10-Strand Braid

The name should instantly instill fear in you but don't let it because it looks harder than it really is. 

 Make sure the hair is completely wet and pull it all back into a tight ponytail.  Now divide the ponytail in half and set one half aside. 

With the other half you'll want to create a 5-Strand Braid.  If you're unsure of how to do this, you can check out our previous post here.  Secure the bottom with an elastic and create another 5-Strand braid with the other half of the ponytail. 

Combine both braids at the bottom with one elastic.  Now simply grab some bobby pins and pin the two braids together so that their exactly side by side.  This will give you the look of your 10-Strand Braid!  (See I told you that was easy!)

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!

Something's Fishy

This hairstyle is all about the Fish Bone Braid.  If you're not sure how to do this you can check out our previous post on it here.

Start by dividing the hair in half and clipping one section out of the way.

 

Grab some hair from the top of the other half and divide it into two pieces.  Cross the left piece over the right piece and then grab a new piece of hair from the tight and cross it over the left.  Now grab some new hair from the left and cross it over to the right. 

You'll notice that a French Fish Bone is different from a regular French Braid because there's no actual plating involved.  Simply gather new hair from each side and cross it over to the opposite section.  We did this midway down the head and then secured all the hair from that section into an elastic.  Now move over and unclip the other section to repeat the same process. 

 Now you will have two ponytails hanging down that you will make Fish Bone Braids out of.  Once they were finished, secure each one with an elastic and add some bows over the top elastics. 

It's a very "fishy" hairstyle!

The Treasure Hunt

Now we've done a post similar to this before where we've had the braids crossing over one another a couple times but this one is a bit more simple and (I think) looks a little nicer.  We call the one "The Treasure Hunt" because X marks the spot!

Begin by parting the hair in half vertically and then again in half horizontally.  You should now have 4 equal sections.  Go ahead and clip up the bottom two sections and the top-right section so you can begin working with the top-left section. 

Create a Dutch Braid aiming right for the middle of the head where both parts meet. 

Once you've gathered all the hair from the top-left section and your braid is where the two parts meet, unclip the bottom-right section and continue your Dutch Braid there.  Once all of the hair has been gathered from that section, just finish off your braid and secure it with an elastic. 

Now unclip the top-right section and begin a second Dutch Braid there. 

When all of the hair from that section is gathered and your braid is where the parts meet, plate it 3 more times without adding any hair so that it goes over the previous braid.  Now unclip your final bottom-left section and continue your Dutch Braid.  

Once all of the hair has been gathered from that section, just finish off your braid and secure it with an elastic.  Add some bows over each elastic and you're finished!

Picture Day Do

I'm not sure why my princess had her school pictures so late this year but the time finally rolled around and this is the hairstyle we chose.  (Even though I didn't even order any because I do my own pictures- but we will get a yearbook at the end of the year and her shot will be in there.)

Begin by sectioning out the bangs from ear to ear and separate them (a little off-centered) into two pieces.  Use some product to keep the fly-aways down and pull the two sides tightly down to the back of the head - underneath the rest of the hair - where you will secure them together with an elastic.

Now gather another larger section of hair from ear to ear. 

 Before you secure it, you'll want to back comb the underneath a bit and then smooth out the top to give it some lift. 

Now go ahead and secure it up with 6-8 bobby pins.  Make sure they're all making the "X" shape so they won't lose their grip through the day. 

Now we grabbed out waver and waved the rest of her hair.  We own both the old fashion 80's Conair waver with the curved plates and the three-barrel iron waver.  The 80's one works SO MUCH BETTER!  Unfortunately their kind of hard to find now but keep your eyes peeled on Ebay or at yard sales.  :)

We finished it all off by inserting her jewel spiral accessories that just twist right into the hair.  We've made our own several times using the spiral paperclips found at scrapbooking stores but we actually purchased these ones at Walmart last week and absolutely love them.

Barrel Roll Bun

This one is a really pretty one that is so simple. 

 Begin with the hair wet and tightly gather it into a high ponytail.  Now divide the ponytail into as many equal sections as you would like.  We've done 7 sections on this bun. 

To create a Barrel Roll you'll want to comb out a section until it is nice and smooth and then wrap it around your two index fingers and roll the fingers over themselves which will roll the hair down toward the head. 

Once you have a roll, secure it to the head with bobby pins. 

Do this with every one of your sections and you can have your Barrel Rolls facing any direction you like. 

When all of them have been pinned, spray the bun really well with hairspray. 

 We've finished ours off with some little jewels on spirals that we've just twisted into the rolls so they look like they're floating.  We've also added some jeweled bobby pins around the base of the bun. 

Worm Mohawk

This was the hairstyle that we used in our "Cemetery" post but I realized that we never originally posted the hairstyle itself.  Better late than never! 

 First 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.