Pull-Throughs to Parallel Braids

Begin by separating 3 sections at the top of the head and tie each section back with an elastic.

 

 Grab your Topsy Tail and create Pull-Throughs out of the 3 sections. 

Now take the remaining hair, between your last section and the ear, and create a braid out of it. 

Do the same on the opposite side of the head as well. 

 Bring the two braids to the back of the head and combine them with an elastic.  (You can cover that elastic using a small claw clip or a ribbon.) 

Now grab another small section of hair, below the first, for a second braid on each side.  Have your princess hold the two braids while you pull the rest of the hair into a low ponytail. 

 Bring the two braids around the back of the head and wrap them around the elastic holding your ponytail.  Pull the ends of the braids through the elastic using your Topsy Tail to secure the braids.  

This hairstyle held really tightly all day long so it's a great one for those play days! 

Rapunzel Braids

We actually did this hairstyle before Christmas but decided not to post it until we had seen "Tangled".  (Darling movie!) 

 These are our version of Rapunzel Braids.

We started with a small section of hair in the front where we created a Pull-Through and then we parted the rest of the hair straight down the middle. 

 Now pull each half of the hair up into a side piggie.  Grab two small sections from one of the piggies and create 3-Strand Braids out of both of them. 

Comb the rest of your piggie out so that it's nice and smooth and then wrap the two braids around the piggie. Make sure your braids are wrapping in opposite directions.  Secure it all together at the bottom with an elastic. 

 Repeat the same steps with your other piggie and you're finished! 

Maiden Braid

Here's a hairstyle that just sort of happened one morning. 

 My princess named it the "Maiden Braid" because I said to her, "Oh, you look like a fair maiden."  :)

We began with two semi-diagonal French Braids along the bang line. 

The "French" part was about 5 inches long and then the rest was just finished off with a regular 3-Strand Braid. 

 Gather some hair from the front of the head, on the opposite side of the French Braids, and create a regular 3-Strand Braid. 

Now pull all three braids to the back of the head.  Have the single braid lay right between the two braids from the opposite side and bobby pin all the braids together. 

You will have little ends sticking out on each side so grab a small section of hair from each side of the head and pull it over the loose ends to hide them.  Combine the new hair in the back with an elastic.  Gather two more sections from each side of the head and combine that in the back with an elastic again.  Now gather all of the hair that is down and create a low braid. 

 Finish it off with a fun little clip and you're all set to go.  The cupcake clip is fun for birthdays so feel free to copy the idea if you like it! 

With a Side of Braids

Who needs a side of fries when you can have a side of braids right!? 

Begin with the hair wet and pull it all over into a side ponytail. 

Now grab your Topsy Tail and create and Inverted Pull-Through. 

Separate the Inverted Pull-Through into 3 sections and create a regular 3-Strand Braid out of each. 

 Secure each braid with an elastic at the bottom.  Now gather each of the bottom elastics together and pull them up underneath the top elastic and combine them in by pulling one final elastic around all three braids. 

You can either leave it the way it is now or grab some product and shape the wispy ends into curls or spikes. 

Add a bow on top and you're finished!

Princess Pentagon

This hairstyle will be easiest right after washing the hair because then it's nice and wet and easy to work with. 

 Grab your rat-tail come and section out a pentagon shape right in the middle of the head.  Make sure all five sides are equal and have straight lines and then tie the hair inside the pentagon into a ponytail.

 

 Now from each corner of the pentagon you'll make a part straight out to the hairline.  Do this on ever corner and you will end up with 5 individual sections. 

Tie each off with an elastic close to the pentagon shape. 

 Create two braids out of each of the elastics and then pull the braids all up into the center ponytail and combine it all with another elastic. 

 You'll now have one single ponytail and you'll want to brush it all out until it's smooth.  Now make a Messy Bun with the ponytail and spray it all with hairspray. 

Just add a ribbon to finish it off.

Haircut and Church Do

My princess was in need of a serious trim to her hair.  I usually try to trim is about every 3 weeks but it had been a while and her ends were always getting tangled.

Here she is after the cut and we took a good 3 inches off just so it wouldn't be so long.  Her hair seems to grow fast and I'm sure we'll be trimming it again in no time.

