair was a wavy, ultra glued mess, I did two buns to take control of my rebelling tresses.

Thanks for reading!! Check back for another attempt at curls!!