Friday's Film: Triple Heart

This is a new hairstyle that my princess thought up this year and she named it the "Triple Heart". 

It's a really simple idea but I wanted to show you how to create the individual parts and then let you see how it is assembled.

Here are some pictures of the finished product.

This side view help you see how I divided the top sections before creating the Pull-Throughs.

I only left about 2/3 of the hair out on the bottom and used the rest for the tops of my hearts.

Once you make your Pull-Through, separate the two braids on either side to create the top of your heart.

Bobby pin the hearts into place once you've created the shape that you want. 

The last step is to add a fun Valentine's hair clip.

Now your princess is all ready for her big day - plus you will get some beautiful waves out of these braids for the next day!

Valentine Hairstyles

I wanted to give you a bunch of fun ideas for Valentines ahead of time so that you will not be rushed when the big day comes.  Here are some of our favorite hairstyles for Heart Day.  Just click on the name and it will take you to the original post.



Linked Hearts

X's & O's

Woven Heart

Two Hearts Become One

Half-Up Heart

Puffy Heart

Sweethearts

And for some of our more recent:

Cupid's Heart

Heart Topper

Heart Headband

Heart

These are some great ones but we do have a couple more coming before Valentine's Day so keep checking in and have fun with these hearts!

Heart Headband

 This is another fun style that is fast and easy and can be used for the upcoming Valentine's holiday.  We call it the Heart Headband because it gives the illusion of being a headband and the Pull-Throughs look a lot like hearts. 

Start by creating a part from ear to ear across the top of the head, exactly where a headband would lie. 

Divide that top area into as many small sections as you like and secure each section with an elastic at the very back of the section.  (So that all of your elastics will lie right on that original part.)  Grab your Topsy Tail and create a Pull-Through out of each small section. 

Now you're going to follow the same process as we did on our "Puffy Pull-Throughs" hairstyle a while back.  (You can find that hairstyle and directions here.)

 Basically you will be pulling some of the strands of hair from each Pull-Through out so that they puff up and look like the top of a heart.  Do that with all of the Pull-Throughs to create your "Heart Headband".

 Comb the rest of the hair straight down and you can leave it that way or curl it.  We had some braids in the day before so she has some waves from those. 

Superbowl Football

It's that time of year again! SUPERBOWL!  It's kind of a big deal at our house and we decided to do a fun hairstyle in honor of that.

You will need some 5/8" white ribbon and some 3/8" grosgrain ribbon that you will make your football stitches with.

I just hot glued the ribbon the way that I wanted the stitches to look and then added some bobby pins on the back of the stitches so that it would hold in place on the hair.  (You'll notice that in the actual style I cut off one of these stitches because I had made it a bit too long.  Learn from my mistake and measure first.)  :)

You will want to work with wet hair.  I decided to make a little goal post design on the top of the hair by sectioning out a small square in the front middle that I created a Pull-Through out of.  Just behind the square, a divided the hair in half by creating a part directly down the middle of the head.  Pull each half into it's own piggie - making sure to add in your Pull-Through to the side that it is lying on. 

 Make a braid out of each piggie and braid it as far down as possible before securing it with an elastic.  Pull the right braid over to the top of the left braid and add it in with another elastic which will lie directly over the top elastic of your left braid.  You don't want to pull that braid too tightly over because it needs to be able to create a little bit of an arch for the top of the football.  Use bobby pins to hold that arch in the position that you like.  Now pull your left braid over to the top of the right braid and, using a Topsy Tail, pull it right through the very first plate of your right braid.  This will hold it in place while you bobby pin the bottom arch of your football into position. 

 Now take the ends of your braids and tuck them under the elastics and braids however you can to hide them.  Use bobby pins to keep them nicely tucked under.  Go ahead and spray the whole head with hairspray at this point to give it that extra hold. 

 Now grab your 5/8" ribbon and cut two strands that will be long enough to wrap around the ends of your football.  Use your Topsy Tail to feed the ribbon through both braids on the end of your football and then pull the ends of your ribbon up on top of those braids and tie the ends into a tight knot.  Cut off any excess ribbon from beyond the know and then twist the ribbon so that the know goes under the bottom braid and is hidden.  Repeat the same process on the opposite end of your football.

