Linked Hearts

This hairstyle is best accomplished when the hair is really wet.  You can also have your row of hearts as high or as low on the head as you like. 

Start by parting the top of the hair from ear to ear. 

 Part out a half-inch section of that hair from the very middle.  Grab two large claw clips and have them hold the remainder of the hair on each side.  Secure that half-inch section with an elastic.  Create 3 more sections to the left of the middle one and 3 more to the right - making sure to secure each of those sections with it's own elastic.  You should now have 7 small ponytails spanning from ear to ear on the head. 

 Grab your Topsy Tail and create an Inverted pull-Through out of each of the ponytails.  Starting with that center Pull-Through, divide it into two pieces and twist each piece.  Create a heart shape with the twist and combine them with some of the straight hair below, using an elastic.  This will secure your twists and give you the heart shape. 

Now move to the very next Pull-Through to the right.  Separate it into two pieces and twist each piece.  Feed the left piece through the middle heart and secure the twists with some of the straight hair below using an elastic.  Continue doing this with the following 2 Pull-Throughs on the right side - making sure to link the hearts. 

 Move to the Pull-Throughs on the left side and do the same thing.  You can finish off the look by hiding your bottom elastics with tiny claw clips or ribbons. 

Flashback Friday: Curling Iron Ringlets

Our Flashback today is from 2007 when my brother-in-law and sister-in-law got married.

 

My princess was one of the flower girls and she looked so cute! 

We curled her bangs and pulled half of her hair up into an elastic.  We created some curling iron curls which are best accomplished when you clamp the curling iron at the top, near the head, and then wrap the rest of the hair around the barrel - holding onto the eds with your hand.  Once the hair has curled you can just let the ringlet fall.  Give it a generous dose of hairspray and it will hold beautifully. 

We also tied a chiffon ribbon around the elastic and stuck some little pearls in the top of her hair.  The pearls had velcro on the backside of them which clings right to the hair.

Valentine Heart

This is actually a hairstyle that we do all the time but I've been waiting to do a post on it until we got closer to Valentine's Day. 

The time has finally come and it's not a new idea by any means but just in case there are some of you out there that have not seen this style - here you go.  :) 

Begin by pulling the top half of the hair tightly back into a ponytail.  Now grab your Topsy Tail and create an Inverted Pull-Through by poking it up from the bottom of the ponytail instead of down through the top. 

Flip the whole ponytail through and separate it into two equal pieces. 

Create a 3-Strand Braid out of each and pull one to each side of your Pull-Through to create the top humps of your heart. 

Now combine the bottoms of your braids with the rest of the hair and secure it with an elastic. 

 Add a hair clip or tie a ribbon to hide your elastic and you're all finished! 

Very easy huh! 

Double Corset Lacing

I love the look of this one but make sure you have a good 30+ minutes in the morning to spare.  :) 

 

Begin by parting the hair into 3 equal parallel sections.  Create a Dutch Braid out of each of the sections and make sure to braid all the way to the end of the hair.  Now grab some of your favorite ribbon and measure out how much you will need by mimicking the weaving pattern quickly.  It's always best to overestimate a bit.  Make sure you have enough ribbon to cut the same length for your second side as well. 

 Now grab a plastic yarn needle and thread it with the ribbon.  Find the very center of your ribbon and make sure it's placed right at the top of the head - in between two of your Dutch Braids. 

 Start with one half of the ribbon and stitch it into one of the plates on your Dutch Braid.  Pull it through so that it lies flat and then take it across and stitch it through a plate on the other Dutch Braid. 

Continue doing this all the way down to the neck and then go back up and grab the other half of your ribbon.  Make sure your stitches on the second half of the ribbon are even with those from the first half.  (Just on the opposite side.)  When you get down to the neckline you can tie the two ends of the ribbon together into a bow. 

Now repeat the steps for your second side of corset lacing.  When you are all finished, you can either combine the three braids into one elastic like we've done here or leave them each hanging free. 

This is a great one to use for Valentine's Day and use pink or red ribbons!

Flashback Friday: Pink Curlers

It's Flashback Friday time again.  Remember these pink overnight curlers that our moms used to torture us with?!  Well, I used to torture my little princess with them too.  (Until I found Curlformers that is!)  My daughter is 3 in this picture but I started with these curlers when she was about 2. 

I used to get my princess to hold still by letting her color at the table, watch a show or I'd just do her hair while she was eating.  :)  Make sure the hair is wet when you put these curlers in.  We dried and curled her bangs under and then pulled her hair up into her little top-piggies BEFORE putting the curlers in.  

After about 3 hours her hair had finally dried (she has VERY thick hair) and we were able to take out the curlers.  She looked just like Shirley Temple!  These curls were great too because we had church the next day and they had loosened up perfectly by then!

Cross My Heart

It's the time of year where we start thinking about all that lovey-dovey stuff and everywhere you turn you see hearts.  :)  I'm going to be posting a few fun Valentine's hairstyles here and there so keep your eyes peeled!  Here's one that I like to call "Cross My Heart" and the name sounds romantic so I'm posting it.  :)

Start by parting the hair horizontally into 3 even sections.  Clip the two side sections out of the way and create a Dutch braid out of the middle section.  Braid it all the way to the bottom of the hair and secure it with an elastic. 

 Unclip your right section of hair and twist the whole thing in toward the braid.  (I have twisted away from the braid here just to show you that option as well if you like it better.) 

 Have your princess hold the twist while you move over to the left section and twist that in toward the braid also. 

Now take your two twists and cross them over the top of the braid and then around the back. 

 Keep wrapping them around the braid until you get to the bottom of your twists.  Now secure the twists and the braid together at the bottom with an elastic.  Hide the elastic with a hair clip to finish it off. 

Double Layered Bun

Here's a really pretty hairstyle that needs to be done with wet hair.

Start by pulling all of the hair back into a ponytail.

Separate a section of your ponytail and puff it up about 1/2 inch and then fold it down in front of the elastic and secure it with bobby pins in an "X" formation. 

Take the excess hair from that section and wrap it flatly,  in a circular motion, on top of the head - being sure to add bobby pins as often as needed to hold the hair down.

Continue separating sections from the ponytail and continuing these same steps. 

When you're all finished, spray it with hairspray for hold.

Add some fun hair accessories and it's all complete.  We've added some little bows glued to the ends of hair pins that we just tucked right into the different layers of the bun.