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Learning how to curl medium length hair doesn’t have to mean setting it up in same-old-same-old beachy waves. 5 Ways to Curl Medium Length Hair 1. Springy Curls To get springy curls that almost look natural, you’ll want to use a curling wand. Using a 1 to 1 1/4 inch-barrel curling wand, wrap small sections around the barrel, leaving out the tips (or the last inch) of your hair. Repeat on all sections, then lightly comb out the spirals with your fingers to get that piecey look....

Lots of today’s trends use box braids as a starting point, so you’ll be sure to get lots of mileage out of this fundamental braid. If you also need some wash and care and styling tips, we’ve got that covered, too! Read on for a couple of tutorials on how to do box braids, including a ’90s-inspired style: Box Braid Hair Tutorial: From Braiding to Styling The beauty of this box braids tutorial is that it can be done on various widths of braids....

It may not be beach season yet, (that’s unless you’re somewhere the weather permits a swim in the ocean) but it doesn’t mean you can’t ride the beach wave with your hair. Below, we’re showing you a simple way to create natural-looking long wavy curls on your hair no matter the season in just four steps. Get The Look: Natural and Long Wavy Curls Tutorial Step 1: Wash your hair....

Renowned for the look of having sculpted ropes of long hair that are matted and formed together, this style naturally forms on its own as it creates different looks over the course of time. Whether you’re loc-curious or want to know how to master the roping phase, we can show you exactly how to make dreadlocks. Check out our super easy tutorials to help you create your very own stylish dreadlocks:...

7 Ways to Make Red Hair Dye Last Read on for several tips and tricks that help make red hair dye last the longest: 1. Wash your hair with cooler water. The temperature of water you use to wash hair can play a huge role in how long your red hair dye will last. As delightful as it might feel when you rinse with hot water you’re swelling up your hair’s cuticle even more, which allows color to seep out and your hair to fade....

Materials Needed: One 8.5 x 11 piece of paper (shirt) One 5″ x 5″ piece of paper (tie) If you want a really unique origami shirt and tie, then we suggest mixing patterned paper with solid paper. The solid together with a pattern gives it a fun, realistic look. Now, on to the origami shirt tutorial! How to Make an Origami Shirt To teach you how to make an origami shirt and tie, we have step-by-step photos to guide you along....

If so, you’re in good company. In this video from Ted-Ed, narrator Elizabeth Cox explains how feeling like a fraud is a phenomenon that plagues many successful people. She points to writer Maya Angelou and physicist Albert Einstein, both of whom believed they didn’t deserve the attention their work received. “Accomplishments at the level of Angelou’s or Einstein’s are rare, but their feeling of fraudulence is extremely common,” Cox says....

It was Elton John who sang, “Sorry seems to be the hardest word…” This couldn’t more true, and especially in marriage. For a majority of divorced couples, the problems in their marriage started (or were worsened) with the lack of an apology, or a horribly botched apology. We’re human and we make mistakes. Oftentimes those mistakes hurt the people we love the most. It could be as minor as a grouchy look, or as serious as a betrayal, but whatever the grievance, you should apologize....

Who can benefit from this scrunching method? While it’s most effective on hair with a natural wave or curls pattern, even if your hair is naturally straight, it can still help to add texture and boost volume. So, if you want to learn all about scrunching hair (and the best hair products we recommend for it), click play on the video above or read on for the step-by-step breakdown....

Straight hair will always be a seasonless classic. And since a lot of women can still use some step-by-step direction around straightening locks and getting salon-worthy results via a flat iron, we are all about finding out how to get straight hair in the easiest, most efficient way. Think we’re exaggerating? Just try to remember a world where frizzy hair is no longer a reality or when bad hair days are obsolete....

Stop: Just stop whatever you’re doing. I have stopped mid-step, mid-bite, and even mid-yell (usually at my kids, who are generally so surprised when it happens that we all crack up at how ridiculous I can be). Stopping, by definition, requires us to start again, and taking just a minute or two for a quick S.N.A.C.K. can help us reboot in a skillful and helpful way. Notice: The next step is to notice what is happening within and around us....

My preschooler, Opal, started plying me with questions when she was four. “Were you the one who died that mouse?” Or, “Do you think that moth knows he’s dead?” Cute out-of-the-mouths-of-babes comments tossed off as she buzzed on to her next activity. I’d gotten used to her frank, unemotional curiosity about death, but when her questions shifted from light banter to a source of terror, I was caught completely off-guard....

It was common for me to cross paths with wildlife in these woods, though the ravine was boxed in on all sides by dense suburbs. In the ten years I had been walking through this suburban forest I had spotted coyotes, foxes, rabbits, beavers and once, a majestic snowy owl hooting softly on the tallest branch of a tamarack. The trees showed their age, with climbing footholds that children had nailed onto the trunks over 50 years ago, now beyond reach of the next generation....

Some flower braids do require a certain level of braid savvy, however (click our braiding guide for a refresher), but if you’re pretty comfortable with your know-how, then the following looks should be a cinch to recreate. Read on: In Bloom: 10 Super-Pretty Flower Hairstyles to Cop 1. Celtic Knot A quirky play on a knotted, twisted style, these flower braids feature three separate plaits each coiled in a bun and linked together via pins....

In the world of organizational leadership, this is also true and rarely taught or acknowledged. When we are so busy with the doing of “business,” whether it is non-profit, academic or corporate, we can lose the very thing we need to lead with excellence: ourselves. We lose who we are, what we truly believe in, what we are most passionate about. As a result, we are susceptible to being pulled along with someone else’s idea, or simply something that is neutral, good enough but not innovative or brilliant....

Oh summer! The season kids yearn for all school year can quickly lose its appeal for parents after a few days of “I’m bored!” on repeat. The Divas thought we needed to do something to help out, and Kids Camp was born! These to-die-for printables will inspire a little backyard summer camp for your kiddos. The printables focus on Astronomy, Survival, Flora, Fauna, and a “Free Space” to add whatever topic really interests you and your little ones....

I’m learning to meditate. Perched atop a square, hard cushion in the corner of my bedroom, trying to pay attention to the movement of my breath, and this is what I’m noticing. It’s the same kind of anguish that’s accompanied every waking hour for the past two and a half years. The fear, the rage, the helplessness. But there’s a subtle and crucial difference now. I’m beginning to observe these patterns of thought and feeling from a different place, from somewhere I didn’t previously know existed....