A little while ago I ordered these butterflies from Beauxoxo with the sole intention of putting them in my little sister's prom hair. They arrived at home for my sister beautifully packaged, and with little sweets too! My sister was absolutely delighted with them, and my mum was impressed too. I chose the glitter butterfly clip in cream, and the pastel feather butterfly clip in pink.
We weren't exactly sure what was going to happen with Willow's hair, all I knew was she wanted it up and curly. Willow has naturally curly hair, but she brushed the curls out so we had a blank canvas. I started by putting the bottom half of her hair into ringlet curls. Our sister-in-law-to-be & friend, Gemma, did a French braid around the front of Willow's hair and braided the end. I'm useless at French braids - thank you Gemma! I decided that with the braided crown, the top half of Willow's hair should be bouffant-styled - plenty of backcombing and hairspray ensued. I pinned the rest of the braid across the bottom of the bouffant, which we all decided looked really pretty. Now, what to do with those curls?! We rolled them and pinned them up, making it up as we went along. On the left side of Willow's hair, where the braid ended, we popped the two butterflies on. Willow was really pleased with the end result - with a bit of luck, a lot of hair grips and hairspray, we got there in the end!
Willow's prom was on Friday night, she had a fabulous time! They've travelled there in style in the army jeep complete with dressed driver (a real army man I believe!). I was having proud sister moments all over the place! Can you believe Willow is just 14? She looks so beautiful and elegant. My favourite photo is probably the very last one here - they were holding hands and walking into prom. I think it was quite an emotional night, as Willow and her best friend Holly are going to different colleges in September. It looks as though they ended it with a bang though, and I know they'll stay great friends.
P.s. I'm sorry I've been a bit quiet on the reading front lately, this laptop is my mum's and I cannot get my head around Windows 8! Roll on tonight when Mark arrives at my mum's house to spend a couple of nights with me - he's bringing my own laptop! I'm having a wonderful time at home, and have more lovely photos to share with you next week.
