Last Sunday, in the wee hours of the morning I was paid a visit by Sab for a little makeover experiment. Last time we transformed Sab in to a Hime Gyaru Princess and today’s style was to be a Beehive on me!
Trying to keep quiet so as not to wake the other sleeping beauties in the house, Sab went to work in the bathroom with a straightener/curler, three packets of hair pins, a lot of hair spray and a toilet paper roll. That latter was a clever idea that Sab found on a tutorial video, which served instead of a hair piece to create volume. It was amusing, but I’m not sure how I’d feel about wearing one on my head all day!
Sab used the straightener first to curl my hair, running it through the sections as one would curl a ribbon. I have never seen this done before and was surprised at how well it works, I want to get a straightener of my own now to try it out! After I had a head of bouncy curls, she put the toilet roll on the crown of my head and started teasing the curls and pinning them in to the roll. This process took quite a while, but when it was done I had a giant conical beehive. We decided that some flowers and ribbon might help decorate it and I think the effect is somewhat Marie Antoinette mixed with the 60’s!
It was a fun experiment, I love doing this creative makeovers and am excited about the next one we try. You can read more instructions and find links to the videos that inspired this over at sabatomic.
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wow, and it looks so good on you!
Thank you Payette!
I bloody love using my straightener to curl. It looks so much better than when I use my curling tongs. I look forward to your getting one
♥ This hairstyle on you!
Me too! Someone actually promised me one for my birthday, so I’m just waiting for it to arrive.
You look stunning! You should go to some high-scale thingie wearing that hairstyle and an insanely formal dress!
….Now I know what I’m going to do for my senior prom! XD
Oh! I would love to see this hairstyle on you with your Prom dress Josefine. Its really fun and not as heavy as it looks.
This This hairstyle looks so beautiful!
It was a great idea to decorate it with the ribbon and the flowers… maybe a tiara or a nice comb would have created a totally different look. This one looks really girly and romantic! ^^ There are so many ways to work with this style! Amazing~ O_O
Great ideas there! You could definitely add different accessories to change the look or leave the fringe down for something different again.
Absolutely gorgeous.
Blue looks lovely on you!
Wish I had more hair to do that.
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Thank you so much Ashley! I think you definitely need longish hair for this style unfortunately.
It has me thinking of Grecian maidens. It does look very good on you, for such a bold hairstyle.
Thank you Katarina, you’re right, it would work for a grecian style outfit too!
that is absolutely HILARIOUS!
but a great idea if you haven’t got time to make a rat, which is proably lighter and not as awkwad feeling/sounding ;D
you do look very nice though, and I wouldn’t have known that you had a roll of TP on your head if you hadn’t mentioned it
was it heavy though?
um o.o
There is no toilet paper ON her hair. The toilet paper is used to fill so her hair can look like that.
It wasn’t very heavy, although the pins make it a little uncomfortable after a while.
The toilet paper roll is on top of my head, covered by the rest of my hair.
i have a GHD straightener and it makes really amazing curls.
the beehive looks so pretty! it would be a good style to wear to a costume party :3
I’ve heard GHDs are good, I’m impressed out how much more natural the curls look, doing it this way!
Yay
Love your writeups!
I just want to note also that the style would have worked better with hot rollers, rather than a straightener!
Thanks for the fun morning!
Styling hair like this definitely brings back girly childhood memories.
I love your hairstyle : gracious and elegant !
bisous