bangs and balayage - can they co-exist?

Hair, hair, hair. I'm always contemplating a new 'do!

At the moment I'm rocking out the fringe and long dark brown locks (bordering on black in the below pic, but quite lighter and longer now). I'm happy with this look - yet now that we're in the peak of summer it's looking rather 'winter' (I always associate a fringe with winter...strange?)

Me and my buddy Sarah in Pag Island, Croatia

Loving all the ladies with their two-tone balayage look. My question is - can I pull off this look with a fringe and straight hair? I curl it often when I go out - but day to day it's naturally straight. Would it look strange? I wouldn't go too light at the bottom, more of a caramel brown, similar to Rachel Bilson (hotty!)

Rachel Bilson

Lily Aldridge

Stunning Drew

Cameron Diaz

Thoughts?

Fringe or foe?

This always happens. Winter strolls around, and I crave a fringe. It's like a fringe is the one thing that sums up winter for me. A cute little fringe to frame your face and poke out from underneath your beanie.

My hair is the longest it has been since about grade 5. And it's still only just past my shoulders! Yet as it grows, it feels more and more underwhelming. I went from short fun hair, to longer dull dead straight hair. Where are the 'long, luscious locks' that I was promised when saying no to the chop?!

So - I'm thinking of dropping by my hairdresser on the weekend and getting a cute little winter fringe installed. Thoughts?

The blunt fringe: friend or foe??

beauty bliss

There are a few blogs I obsess over and click through to every morning. One of them is Ada and Darcy. The uber stylish Kellie makes me gush with glee every time I check out her latest entries and see what joy she has rustled up to share.

This morning was no exception.

This image encapsulates my idea of beauty: the girl, soft pink pout of lippy, her ever so slight curls, the headpiece, the flower belt - ohhh stunning!






Thanks Kellie!

Quiet day for me today, LB made me a lovely breakfast and we spent the morning pottering around the stores. I fell in love with a pair of boots, but with three months to go I kept reminding myself: EUROPE EUROPE EUROPE. And left the pretty boots for some other lucky girl.

Image: Mike Larson via ada&darcy