Hello!! My name is Zoe Deluge from Grand Theft Thrift. I’ve been a longtime fan of Drifter & the Gypsy, so I was very excited when Micaela asked me to be the new DIY Hair contributor!

Coincidentally, I graduated from hair school when I was 17 (and failed). Regardless, I am always trying to change up my hairstyles! I’m really inspired by a lot of Japanese styles, so I’m going to try to incorporate that into some of my posts! I hope you all enjoy!

This first look is a more simple look. I call it, “The Babydoll Elf” (hehe). It’s a good way to change up your look real quick and works with most hairstyles and lengths that are past about 9 inches. It even works with my straight bangs!

Anyways, if you want a more youthful looking hairdo for your springtime looks, I think this will work for you! And it takes about less than 2 mins!

Step 1: Part your hair where you want your bangs to separate.

Step 2: If you have straight bangs like me, take some hair from behind, brush it forward, and comb it through your bangs. Make sure it’s even! And make sure it’s a thick section!

Step 3: Separate the front portion of your hair in front of your ear and put the remainder behind your ear so that your ear sticks out.

Step 4: Pull your bang section gently to make a side swept bang. Make sure that your other eyebrow is covered or is partially covered.

Step 5: Tuck the section behind your ear.

Step 6: Bobby pin the section behind your ear (so you don’t see the bobby pin). Make sure to pin upwards. Gently adjust your bang swoop to how loose, messy, tight, big, or small you want it.

Step 7: Hairspray to hold.

Step 8: Annnd you’re done! I hope that was easy and you liked my tutorial! Now you are ready to wear your white vintage babydoll dress haha;)

Stop by the first Thursday of next month for my second hair tutorial!

Zoe (DIY Hair Contributor)

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It’s Emily again from It Girl Rag Doll with another DIY hair tutorial for ya!

I love braiding my hair! There are so many different variations on it, so many ways to play around with them, and they are so romantic looking too. Today I’m going to show you how to do a Fishtail Braid, also known as a Herringbone Braid. It’s similar to your good old fashion braid, but a bit more interesting looking, and maybe takes a little more work. But I promise you will be surprised to find it’s really not as complicated to do as it might look. Let’s get started!

1. Separate your hair into just two sections. There will be a third like in a regular braid, but it will come from the your main two pieces.

2. From the very outside of one section take a small piece of hair out of it. Then cross it over the front of the section it came out of and add it to the inside of the other one.

3. Do the same with the other side, taking a small piece, crossing it over, and adding it to the other. This is all you do!

4. It will take a few passes before the braid starts to form, but after about 10 times doing this you will see that fishtail.

5 & 6. Keep doing this all the way down, it gets a little easier once you move away from the base of your head. This braid takes a little time to do compared to a normal one, but the smaller chunks of hair you cross over each time will make the fishtail more pronounced, even though it takes more time.

7 & 8. Once you get to the end, tie it off. I like to go back through and tug on it a little bit to make it a little more messy and not such a tight weave. But that step is entirely up to you!

That’s really all it takes!! Think of it like you have your two sections, then by taking those smaller ones from each side and passing it over you are simply wrapping those two sections with your hair and weaving them together in the process. Easier than you thought, right?

Now go on and try it out, and don’t forget to stop back next month for more hair DIY from yours truly!!

Emily (DIY Hair Contributor)

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Another month, another hairstyle! It’s Emily again from It Girl Rag Doll, and this month I have a super easy yet really cute braided headband for you! All you need is a few bobby pins; four should do the trick.

1. Separate your hair into two sections, front and back, right around where your ear is.

2. From the back section, grab a smaller amount of hair from it, sort of underneath and behind your ear. This can be as much hair as you want, it’s just a matter of how thick your hair is, and how thick you want the braids to be.

3. Braid that small section from behind your ear. Pull it out and towards the front of your head, almost upwards a little bit. This is so when you take that braid and bring it up and over your head there wont be a bump at the base from braiding it downwards. (This is not crucial to the process, just helps to make it look a little more smooth over all).

