Bangspiration

My hair has become helpless. I've been growing it out for more than a year for the wedding and finally reached that stage where all I am is bored with it. Hair boredom is what it is. Oddly enough, the only thing I want is to have my bangs back. Yes, the same wretched bangs that have been the sole sore spot of the growing out process. But I don't care. I miss them, and I want to try wearing them for a while with longer hair.

Thankfully there are plenty of inspiring young ladies out there rocking long hair with bangs. I'll be looking at these girls when it comes time to redo my do after the wedding.

Keiko of Keiko Lynn: a pretty girl with pretty bangs that sweep every so nicely across the forehead.

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Chan Marshall of Cat Power: I've always admired Chan's super straight hair and bangs. 

 

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Zooey Deschanel: She's probably the queen of uber-blunt bangs. I like her with the fringe and the side sweep.

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So tell me--what do we think of short bangs with long hair?

5 Fun Ways to Wear a Scarf

I wear scarves pretty much year round. Less so in the summer time to avoid catching sweat scarf, but fall, winter, and spring are my favorite seasons to get scarffy.

While I love wearing scarves, I tend to always wear the same ones, which leaves me with an old and outdated scarf collection season after season. I'd like to change things up a bit and invest in more silk, vintage, and unique scarves. And perhaps one or two in basic colors wouldn't hurt either. 

But here are the scarves I'm loving right now and my five favorite ways to wear them:

1. The basic loose scarf (Madewell)
2. The tight loopty-loop circle scarf (Madewell) - tutorial coming soon!
3. The double-knotted scarf (J.Crew)
4. The head scarf (unknown)
5. The giant loopty-loop circle scarf (Free People)

Gotta love those scarves. And Bri Emery of designlovefest really loves scarves too! She made this cute little video of her partying with all of her scarves and I just had to include it in this post:


SCARFFY from Bri Emery on Vimeo

Bri--you are such a cutie.

How do you wear your favorite scarf?