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Okay.

So I was griping, over the weekend, about not having enough of a clue how to make my Personal Style show up in real life.

Mostly, I was talking about clothes but I also whined a little bit about not knowing what to do with my hair.


Having moaned and complained about everthing for a bit, though, I then went and watched about two hours of youtube tutorials on how to do rockabilly-style Fake Bangs.
As of this morning, I'm happy to report, I have (sort of) figured out how to adapt the technique for waist/hip-length hair.

Basically, it involves:
1) separating the front section of your hair
2) putting it into a side ponytail near the crown of your head
3) making a moderately loose loop with said ponytail so that it falls across your forehead (down to about eyebrow level)
4) twisting the tail end of your ponytail back up and under the loop
5) wrapping the tail end around the hair elastic a couple of times (to hide the elastic)
6) twisting the last of the tail end of your ponytail so that it can be added to the rest of your hair (which is in its own ponytail, bun, french twist, or whatever) and secured in place
7) spreading out the loop of your fake bangs so that they actually fall like bangs rather than some sort of bun that didn't work
8) secureing the sides with a couple of bobby-pins[1] so that they'll stay in place
9) adding a big, blowsy flower clip to the other side of my hairdo so that my head doesn't look lopsided.


Oh for a camera, so that I could show you all a picture. :-D


I'm very pleased with this, even if it's my first attempt and it's nowhere near perfect... it's still good enough to wear out of the house and my head isn't hurting and I'm not (too) worried about massive tangles happening when I try to take it down tonight.

So I declair this hairstyle a success! :-D


I have random tendrilly bits falling out of my fake bangs. I think this actually works quite nicely, though I'd have liked to be able to get the general 'do a little bit sleaker (there are a lot of fly-aways around the crown), but it'll do. It'll more than do.


So I'm going out this morning - hitting up a dollar store for (1) a pin cushion, and (2) a 6" black zipper[2] (if they've got one); and then heading to Leading Note to look for sheet music[3]. So I've done myself up with bright lipstick (well, lip-stain) and eyeshadow and Traditional Cats-Eye Eyeliner and, to be perfectly honest, am feeling more than a little bit spiffy.

Hurrah for spiffy! :-D


I suspect I'll change my tank-top to a slightly fancier (but still t-shirt fabric) top this evening - we're meeting a couple of in-town-unexpectedly friends for dinner tonight, so I may as well enjoy rocking the spiff while I can. :-D


YAY! Success! I'm feeling so much better! :-D








[1] Which means that I have just successfully used bobby-pins, fyi. :-D That's kind of a first for me. :-)

[2] I also made myself a skirt over the weekend. It has a denim waist-band and the rest is made from an old ankle-length skirt I made for myself when I was 30 lbs lighter and which I've been wanting to re-do for some time. It needs hemming - because the plant is to have it fall to about (the long side of) knee-length on me, and roll the extra fabric up to make a thick hem... The idea is that the roll of fabric will act like "horsehair" and give the skirt a little bit of fullness and swing rather than having it just hang there.
For something done with no pattern what-so-ever, I'm really quite pleased with it. :-D

[3] Hoping that I can find an inexpensive collection of Funerary Greatest Hits or something for soprano voice. I need to find sheet music for my grandfather's funeral - he's still alive, but he's also not taking in any water... :-\ So I'm guessing it won't be more than a day or so at this point... Funeral is now scheduled for - most likely - Friday. So I need to get ready for it.