Checkered Nail Art Tutorial, Braids and Reviews… Round Up!

Feb 6, 2012 by Violet

I had a massive weekend so straight into it today ^_^

Beauty reviews of the week:

• Camouflage Nail Polish Swatches
• Kink Nail Polish Swatches- Candy
• MOR Holiday Collection
• Lancome Infinite Power Vibrating Mascara
• Pantene Winners!
• Sax Wonderlash Dramatic Volume Mascara
• Bourjois Heathy Mix Foundation

Free Wallpaper, Hair, Make Up and Hatsune Miku Art- Round Up!

Jan 30, 2012 by Violet

Round up time!

The lovely Becky reminded me this week that I never got around to putting up the Bergamot desktop background for you guys to download, completely slipped my mind >_<

So here it is, just click it to go to the large version and Save As. I’m thinking I’ll probably do some more of these because they’re really fun to draw so maybe something watercolour next time. Let me know if you have any requests!

Also I’m back posting on the beauty section of the blog again this week after a bit of a break. It’s taken me a while to get back into organisation mode this month but it’s back full swing again! There might be some competitions going up there this month too as well as one here so keep an eye out.

Beauty Reviews from the week:

• Bare Minerals Escentuals
• Tokyo Wink False Lashes Discount Code
• Camouflage Nail Polish Swatches

You might have noticed the new navigation bar on the top of the blog, I’ve been listening to the feedback you guys give me and I’m trying to implement at least one of them a week. This navigation bar is on pretty much every site on mine now so you should be able to navigate consistently between everything almost as if you were browsing one site. I’ll be updating the lower nav bars this week hopefully to remove any link doubles. As always, suggestions are welcome!

In video news I’ve started a second channel just for my V-Logs so if you enjoyed them feel free to subscribe over here! The main channel will be just for tutorials now and the personal stuff will be over on the V-Log channel.

Hair Tutorials, Artwork and James Round Up!

Jan 16, 2012 by Violet

Hello new week :D

I’m back into my regular video schedule this week with some art and new hair tutorials too! Even James is getting into the video spirit and he’s uploaded his first review (full of photography jargon I don’t understand) and I make a very awesome cameo!
Mini Curl Wand and 3 Quick Hair Style Tutorials

Violet’s Painting Adventures- Fables in Fashion

Curling Ends Using a Mini Straightener Tutorial

Phottix BGD7000 D7000 Battery Grip (MBD11) Review

My cameo is totally worth watching this for… oh and also James is funny too :D

Don’t forget to enter my Pantene competition on the beauty section if you’re in Aus! 

Double Pouf Kitty Ears Hair Style Tutorial

Jan 2, 2012 by Violet

So continuing on with the photo version of tutorials I’ve made videos of here’s the double pouf style which kind of looks like kitty ears.

Here’s the video version of the tutorial:

Insert terrible kitty face action… oh wait here’s one!

What you need: Brush Bobby pins Hair spray Start by brushing out your hair. Grab a section at the front by putting your finger at the top of your ear and moving upwards. Brush it upward at a 45degree angle. Twist it up towards the part a few times, the twist should be around half way down the piece of hair like this: Fold the piece of hair in half and hold the twist to your scalp. It should form a little bump like this… Pin it in place by pushing one pin back into the pouf and one across so they form an “X”. Repeat on the other side. It might take a few tries to get right. The more you twist them the pointier the ears become. From the back it looks like this: And from the side… Taadaa! This takes around 5 minutes to do once you get used to twisting it so it’s a nice alternative to just leaving your hair down. Hope this was useful and there will be more photo hair tutorials to come :D

Faux Bob Hair Style For Long Hair Photo Tutorial

Dec 22, 2011 by Violet

First up today an update on the Bunny store. Unfortunately I’ve had to push the launch back a while as currently the shipping quotes I’ve gotten are quite high. Aus Post have quoted $11.55 for non-registered overseas airmail which I think is quite high when you add that to the cost of the little Bergamots. So I’m looking at other options and possibly having them made somewhere else and shipped there to keep the costs down. I’m not sure at the moment but I’m still working on it and looking into other options because I don’t think there’s much point putting them up if most of you guys can’t afford them *_* So short story is that the launch will be pushed back into the new year but will still be happening! Let me know if you have any suggestions.

In the mean time here’s a hair tutorial.

Ages ago I did a little video tutorial on making a faux bob hair style for long hair, I promised a follow up photo version and here it is!

Here’s the video version too incase you missed it… You need: Hair ties Brush Bobby pins Hair spray Brush out and separate your hair into two sections. Tie them with the hair bands around half way down. Pull each ponytail backwards so the hair slips through a bit. This will make the front parts in the end result longer in the front than the back.     Curl the ends of the ponytail into a little loop. Keep rolling upwards until you can’t go any further and you should have something like this: From the side it will bow out and form a nice finish underneath.   From the front it looks like a curl. So now you need to pin it in place. You should try to pin through the hair band to give it extra strength. Make sure you’re pinning it as close to the scalp as possible. Repeat on the other side too. Now you need to take care of the back, right now it looks terrible. Take your brush and gently coax the divide together so it hides the gap. You can use your fingers and a few extra bobby pins at the bottom to keep it all in place. This version isn’t so great but you can get the general idea… Now you just need to style your fringe and any layers around your face. The style works better with layers around the face because they create an illusion of being the ends of the hair. Taadaa! Short hair without a major chop :D Hope this was helpful, let me know if you have any questions!

Sleek Business Updo Hair Tutorial

Dec 16, 2011 by Violet

WOOHOO INTERNET AGAIN! Uploading a bunch of videos and things as I type this and seeing as all of my scheduled posts didn’t actually go live while I was away I’ve got plenty of stuff to post :D I’m too happy to even rant about the crappy TPG service. Saving that rant for later ;)

So let’s start with a hair tutorial!

Back when I did a tutorial on making this lace and learn hair comb a lot of comments were asking for a hair tutorial on the style.

I did a video tutorial on it already over here but for those who can’t watch or prefer photos here’s one of those too ^_^

So what you need: Brush Pretty hair comb Hair spray Bobby pin Brush your hair out to the back and towards one side. Stick a bobby pin to hold it in place like this, it will act like a crease to help the hair fold in the right place and look very neat. Brush the hair upwards to it’s sticking out horizontally. Now use your hands to fold it across like this: Tuck all of the ends inside and fold them into the roll. Should look something like this. You should run your fingers through the sides from right to left to make sure the hair is all sitting the right way.   Once it’s all folded inside it should look something like this: Secure it with a comb on the side. To use the comb you should grab a bit of hair from the twist… …pull it right to the side and push into the scalp back the way it came. And it looks like this! You might want to put in some more bobby pins if you don’t think it’s stable enough.   Most likely you’ll need some pins in the top swirl part to stop it coming loose. Hair spray over everything and smooth flyaways with your hands. If you have any problems with the insides breaking out again just lightly brush the outer layer into place again using short strokes.   Now just style your fringe and that’s it! All done! I didn’t notice the bit popping out until after I finished >_<     Other side: Stylish and sleek, this is a good one for work as well as times you just want to look a bit more polished. Hope that all made sense and let me know if you have any other questions!