Angel Halo

This hairstyle will work out best if you start with completely wet hair. 

Make a small 1 inch part slightly off-center in the front of the hair.  This is where you're going to begin your French Twist. 

 Grab a small bit of hair from right next to the part and divide it into two small pieces.  Pull the outside piece up over the inside piece - make sure you always repeat this pattern throughout the entire hairstyle.  Now add a little bit of hair to each little piece and repeat the twist, outside piece up over the inside piece.  Add some more hair to each strand and repeat.

  Continue doing this all the way around the head.  It does take some practice to get it to stay nice and tight so don't get frustrated if it's not perfect right in the beginning.  Keep your comb handy too because you will need to comb out your two pieces that you're working with often just to make sure they don't get lumps in them. 

 When you've gathered all the hair and your twist is almost the whole way around the head, tie it off with an elastic.

  Now grab another elastic and create a Messy bun on the side.  Add your favorite clip in the hair and you're all set!

No Go Without A Bow

We've used several little bows in this hairstyle and you can never go wrong with a bow in your princess's hair.  

Start by parting out a section of hair in the front from ear to ear. 

 Now part that section into two pieces making sure the part is off-centered. 

Create one Pull-Through out of the smaller section and two Pull-Throughs out of the larger section. 

Separate the Pull-Through on the smaller section into two pieces and create a Corkscrew and then have your princess hold it while you move to the other side.      

On the larger section, create a Corkscrew out of the two Pull-Throughs.  Combine the two Corkscrews at the back of the head with an elastic.

Now you'll want to grab your little bows.  We bought some pre-made bows in the craft section at Walmart and then just glued some hair pins to the back.  

Gather the combined Corkscrews along with the rest of the hair into a low pony and secure it with an elastic.

 

You can finish off your ponytail however you like but we've done a Fish Bone braid for 2 inches, tied it with an elastic and then left the hair straight for 2 inches and added another elastic.  We just continued that pattern until we reached the bottom of the ponytail.  When we were finished we slipped our ribbon pins into place.

Halloween Hairdos: Spooky Clips

This is our final post in the "Halloween Hairdos" collection and it's not really a hairstyle but I thought I'd include it anyway.  I've been getting a lot of comments on the clips that we're using in the pictures.  I thought I would show you some of our favorite Halloween clips and you are free to copy any ideas that you like.  (Even though time is quickly running out.)  :)  We only have one of each pictured below but I ALWAYS make two of each clip so I can do any hairstyle and have what I need.  I've made of few of these this year but most of them come from years past.  Hope you like them!

These are our ghosts and candy corns.  We also have a few Korkers that we love but this is one of our favorites.

Here is our candy collection and these were super simple because I just bought them already made in the scrapbook section of JoAnn's and then glued them to clips.

Here are our pumpkins.  There are so many ways to make a pumpkin clip and you can pick the ones you like the best.

These are our witches and black cats and we've also thrown in our Halloween Disney clip. 

This one is just everything else - a bat, a couple spiders, a scarecrow, a mummy, Frankenstein and the skull.  My princess loves the Skull and Cross Bones and I love the Frankenstein.  The Mummy was one that I made yesterday just to see if it would work and it turned out pretty cute.

These are our favorite ribbon clips.  They always look cute with braids or ponies. 

Halloween Hairdos: Kitty Cat

We found these cute little clips at our local craft store and thought they would be fun to incorporate in a hairstyle. 

My princess has really been wanting to try a Faux-Hawk hairstyle so we used it for these clips. 

Start by dividing the hair into 4 parallel sections horizontally across the head.  Gather each section up into it's own ponytail in the very center.  This will give you a row of 4 ponytails. 

Now you're going to wet them down really well and Barrel Roll them.  To Barrel Roll you will comb the ponytail straight up into the air and then wrap the ends around your two index fingers.  Now roll your index fingers over each other down towards the scalp.  This will roll the hair nice and evenly for you.  Secure your Barrel Roll down into the hair with a bobby in on each side creating an "X" inside the roll.

  Do this with your 3 other ponytails as well.  You will end up with a Mohawk look going down the head. 

 Now add your little clips up at the top and you have a kitty cat.

   Or you can also have a devil as well. 

We also have these little kitty cat ears from a while back.  They are just two simple brown pipe cleaners that we've wrapped her hair around.  We started with a small section of hair by each ear and then secured them in the middle of the head with a little barrette.

Halloween Hairdos: Pumpkin Patch

This one was so fun for me to do and it turned out really cute.  (Even thought I wish I would've had a bit more orange ribbon for the pumpkin buns.)

I began be dividing the hair in half horizontally across the head.  Pull each half into a ponytail close to the part.  You'll want one ponytail to be a little off-centered to the right and the other to be off-centered to the left.  Grab two bun molds and slip them over the ponytails.  Spread the ponytail evenly around the mold and secure it down with another elastic. 

 Now take the remaining hair on each bun and twist it together in a Corkscrew.  Wrap the Corkscrew around the bun and secure the ends in with bobby pins. 

 Now grab your plastic yarn needle and thread some orange ribbon through it.  Take your ribbon under the bun to begin and bobby pin the end of the ribbon down under the bun to hold it in place.  Now just take the ribbon up over the bun and thread your needle back underneath.  Wrap it as many times as you like to make it look like a pumpkin.  Finish it up by threading the ribbon under the bun one final time and secure the end of the ribbon down with a bobby pin.  Do the same on the other bun as well. 

Now grab a green pipe cleaner for each bun and make the step and vines by twisting it around a pen.  Stick the end down into the bun mold and it will hold just fine.  We've also added some other fun little pumpkin clips to the hairstyle to make it look more like a "Pumpkin Patch".

Halloween Hairdos: Cemetery

This is another one of those "for fun" hairstyles that is great for a Halloween party or some other festive outing. 

First we found some tombstone coloring images online and my princess colored them for me.  Then we just cut them out, sealed them with some packing tape, trimmed them up to look nice and then glued some bobby pins on. 

 Next I sectioned off her hair into 4 equal sections going horizontally across her head.  I secured each section with an elastic right in the middle.  Now make sure the 4 ponytails are really wet and divide each one into 3 pieces. 

Twist each piece as tightly as you can and let them wrap themselves up and create a "Worm".  Secure the end of the Worm into the hair with a bobby pin.  Do this with every piece from every ponytail until you have lots of little worms. 

My princess called it a "Worm Mohawk". 

Now place your gravestones anywhere you like to give it that hillside cemetery look. 

 My princess made me turn off all the lights in the bathroom and show her what it looked like with a flashlight shining on it like the moon.   

She said it was "Awesome"!  :)

Video for "The Cast" and "The Mummy"

We've been getting lots of requests for this so here it is.  Next time I should probably not be in my pajamas!  :)  I didn't think I was in the shot... so sorry.  We are new to this whole posting a video thing. I'm also sorry that the quality isn't excellent.  Hopefully this will help some of you that have been asking about this hairstyle.  (Don't mind my princess pulling faces in the middle of it.  One of them looks as though she's wincing in pain but I assure you that isn't the case - she's just a goof ball.)

See, I told you it was really quite simple!  Just have yout elastics ready, your Topsy Tail and comb handy and make sure the hair is wet.
(P.S.)  Topsy Tails can be bought on Ebay if you can't find one.  Any of them work but the Scunci ones seem to be the strongest.