LLW

I started Lock Lock Wednesday to get myself motivated to style my hair everyday. It is so easy, for even hair stylists to get in a rut with their hair. I am hoping to inspire you along the way with simple and fun techniques to help you look fabulous! Join me along the way. It will be fun! All you have to do is take snapshots of your hair during the week and link up with me below! 

 I am sharing some fun before+afters with you today! I had the chance to cut my friend, Jodi's hair to a fun bob on Monday! I colored her hair with panels of blonde and chocolate brown foils! I love it! It gives her a sophisticated look! 

 My friend Sarah (above) is a new mama to 4 month old twin boys! She has been focusing on pregnancy and baby-land for the past year and a half and needed some tlc. I cut her back up 4" and gave it a angled look. I love it! She has beautiful hair and it was my pleasure giving her this pamper session!

 This is Sarah's hus, Nick! He was DD *duck dynasty, and we were not a fan! I chopped off his hair! Praise the Lord. Nick, is one of my old youth kids, now adult/hus/father, and we needed to embrace his thinning hair. Nick has been wearing his hair long since teenage-hood. I was so excited to chop it off! We even shaved his beard. He looks like a new man! 

Here is my hair yesterday! I simply took my hair in sections and pinned it back with bobby pins. i braided the sides and it was a easy way to style my hair for work! 

Please share your hair with me! Link up below and follow me on Insta! #locklovewednesday and #locklovewed

Have a blessed day!

Mama Beege's Pumpkin Bars

Fall brings on the best food in the Cass home. I tend to go in soup, baking, crockpot overload once September hits Minnesota! A Cass fav is my mom's recipe for pumpkin bars! They are devine! Cream cheese frosting and pumpkin.....need I say more? Today, I am sharing with you the amazing recipe! I make this every couple of weeks for our youth kids this time of year! I don't trust myself making them for us just my family. I need the help from others to eat these bad boys! YUM!

Preheat oven to 350 and grease a jelly roll pan for the bars.

Ingredients:

4 eggs

1 c. oil (I use whatever I have on hand)

2 c. sugar ( I have halved the sugar/ 1 part white and 1 part brown)

1 15 oz can of pumpkin

2 c. flour (you can use whole wheat or white)

2 t. baking powder

1 t. baking soda

2 t. cinnamon

1/2 t. ginger

1/2 t. clove

1/2 t. nutmeg (the seasonings make these bars!) 

bake for 25-30 min

Frosting: 

8 oz cream cheese 

3/4 stick of butter (unsalted) 

---I put out the cream cheese and butter at room temp---

4 c. of powdered sugar 

1 T. milk (I use almond milk)

Frost the bars at room temp! One thing that you can do is sprinkle/sift on cinnamon to the top of the frosting! It looks and tastes pretty. 

Welcome to the best fall treat ever!

Do you have a favorite dessert? Please share!!!! 

Happy Tuesday!

LLW

I started Lock Lock Wednesday to get myself motivated to style my hair everyday. It is so easy, for even hair stylists to get in a rut with their hair. I am hoping to inspire you along the way with simple and fun techniques to help you look fabulous! Join me along the way. It will be fun! All you have to do is take snapshots of your hair during the week and link up with me below!  This week I am sharing with you a plethora of sorts, of pretty things. Hair and Beauty.

 It has been a busy week at Tala! I had the lovely opportunity to head up to the beautiful city of Stillwater (Eastern suburb of St. Paul) for one of my client's wedding this past weekend. I got to style hair and attend the beautiful wedding! 

Here are the gorgeous bridesmaids and bride. I love their dresses (mod cloth) and the floral arrangements. They look stunning! Taylor, the bride, styled her own hair, wanting it to be romantic and  down. I love the overall look!

Here are some close ups of the styles.

On Kayla, we used a side braid on the right and some fun knots on the left. Her hair was should length so it was fun to funk it up a touch.

Karly (above) had tons of hair that hit the lower part of her back. So, I literally took the bottom half of her hair and made two braids and put them in a bun to hide hair that was un-needed. I twisted the top sections back in curls to avoid a part and give it lots of volume.

Dude, have you tried hair chalk? It is great for all ages! I took this selfie in the car of mine. I rocked it for the wedding. It washes out and is a fun way to switch up your hair. I use it on kiddos all the time too! (as seen below at Tala) If you want some, let me know, and I will order it for you!

Some Tala- Before/Afters from the week:

 This is a Ombre fix- another hair stylist colored this ombre, and my client wasn't feeling it so we did a very heavy blonde foil with random chocolate brown low lights distributed throughout to balance the retouch and ends. I love how it turned out.

 My girl, Cindy, let me brighten up her hair with copper/gold highlights and a rich copper/auburn tint. I love it!

 I wish I had a before for Danielle! She had a level 7-8 ash blonde and I went through and foils pretty much every strand with a high lift bleach. I did peek-a-boo 5/6 N foils throughout the hair as well. I love how bright it is!

 This was my first time cutting Claire's hair and we rocked out a new/fresh style for fall. She graduated from college in May and is a official grown up now! I love how healthy and sophisticated her hair is now!

I brightened up my friend, Alicia's hair this week too! Lots of bright blondes! I love how the platinum brings out her eyes!

