Wearing: Balmy Belt

(Old Navy dress, LOFT jacket, Anthropologie Balmy Belt, UO Kimchi Blue Skimmers, American Eagle watch)

A few weeks ago, Elaine had a Pinterest giveaway and I thought the idea was so great I asked if she'd mind if I had one also.

If you Pinterest you already know how completely addicting it is, but the downside is that you have to either wait to be invited by a friend or for the Pinterest team to approve your request.

I waited weeks and weeks for my request to be approved.

If you haven't started Pinteresting or have been waiting to be invited, here's your chance.

Of those who chose to participate, I'll chose 6 people to whom I will send Pinterest invites.

To qualify, leave a comment with the email account you'd want to use for your Pinterest account.

That's it! The more beauties who Pinterest, the funner it is for all of us.

Have a fabulous weekend, mah dears.

Ballet Bun Tutorial

Anthropologie Gift card Giveaway here!

I never imagined I might be

doing a hair tutorial on this blog,

but after having my e-mail and Facebook inbox

flooded with questions about how I pull off this hair style,

I decided the most convenient way to tell

you would be to address it in a post.

The thing you need to know is that

my hair pretty much has the consistency of straw...

I bend it and it stays....literally...

so if your hair is amazingly silky and straight,

this particular version might not actually work for you.

Just sayin'.

Artwork courtesy of Derek Walker...artist extraordinaire.

Step 1: Start with not-so-clean hair...hehe...

This is usually a three-days-after-hair-wash-do for me...

so now you know that dirty little secret.

My hair is just too thick and curly to contain otherwise.

Step 2: Pull your hair up into a (really) high ponytail.

If you don't get it high enough, it'll just look like any

other bun on the back of your head.

The point of a ballet bun is for it to be on top of your head.

Step 3: Split your ponytail in half, left and right.

Step 4: Twist the right section just a little and twirl it down

and around to the top to form the bottom of your bun. Pin.

Step 5: Twist the left section and up and around

to the bottom to form top of bun. Pin.

Step 6: Add more pins to secure. Done.

(J.Crew scarf and tuxedo t, LOFT jacket, BR denim skirt)

Hope all you darlings have a fantabulous weekend!