Little bit of this, little bit of that

Dress: Straight up vintage from my lovely Nana

Converse: your local Journey's

Thank you college, you've left my shoe supply quite scarce for when I go back to the parent's house. I like the Converse with this, but only to an extent.

I left some extra bangs down on this style. If I were to style my hair this way again, I'd probably opt for less bangs down to give the style a lighter feel.

A fun little style without too much hassle.

Pull the side with your bangs back by rope braiding two pieces tightly, then secure with bobby pins.

Pull back a larger section of hair from the other side.

Smooth it back and over the bobby pins that secured the rope braid.

Lift up a section of your hair (in my style I did this part of the back left of my head, since the rope braid's bobby pins are on the left), bring the smoothed section of hair under the lifted up section.

Secure with bobby pins.

Depending on fly aways, and your hair's texture, lightly spray.

Right now I'm loving Treseme Tres Two Spray Extra Firm Hold.

Viola!

Here's a closer look at the side to see how much hair I chose to leave down near my bangs.

With this style, I made sure to have a touch of undefined wave to combat the prim and proper feel, therefore complimenting the dress with a diversity.

The Rope Braid

Shakespeare in the Park: Romeo and Juliet

For a lovely early evening and into night the pulled back, a loose hair style and flowy maxi dress provide the perfect feel.

Nashville, you are the best.

LIE: Twists won't stay in place.

LACE: (The beautiful, yet delicate truth to the typical hair myths that girls often buy into) When styled properly a twist will be secure. Twists are perfectly simple, yet look completely complicated.

In this case, I started the style as a twist on the right side of my head and added sections of hair as I went down.

Leave enough looseness for the style to not look too tight, but start the twist relatively tight until you reach right above the nape of your neck.

Take the twist you already started and add the rest of your hair to it, but instead of twisting the new section in, cross the two sections over each other the full length of your hair.

TIP 1: Crossing the two sections over each other should be as tight as possible because it will unravel some.

Tip 2: If you have layers like I do, then trying this style while your hair is a completely wet or a little greasy helps it hold shape as it dries.

I love the balance of loose and tight this hair style holds. It perfectly mirrors my long, form fitting, yet flowing dress.

Dress: Macy's

In Centennial Park

Nashville, TN

"I got so excited when LACE came back in style. It got cheap!"- Anna

Hair, hair, everywhere

Upon reaching college and thinking about jobs: if, when, and where I'd want to get one. I stumbled upon an old idea that I had forgotten. (FYI: psychology tells us [this is a tip from college] that if you want to remember something long term then not only should you repeat it over and over, but you should attach that piece of info to something you already know that is important to you.)

HAIR! That's the idea of a job I had forgotten about. Sorority gals get ready. I am here to do your hair for events. Price: 5- 10 bucks depending on what type of style you want.

Here we have Anna, my suite mate.

Anna out on the town for a Lady Vol Soccer game.

BOYS:

Want a hair cut? 5 bucks. Pictures of my guy friend's hair that I cut are probably to come.