Top Five Embellished Headbands

Lately, Bao has been really into sparkly embellished headbands. She claims it adds so much spunk to any wardrobe, and it makes you feel girly pretty at the same time. I think she’s right. Last time I saw her, my eyes went straight to that attention grabbing hair accessory. I have to admit, it made me want one.

In no particular order, here are Bao’s top five most recommended sparkly embellished headbands Personally, I like the big bow headband the best.

Forever 21 Bow Headband
$4.80

Forever 21 Funky Felt Headband
$6.80

Forever 21 Spiral Floral Headband
$5.80

Silver Metalic Rose Headband from Sheek Inc.
$32.00

Faceted Posy Headband from Anthropologie
$19.95 on sale
“I got this! My sister bought it for me this weekend, and it’s sooo cute!” says Bao.

Simple, Cute Solution for Your Oily Bangs

Wednesday nights are typically GNOs. Can’t skip out on a GNO! Which means that I accidentally sleep in every Thursday. A few bottles of wine paired with comfort food topped with hours of girl-talk will do that to you. Not being able to wake up on time means that there’s no way I can take my nice morning showers, often ensuring that my bangs will be disgustingly oily all day long—definitely, not cute.

Of course, Bao comes to the rescue with her miracle knowledge of oily bang control. She recommended that I purchase something like Urban Outfitters’ Beaded Applique Headwrap. This cute headwrap is made of stretchy elastic and topped with adorable beaded appliqué in a number of styles.

What you can do is swoop those nasty, oily bangs to the side and the elastic headwrap holds it in place all day! You can lightly hairspray for extra hold. And since it’s not just your average looking elastic headband, your DO’s going to look super cute. And here I was thinking I’d have to look like a greaseball every Thursday.

Gotta love Bao. She has the simplest and cutest solutions for everything.

$24.00 @ Urban Outfitters
22″ circumference, polyester, glass beads

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Perfect Beach Hair

It’s almost swimsuit season and it’s time to bust out the wave spray for some bomb, beachy hair.

I like Frederic Fekkai’s Wave Creating Spray.  I saw it at Sephora and decided to give it a try since you can pretty much return anything at that store.

So I tried it and I love it!  It totally gives you that bouncy, beachy look all day long.  It adds a nice gloss without weighing it down and making it all greasy.

I just took a look at all the reviews at Sephora.com, and some people hate this product.  I think a lot of people aren’t using it right.

Here are my tips:

• I noticed it’s always better to fully shampoo and condition your hair first.
• The first key point is to let your hair sit in a towel for a bit so your it’s not drenched; it doesn’t work too well when your hair is dripping wet.
• Next, spray about 5-6 sprits (I have long hair) and lightly massage throughout hair.
• Now just take small sections of your hair and twist it around your index finger to form multiple ringlets throughout your hair for better wave definition.
• Here’s the second key point.  You MUST have a blow dryer with a diffuser.  If you don’t use a diffuser, the waves really don’t come out at all for me.
• Diffuse hair thoroughly while holding the diffuser longer on the dampest parts of your hair.

That’s it! Light, wavy, super cute BEACH hair.  You’re ready for summer!