Friday, November 30, 2012

Friday's Film: Wrapped Band

This is a very simple style that you can do any morning and not have a huge time commitment.  You will need a stretchy headband and a Topsy Tail if you have one but it's not required.  
Pretty simple huh!
 Here's what the back looks like.
 Here's a shot of the side that wasn't shown in the video.
You can choose any sort of fancy stretch band to use.
I love hairstyles that are fast and easy!
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Car Seat Cover with Bug Net
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Giving Thanks

Our family has so much to be thankful for this holiday season and I'm also thankful for such wonderful readers that follow our blog and enjoy our hairstyles.  Here are some fun hairstyles that we have used in the past to celebrate Thanksgiving.  (Just click on the names of the hairstyles and you will be taken to the original post.)

Here is the Turkey Foot

This is Turkey Time

And finally, here is our Thanksgiving Fun
Hopefully these will give you some fun ideas for the big day tomorrow!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Monday, November 12, 2012

Netted Overlay

Here's a pretty hairstyle and I love it because the netting is so fun and we haven't done netting for a long time.  Have lots of little elastics handy.  It's fun to pick a color that coordinates with the outfit if possible. 
 Start by creating a part from ear to ear that is only about an inch and a half from the bang line.  Now that you have that section of hair you can divide it into 8 equal sections and secure each with an elastic.  Comb all of the remaining hair straight down. Take each of the little ponytails from your sections and divide them in half - except for your section closest to each ear.  
Starting on the right, combine the whole section closest with the ear and the right half of the adjacent section together with a new elastic.  (About an inch farther back on the head.)  Now combine the other half of that adjacent section with the right half from the following section.
 Continue doing this around the head until you come to the far left where you will make sure to include the entire far left section with your final elastic.  Start on the right again and repeat the steps - making sure to add in the whole section closest to the ear.  You will have fewer and fewer sections as you move farther back on the head and your side should slowly start to come together towards the back.  
Once you are down to 4 elastics/sections go ahead and create a flat 4-Strand Braid.  Your netting should lie on top of the remaining hair that was combed straight giving it that "overlay" look.

Friday, October 26, 2012

Friday's Film: Puffy Braids

We had a request from one of our Facebook followers that we do some of our basic videos to help those that are a bit newer to the hair scene.  :)  Here is a video of one of our favorites, the Puffy Braid:
I hope that helps make it a bit easier for you.
 Here is the finished hairstyle.  You can use all the hair and create one large Puffy Braid as well instead of separating it into two halves.
Here is the top view that shows how all of our parts are uniform coming off of that main center part.  
This is a side view so that you can see a bit better how we were sectioning the sides of the head.
 Finish it off by adding some fun hair accessories.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Halloween Favorites

It's getting close to Halloween and we have several fun hairstyles just right for this fun time!  You can click on the label over on our sidebar called "Halloween" for the full collection but here are some of our favorites.  Simply click on the name underneath the picture and it will take you right to the original post.  Happy Haunting!

Friday, October 19, 2012

Friday's Film: Double Fancy French Wraps

After our post on Wednesday we had a lot of feedback and everyone said the same thing, "We need a video!"  :)  (You can find that original post here.) We decided to create a bit of a new hairstyle out of the same thing so we created two wraps to switch it up a little but the concept is the exact same. 
I tried to avoid the spotlight because it causes so many shadows but it still seems dark.  I'm working to fix this problem in the future!  Hopefully you can still get the general idea.
Here is what the finished Double Fancy French Wrap looks like.
Here's a view of the "French" part where the hair has been added in.
This is what the top of the style looks like.
Here's a closer view of the wraps and they look nice but I have to say that I prefer the look of the wraps when the style is done in single form as opposed to double.  A thicker ponytail looks a bit better.  This is still nice though.  :)  

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Fancy French Wrap

This style looks amazing and the best part is that it's SO SIMPLE!  Start with wet hair for the best results.
Begin by sectioning out the top half of the hair from ear to ear and pulling it into a ponytail.  (You should literally have half of the hair in this ponytail.)  Make sure your ponytail is nice and smooth.
Now section out two small areas on each side of the ponytail - underneath that secured top half.  Cross the two sides over the top of your ponytail and then around and underneath it.  Continue wrapping those strands around the ponytail until you get down to the bottom where you will secure it with one small elastic.  Now Grab two more small areas on each side of the ponytail, just below your previous ones and repeat the wrapping steps. 
 Be careful in your placement of the wraps.  You want your new warps to lie directly above your previous wraps to get the desired look at the end.  Once you have wrapped those two new strands all the way down to the bottom of the ponytail,  Secure it in place with another small elastic.  (Or you can just reuse your previous elastic.)  
 Now grab your remaining loose hair on each side of the ponytail and create one final layer of wraps going down the ponytail.  Secure that at the bottom with one final elastic.  We added a small ribbon on our first elastic but you can decorate the hair with any accessories you like.  :)