Vermont&ConnecticutUSAPageants

What could be a better time to share the past few pageant weekends with you than a three hour flight delay in the Vermont airport!? Here are a few random shots from the Miss Connecticut USA & Teen USA as well as the Miss Vermont USA & Teen USA Pageants where I work as the Director of Administration and the Contestant Coordinator for Pageant Associates. Winners of the pageants include Marie Lynn Piscitelli as our 2012 Miss CT USA, Logan West as the 2012 Miss CT Teen USA, Jamie Lynn Dragon as the current 2012 Miss VT USA & Karsen Jaleen Woods as the 2012 Miss VT Teen USA. Thanks to the pageant's official photographer Edwin Shaw for these photos. 

 Top 5 Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2012

Top 5 Miss Connecticut USA 2012

Top 5 Miss Vermont USA 2012

Top 5 Miss Vermont Teen USA 2012

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DonutBun

A hair bun is one of my favorite styles to wear. Whether I'm slicking my hair back for a dressy classic bun or pulling my wispy baby hairs down around my face and neck for a fun messy look, the hair bun is easy to do. This trend is growing by the moment and has been seen in both street style and celebrity fashion. Now there is an even easier way to create this look and costs only about $3.00 online or in beauty supply stores. Also, I have 7 steps below to create your own homemade donut bun.

The Donut Bun: Online

I found a few online stores that carry them.

Sally Beauty Supply

Amazon 

Folica 

The Donut Bun: HOMEMADE 

If you want to skip the online shopping and make one on your own right now, here's 7 easy how to steps! 

1. supplies: scissors, 1 tube sock, 1 silk dress sock

2. cut feet from both socks

3. from the cut end of the tube sock, roll sock toward it's opposite end until you've made a donut then pull the end over the donut

4. feed the dress sock through the donut 

5. begin rolling the dress sock over the tube sock starting with the cut end

6. put the end of the dress sock over the entire donut

7. hair spray and you're finished!

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

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HeadAccessory

 

 

BraidHead

Hope you some of these looks work for you!

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NaturalCurl

Want these curls? 

Follow these few easy steps!

1. After washing, dry hair fairly straight and add heat protectant on ends. 

(I used John Frieda's Frizz-Ease Thermal Protection)

2. Section hair into three (or as many as desired depending on thickness) rows and curl each beginning at your roots. 

(I used a 1 1/2 inch iron, Jilbere de Paris, but depending on the length and thickness of your hair you can choose which works best.)

3. Tease hair around the crown of your head for volume.

4. With a wide tooth comb, lightly brush through the curls.

5. Spray entire head with spritzer. Then with hairspray, spray around the frame of your face. 

(I used Biolage Firm Hold Finishing Spritz and TRESemme Tres Two extra hold Hairspray)

Easy to do and a great natural look.

Hope these steps were useful! 

If you have any questions regarding this hairstyle or any hairstyles you would like to know how to do, e-mail me at theurbanflamingo@yahoo.com !

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