image via Martha Stewart Weddings
With the temperatures at an all time high this week, my long hair is not conducive to staying cool… the answer – the bun! I’ve been asked for tips on how I do my bun, so I wanted to share my tips with you all… here we go!
Before you begin… hop in the shower and run a deep conditioner through your hair (you don’t even fully have to rinse it out). I spray a detangler or leave-in conditioner and run a restoring product through my ends (I use hair days like this to give my hair a break and help bring it back to life!!). Once you’ve done that… we’re ready to go!
1. Brush out your hair.
2. Flip hair upside down and brush your hair out until smooth.
3. Use a fine toothed comb to brush out any lumps. Make sure to go through the base of the pony so you don’t have a lot of bumps on your crown.
4. Secure ponytail with a rubber band (or two in my case). You want it to be tight but not not so much that you have a headache all day 🙂
5. Twist pony tail and start wrapping it around the base of your ponytail.
6. Continue to wrap your ponytail around your existing hair.
7. Once your ponytail is fully wrapped around you have a couple options – 1. You can pin your hair at this point or 2. Continue on with the rest of my tutorial.
8. Lift the thicker/top portion of your bun upward.
9. Pull that section forward and tuck the thinner strand underneath the thicker portion.
10. Secure bun with bobby pins. I try to lay them parallel to my scalp so they are concealed and secure.
11. Enjoy your simple, easy do for the day! Finish with hairspray!
I was looking for a “healthy” summer dinner that I could put together in under an hour… 4 courses later and with MANY minutes to spare, dinner was on the table!
Menu:
- Turkey Kofta with Tahini Sauce
- Giant White Beans
- Watermelon Salad with Halloumi
- Grilled Zucchini (not pictured… we were too hungry to take pictures!)
The salad is easy to whip up… I did the following:
- Cubed half a watermelon.
- Tear about 15 leaves of mint onto watermelon.
- Top with 3 slices of grilled halloumi cheese (you want grill marks and will get some yummy, melty cheese)
- Squeeze juice of one lemon onto salad.
The beans are from Trader Joe’s and great warmed up straight out of the jar… I mean I spent hours slaving on them… oh wait…
We also sliced and grilled zucchini on kebabs on the grill while the cheese cooked… a super delicious, light and tasty meal!
I’ve been dieting lately (yuck), but have been having a really hard time letting go of my fun drinks. How does one try to balance this issue? Well I grabbed some carrot juice (healthy right?) and got to mixing!
Rabbit Rum Cocktail
- 2 oz Carrot Juice
- Juice of 1/2 a Lime
- 1.5 oz Rum
- Few Sprigs of Cilantro
- 1/4 inch slice of Ginger
- 2 tsp raw sugar (or simply syrup)
Mix the following ingredients in a shaker with ice and strain into a glass filled with crushed ice. Top with ginger ale or club soda if you want some extra bubbles!
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And no I’m not getting paid to say this (unfortunately). Here are some things I’ve been indulging in and just wanted to spread the word!!
Pop Sugar Must Have Boxes – I will be on my soapbox for these things for a very long time… because each month my obsession is confirmed! For $35 a box you can’t go wrong with the goodies… Lately I’ve been turned on to:
- SuperGoop Face Sunscreen (doesn’t make me
- NCLA Nail Polish (I have bought 4 more polishes so far! – super shiny and doesn’t chip easily)
- Lulah Body Wash (I bought 2 more scents – Peony and Fig)
- Dermalogica Precleanse and Special Cleansing Gel (I rarely stray from my beauty routine… but this has converted me!)
Make sure to join the PopSugar Box train and sign up here! They also make great gifts!!!
SkillShare – I had heard about this awhile back, but just was reintroduced to this cool site. You can sign up for classes for as low as $15, and they provide online video classes for everything from food photography to sketching your favorite runway looks! You take all of the classes on your own time… and have lifetime access to the materials! Sign up here!
The B Bar – My girlfriend Kelsey got me turned onto this and I couldn’t be more appreciative… any bloggers (or want to be bloggers like me) – this is a great resource! You can purchase individual “classes” of downloadable PDFs, that walk you through the in’s and out’s of everything from how to assemble a media kit to how to report income from gifted items!