You might have seen this tutorial floating around blogland - how to have gorgeous no-heat curls. Had to pin this one and try it. Then somewhere along the lines I watched this youtube video of another technique. Decided I must try both! :) And here just for you I'll show you both and how they turned out.

Beware lots of pictures coming up - of me and definitely NOT looking my best! But all in the name of beauty (and blogging). :)

Okay, so you start with slightly damp hair.

I'm not going into details because Simply Cadence did an amazing job explaining what you need to do. :)

Here I am after putting my hair up in a high ponytail and (doing my best) rolling it up in the sock. 

Here's a top view.  Notice how I have pieces of hair sticking out of my bun?  I think it's becuase my hair is really just a bit too short for this technique.  But off to bed I go...

And here I am in the a.m.  I wouldn't really call it "curly" but maybe just wavy.  Again, I think it is because my hair is too short to really roll up in the sock.

Okay, so on to the next technique.   Go watch the YouTube video to get the full directions.  Did ya watch it???  Once I watched it I decided right away to tweak it a bit.  If you notice her curls are only on the bottom part of her hair and I wanted curls all over so I thought I'd try to add a second elastic headband on the top part of my hair.  Hard to explain, easy to understand from the pictures...

Again, you start with slightly damp hair and I seperated my hair into two sections.  I'm not sure why I look like a deer in headlights here???

Here is the bottom part all wrapped up.

And here's both sections wrapped up.

So in the front I had to clip the two elastic bands together because the top one had a tendency to slip off.  This wasn't a big deal since I knew I wasn't going to be sleeping flat on my face. :)

Here is is as soon as I took the elastic bands out.  Pretty curly huh?!?!?

Back view.

And here I am all ready to go.

Are you loving the whining little girl in the background??? :)

Whatda ya think?

 

 

So there you are.  Have you tried these techniques yet?  Share a link to your picture so we can see how your curls turned out! :)

 

I came across this recipe in the newspaper yesterday and sounded like a perfect treat for my kids (and who are we kidding - ME TOO)!! :)

And they are SOOOO easy.  I don't have the newspaper anymore but I want to say that it came from Southern Home.  I could be way off here so if it's from somewhere else please don't get offended and hate me!

Okay, here's the recipe:

1 box graham crackers
1 8 oz. tub of whipped cream (fat free, lite or regular)
1 large box of instant chocolate pudding - I bought the sugar free one but whatever you like will work.
Sprinkles (guess you could leave this off but what fun would that be????)

Mix up the pudding per the boxes directions.  Once it's all mixed up add the tub of Cool-Whip and mix well.  Now at this point I put the whole bowl in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes just to harden it up a bit. 

Break your graham crackers in half, put a big spoon full of "ice cream" and top with another graham cracker.  Roll the side in sprinkles and your DONE!!!  See how easy that is!

Put these goodies in the freezer and in about an hour they will be ready.  These are so yummy!!  Even the hubby thought they were good and he typically only likes the full fat full sugar version of anything. 

Definate success and it makes a TON - used the entire box of graham crackers.  Now you've got dessert lined up for a week!  Or if your house is like my house they'll be gone in a couple of days! :0)

Happy Snacking!!!