Corset Lacing With Hair

Here's a simple style that looks like you put a lot of time into it but really it's pretty fast. 

 

Start by parting all the hair right down the middle.  Grab two small sections of hair, right up front, on both sides of the part.  Pull each section into it's own elastic. 

 Move to the right half of the part and divide out another section of hair right below the first.  Divide both of your small ponytails in half and add the right-half of each ponytail in with that newly divided section of hair and secure it with an elastic. 

 Move over to the left side, part out a new section below the first and combine the remaining halves of the two ponytails in with that and secure with an elastic. 

 Now you have two small ponytails once again.  Just repeat the process of parting out new sections under the previous and dividing the two ponytails in half.  Make sure you always take the right halves of the ponytails to the right section and the left ones to the left section. 

 Continue doing this until all of the hair has been gathered into elastics and you have two ponytails at the bottom of the head. 

 Tie some ribbons over your final elastics and you're all finished!

Flashback Friday: Front Poof

We were still working on growing out my princess's bangs at this point and we were looking for any creative styles. 

This is a twisted front poof and basically you just twist the bang straight back to start.  Now puff the front a bit by bringing the twist down and forward. 

Secure it into place by creating and "X" with bobby pins.  Straighten the rest of the hair down and you're finished.  This was one of our favorite styles while growing her bangs out.

Getting Connected

This is a great hairstyle for a day when you have exactly 5 minutes or less to get out the door!  On this particular morning we were running VERY late and it shocked me when we were finished in 5 minutes and I even had time to take pictures.  :)

Start by brushing all the hair out.  Make a 2 inch part right up front and right in the middle of the forehead.  Now gather a small section on each side of the part and create a Corkscrew out of each.  Combine the two Corkscrews at the back of the head with an elastic.

  Gather two more small sections just below the first - one on each side.  Create two more Corkscrews and combine them together in the back of the head with an elastic.  Add the previous combination in as well and secure it all with an elastic. 

 Gather two final sections just below the second ones and create Corkscrews out of them as well.  Combine them in the back of the head with the rest of the combinations and secure it all with an elastic. 

 We've gone ahead and hidden our elastics with small claw clips but you could use ribbon as well. 

 Fast and Easy!

Crossing Over

This is a fun little hairstyle that we came up with for church the other day.

 

Start by parting the hair right down the middle and beginning with the left half.  Section out a piece of hair from the ear up to the middle part.

  Gather it together into an elastic and create a Pull-Through. 

 Now separate that Pull-Through into 4 equal pieces and create a flat 4-Strand Braid.  Make it about 4 inches long and then secure it with an elastic. 

 Pull the rest of the right side down into a low ponytail - leaving the braid out of the ponytail. 

Now move over to the right side of the part and follow the same steps as on the right side.  You should now have two low ponytails and two loose braids. 

 Take the braid on the right side and divide the hair under the elastic into 4 equal twists.  Twist them over the middle part and combine them into the left-low ponytail with another elastic.  Now move up to the left braid and divide the hair under the elastic into 4 more equal twists.  These twist are going to be woven through the right side twists in an "over/under" pattern.  Once they've been woven through they can be added into the right-low ponytail with another elastic.  

 Now braid your two low ponytails into Flat 4-Strand Braids and secure the ends with elastics.  We've added small flower clips glued to bobby pins instead of regular hair clips because we didn't want to hide any of the weaving.   

Feeling a Little Left Out

My little guy got a medal for baseball the other day and he said that he wanted to be on "the blog" with his medal and his cool hair.

I couldn't say no to this sweet little face so here he is.

This is a super complex hairstyle so prepare yourself...

Add gel to the wet hair and spike it upwards.  Hope that's not too difficult for you.  :)

Now he can say that he's been on the blog and the world is at peace again.  :)

Flashback Friday: Growing Out the Bangs

These pictures were taken just a couple days after my princess turned 4 and she decided that she was getting to old for "little girl bangs". 

I remember dreading the time when we would have to grown out these bangs but it really wasn't too bad.

  We just rolled them to one side and used bendy clips to secure them into place.  On this particular day we did some low Indian Braids but the rolled bangs worked with any hairstyle. 

 We also did this style on her first day of preschool and she looked darling!

Hippie Hair

My princess had "Hippie Day" at school this past week and she was so excited to dress up. She looked at pictures of real Hippies online to decide what to do with her hair.  This is what she came up with and I think it looks pretty authentic.  :) 

 Begin by straightening all the hair.  (It would also be darling if you used a waver.)  Grab some colored pony beads and a bit of dental floss. Part the hair right down the middle a couple inches.  Grab two small strands on each side of the part - right up front - and set one aside for a minute. 

 Fold your piece of dental floss in half and feed the fold through one of your pony beads.  Keep the other ends of your floss tightly in your fingers so it doesn't come loose.  Now feed your strand of hair through the loop in the dental floss and then pull the floss back out through the bead.  This will automatically pull the strand of hair through the bead as well.  Wrap a small clear elastic around the strand, just under the bead, to hold it in place.  Continue adding as many beads to the strand as you like.  Do the same process with the other front strand that you set aside. 

 Pull out as many small pieces of hair around the head that you like.  Place beads on each of them.  We've done 5 strand of hair here but I would've done more if our morning hadn't been so rushed.  Once all of your strand have the beads on them, go ahead and curl the ends of those strands. 

Grab a knitted, stretchy headband to go around the head.  Pull each of your beaded strands up through the headband and stretch it around the forehead.  Now let the beaded strands down and you're all finished. 

Looking back on these pictures now, it would've been so cute to tie in some random small flowers on some of these strands.  After all, Hippies did have "flower power"! 

We also have another Hippie style that we've done previously called "Feeling Groovy".

 You can find instructions for that here.