Hair Too{s}day.

Volume 9: Sneak Preview Fall 2011 

Welcome to my official weekly tutorial  of what do to with your hair!! People are always asking me 

"How did you do that to your hair?" 

And so here are my answers, trials, and step by step tutorials of 

"How you can do that to your hair, too!"

It's going to be a good fall time ladies! As much of a procrastinator as I was about blogging the past 3 months, I have to give myself the fact that I have been a good girl growing out and taking care of my locks. I have almost completely grown my bangs out and past my cheek bones, and I have gained a good 2-3 inches since my last hair cut in March. But why the hell do you care about all this? I don't know. 

Moving on to what you came for, some hair inspiration! I wanted to give you girls a preview of what's to come in my hair tutorials and would gladly take any requests! Enjoy my current obsessions when it comes to hair. 

the messy pony. 

I can't wait to try this and tutorial the do! 

I'm thinking a chunky scarf and boots come October. 

(oh fall I'm so excited you're coming!)

growing long layers.

I'll sneak in updates of my process of growing long layers into my hair - a style I've never had before. 

currently it's very close to this. 

love love loove this natural look. 

(could hardly find any brunettes!)

everything braids. 

will I ever give up my love for braids? 

I think not. 

I got my hair to look just like this the other day and had no time to tutorial or take a picture. 

I will retry don't you worry. I'm just excited my hair is finally long enough :))

This makes me want to plan a night out in Denver! What a cute yet sexy hair style. 

Definitely recreating this.( Dina, I need your straightening skills!)

sorry for the crappy photo but this I can't wait to try!

(especially since I'm obsessing over 70's inspired silhouettes already)

fall wedding season. 

I have a friend's wedding to go to in September and I of course am going to need a fab hair do!

I love this do, but someone give this girl a burger. 

* tip of the week *

If you're like me, you believe avidly in washing your hair every other or third day. I will sometimes even push it to four if it happens to be Sunday. I'm telling you ladies, I swear by it. If you have easily greasier hair after only a day try one of my tricks to boost my do on a second or third day. 

Just because you're not washing your hair, doesn't mean you should go four days without showering completely! If you flip your head over and pin your hair into a ridiculously high buns before you hop in the shower, the steam will freshen up your volume and product. 

eins. Brush your hair with a large tooth comb to eliminate any knots and tangles and to distribute natural oils. (Don't stress if you dampen your roots) 

zwei. Unpin your hair working your hands to get the style you had the previous day and let any dampness air dry itself.  

drei. Wear naturally the rest of the day for a relaxed beach wave style, or take advantage of the texture and work your skills on a braid, up do, or messy pony. 

* coming next week *

I'll compare freshening up with baby powder vs dry shampoo? Have any of you tried that yet?

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love your locks, girls. 

xo . jess

Riding in cars with boy.

Happy August! 

I'm really excited the end of summer is nearing! I'm sorry for all of those going back to school (I've got my own battles to fight there) but the fall should be bringing exciting new things and events and I can't wait! I'm over summer. It was not fun hot and I went through 2 and a half umbrellas (Welcome to Colorado, monsoon season!) and I worked. A lot. 

Thankfully, we are not total summer bums and I can't deny that the summer had quite its' good moments...and plus - you can have the best car photo opps with N. 

we're pretty infamous for them.

 (just look at how many times my facebook profile picture is of us in a car :P )

he steels hat. 

steeler. 

what's a car photo session without a good self portrait, right?

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** don't forget - last month of summer people! 

got any plans to go out with a bang? **

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xo . jess 

Welcome back, sunshine.

Heeeellooooooo!!! 

:) 

I had no idea how else to start. And at this point I just wanna get around this "howdoIstartthis" writer's block so hello it was and woohoo I'm back ! What else can you expect from a "welcome back" party you have with  yourself and then share with others? :) But I hope you know I'm excited to have found my way back to my blogging self. 

I definitely did not realize how long the break really was which I fully blame on 2011 which is going by unbelievably fast. I think my mind is still back in May somewhere. ( And I'm about to write the schedule for week 3 of August at work-whaaa?! ) Anyhow, I have spent the last few weeks editing, changing, deleting, and creating on my little site so I hope you enjoy the new features. I have fun and exciting things put together to jump start myself back into blogger happiness!

Now let's visit for a second shall we? (Don't worry - I took the liberty of choosing the fast track option)

eins. N and I unfortunately have no news on our own home yet. Trust me you would have heard about that one. 

zwei. I was promoted about 7 weeks ago and am lovin it! Although it doesn't get less demanding and tiring at times, I've made progress on balancing work & life. N just started a new job a couple of weeks ago as a marketing/sampling representative for a new company. 

drei. Like I bitched the year has flown by. The summer was quiet. With the exception of two amaazing camping trips first for my birthday and then again for 4th of July weekend (posts later on this week!), we've been working hard on stringing things together for ourselves. 

vier. With the late afternoon warmth we've been having after the monsoons pass through, N and I have become quite the grilling lovers. With yours truly becoming quite the bad ass at the grill. 

funf. No. We are not having babies. (I have been asked that quite frequently lately. Think of it as an FAQ ;) ) 

six. It's been a very reflective few months. I feel a bit lost. Or finding myself in a really inbetween spot. Sort of in the middle of something. :) (stay tuned!?)

seven. I got to get my feet wet doing some work doing hair for a fashion show. Was super neat and gave me lots of inspiration and new ideas for Hair Too(s)day! (definitely stay tuned! And yes I will post about the show!)

eight. I hate to admit that my photography has hit the snooze quite a bit over this year. I have no excuses. I won't even try. It just wasn't happening. As of now, no action plan on how to tackle this. Open to suggestions! :) photoshoot anyone? 

nine. i heart thrifting! we all know this. But with our plans for moving there hasn't been much of it this summer. In reality, I'm just waiting for the good fall stuff ;) 

ten. I hope you enjoy all the new things as much as I'm happy to be back here :) 

xo . jess