FIX YO MOP /// How to Clip in Hair Extensions

Every girl wants to feel like a mermaid at some point right? Well, if you have been wanting to add length or volume to your mop, extensions are the perfect solution. It can be a huge commitment and if you have commitment issues that can be a problem. The great thing about Irresistible hair extensions is they are clip ins so there is no commitment! Boom! I already have long hair or at least I thought I did until I put these extensions on. The main reason I wanted to try these was to add a lot  more volume to my not so voluminous hair. This week I put them on in between clients and I just waited to see if anyone would notice that they were fake and you know what? No one did. I had a lot of guy clients say they never realized how long my hair actually was. A few clients from other stylists also commented on the length of my hair and asked how it was so healthy being this long. Mission accomplished. I felt like a mermaid and they matched my ombre perfectly.


































HAIR- TO ///
-Brush out hair
-Using Kevin Murphy's tail comb section hair with a clean part (first section 1-3 inches from the nape of the neck)
-Tease / Backcomb at the part
-Slide clips firmly in the teased sections and clip
-Lay sectioned hair down over the extension
-Take another section (top of the ear to ear) clip up, tease at the root, clip
-Don't go too high up on the head because you do not want people to see your tracks
-When you put the smaller sections around face you also don't want to see the tracks
-From the top of the ear go and inch or two up and make a clean part, tease, clip extensions in (1 inch away from hairline)
-Tease remaining sections and start smoothing top layer of hair so no tracks are visible.
-If you want beach waves, spray a heat protectant in hair and begin curling hair with styling rod.
-Comb through using a Kevin Murphy Texture comb and flip your hair so it's not too perfect looking
-Spray shimmer shine to complete this look.

TOOLS USED ///
Wet Brush
TAIL.COMB
Clips
Irresistible Me Hair extensions
TEXTURE.COMB
SMOOTHING.BRUSH
Paul Mitchell Neuro Unclipped Styling Rod

PRODUCTS USED ///
UN.TANGLED
YOUNG.AGAIN
DAMAGE.MANAGER
HAIR.RESORT.SPRAY
EASY.RIDER
SHIMMER.SHINE

DIY: An American Tote

The Inspiration

With Summer mid-way and coming to an end, I feel like i'm holding on to every second I have left. I just love the summer time vibes. Even though the weather dosen't change much between Summer and Winter for us Houstonians, the clothes, tunes, and attitudes do.

I've been experimenting with simple printing techniques and made this bag the other night. With travel and 'MERICA heavily on my mind, everything became variations of red white and blue. I thought this variation was fun, quick and simple enough that I should share it with you. It's nothing ground braking... Just something to hopefully get the wheels turning for you. Maybe it'll spark a rad variation...

XO,
b+k

DIY: DREAMCATCHER

Click HERE to see how I ripped up a  (Lonnie's) T-Shirt. Oops! HA!

Like my Scissors? They were one of my Valentines Day Gifts from Jacob. He got them at Spartan.

You will also need some good tunes for more inspiration. I also got to see them last week at SXSW!

You can see here that I mostly used the ripped up teeshirt to wrap around the embroidery hoop, and also some white leather cord. Start with a knot then glue the t-shirt to the hoop little by little so that the glue doesn't cool before you get there.


I glued the feathers to the ends and wrapped the t-shirt around the top of feather. Then I wrapped the textured string/yarn around the t-shirt for looks. And the horse... well why not? He's cute! Now I am going to add way more hanging t-shirt strips and feathers to this one. I will instagram it later (LisenbeSquared). Ok it's later now here are my additions...

seashells, feathers, teeth, more t-shirt strands, and a gold fish made me satisfied....for now.







One of my favorite friends Kassi made me this colorful dream catcher for Christmas. I absolutely love it. She is like the most creative person I know. And with her own unique style. You can spot a Kassi original easily. Anyway I wish she would start blogging again. (Ahem!)

Here are some more cute DreamCatcher DIY's:

Jill from Lune Vintage is another friend who is always making rad stuff. CLICK HERE for Tutorial.

DIY: Sea Dreamcatcher 

Hope you all were inspired to go off and make something even if it's not a dream catcher!

B