Easy 2nd day hairstyles

The day you’ve washed your hair it’s all swishy, shiny and nice, but the day after I always wake up with a big bird’s nest on my head! I must wriggle a lot in my sleep, cause my hair is always a mess when I wake up. Just look at this epic fail!

Even though I would love to wash my hair every day I know it’s not good for it, and it might get damaged and lose its shine. Therefore, I always try to make the best of the non-wash day – either with the help of heat styling, or by simply putting my hair up in some sort of bun. I don’t like straightening or blow drying my hair every day, but I try to mix it up a bit with normal easy updos every once in a while.

Here are 2 piece-of-cake updos for the no-hair-wash day;

The playful, messy bun

A simple 3-minute updo I sometimes opt for is the messy bun, and I’m cheating a bit with it by using some fake hair. This is what you need for it.

1 Dry shampoo – essential to freshen up your hair in order to create non-wash-day hairstyles.

2 Hair bobble

3 Back combing brush

4 Normal hairbrush

5 Fake hair. You can buy a similar one to this at Buy Wigs.

How to create this style:

1 Spray the roots of your hair with dry shampoo, and massage it in to your scalp. Brush afterwards to avoid getting a powdered look!

2 Brush back your hair and fasten it in a ponytail at the middle of your back head.

3 Back comb the ponytail for the messy look. Scrunch it up into a loose bun, and fasten the fake hair by twisting it around the messy bun twice.

Result: A playful and messy bun that works for most situations. Just make sure the fake hair scrunchie is as similar to your own hair colour as possible.

 

The sophisticated side bun

Another favourite hairstyle of mine that takes a little bit more effort but that is still simple enough is the side bun, which you need a hair doughnut for. You can get hair doughnuts of different colours and sizes at most beauty stores, such as Boots or Superdrug.

How to create this style:

1 Start by combing your hair to the side and fasten a hair bobble to create a side ponytail – it’s easier if it’s a bit messy.

2 Place the end of the ponytail in the doughnut. Divide the end in two, and fold them to each side.

3 Start rolling the hair up on the doughnut, and continue rolling until it has reached the root of the ponytail. Spread the hair out so that it’s even, and voila! Secure with a hair pin.

Result: A slightly messy but sophisticated side bun.

I put some new shoes on

I’ve already ranted about this wintery spring weather before, and I won’t hesitate to do it again. Just look at what the weather was like last week, in the end of March… all of a sudden everything was covered in snow! I was NOT happy…!

But I defied the weather and went outside anyway, thinking about the Paolo Nutini song Hey, I put some new shoes on and suddenly everything is right. I said hey, I put some new shoes on and everybody's smiling, it's so inviting.

Cause everything was all of a sudden much better once I got my new, awesome looking shoes on.

That’s also why I’m wearing such plain clothes, just to show you that a pair of shoes can really spice up an outfit. The fact that they match my jacket is just a plus ;)

I wore the shoes out in Leeds city centre during a shopping trip, and believe it or not, but random people came up to me and commented on them, so I guess they really do make a good first impression. What do you think?

What I really love about them is the 1970’s feel, and the wooden heel. They might look like skyscraper heels, but if you look at the platform you’ll see that the angle of the heel isn’t that bad, and this actually makes the shoes quite comfortable.

What I’m wearing

Tan Jeffrey Campbell inspired platform boots from Shoebou

Tan faux leather jacket from H&M

Beige top with wrap detail from New Yorker

Dark green skinny jeans from Next