Spin Pins

I heard about these new hair pins by Goody called spin pins. They claim to replace using 20 bobbypins in your hair for upstyles. I found them at my local Target and have tried them a couple of times. Overall they are pretty cool, but for someone who has medium to fine hair like me, although a ton of it I had to do a little back combing to thicken up my hair so the pins ends wouldn't show. I wish they made them in different lengths. They also claim you don't need a ponytail holder first, but I found you do otherwise some of those side hairs fall out when the style loosens a bit.

Hana Professional Flat Iron

I've been testing out this professional flat iron I was given from misikko.com for the last couple of months and I have to say I'm a fan. I've used it on several Brazilian Blowouts and it works great. I don't love the hot pink color so much, but I do love that it has a temp dial so you can set it to whatever temp you want. It goes up to 450 degrees! The plates are long so you don't have to take tiny sections which was my problem with my last flat iron.
They sell lots of other brands like Chi and another fave of mine FHI
Check out their great section of Best Flatirons

disclosure: I received the Hana flat iron free for my review

Janine Jarman's Feather Braid

After I saw my girl Janine do this on Shear Genius I just had to know how to do it. I searched the internet and couldn't find anything. So I took to twitter to ask the source. Here is her answer Janine Jarman's feather braid Much love girl you are super talented!