Curls – Elisabeth Johnson

Posted on March 14, 2014March 15, 2014 by BeautyBlondie — 15 Comments

Side Bang, Pin Back Poof Using Just 1 Bobby Pin {Video}

I can’t tell you how many times in my life I have always gone back to some sort of side bang. I try to grow them and I always seem to cut them again.

Bangs and side bangs are awesome for so many reasons; I love how they can frame out a face and can change up a style without being too dramatic. They look good styled up and down. You can also style them with curly hair or strait hair.

One of my favorite ways to style my bangs is in this pin back poof. It is the easiest way to style your bangs and anyone can achieve this poof with only one bobby pin… Yes you read that right, only one bobby pin!

Here is a 2 minute tutorial showing you just how I achieve this style! (For all of my E-mail subscribers, Click Here to watch the video)

Start with any hair style where you want to pin back your bangs.

Grab a section of hair from the middle of one of your eyebrows to the middle of your other.

Pull the hair off to the side and twist it away from the face. (You can even pull it straight back and achieve the same type of look.)

With the open end of the bobby pin (facing the back of your head), grab a piece of hair and twist the bobby pin around so that the open end is facing the front of the head.

With the opened end of the bobby pin facing the front of the head, insert it into the poof.

There you have it!

This is seriously a super easy way to pin back your side bangs or bangs and it looks great every time!

It is really that easy. Never underestimate the power of a professional bobby pin! This is only one of the many ways you can style your bangs.

Is there a particular way you like to style your bangs?

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Posted on November 17, 2013 by BeautyBlondie — 1 Comment

The Colors of Fall, Fall Fashion {My Style}

One of the main reasons I love Chicago is the fact that I get to take advantage of all four seasons. All of which are beautiful in their own way but if I had to choose my favorite, it would defiantly be fall.

For those of you who don’t live in a place that has the privilege of seeing all of the wonders of fall, let me try to paint a picture for you.

Imagine a place where every leaf has been touched by the sun, where the leaves are no longer just green upon the trees. They’ve changed into a burnt oranges, radiant reds, beautiful browns and gorgeous golden colors. The air is cool and crisp and sometime after they’ve change in colors… The leaves begin to fall leaving the ground just as pretty as the trees.

That my friends is a small piece of fall…

With the weather being cool and crisp, a light jacket is usually in order. For today’s look, I chose a dark orange dress with brown cowgirls boots and a brown belt cinched at the waist. To top it off I added a short jean jacket with a loose off to the side braid with curls. This outfit is personally one of my fall favorites.

I love that it is still warm enough to wear a dress without leggings. I also could have easily added a neutral colored scarf to this look if it had been chilly enough.

(All picture credit goes to Rachelle Heasley)

Anyways, I hope you are beginning to see some of the reasons I love fall so much and I didn’t even mention enough about all of the amazing other fall fashion trends. I guess that will be for another day.

Now I must ask, do you live in a place where you get to enjoy all four seasons? What would you say is your favorite season and why?

Posted on October 1, 2013 by BeautyBlondie

Mint and White Summer Outfit {My Style}

With summer coming to an end I am trying to wear the last of my summer outfits before I have to bust out my fall wardrobe.

I can’t believe how fast summer has come and gone. I feel like is has just started and yet the leaves have already started to turn colors. I understand I am few weeks behind so that just mean you are going to be seeing a whole lot more of me until I catch up. Believe me, it will be worth the wait. So much has happened that I just can’t keep it all to myself.

This is one of the outfits that I wore when I was down in Nashville for the Shaklee Healthy Competition that I won. I feel like it is the perfect summer outfit for a few reasons: It is a simple yet fun outfit. It looks like you tried really hard when really it was just something you through together. I love the white shorts and the mint colored top. (If you cant tell I love wearing mint in the summer it makes my tan pop just a little more. I love my Mint Mullet Dress that I wore here) My hair was rockin a few loose curl, some simple accessories and to tie everything together I wore mint colored lace flats.

Also it just so happens that this extremely cute building was were my photo-shoot was in. I loved staying at the Gay Lord Opry-Land Hotel in Nashville. It was absolutely amazing!!!

I had a great time with Shaklee and I can’t wait to see all of the footage that they took of me while I was there. I will share it as I get it.

Do you like to wear color mint as much as I do? Or maybe you have a different favorite color that you would like to share with me.

P.S. I am officially Mrs. Elisabeth Johnson!

Photo was taken by: Gierde from Walking Dot Photography

I was featured on the Shaklee 180 Facebook Page and even they picked out a mint colored shirt.

Posted on April 15, 2013April 15, 2013 by BeautyBlondie — 2 Comments

Style Your Hair Using an Elastic Headband in Under 2 Minutes!

Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend, I know that I did! I don’t know about you but Mondays are always a little harder for me to get back in the swing of things. I am not much of a morning person and for some reason Mondays are always the hardest.

Monday’s are also my lazy days, especially when it comes to my hair. I have a large amount of two minute hair styles that I have and use almost every Monday! (hehe! Shhhhh, don’t tell anyone)

I want to show you one of my favorite styles to help second day hair look good. {Just so we are all clear, I like to call my second day hair “leftovers”. Brandon laughs every time he hears me call it that. Although that is me and I thought I would share that little fact with you.}

You will only need an elastic headband and some bobby pins.

This style is very simple and can work with straight or curly hair. Here is a short video showing you just what I do to achieve this style!

The flower headband was the inspiration for this entire outfit. I love the color and the softness of how it looks. It really goes well with the light pink lace top, the cream crocheted flats as well as the dark grey skinnies.

I love this top with the flower headband.

Do you think this is a style you would be able to achieve at home?

Thanks for following a long and I am looking forward to this nice week ahead of us!