We had church that morning so we decided to do something straight and pretty.  I started by parting out 2 inches of hair from ear to ear.  I then parted that section a little off-centered and created two pieces.

 

 I set the two pieces aside and then grabbed a small section of hair from behind the left ear and braided it all. 

Then I pulled the braid along the ear-to-ear part just like a headband.  Now tuck that little braid inside the hair behind the right ear and secure it with bobby pins. 

 Now braid each of the two front sections.  Pull the two sections over the headband braid and tuck them under the hair.  Secure them with bobby pins and softly smooth the hair over to hide the pins.  You'll end up with a nice, soft, hair-down look.

Ribbon Bun

This one turned out really pretty and I don't think the pictures do it justice.

Begin by sectioning out a bit of hair in front and create a small Pull-Through on one side.  Now you can either leave your Pull-Through straight or braid it like we've done here.

Wet the hair down and pull all of it back into a ponytail, being sure to include your Pull-Through as well.

Now separate the ponytail into as many small sections as you like - we've done 12 here.  Add a strand of ribbon to each section by tucking it through the elastic holding the ponytail.  (You will have ends of the ribbon sticking out but it will all be hidden when your bun is completed.)

Divide each small section into two pieces and, using the ribbon as your third piece, create a 3-strand braid.  Secure the end with an elastic.  Go ahead and do this with all of your small sections. 

Now that you have all your braids, just roll them up into the head once or twice (depending on the length of hair) and bobby pin it down.  Let the little wispy ends of the braid stick out wherever you like.  Continue doing this with all the braids making sure that the are evenly pinned around the original elastic. We've also added some little flowers that are glued to hair pins and just tucked them in and around the bun for some more detail.   

Halloween Hairdos: The Coffin

I would suggest that you use this hairstyle on a day off from school because I think it would cause quite the distraction in the classroom!  :) 

I found a group of these skeletons on a garland at the store.  I bought them to use as a decoration in the house but have ended up using them for hairstyles instead.  I simply cut them off of the garland and they were ready to go.

 Start by parting the hair from ear to ear and then dividing that top portion into 4 equal areas.  Secure each area with an elastic and then create a Pull-Through. 

 Now take the ponytail from the middle-left section and divide it in half.  Take the right half of the ponytail and pull it over to the middle-right section and add it in by securing it with an elastic.  Take the other half of the middle-left section and add it to the far-left section about 1/4 inch down.  Go back to the middle-right section and divide that into half. (You will only use one half of this and the other half will just fall straight down.)  Grab the right half and add it to the far-right section about 1/4 inch down.  Now comb the rest of the hair down to the neck and make two tight ponytails - making sure that right section from above has been added into the right ponytail and the left section into the left ponytail. 

 Grab your plastic yarn needle again and plenty of black ribbon to outline your coffin.  Thread the needle by folding some dental floss through the eye, placing the ribbon in the dental floss and then pulling the floss with the ribbon back through the eye. Now simply weave around the entire outline of the coffin. 

 I've also left some extra ribbon on each end and wrapped it around the bottom elastics. I then braided the ponytails and included the ribbon in the braids.

Grab your skeleton and get ready to attach it. We've wrapped some dental floss around the neck and tied it to the top two elastics.  We've also glued some bobby pins to the back of the legs and pinned those right to the hair.  I'm sure there are several ways to attach this guy but this way seemed to hold quite well. 

We added some cute little bows to the ends of the braids so that the whole hairstyle wasn't completely grotesque - but then again, that's what Halloween is all about right?!

Super Simple Braid Wraps

These are perfect for those days when you realize that you only have 5 minutes until school starts!  :)  

We had some really great waves left over from the French Pull-Throughs yesterday so we decided to make good use of them. 

 Start by parting the hair in half and then creating two side piggies.  Take a small section of hair from below the elastics on each piggie.  Create a regular 3-Strand Braid and plate it as far down as you can. 

Take the braid and wrap it around the elastic until it is completely hidden.  Now poke your Topsy tail through the bottom of the piggie and through the elastic.  Feed the remaining braid through the loop on the Topsy Tail and then pull it through the elastic.  This will hold securely for the whole day and there's nothing else that has to be done to it. 

This is a great little idea to pack away for those "hurry up and get ready" days that seem to come way too often!  :)