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Half-up Half-down, Upside Down French Twist Hair Tutorial {With Video}

You are probably starting to realize that lately I have been on a kick of wearing my hair half up and half down or all the way up. My life, like so many others, is busy beyond belief. If you have misses anything, you can get the recap of my last month here.

I would like to share with you one of my go to styles, one that I believe is one of the easiest hairstyles to achieve. I like to call this one, my half-up, half-down, upside-down french twist. (try saying that 10 times fast, lol)

For this style, you will only need a teasing comb, a few bobby pins and some hairspray.

Half-up Half-down Upside Down Frech Twist Different Angles

For all of my email subscribers you can watch the video on how I achieved this style here!

To start, you will need your hair to be teased. It can be straight or curly for this style.
Start with teased hair

Section the hair in two sections, from the top of your ear to the top of your other ear.

Section Your hair from ear to ear.

Grab the hair with one hand as if you were going to put it into a pony tail.

Hold on to your section of hair.

Take that section of hair and twist it just like you would a french twist.

Twist your section on hair

Hold the bottom part of the twisted hair with one hand.

Hold onto the swisted section with your left hand.

With your other hand open the bobby pin up and grab a section of the hair from the twisted hair whit the bobby pin.

Insert the Bobby pin into the crease of the twisted part of the hair

Than tuck the bobby pin into the fold of the hair.

Make sure the bobby pin is secure.

Use as many bobby pins as you need to secure your hair. I use between 3 and 5.

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That is all there is to it. It is truly that easy. This style can be warn somewhere fancy or just for everyday.

Do you think that this is a style that you would be able to not only achieve but wear?

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I Got Married {My Wedding}

I am so excited to announce to all of you that on September 7th, 2013 Brandon and I became Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Johnson! That’s right I am now officially Elisabeth Johnson!

Brandon and I had been dating for 2 years before he proposed. We then had a year to plan the wedding before we said our wedding vows. Little did we know just how much time and energy it would take to finalize all of the finishing details on the wedding. I took pictures and documented every detail that went into the wedding so I can share it all with you.

Here are some of the final results of the DIY projects that went into the wedding along with a quick recap of the day.

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Giedre from Walking Dot Photography did an amazing job capturing all of the details of the day. You have to check her out and if you live in the Chicago land area, you have to give her a call and set something up. Or if you are every just passing through, you won’t be disappointed! You can also check out more the pictures from out big day Here!

The way I look at a wedding, it is the biggest and most fun party that you are ever going to through with all of your friends and family. Now marriage, that is a completely different thing. Brandon and I not only prepared for the wedding but for the Sacrament of Marriage as well. I will go into more details about that later but I am officially restarting my Wedding Wednesdays! I am going to start from the beginning on every single detail for planning a wedding!

I didn’t want to post all of the pictures beforehand because I wanted everything to be a surprise for all of my guest as many of them read my blog and would have known everything I was doing. So now that the wedding is over and married life has started I can now share all of my secrets with all of you.

If this sounds like something you might be interested in, make sure you subscribe and follow along so you don’t miss a thing.

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4 Steps to Dress up Jeans and a Tee {My Style}

I can’t tell you how many times I don’t feel like getting dressed up in the morning. (probably because it is almost every morning. Without my energy tea I would probably never even get out of bed.) Maybe it is because when my alarm goes off in the morning I just want to turn it off and go right back to bed. So instead and in between snoozes I lay in bed thinking about what I am going to wear that day. Aka, getting my beauty rest and not getting dressed.

Once I actually get moving, all I really want to do is just throw on a pair of jeans and T-shirt.  What I find works best for those days is simply dressing up a casual outfit. That way I can still be cute and comfortable with just a few minor adjustments.

Here you have your basic skinny jeans and tee.

Jeans and a White T-Shirt
First, throw you hair up into some sort of messy half-up half-down style.

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Put on some earrings.

Simple yet sleek style

Add a few bracelets.

I love all of the gold accessories.

Then step into so some comfortable wedges to complete the look.

These tan wedges are so cute!

And that is how I dress up jeans and a tee in just 4 simple steps.

I would wear this outfit

Now I want to challenge you to do the same. Take a casual outfit and dress it up with these same steps. You can #BeautyBlondieCuteAndCozy on Facebook, Instagram or Twiter to show me your style. I would love to see some of your casual outfits.

Do you like to dress cute and cozy like I do?

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Criss-Cross, Half Up, Half Down Style

Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Mondays are the beginning of a brand new week! There are so many possibilities to the beginning of a new week.

Today I decided to wear my hair in a criss-cross, half up, half down style! It is surprisingly easier than it looks. This style took me less than 5 minutes to style and I am confident that you will be able to do the same!

Half Up, Half Down Tutorial

Here is a short video showing you just how I achieved this style!

Besides for a teasing comb, you are only going to need bobby pins to accomplish this look.

Half up Half down Hair Style

I love how classic, simple and timeless this look is. It goes with everything and makes every outfit look like you actually tried hard every time.

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Have you ever looked for a style that went with everything and took less than 5 minutes?

Do you think this is a style you will be able to achieve?

From the Dest of Elisabeth Heasley soon to be Elisabeth Johnson

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