4. Tie it off at the end just for now, and then do the same thing on the other side, separate the hair, grab that chunk from behind your ear and braid in the same fashion. Now you have two braids

5 & 6. Take one of the braids and bring it up and over your head and end where the other braid is, behind your ear. Place a bobby pin at the end of it, you should really only need one of two to secure it in place, but use as many as feels right. If you have thicker hair you may need more; mine is fairly fine so it doesn’t take much.

7 & 8. Take your other loose braid and do the same exact thing, pinning it behind your ear at the base of the other braid. The ends of the braid shouldn’t have to be tied off with a hair tie. Depending on how long your hair is, the ends of the braid should just sort of hang and blend with the rest of your hair.

And that’s it! Now you have a beautiful braided headband. Simple right? Be sure to check back next month for the next edition of DIY hair. And if there are any styles you might like to see in the future, let me know in the comments below!

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Hello there, Emily from It Girl Rag Doll here, back again with another hair tutorial! I have never really been one for a pony tail, usually opting for a braid or something a bit more interesting instead. But here we have an easy way to spruce up your pony and make things a bit most interesting, and add some ’60s kitsch to it at the same time! I give you the teased pony!

A few key ingredients:
-Hairspray
-Brush
-Comb
-Hair tie
-Bobby pins
-Ribbon (optional)

1. Start with your hair down, parted however you like (cat optional) and if you want to curl it a bit to start, that’s just fine. In fact the more volume your hair has the better.

2. Take the back top part of your hair, just behind your part and hold it up. Throw a whole bunch of hairspray in there, lift up different pieces and still holding it up for a few seconds after you spray to give it a chance to dry.

3 & 4. Next take a comb and start teasing like crazy. All around the back crown of your head, lift up different chunks and backcomb till it starts to stand on its own. Get the whole back like that, a little on the sides too, till it looks huge and puffy. Use the comb to lightly brush over the top of it, careful not to brush it down and flatten it, you just want it to be somewhat smooth over the surface so it doesn’t look TOO much like a rats nest.

5 & 6. Then gather the top section of hair, from the front near your face, and bring it back into the teased bunch in the back. Pinch it all together and slightly twist it over and push up a little to give it a bit more lift.

7 & 8. Take a bobby pin and place it right where the hair is twisted together and insert it upwards into the teased part. It should only take about 2 or 3 pins to hold it in place.

(At this point your hair is already looking pretty good. You could just go ahead and leave it like so, maybe add a barrette at the base of the poof for a whole other hair style on it’s own.)

9 & 10. Next gather all the rest of your hair into a pony just below the base of the poof where your bobby pins are and secure it with a hair tie. You can leave it just like that, or something I like to do is tie a ribbon or something in it. I often times use the “rags” I use to rag curl my hair. It’s just a little something extra to add some cuteness to it, as well as hide the hair tie.

Throw a bit more hairspray over the top of it to really hold it in place, and you’re done!!

You can take a curling iron and curl the pony a bit if you would like to. But that’s really it, simple right? Be sure to stop back at the beginning of each month for more simple and fun things to do with your hair!!

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Hey, it’s Emily from It Girl Rag Doll with another month hair tutorial for ya!

I use pin curls and rag curls to curl my hair all the time, (hot tools just don’t do the trick on my extremely straight hair). A pin curl is basically just rolling up your hair around your fingers, laying it flat on your head and sticking some bobby pins in, but let me take you through it step by step.

1. Start with a side part.

2. Grab that first section of hair and separate it from the rest.

3. Take your other hand and place two fingers on top of the chunk of hair. I start right around the middle, this helps to get the ends nice and curled as well, sometimes that part can get a bit tricky.

4. Bring the hair up and over your fingers and wrap it around, continue to wrap the bottom half of the hair around your fingers till you come to the end. Try to tuck in the very ends of your hair as best possible.

5. Once all the bottom half of the hair is in the roll, slip a finger out and start rolling the whole thing up towards your head.

