How to do girl's hairstyles : How to do a progressive braid 10-15 min

Does anyone have a girl(s) the age or attitude of or phase or whatever it is, of wanting to do their own hair? (And I mean where it is still difficult for them to do a nice job on it?) We are struggling with that a bit in my house. My seven year old, bless her most headstrong little heart, sometimes refuses to have me touch, help, advise or even get near her hair some mornings. She has learned how to braid, quite well, and put in elastics, rather well, and how to put in ponytails, not so well. I am trying to be brave and let her have some control in her life, and let her learn (because they do eventually have to do it themselves, right!), but it's been a difficult path (sadly yes) for me. Especially when I see the back parting job and it's every which way but loose.......but I must put on a smile and tell her it looks marvelous. I think I am the one that is learning all the lessons here... I think my mom was relieved when I took over doing my own hair.
This whole growing up/parenting business is never easy is it? But when I see how proud she is when she's all done and accomplished something that she's been practicing, it makes me happy, and I can let her go feeling the more important step has been taken. Because isn't that why we do this ladies? To help our little darlings feel good and have confidence in themselves? It's not about vanity, it's about helping them have the inner strength to go out and face the world and people around them. I know it's easier for me to do that with my face ON rather than washed off, and my hair done, rather than clipped back in twelve little clips. (Generally it helps for me to have my contacts in as well.)
So all I'm trying to say is that I hope you are having those wonderful growing moments together too when you are with your gals to get them ready for the day, whether you are allowed to do their hair or not! Happy Mothering!

And enough with my waxing philisophical, here's a fast, easy, and basic little hairdo with braids, that I, of course, saw somewhere else and thought it was fun and different.

Start with a center part, hair dampened and gel in if you prefer to help with flyaways.

Each side will be divided into 3 sections, from front to back. Part off the first section and braid it to the ends.                                                         

Part off your next section, and make the two outside sections larger, since you'll be incorporating your braid as part of the next braided section.

Showing the 3 sections.

Continue the braid to the ends.

Do the same with the last section.

And finish on the other side. Do any of you get the 'warped' braid look when you braid in other braids? You can see how hers aren't hanging straight down in this pic. Some things you can do, that work somewhat......1: You can get your hand wet and run it down the braid, pulling down and trying to work out the 'kinks'. 2: You can hang a big fat heavy flower or ribbon on it (it would have to be pretty heavy, so of course I'm joking. 3: you can join the two braids together in the back and put them into one braid. I simply just called it good and said, "off ya go!" :)

Enjoy those little girls! There is just something special about them, and they grow up too darn fast!

How to do girl's hairstyles: Your Back to School Pics!

I want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone that has sent me pictures of their darlings hair so far! I got a bunch in my email, and even more on my Facebook page, so be sure to head over there and take a peek at some of those new and so creative hairdos. It never fails to amaze me the 1001 things we can come up with to do to all that hair! I think that's why it's so darn much fun!


Here's just a sampling of some of the super amazing hairdos I received for the first day of school/preschool!

Thanks again! Keep them coming and I'll post them!

Little Girl's Hairstyles --I want to see your pictures!

Ladies! I know those that visit my blog, along with other hair blogs, work hard on all this hair! Now is the time to show it off!
I want to see your 'headshots'. This time let's do first day of school (or preschool, or first pigtails, or first anything!).
Excited to see what you share! Send pics to girlzhair@gmail.com, or you can post them on my Facebook page: Pretty Hair is Fun!

Happy picture taking!

Oh, and here's what we picked for our school pic hairdo:
Double Twists with Waves
We had one with straight hair, and one with wavy. I'll post some pics when we get them!

Little Girl's Hairstyles - How to do hair for School Pics!

I don't know about the rest of you, but School Picture Day is probably one of my most stressful mornings (pathetic, I know). I stress because:

1: I can't be there to rearrange, comb, spritz anything back into place, and 

2: how do I get the hair to STICK, look natural, but not move until it's picture time?

I justify my erratic and tense behavior because, as I tell my girls, "I'm paying for these, so I want them to be PERFECT." So, now that you are feeling sorry for my children, let me share with you some possible ideas, that I think would be SUPERB for picture day.

I really really like my girls' hair down for pictures. I think that if I'm going to do something fancy, it should be visible, and since most of my fancy stuff is in the BACK of the head, it does nothing for their pictures, which I really want to show off their cute little faces. So, here's some of my favorites, with the hair down, that I think we'll be choosing from, since our picture day is tomorrow!

But, I know some of you may want to have the hair up, so I've picked a few faves for you too. They are at the end. Enjoy! Good luck with your morning!

Hair Down

French Braid Headband

Twists with curls (soft curlers)

Double Twist Braids with Waves

The Thumbelina

Side Puffy Braid Headband

Daisy Chain Braid with waved hair

Rosettes/Twist Bun Headband  (I will be sharing a video on how to make the actual headbands soon!)

Twisted Laces in Crown Or Side Puffy Braid

Hair Up

French Twist Braids with Stuffed Bun

If you wanted to eliminate the top twists, I think a side bun with a flower would be adorable for pictures as well. I'm leaning towards this hairdo myself.....

The Heidi Updo with Four Strand Braids

Side Pony with Twists

Little Girl's Hairstyles - How to do a Puffy Braid Updo 10-15 Min

Well hi there..........I've been away for a while! It's been such a crazy last few weeks. My daughter started a new school, we've had family visiting, and I've just had other duties taking priority! But I hope to redeem myself and start posting regularly once again!

Here's a fun one that I saw on a little girl when we were at the library. I'm sure she thought I was odd as I kept glancing at her trying to 'understand' her hairdo so I could go home and do it myself!

Basically, this is just an upside down puffy braid, that starts at the base of her neck and travels up to a messy/stuffed bun up top. There is a front ponytail that will join the bun at the top as well. Begin by parting off the lowest ponytail section and clipping off the rest up top. Of course I do this with damp hair!

After doing this section, and the next section above it and putting them into puffy braids (shown below), I part off the top and frontmost ponytail, as pictured. In retrospect, I think I'd do a pull thru ponytail on the top, so it would lay flatter. Either works!

Then you are left with one last section, which is where you will join the bottom two puffy braid ponytails and the front ponytail.

Gather it tightly into a messy stuffed bun. If you want to watch the video on how I do this, go HERE.

Here's a pic of those nifty little bobby pins I love so much,

and how I'm using them to pin up sections of her stuffed bun to make it look more messy.

Voila!

Neat and tidy, cute and fast! Just how we like them!

Happy School Days moms and gals! Where did summer go!? My gal is already on her second week!