Friday's Film: The Rib Cage Braid

This is a cool hairstyle that would be great to use during this Halloween time.

 

We call it "The Rib Cage Braid" and it would be fun to add a skeleton head at the top for a creepy holiday hairdo.

As you can see, it is really quite simple.

It doesn't need to always start from a ponytail but it does make it a bit easier to work with. 

I will be posting a few hairstyles using this braid in the future so you can refer to this video anytime you need.

Hairagami With a Braid

Here's another fun idea of a hairstyle using the Hairagami. 

 

We found ours at Walgreen's but I'm sure they're at other places as well.

I started by pulling all of the hair back into a ponytail.  I then grabbed a small bit of hair that I wrapped around the elastic and tucked back in just to hide the elastic. 

 Next, I divided the ponytail into a top half and a bottom half.  I wrapped the top half into the Hairagami, rolled it into the head and bent it into place. 

I took that bottom half of the ponytail and created a 3-Strand braid out of it. 

I secured it at the bottom with an elastic and then pulled that elastic up inside the Hairagami and secured it in place with bobby pins.  This step is not necessary and it does look cute with the braid just hanging as well. 

Puffy Ponytail

This hairstyle is borrowed from the fabulous Mindy over at Adopt A Do and she calls it the Bubble Braid.

It is super fast and she's got a great video there as well. 

I did mine a little differently because of a time crunch.  Instead of ratting the hair I just placed the elastic in and pulled at it a bit. 

It seemed to hold fine so that is an idea if you are REALLY short on time like we were.  :) 

 It's a fun idea and she's got lots more great ones over on her website!

Friday's Film: The Switchback

We got many requests for a video on our hairstyle called "The Switchback". It's a simple concept, just make sure you have lots of bobby pins ready to go.

 

You can find the original post here.

I wish that my arm wasn't in front of the camera so much but I wanted you to be able to see the back of her head.  Hopefully you get the idea!  :)

French Roll

This hairstyle has been around forever but this is the first time I have ever actually done it on my princess.  I have to admit that the length of her hair made it a bit tricky and this style is probably best for shoulder-length hair.

I have found that starting with wet hair is easiest when you are doing any type of bun or twist because it helps hold much longer when it dries in a specific position.  I created a small off-centered part at the top of her head to start off.  I then combed all of the hair back down toward the nape of the neck. 

Move to the side of the head that has less hair from the part to begin.  This was the left side for us so my directions will follow that.  Comb all of the hair from the left around the back and toward the right side of the head.  Now grab some bobby pins and pin that hair flat against the head - just a bit to the right of the middle of the neck. Your bobby pins should start down by the neck and create a line going straight up about 3-4 inches.  This will hold that left side of hair nice and flat against the head. 

 Now comb all of the hair on the right side straight out until it is flat and then roll it to the left and into the head.  Your roll should be covering that line of bobby pins now. 

Go ahead and pin the roll into place and add some decorative hair pins to hide the bobby pins.  Give it a good spray with hairspray for extra hold and you are good to go! 

 My princess wore my baptism dress from when I was 8 years old to church on this day.  It's a bit old-fashioned so her hairstyle matched perfectly because it is a bit old-fashioned as well.  :)

Milk Maid Wrap

This is a really basic style but it does require long hair.  (Sorry all you cute bobs out there!)

 

 Start by dividing the hair down the middle using any part you like.  Now pull each side up into a ponytail and secure it with an elastic.  Create a 3-Strand Braid out of each ponytail and secure it at the end with an elastic. 

 Now have some bobby pins ready for this next step.  Take the right braid and wrap it around the elastic holding the left braid and add some bobby pins by the elastic to hold the braid there in place. 

 Repeat the same step with the left braid going over the right elastic. 

 Now gather both of the remaining braids on each side and bring them to the middle and join them with a new elastic. 

You can take out the previous two elastics that were holding the ends of the braids and unplate any braid that falls under the new joining elastic.  You can use some bobby pins to secure this elastic area to the braids above but it is not a necessary step. 

 Place a hair clip over the elastic to hide it and fan out the ends of your braids.

Friday's Film: Barrel Roll Bun

This is one of my personal favorite hairstyles because it's so fast, holds well and creates curls for the following day.  The original post is found here: Barrel Roll Bun.


Here are the pictures of the completed bun:

We put some decorative hairpins in for church. 

You can see that we've used a pretty high ponytail so that the bun is right at the crown of the head. 

You can use smaller sections of hair to create more rolls.

We've done pretty large rolls here just because of time reasons but I love the look of both.

Remember to have your bobby pins handy because you will definitely need them!