 My friend Jordan hung out with me this week and I whipped in some braids to do a quick and easy style! 

Do you have any fun techniques/styles to share with us? Please link up below! Follow me on Instagram as well and use #locklovewednesday and #locklovewed

Lock Love.... Wed....er....Thursday

Hi friends! I have been slacking with my LLW posts! Sorry, I just sometimes need the inspiration to flow ;) Fall is here, whether, we like it or not..... But, Minnesota falls are the BEST. The leaves are in full color changing mode. Bliss. I am so excited for the change of season from the fashion side of things. Burgundies. Hazelnut browns, boots , scarfs, bold lips etc. I have been pinning away on my Pinterest boards for fall.  I am a huge fan of a couple fashion blogs that are so inspirational as well. 

The EveryGirl

Glitter Guide

Style me pretty 

( ^^ for weddings and fashion)

Cupcakes and Cashmere

(dive into those and you will thank me)

I started Lock Lock Wednesday to get myself motivated to style my hair everyday. It is so easy, for even hair stylists to get in a rut with their hair. I am hoping to inspire you along the way with simple and fun techniques to help you look fabulous! Join me along the way. It will be fun! All you have to do is take snapshots of your hair during the week and link up with me below!  This week I am sharing with you a plethora of sorts, of pretty things. Hair and Beauty.

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I love a simple braid and updo combo.

 

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I am obsessed, to say the least, with this fashion currently. Pretty sure, I have been rocking the bohemian headband 5x a week. 

I scored my headband on Etsy. 

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I love this simple twisted side bun. 

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How beautiful is this woman? I love the asymmetrical lob (long bob)

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I am dying to style someone's hair like this at Tala.

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A fun approach to the fishtail.

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Lovely lip and nude makeup

My target shirt- It is my "worship Jesus" shirt. Thanks Target ;)

 I love curling short hair. This is Lisa, she has been rocking this "long" cut for her, a while now. I showed her how to curl the hair with a 1" inch curling iron. The key is to keep the ends (1-2") out of the curling iron, curling away from the face. We used Kenra taffy to piece it out. She is gorgeous.

I get asked all the time about Base Breaks. They are revolutionary for caramel/blondes. The left is my before the BB yesterday- and after on the right. You simply, break the base with a high lift color for 5-10 minutes. I do this every 5-6 weeks, and foil in blonde every 4 months. I love how it doesn't over-process my hair, gives my hair a break, brightens up everything, and is good for my client's pocket books. I charge $35. They are the best!!!! 

I colored Kari's Base break yesterday! She had 1" of re-growth. I love how it changes the whole look of blonde!

I can not believe that Tala has been open for 2 years now! What to the what?! I am celebrating with you by offering a discount on my Awapuhi Shampoo + Conditioner liters and my favorite dry shampoo! Thanks to all my Tala peeps for letting this lady, live out her dream! You rock!

Join the fun, and link up below, via instagram dot com or your blog and share your style.fashion, and hair favs! Feel free to comment below too :) I love hearing about your favs! Please share the goodness.

Loves.

Best Chive & Gorgonzola Dip!

Are you ready to taste the best dip ever? I cannot take credit for this fabulous recipe, Tyler Florence, a famous chef, had this bad boy in my People magazine. I made it Sunday night for our youth bible study and it was a H.I.T. 

We served it with sweet potato chips, blue corn chips and pretzels. Heaven. Seriously, a new fav, at the Cass Casa. I want to serve this with veggies too!

It is the perfect season for dips! Football, Cozy time, hosting friends and family!

Chive and Gorgonzola Dip Recipe

1 cup of mayo

1 cup of sour cream

1 container of Bleu Cheese ( I heart Gorgonzola)

1/2 of squeezed lemon

1/4 cup of chopped chives (fresh)

salt/pepper

1 T. honey

(tyler's recipe varies slightly, i dumped my ingredients) I want to try it with garlic and dill too! Oh the possibilites!

Let me know if it is a hit! You will thank me. 

Happy Wednesday friends.

cass life- pumpkin patch and life around the house

This mama is so proud of her 3.5 year old! Zion has been obsessed with doing "school" everyday. A couple of weeks ago, she couldn't trace a letter, now...she is tracing the whole alphabet. She is so proud of herself too! I picked up preschool workbooks at Target for the school year. I love how my little Zion is a little sponge right now with everything she is learning!

Zakiyah and her facial expressions.....such a ham.

Morning eyes. My fav.

We hit up our favorite apple orchard on Saturday! It was a quick stop for homemade doughnuts, a hayride, feeding the billy goats, getting apples (eating apples) etc. I love this tradition. I have to say that MN spoils us in the FALL. Bliss. 

   (mom photo bomb)

 I mean, look at those precious little ladies. 

Buddies for life. No ifs, ands, or buts. Built in BFF. 

Andy trying to convince Zion not to be a city girl. "Feed the goat, Zion." It didn't happen. She opted for the observation route. 

Getting crazy.

Morning eyes again. Footie jammies. Cruizin the beat.

shifting gears.

Happy Monday! Check back tomorrow for a fabulous dip recipe that I made yesterday! Heaven on Earth. Blue Cheese/ Chive dip............ num.