How To: Host a Murder Mystery Party

I’ve always wanted to host a murder mystery party but never knew how to go about it. That changed during a brainstorm at work when we came up with the idea to host one. The theme would be "Who Killed Myspace?" (I work in social media ;)) 

We decided to host a networking event with Ad 2 DC & tie the mystery into it. I will be sharing photos after the event (next Wednesday if you're in the area) but I didn't want to spoil the surprise!

Grab your friends & get ready to throw a murder mystery party! 

1. Determine Your Guest List

How many people do you want to attend your party? From here you can figure out how many characters you will need. We estimated around 25-30 guests for our party & came up with 35 social platforms to be the characters for our guests.

2. Develop Your Characters

This is the fun part! We created a word document with each character & wrote a description about their personality, who they hang out with, etc. Ours are a bit silly since we are using social platforms as the characters but it was fun & really got us thinking about who the murder could be...

3. Clues

After writing the character descriptions you should decide who the murder is. Come up with clues leading back to the murder in your document. For example: Ask XYZ whom XYZ was last seen with.

4. Print Character Descriptions

Once you have your character descriptions & clues print copies for your guests. 

5. Create a Ballot

Create a ballot to hand out to guests so they can cast their vote on the murder.

6. Best Actor

We also created a ballot so attendees can cast their vote on the best actor. You can giveaway a fun prize to get people really into it.

7. Prepare Roles

In an envelope include: the character description & clues to give to each guest as they arrive.

8. Props

Get a few props for each character to make it fun & to help get your guests really into the mystery.

9. Decorate

The day of your party decorate your space! You can also serve specialty cocktails to get your guests really into the Halloween spirit!

10. Have Fun

Your guests will solve the mystery with the hints that they were given & at the end everyone will write down who they believe to be the murder. Don't forget to have fun!

Do you have any fun Halloween traditions? Stay tuned for pictures from our event! 

Xo,

Emily

How To: Curl Short Hair

I don't know about you but growing my hair out isn't easy. I've been trying to get my hair to shoulder length for a whole year! I love my short hair but I haven't had long hair since I was 18 & I want to change it up. I am finally starting to see it grow (a little). In the meantime I have been experimenting with new hairstyles. I love the look of lose curls but I have never been able to pull it off, until recently.

I discovered this hairstyle randomly when I was getting ready for a date. If you have short hair this is super easy to do. It also lasts a couple of days with dry shampoo. If I can do it anyone can, let's get started shall we?

What you'll need:

1. Mousse

2. Blow dryer

3. Bobby pins or hair pins (to section hair)

4. Hair straightener 

5. Heat protector

6. Mythic oil

Steps:

1. Wash hair: After getting out of the shower put a pump of mousse into your hand. Work it through your wet hair for volume! I use Bumble and Bumble Full Form Thickening Mousse.

2. Dry hair: Tilt your head upside down & blow-dry the ends. Once the ends are somewhat dry pull your hair into sections & blow-dry from the root of the hair down. This helps create more volume!

3. Create sections: Section your hair after blow-drying. I do two sections & I leave my bangs out in the front. Then take about an inch thick of hair to get ready to curl. Before you curl your hair, spray the section with heat protector. I use TIGI Catwalk Heat Protector. 

4. Curl: Take your section & your hair straightener. Start at the top near the root of your hair, twist the straightener down your hair like you are curling a ribbon. Repeat through sections until your whole head is curled.

5. Style: Once you're done curling your hair shake your head around three times to loosen the curls. Then take your Mythic Oil & put a couple of drops into your hand. Then work it throughout the curls & your hair.

6. Final product: Spray curls with hair spray & you're ready to go!

Wasn't that easy? I hope this helps all the curious shorthaired girls! If you have any tips for curling short hair, leave them below. I would love to hear!

Hope everyone has a great week.

Xo,

Emily