6. When you get to the end, lay it flat along your head, adjust here and there until you are happy with the curl.

7 & 8. You should only need about 3 bobby pins to secure the curl. I usually put them in as sort of a triangle, and try to hide them under the curl as best as possible. Once it is secure, you’re done!

Pin curls take a bit of practice, but once you get it down it’s super fast and easy and looks real cute. And it curls your hair at the same time, what more could you ask for??

I went ahead and did some more as you can see pictured here, go crazy and get creative with it, you can make some really cool hairstyles with these things, or just use them to curl your hair, either way you are lookin’ great!

Don’t forget to stop back next month for more hairstyles from yours truly! – Emily

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It’s Emily from It Girl Rag Doll and I am back again with another hair tutorial for ya!  Going with the same flow as last month, I am sticking to hairstyles that are way easy to do, but look like a whole lot more work went into them and it is guaranteed to get you tons of compliments!  This has got to be one of the more simple and quick hair styles I do from time to time, especially when I maybe didn’t get the chance to wash my hair, or it’s just not looking right that day.

…And so I give you the side French braid!

1.  To start, have your hair parted over to the side; either one works. I like to have mine on the right usually so that the braid falls on the side of my beauty mark and what I would like to call my good side

2.  Take a little bit of hair from the top and separate it into three pieces like you’re are going to start a braid.  French braiding involves grabbing a little bit of hair to add to each section each time you cross it over. Gradually all of your hair will be within the braid. Taking less hair for each section will make the weave more tight and small, larger amounts will result in a thicker braid with less twists.

3 & 4.  Continue the braid along the side of your head, guiding it as far or close to your face as you want. I usually like to have mine so it’s framing my face and runs behind my ear.

5 & 6.  Eventually you will get to the nape of your neck where you will just keep on braiding like a regular ol’ braid. And then tie it off and you’re done! Simple right?  I am all about simple, non fussy type stuff that looks good!

Go and try it out, don’t be afraid to drop me a line at emilyrtheobald@gmail.com to let me know how it goes or if you have any questions! And remember to stop back at the beginning of each month for some more things to do with all that hair on your head!

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Hi! I’m Emily from It Girl Rag Doll and I will be showing up here every month to give some tutorials on some fun and easy hairstyles! I started growing out my hair about 8 years ago mostly with the intentions to really play around with it and have fun with different styles, and now I am here to share the styles I have perfected with you fine readers!

To start off I am going to show you a style I have been doing a lot recently, it is perfect to get your hair off your neck without just being a top knot or a ponytail. I’m not really sure what to call it other than twisted updo, so without further ado… The Twisted Updo!

Start with your hair down, It doesn’t really matter what kind of condition it is in, I always think it is better with your hair a bit messy or unwashed, adds volume to it and a bit of texture.

1. If you don’t already have a side part, bring a good chunk of at least just the front portion to your hair over to one side.

2.  Take that bit and twist it going up and over towards the back. Hold the twist against your head and push it forward a little to get a bit of a poof, stick a bobby pin in there.

3. Now on the other side do the same thing, twisting the hair, poofing it forward and pin in place.

4.  Now you have what already looks like a pretty cool do! If you so choose you can even leave it like this, just make sure your pins are tightly in place and the rest of your hair that is down is looking banging! Wow, two hair styles in one, aren’t you lucky!

5. With the remainder of your hair in the back, take it all in your hand, brush out a bit as needed so it is at least smooth on the bottom, as this is the part that will be showing. Start wrapping it around your hand and then rolling it upwards and towards your head.

6. Hold the rolled bun in place against the back of your head, now this is where you start sticking in bobby pins all willy nilly, as many as you need, the more the better. Try and hide them the best you can, it doesn’t have to look perfect, just has to stay in place. When you feel it’s secure, well then, your done!!

Super simple right? It’s really just all about twisting it into place and then securing it with bobby pins. A bit of trial and error will have you figuring this one out in no time! It always comes out a bit different for me, but always looks like you put a lot more work and thought into it than ya actually did, I promise you compliments a plenty!

Now go out there and try it! Let us know how it turns out, and don’t forget to head on back here next month for another hair style tutorial by yours truly!

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