Shabby Apple.

Have you heard of Shabby Apple?

I looove them. In fact, they're sponsoring a giveaway on my other blog, No Naked Nails.

The giveaway is for an amazing necklace, called the Key to My Heart, which retails at $52.

What's Shabby Apple, you say? Well, I'll tell ya. They are a vintage-inspired boutique which offers clothing, accessories, and the cutest arts and crafts. Seriously. There is one piece of art that they have that I'm just dying for. Adorable.

So if you're interested in entering my giveaway, go to my page here and fill out the form! If you don't want to enter that... you had best head over to Shabby Apple and check them out. They are too cute!

Month 1.

I thought it would be pretty cool to give month-by-month updates of my hair growth progress. Currently, I had just arranged to update you every three months when I get my quarterly trim... but every month is just so much cooler, right?

I wish I had taken a photo of my hair in a braid before I started... but oh well.

After 1 month of the Bye Bye Beehive 365-day project, here is the length of my hair:

Stay tuned for December's progress!!!

Sponsor BBB

I am so excited to announce new sponsorship opportunities with Bye Bye Beehive!

Being a part of the blogging community is an incredibly exceptional experience. 

Bloggers have style, sophistication, and most importantly, each blogger has their own voice.

I am a true believer of this sense of community, and I would like to give you the opportunity to promote your blog through mine with a sponsorship. On the same note, I am trying to grow my blog and I hope a sponsorship will help us both out!

FEATURE XL: $15/month (one spot available)

Giveaway opportunity (something from your shop, ad space, anything...!)

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LARGE: $10/month

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MEDIUM: $7/month

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SMALL: $5/month

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I also sponsor swap!

SWAP: Free!

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Simply Aunie.

Guess what?  I've been doing Bye Bye Beehive now for ONE WHOLE MONTH! I made it!!!

Phew- only 334 days left. OK, now I'm actually a little nervous. That's a heck-of-a-long time.

So, do you want to see something that doesn't involve hair, but instead is all-about-Annelise?

See, this blog is about something specific, hair, with a clear vision and mission. However, if you want the randomness that is all things me, please head on over to my new blog, Simply Aunie. It's brand spankin' new,  oh-so-awkward, and shows all the simple little pleasures of yours truly. 

Halo Braid.

I just can't get enough of my sister. She was only in town this weekend for two days and it wasn't enough. And it really wasn't fair, either. Seriously, all I did for those two days was look at her hair. And look. And get jealous. And then I would look at it again. Alas... sigh. Maybe, someday. 

So, I may have wasted my time while she was in town, but she used those two days wisely to show me two new hairstyles. One was yesterday's sock bun style, and one was today's Halo Braid. It's really just a continuous French braid, but she decided that it needed a catchy name... thus, Halo Braid was born.

To be quite honest, I'm not too sure if she named it after the style of the hair, or the fact that she played hours of Halo with my brother this weekend. Clearly, we have a Halo theme up in herrrr. 

See how it sort of looks like a continuous French braid? Cool, right?

Really, all you do is French braid your hair in two simple braids. Then, tuck your ends under, up and inside the opposite side's braid and pin it to secure it in place. Does that make sense?

You know how when you French braid your hair and if you stick your finger up through the back of the braid there is kind of a hole that you can make? All you need to do is just stick the other side's braid tail up that hole and pin it.

This definitely works better for girls with medium length hair, like mine. My sister's is way too long to get the ends all the way up in there.

Another cool part about this style is that if you do it on clean hair, you can rock it all day, sleep on it, and take it out the next day for voluptuous crimped waves. It's 2 styles in one!

Seriously, sister. You need to come back to Boise more often!! Please?

Sock Bun: The Style.

If you saw my post about the sock bun, you may remember that I made fun of the way I looked with it in. Because in fact, it was pretty funny looking. 

This past weekend, my sister was in town. You know my sister, right? I posted about her last week. She's my inspiration for this whole thing. So, when she suggested I try a bun on the top of my head with the front pieces pulled out into a faux bump, I just couldn't resist her suggestion. Except, there was one problem; she wanted me to twirl my hair up into a ballerina bun, and my hair isn't quite long enough for that. So-- what did I think of? Sock bun, of course!

I put my hair into a high ponytail, wrapped a white sock donut around it, and rolled my hair over the sock like normal. I added about 3 bobby pins to keep my shorter hairs in place.

OOps! I see a little bit of white sock donut!!

You guys, THIS STYLE STAYED ALL DAY. I used no hairspray (duh), and even was walking to and from the movies and battling gusts of wind. It didn't even budge. I love love love this look for a quick hairstyle or if you need to get your 2nd-day hair out of your face.

Also, look at the sweet colors that this style shows off! If you have lighter hair on top and darker hair on bottom, or even just highlights, this style really brings out each and every color. It's just awesome! I mean, take a look at the bun shot below:

 

Color city! I just love this style. It is so feminine and ultra-popular right now. Thanks, sister!!!

Yes, I'm a nerd.