Instagram questions and answers

Any tips to grow healthy and long hair?

A: Except to be patient and consistent these are my top tips: 1. Sleep with the hair in a knot on the head. It protects the hair from getting tangled during the night. 2. Also,use products that suit your hair type. Do not buy the same products that I use for your hair if you need products for colored hair for example. I always use products for dry hair because my hair need as much moisture as it can get. 3. Another tip is to think of small things. Use hairband that doesn’t damage the hair. Do not brush your hair when it is wet etc. 4. And lastly, do not use heat on your hair, or don’t use it everyday at least. I do need to work with this a bit though, hehe. I blow dry my hair one or two times a week and curl it around two times a week. If you do use heat, make sure to use an heat protective!

Where do you get your braid inspo?

A: Mostly on tumblr and instagram. If I can’t find any new inspo though I do like to do a basic hairstyle, play around with the hair and develop a new one. Obviously the result isn’t always amazing, but some of my favorite hairstyles came from just trying new methods!

Where do you live?

A: I’ve had a couple of you guessing on Germany or Austria but neither of those two. I live in Sweden! 🙂

What color do u color your hair?

A: I’ve done highlights since I was about 12 so I do have a lot of blonde highlight in my hair. I only do my roots when I go to the hairdresser nowadays though. But if you want the same shade, do blonde highlights but more golden blonde than plantinum.

What is your natural hair color?

A: My natural hair color is a darker blonde!

How do you keep your hair from frizzing?

A. I think the key to minimize frizz is to use products that counteract frizz already when you wash your hair. I use a moisturizing shampoo and conditioner and also a hair mask to get rid of my frizz. Cause believe me, I do have pretty frizzy hair! 😉 But I think that works pretty well, especially if you use a good mask. I always have to use a hair oil as well. My hair oil from Maria Nila is amazing!

I used my Obh Norcis 25 mm curling wand to achieve these curls.

How to get beautiful beach waves?

A: I love beachy waves, they are my absolute favorite. I usually use my Obh Nordica 25mm curling iron when I curl my hair and depending on whether I want beachy waves or really curly hair I change the thickness of the strands of hair that I wrap around the curling iron. For beachy waves I take smaller sections but I only hold the hair around the curling iron for a couple of seconds.

How do you do perfect waves/curls?

A: If I want bigger curls I use my OBH nordica 32 mm curling iron, which makes very natural waves. If I want tighter curls I use my 25 mm curling iron and hold the hair around the curling iron for longer.

Three of my favorite dresses. The middle one is, however, a playsuit. For those of you who are wondering how long my natural hair is, can see it here. I do use extensions in some of my hairstyles (from Luxyhair), mainly to get more hair to work with but also to protect my own hair from getting damaged every time I do new hairstyles . But in these pictures it’s my own, natural hair. The picture to the right and left are from last summer and the middle one is from last week.

Where do you get most of your dresses from and how do you alter them? They are so beautiful!

A: Thank you! 🙂 I get most of my clothes at Zara, love their style! But the dress that I’ve received most questions about (the one to the right) is actually from H&M. I bought it and used it once a couple of years ago and then I found it again in my closet last summer. I liked the style of it but I didn’t like the color so I bought fabric color and colored it a light blue color. I also changed it so it got a lower back.

I love your hair! Also, how do you take care if your hair? Do you use certain products?

A: Thank you! 🙂 I try to take care of it, I don’t think I do anything extravagant to keep my hair healthy though, but I do try to think of the things that I wrote on the first question and I only use products that I love. You can see all of the products I use inTHIS blog post. Right now I love everything from Maria Nila. Totally in love with their products!

Thanks for all the questions guys!   I hope your happy with the answers. Feel free to leave a comment here or on instagram if you have any other questions! Hugs <3

Mer från Elvira Jonsson

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