Little Girl's Hairstyles - Twist buns 7-10 min

Okay, this one was purely for fun.....and my title for it is just for practicality. Every member of our family called her an alien when they saw her. This did not make her very happy. (She was already mad I wasn't leaving her hair down!)

I started with a center part on wet hair.

Section off to just behind ear.

Holding the base of the hair, start twisting hair until it starts to curve in on itself, and then start wrapping around base.

If your girl's hair is long, don't just keep wrapping solely around the base, this will make it tall and goofy.

Only wrap the last portion around the base, and wrap ends tight until they don't show.  Then wrap an elastic (I used a clear elastic) around base and around the bottom row of twists a few times to secure. If you only wrap around the very base, it will usually work itself free.

  

And twisty alien bun no. 1

 

I did 6 buns on her head. You can do less or more, whatever will work best on her amount of hair.  This shows how I continued parting down the back.

   

All finished. You can see how happy she is about her do, since she has her eyes covered with her hands, sobbing. :(

                                       

The front, complete with The Look.

                                       

I have a wonderful daughter, who still lets me take pictures of her looking like Cheri Oteri in Liar Liar, when she's mad. (I tried really hard to find a picture of C.O. in that movie to match up on here....but was not successful!! Can anyone find one with her goofy hair do?)

                                      

This does give you nice hair after it's been in a while and dried.........but I wouldn't recommend sleeping on those things.

Little Girl's Hairstyles -Headband french braid and round brushing 10-15 min

This style has become very popular lately, and there are several different variations you can do with this cute little braid. This is one I like to wear myself, but it's MUCH harder to do on my head than on theirs.

I start with wet hair, and part from ear to ear, and comb the headband (front section) in the direction I'll be braiding, and the rest back. You can clip it back if it needs it.

    

Begin french braid. It's easier to have your little one sit down low so you can manuever around them.

      

     

Continue braid until about an inch above other ear. This is where you can do some different things with the end.

      

If the braid is small enough, you can stick a bobby pin in the end, like you do in bobby pin rolls, like I'm showing here. You can pin it either straight down, or you can pull the braid slightly to the back of the head and pin it, hiding it under the hanging hair. You can also just clip it with the bobby pin, like a barrette, if the hair will fit.

Her hair is too thick for a bobby pin, so I secured it with a clear elastic. At this point, if you want to pull it back, to hide the end, you can stick a bobby pin in the elastic and pin it. I just decided to leave hers, since I wanted to put a bow clip in.

I decided to round brush the back, since she always wants her hair left down. I started with her hair still slightly damp, since she has some wave to her hair. I clipped up the top half.

                                       

I use a boar bristle round brush, (these bristles help smooth the hair), and pull the hair straight out as I blowdry. Angling it like this helps give volume underneath. That's her little hand helping me here. How to blowdry and take pictures?

                                      

Here I am showing how to angle the hair, when you are doing the top portion (even though I haven't gotten that far yet...sometimes it's just easier to take the pictures all at once). This will give volume to the crown of the head. Also, blow down the hair shaft, or away from the head, this will help keep the little flyaway hairs laying down. Near the roots is where you'll need to concentrate the heat more, rather than the ends. If you want more curl, dry ends while you keep rolling the brush through them, rolling it in your hand, rather than just concentrating the hot air in one place. This will help not damage the drier and more brittle ends.

                                       

Not sure what I'm showing here, unless it's just showing a portion of what I've dried. You'd think I'd have this all planned out......but usually I realize HOW I do things WHEN I am doing them.

                                       

Finished back. I didn't plump up her crown or backcomb it since she had the braid. More on that later......

                                       

With bow. I just stuck the clip into her braid.

                                       

All finished. She's so happy to have her hair left down she agreed to smile for me.