Little Girl's Hairstyles -The Loopy Do 15-20 min

I will have video soon!!!!!!! I got the cord today, and I'll be having a video tutorial on french braiding very soon!! Just had to share the news. :) And on to the latest...

This reminds me of hairdo's I had as a little girl, and it was tied up with that yarn ribbon--remember that stuff?

Part wet hair off like so: Crosswise to ears, and down the center to cross part. I clipped off the back section.

I did an inside out (backwards--I never can remember how I refer to them, but it means the same) french braid on each side section.

And braided the hair down a ways since it will be going into a pony.

Continue center part down the back, and pull into two ponys. Undo braid after it's in the pony.

I did three twist braids on each side. Do whatever number 1: you have time for,  2: looks good in the thickness of their hair, and 3: whatever you just darn well feel like. This particular day I felt like 3, since I think the twist braids look better a little smaller, rather than a little bigger. Oh, and I did slather on some gel prior to the twist braids. See how to do twist braids.

Finished twists. I tried to make all my twists the same length, since you'll be pulling them up, and want them to hang the same.

To make the loops, I  grab the elastic ends of the twists and line them up like so, right against the pony. Using clear elastics on the ends helps things look a tad bit neater.

Lay the ends flat against her head, next to the big pony, and wrap another clear elastic around the pony and the ends.

Since I had long ends hanging out like this, I smoothed them out, and looped them back over themselves,

And clipped them down with the bow clip. You can leave them just curling over, or you can curl them with an iron, if they are long enough.

In case you are too tired today to do hair.......

My girls are campaigning to take over my blog!!! Here is the latest feature from my oldest, modeled by my youngest. We call it the "Butterfly Beauty Head".

This masterpiece took her about 39 minutes, give or take a few cartoons in between. Me and the hubby were taking our Sunday naps, and they were practicing their skills.

Little Girl's Hairstyles -Cute Puffy Braids 7-10 min

My cute little neighbor came over to play, and her hair was so cute, I had to take a picture of it.

I love how this shows this style can be done on short hair and long hair.

I loved it so much, I did it on my girl the next day. She did her own makeup. If you need a good distraction for your girl while doing her hair, just hand her some lipstick and eyeliner.

We both did angle parts on top, with wet hair. Continue parting off in sections, however big, and pull the previous pony into the next, continuing down each side.

I love continuing the ponys all the way down the hair. I slick them down with a bit of hair gel, and they stay in pretty darn well.

Little Girl's Hairstyles -Quick back twist 1-3 min

This one was born from my usual trying to get out the door routine: I realize that we have to leave in 5 minutes, and I haven't done no. 2's hair yet. Awesome.

Her ends are covering the cute twist braid, but you'll see it more as we go along.

Start with wet hair, and I chose to do an angle part.

Comb it down into a low pony. This would also work well with a higher pony.

Split the pony into two sections. Start twisting two sections in same direction, doing a twist braid.

Wrap two sections around each other in opposite direction, down to ends.

Holding the end tightly, bring the twist braid up on one side, trying to angle the ends behind the top of the braid (rather than making a loop). Twist the ends in the direction they are going, and it will pull it in tighter.

Secure tightly with an elastic close to the head.

After putting in elastic.

I pulled her ends out straight with my fingers and smoothed them down over the twisted bun. If the ends are too short, then you could spike them up. It just depends on where you want to put a bow, if at all.

I took a lot of pictures of the back to try to show you what the bun looked like best. Spray well with hairspray, and you are out the door!

Never Never Never

This is more a note to myself than for anyone else. But, if you are like me, and think to yourself when you see that one piece of hair that "just needs a tad bit of tweaking", and oh heck, "I can fix that!"--STOP thinking that.
I even went to cosmetology school (didn't finish, yes, like Frenchy), and so that thought process is EVER more present in my head than it should be. "Oh come on Shaunell, you could just snip it a little bit. Certainly you can trim your OWN bangs. You aren't completely without hair knowledge. Do it. DO IT!"
Again, when you hear the voices, immediately, and I mean immediately STEP AWAY from the scissors. Put them down carefully and slowly, don't break eye contact, and back off! YOU WILL regret it if you do not.

I know this, because I have done this, OH SO many times. And I always wish I hadn't. It's like eating that big fat brownie late at night, when feeling hungry, and you know it's just because you are tired and should really just go to bed. You always regret it the next day.

I know. I am sitting in a huge pile of wish I-hadn't-tried-modifying-my-new-haircut regret right now.

But, on a happier note, I will be posting how to do a basic haircut later on. But not on myself. Other people's hair I CAN cut. Just never never never my own.

Happy Thursday!