  Your final step is to position your stitch clip into place directly in the middle of the football. 

 Now you're finished and all set for the big game!  My princess wore this style to church and it was great because usually the women come up and comment on her hair but today it was all the men coming up and commenting and taking pictures with their phones.  Too funny!  

Friday's Film: Heart

I love this time of year and I love Valentines Day.  There are so many fun hairstyles out there and we have a few fun new ideas that we will be sharing here as well.  One of the most popular hairstyles for Valentines is the Heart so we thought we would go ahead and post an instructional video on that for you today. 

We have done this style before and called it the "Valentine Heart".  You can find that original post here along with pictures of all the angles. 

This is our finished product picture from the Heart that we created here in the video. 
Happy Heart making!

Heart Topper

When you're running low on time and you want to add a nice touch to your average hairstyle, try topping your ponytail or piggies with a heart.  This is a great idea for Valentines Day and it takes less that 5 minutes. 

Begin by pulling all of the hair back into a ponytail.  (Or two piggies, a bun, a side ponytail, or whatever you like.)  Now grab a small section of hair from that ponytail and make sure you grab it from on top.  Tie a small clear elastic around that section about 1/4 inch below the main ponytail elastic.  Using your Topsy Tail, create an Inverted Pull-Through by sticking the point of your Topsy Tail underneath your section of hair so that it point upwards behind the elastic.  Pull the small section through the loop on your Topsy Tail and ten pull it all the way through.  Separate that small section into two equal halves and twist each side instead of leaving it flat and that will help it hold it's shape better.  Create a small arch on each side for the top of your heart and then combine the two sides just below that second elastic.  Secure those two ends and the rest of your large ponytail into place using another clear elastic. 

Now your Heart Topper is finished and you can complete your ponytail with whatever braid you like.  We've just done a Regular 3-Strand Braid here. 

In a few days we will be doing a whole new hairstyle using this ponytail-heart technique so keep checking back because it will be cute!

Cupid's Heart

We have come up with a new hairstyle that is perfect for Valentines Day.  We call is "Cupid's Heart" and it is VERY easy - don't let the pictures fool you!  :)

Start with wet hair.  It will not hold nearly as well if the hair is not wet.  Create a part directly down the middle of the head so that you now have two equal sections. 

Using a rat-tailed comb you will create half of a heart on the left side of the part.  (We started the inside of our heart about 3.5 inches back from her bang line.)  The half-heart will start and end right on the middle part.  Comb the hair outside of the heart down an have your princess hold the hair that is inside the heart.  Now move over to the right side and create the other half of your heart.  It needs to be a mirror image of the left side so make sure you take your time and really have it look nice.  Make sure that all of the hair outside of the heart is combed down and then tightly smooth out all of the hair inside the hear and combine it right in the middle with an elastic to create one ponytail.  You should be able to see your heart-part really nicely now.  The hair outside of the parts should still be divided into two sides with that original middle part.  Go ahead and divide your ponytail into two equal halves as well, one for each side.  Temporarily tie off the right side (ponytail and hair) with an elastic so that you can work on the left side without that hair getting mixed in. 

Start on the top-middle part of your heart and begin french braiding by gathering three small sections from the hair not inside the heart.  Gather hair into your braid each time you plate. 

The outside will be gathered from the hair that is loose and the inside will be gathered from the ponytail.  Have your braid lie directly on the hear part so that you can keep the shape that you want.  Continue gathering hair all the way down that half of the heart and tie it into a temporary elastic when you finish at the nape of the neck. 

 Move over to the right side and repeat the steps.  When all of the hair is gathered and you are down at the bottom of the head, remove your temporary elastic from the left side and combine both sides together in one final elastic. 

 You can finish off that new ponytail however you like but we have chose to do a Quad Braid here.  (You can find the video for a Quad Braid here.)  Add some fun Valentines hair clips and give it a good spray with hairspray. 

It takes a good 15-20 minutes to complete but the idea is quite simple.  :)