{Video Post} Cakes and Bangs
Hi friends–Major apologies for the blog down time this morning. The entire Dreamhost site was down, along with this little blog and many of my friends’ blogs. Blah to that. Looks like everything is back in action, though!
As agitated as I was, there was absolutely nada I could do about it, so I made pancakes 🙂
Used this new-to-me pancake mix for the depths of the pantry:
Usually I’m apprehensive about gluten-free mixes… sometimes they come out super chewy, chalky, or gaggable.
I said a Hail Mary and decided to go for it:
1/4 C mix (1 serving)
1 egg white
almond milk
vanilla
When I cooked up the cakes, I was pleasantly surprised.
They got a little brown on the outside, but the inside was fluffy, foodgasmic city.
Like REAL pancakes 😀
Baller.
So last week, I did a little twisty thing with my bangs since they were getting too long,
and received quite a few comments and emails asking how I did it.
It really ain’t no thang, so I made a little video to explain.
Twisty Bang Hair Tutorial
A pretty way to get your bangs out of your face 😀
(Side note: I almost didn’t post this video because of my nose –I’m super self conscious about it and this angle didn’t work in my favor- but in hopes of trying to embrace the honker, I decided to go for it.)
I’m off on an adventure with the Madre. See ya this afternoon!
xoxo
Gina
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I broke my nose twice and recently started to embrace the imperfection– honkers are the new thanggg! Love that you still posted the video, although I have been guilty of deleting pics due to the terrible nose angles! Pancakes look delicious!
oooooh I am going to try that to my bangs too- thanks!! 🙂 And those pancakes look SOOO fluffy inside…I just want to gobble them up too!
Is there anything funnier than a -that’s what she said- joke? No way! You looked great in the vid, love the biceps!
cool vid! thanks! i don’t even have a cool excuse like breaking it a few times…my nose is just kinda big and weird (“i was born this way, hey!”). lol. you look gorge, so hakuna matata!
Thank you for posting this video! So cute 🙂
glad all the blogs are back up, thats why i dont use one of those hosting companies, ive gone private! never has been down once *knocks on wood* but if it does i know the person and can call them up right away ha.
So anyways, love your bangs! i wish i could pull off bangs like that, my hair is too crazy and wavy though
I’ve always been self conscious about my nose too, but girl you are gorgeous and I’m so glad you decided to put the video up, because it’s a good lesson of self love!
I love the video!! And twisty bangs thing still looks harder than I expected it to be…I shall try though :). And I see absolutely nothing wrong with your nose, looks pretty normal to me, angle or no angle!
Love the bangs! I think I’ll try this out, I’m in the process of growing mine out but they’re kind of crazy and curly right now. I’m really self-conscious about my nose as well, so I know how you feel. But you look beautiful!! Quirky noses add character in my opinion.
Thanks for the hair video – really useful! 🙂
I love french braiding my bangs…the twist is definitely cute too! I will have to try it!! 🙂
Dude, you are breathtakingly gorgeous and your nose is fabulous! 😉
Keep up the good work! I love reading your blog!
<3
“That’s what she said” bahahaha.
Girl, you are gorgeous! If you feel uncomfortable with your nose, you need to look at my schnoz. Growing up, my brother told me it looked like a life size Cabbage-Patch doll’s nose.
I’ve got the same nose – or a worse one. Partly inherated from my father, part the result of a hockey puck to the face (from a HARD slap shot). The nose doesn’t bother me nearly as much as my crooked front tooth, that drives me CRAZY!!! ugh.
Love the hair twist, I often do a version of that when I have back to back classes and don’t want to look like I’ve got uber sweaty gross hair 😉
i’ve never seen bangs twisted like that! i love the video. i always pin back my bangs and can’t wait to try this!
Thanks for the hair trick Gina- so cute! Also, I know we are our own worst critics but your nose is beautiful and good for you for trying to embrace something you feel self-conscious about! I think we can all learn from that- thank you!
Love the video, love, love, love your blog. So glad I found it way back in 2009 :). I gave blogging a whirl and gave it up, but am feeling inspired to try again–new posts going up today!
yay! thanks for the video — i was totally wondering how to do that twisty braid! it’s so cute 🙂 and shush, your nose is beautiful :)!
I wish I would have known to do that @live,love, and inspiration with my name! Maybe next time 🙂
Okay the part about “adding in” the pieces? That’s what I’ve been doing wrong! Could never figure out why my braids didn’t look cute… haha thanks for the vid! 🙂
Thanks, Gina! I will have to try this now that my bangs are getting longer.
And I think your nose is so cute! 😀
I love this post Gina — my bangs are getting long (I think I might grow them out again) and I usually just bobby pin them back but it looks kind of boring some days (since it is EVERY DAY, ha!).
Eek I’m nervous since I am in the process of switching to Dreamhost — hopefully there are no problems once I’m on board 🙂
Thank you for the video – I thought it was just a braid at first. I swear we have the same nose and I have always been self-conscious too, I only take pics with my “good side” haha.
