How-To – Page 2 – Elisabeth Johnson

Posted on November 13, 2013November 13, 2013 by BeautyBlondie — 2 Comments

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.

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.

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

Hold the bottom part of the twisted hair with one 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.

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

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

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?

Posted on November 4, 2013November 4, 2013 by BeautyBlondie — 2 Comments

1 Dress, 2 Different Ways of Wearing It! {My Style}

You might remember this grey dress from one of my Chicago outfits that I wore this past summer. I usually try to wear my clothes in many different ways depending on the season. It is amazing how you can completely changed the look of the outfit with changing a few minor things.

Since it is cooler out I wanted to show you what I did different: For this outfit I added black tights, black leather shoes, a fake black leather jacket with a grey handbag.

I don’t know if any of you know this, but since our wedding Brandon and I have been living at his mom’s house because our new house actually flooded the day we bought it. Since we are in the middle of fixing everything up, I don’t have my usually wardrobe because a lot of it is still boxed away.

Repeating outfits and changing up how they look have been a necessity around here. Although it is hard to imagine, I am beginning to like living a little more simple. It is amazing how much faster I get ready in the morning when I only have a few things to choose from.

Now I must ask, what do you like about the way I changed up this grey dress? Have you ever felt like completely changing a statement peace in your wardrobe?

Posted on October 21, 2013October 21, 2013 by BeautyBlondie

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.

Halfup Halfdown Hairstyle

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.

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?

Posted on August 19, 2013August 19, 2013 by BeautyBlondie — 5 Comments

Professional Side Ponytail {2 Minute Style with Video}

There are so many days out of the summer where I like to wear my hair up or off of my neck. This is one of the easiest and fastest styles that I know.

This is one of my go to styles that takes less than 2 minutes. It is so easy that anyone could achieve this style.

Here is a short video showing you just how I achieve this style in under 2 minutes.

You are only going to need 3 things to complete this hairstyle: A comb, a clear elastic and a bobby pin. First you need to tease your hair and pull it all off to one side.

Take your clear elastic and tie it around your hair.

After it is secure, separate the ponytail in half and pull them in opposite directions to tighten then ponytail.

Once you have your hair pony in place, use the back of your teasing comb to lift up the hair away from the head. I love to have extra volume!

Last but not least, take a small section of hair from the ponytail, wrap it around the clear elastic and secure with a bobby pin.

I hope that this helps and that it makes sense. Do you find yourself running out of quick hair styles and end up wearing the same old ponytail every single day?

You can get more of my 2 minute styles here!