I didn't make up these cute slide up braids, but I love them because they are really unique. You have to be creative in how you use them, due to the long ends that hang out, so this is my favorite way of incorporating them.
I do two ponys off a center part, hair thoroughly soaked.
Loosely braid the pony down to the ends.
Pull off two strands to the right, holding tightly to the one remaining. Make sure the one you hold onto is long enough to keep a good grip on.
Holding tightly to the one piece, start working the braid up the strand, keeping everything tight.
When it gets hard to move the hair, just work a squished section farther up, and continue.
This is about how much I get out of her length of hair. But it's super cute! Put in your elastic when it's all the way to the top.
Both sides done. Part the rest of hair down the center.
Pull squished braid into ponytail.
I did two twist braids down the rest of her hair.
For a twist braid, part the section you want into two sections, and thoroughly wet hair.
Start twisting both pieces in the same direction, and then start wrapping around each other in opposite direction at the same time. See my other twist braid posts for more pics.
Stick in some cute bows (I made these) and you are done!
Here's another version I did on my other daughter. I just did a ponytail with a bunch of squished braids. Her hair is curly, so the ends curled by themselves and looked ok left like that. And yes. We were bowling, and I was busying myself taking pictures of my girls' hairdos. Typical.
