Now if only Isabel can figure out how to do this herself!September 5th, 2007 @ 5:01 am
Hello all you awesome Isabel readers! My name is Christar and I will be your guest poster for today while Isabel is on vacay with The King and Sweet Babboo.
Let me first tell you that I heart Isabel and her blog. She is so awesome! But, obviously you already know that. One of the neatest things in finding Isabel’s blog was to find out that she was just as awesome as I am. We really do have a lot in common and we’ve been able to talk about places and events that have happened that we are both familiar with. You know, like Fry Sauce.
Isabel has told me many times how she loves my hair and has told me a few times that I should do a How~To on my blog on how I do my hair. I never got around to it and to be honest, a girls beauty secrets are kind of sacred, but because Isabel is my homie and I know all Isabel’s readers are awesome, I’m totally going to share this secret with you.
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1. I’m going to start off from the beginning, meaning freshly washed, wet hair. Your hair doesn’t have to be freshly washed to follow this How~To. If it’s not, just skip to the step 3. After taking a shower, and towel drying my hair, I like to set my part where I’d like it, and I lightly spritz my part with hairspray to get it to stay.
2. How you choose to dry your hair is a personal preference with each person. I try and let it air dry as much as possible, so less heat damage is done to my hair. Sometimes I get too impatient and just blow dry it all. Either way works! But your hair definitely needs to be dry to continue to the next step.
3. After your hair is completely dry, it needs to be straightened with a flat iron. Note: Even if your hair is naturally straight, I still suggest using a flat iron, because it does make a difference, especially at the ends. It giving your hair a sleek look.
Always start from the bottom layer and work your way up. So using a clip or a ponytail, pull all your hair up on top of your head, so only the very bottom layer is available.
4. Start on either side you want, but make sure you’re only straightening as much hair that can fit into the flat iron at once. Start at the root (or as close as you can get without burning your scalp) and press the straightener together and slide it down, going all the way to the ends of your hair. Sometimes you’ll need to redo a section of hair if you didn’t get it completely straight the first time, and that’s ok.
5. Continue doing this until the whole bottom section is done. Then let down the middle section of your hair and repeat step 4. Once the middle section is done, continue doing as many sections as you need until your all your hair is straight. My hair is pretty thick, but I usually can get all my hair straight with only 3 sections: The bottom section, the middle section, and the top section. Once you’re done, your hair should look similar to this:
6. Now that the straightening is out of the way, it’s time to rat for volume! Personally, this is one of my favorite parts of doing my hair. I start with the back section, holding my hair straight up and with a comb, ratting my hair by brushing the underside of the hair towards the scalp.
I know what you’re thinking, but trust me! It will look fabulous once it’s finished.8. Once your hair is ratted like crazy, you’ll want to gently brush out the very top of it to cover the rats underneath, leaving it looking like this:
9. After ratting a particular section, I always like to spritz the underneath (aka, the ratted part) with a little hair spray so the rats don’t fall out later. This has happened to me more than once, but usually only on one side, so one side is ratted while the other is flat. It’s not a good look.
10. Once you’ve ratted the back side, it’s time to rat the left and right side of your head. Start on either side by taking a section that goes from your forehead to the back where you’ve already ratted. Rat the hair by repeating step 6, lightly spritz with hairspray and allow to dry.
So now, your hair should look like this:
11. Now that it’s ratted and dried, comb over the very top of the rats to conceal the ratted part underneath. You may need to rat certain section over again to get everything to look even so you’re not lop sided or bumpy. I suggest using a second mirror to check out the back and sides of your head to make sure everything looks alright.
12. Once everything looks good to your standards, then go ahead and lightly spritz your hair with hairspray to hold. You look fabulous! 
Come back tomorrow, when we’ll be hearing from Isabel’s best friend May (who just deserted Isabel for Reno). May promises to deliver.
(And by “deliver”, I don’t mean deliver the baby she’s carrying.)
Guest posts · How-To's
LaLa
said,
September 5, 2007 at 8:33 am
Thanks Christar!
I am loving these “How To” instructions SICK. Not only am I learning heaps of stuff (Cooking with SPAM! Ratting the hairs!) but I also get to be first to comment as obviously Isabel has the auto-post set to post at the same time I get home, therefore I am getting to comment first again today.
Tops.
Brittany
said,
September 5, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Oh Christar! you are hilarious. I love the pictures!
Laurel
said,
September 5, 2007 at 4:29 pm
dear christar,
My arms hurt just looking at this! I bow in envy of your hair styling prowess.
Signed,
laurel… whose is sporting both a headband AND a ponytail today
HollowSquirrel
said,
September 5, 2007 at 5:04 pm
You’re too cute. Doesn’t your arm hurt from all the lifting, straightening, drying & ratting? Sweet Baby J, woman.
:)
Lisa B
said,
September 5, 2007 at 7:27 pm
Wow. SO that’s why you have such toned arms… Its from doing your hair… Cute post and thanks for the pointers… Very cool.
SJ
said,
September 5, 2007 at 8:29 pm
I’ve always wondered how people did their hair that way, and well, now I know!
Thanks Christar! But really, how long does it take for you to do this, from start to finish?
Lindsey
said,
September 6, 2007 at 11:13 pm
You make it look so easy! You have such gorgeous hair omigod! Seriously though, my hair will not look that good even if I follow those steps. I will give it a shot anyway though.