You are absolutely silly!! You are one hawt mama!
I love your fluffy pancakes!!!!!!!!!
U know what, I KNOW there is nothing wrong with your nose ; ) you are BEAUTIFUL and I also know we all have our insecurities ; ) nothing wrong with that, we are human : ) I miss u friend! I hope your day is great! xoxo <3
I love house shopping too! Even when I was a teen I would read the Real Estate section of the paper every Sunday. Random, but I still love it.
I wish I had bangs so I could make that pretty little twist!!
ALSO there is absolutely nothing wrong with your nose. You’re beautiful!
You look gorgeous! Don’t even worry about the nose. And thanks for the awesome hair tip, I don’t have bangs but I often have the slightly-sweaty hair that I don’t want to wash!
Thanks for the video. I’m so excited to do this twist to my bangs now! I’ve only french braided mine so far, so this will be a fun change.
Thanks for the vid! BTW, you are a gorgeous girl! Sorry to hear you’re self conscious about your nose. I wouldn’t have noticed if you hadn’t mentioned it. Seriously, you are radiant inside and out!! 🙂
Dang look at your guns when you are doing your little braid! You are strong : )
Love your bang trick! I usually pull my bangs back but I tend to rock a braid- I can’t wait to try the twist 🙂
so cute! I love the video tutorial! (that’s what she said! haha) – really though, no reason to feel self-conscious! You’re beautiful! I’m glad you posted the video, I’m totally going to do this with my hair!!!
Girl, you’re crazy. I love your cute nose! I know you’ve mentioned the nose thing before, but I honestly probably wouldn’t have even noticed anything about your nose unless you said something! Those little quirks are what make us hawt. 😉
Love the hair thing – so gonna do this!
Dang it – not sure why my comment linked to an old, closed-down blog. Booo…anyways, that old link isn’t me. 🙂
Gina – I know I don’t comment all that often, but I had to hop on today and tell you you’re gorgeous inside & out … and NOT to feel self-conscious about your nose! If it makes you feel any better, my nickname in junior high was BEAK!!! 😉 To add insult to injury, I even had a large freckle on the end of it – so I was forever having people tell me I had dirt on my nose!! It doesn’t bother me now and I’m fine with my “beak” – I think I kind of grew into it.
Either way, you have a beautiful face, and a hot hubby who thinks you’re a HOT MAMACITA so that’s what matters 🙂
Have a great day! Thanks for the video – love the twisty bangs!
Gina, I’m very self conscious about my nose too- it’s more of a “Roman” nose versus a pretty straight button “Disney princess” nose. Haha. I understand your self consciousness but honestly the whole time I was watching, I was thinking about what a BEAUTIFUL bone structure you have and how your clearly very healthy skin and hair just enhance that. Your nose reminds me of Karolina Kurkova’s, actually- a tiny bump and extra straight past that, which I think is actually the prettiest kind. I’ll trade you 😉 You’re gorgeous!
OMG I will totally vote for your friends because a shopping spree from Crate & Barrel sounds like one of the best prizes ever! If I was getting married I’d totally be going for that!
Love your bangs and the video is great! I’ve got ‘a honker’ as well and am quite self conscious about it to so I know how you feel!
Thank you for the video! I was one of those people going “OMG, how did she do that?!?” I actually tried it this morning (mostly successful) and I’m glad to see I did it right!
I’ve always thought your nose is totally beautiful. Coming from someone who has a petite, ski-jump nose, I love yours. I understand being self conscious, but remember how truly beautiful you are on those days!
Gina, you are a hair genius! My hair has been a beast since my sweet little girl was born and I don’t have a lt of time to do anything with it. Thank you, thank you!
Ps You are way beautiful! No self-consciousness needed!
Your biceps look KILLER (not in a gross way) in this vid!!!!
Your bangs (and nose) are adorable 🙂 Love the video!
And those pancakes look wonderful..especially for a GF mix! GF baking/cooking can be a challenge to get things light and not tasting like sandpaper grit 🙂 so that’s a good recommendation I need to remember!
And Dreamhost being down…Grrr. It’s ALWAYS something with blogs, isn’t it! Writing posts is such a small fraction of what blogging is all about. It’s everything else that takes time. Like photographs. I took 500 food pics this weekend. Not even kidding 🙂
Don’t worry we were all paying attention to your hair! And bahaha, that is what she said 😉
Love the hair video! And, you look totally beautiful!
That is all. 🙂
I LIVED in that hairdo for a good year while my bangs were growing out senior year in college. Sometimes I did a twist and sometimes I just rolled the one big piece of bang and pinned it.
You have such a cute nose- definitely embrace it!!!!
Gina, you are so flippin’ cute, and so is your nose! You have nothing to worry about 🙂
Love the bangs trick!
thanks for the video my daughter and I loved it. Vicky
Yeah for the twisty bang video!! I was totally wondering how you did that. Super excited to try a new look!