Little Girl's Hairstyles: Off centered braid and twist hairstyle 15-20 min

Happy April! This is my favorite time of year! All my bulbs are coming up (along with the weeds), but I just love watching everything start to blossom and turn green again, rather than the drab brown patches I've been looking at all winter! So in preparation for the Easter holiday, here's a little 'series' I'll be sharing in the next few posts:

This is a 'progressive' hairstyle, I like to call it, because I use the first part of this hairstyle, with the off-centered french braid and twist in a few different hairstyles--which I build on, to give you more ideas and variety.  This hairstyle has a french braid, a twist, a twist braid, a stacked pony, and a regular braided ponytail-but it's still easy and basic! Like most of my 'basic' components, I have videos on how to do them. Feel free to check those out for the french braid and the twist braid if needs be in the Video Tutorial section.

 To begin, I started with, of course!, DAMP hair. This is pretty much the case with about 99% of my hairdos. I give her a center part, back to the ear line.

 I then part down to her ear on the larger side. This is where I will be doing the french braid.

 I french braid back to the part, and then continue with a regular braid, just far enough to reach a little past the center of her head in the back.

 Then on to the smaller parted section.

 Comb neatly and begin twisting towards the center of her head.

 Join them off-centered like so, with an elastic.This is my stopping point for the other hairstyles I'll be showing you soon.

 From this point, I do a twist braid down to the ends of her hair

 And then secure the rest of the hair into a low ponytail.

 I pull the ponytail over the top of the joined braid and twist,

 and make a stacked pony and wrap the twist braid around base of the ponytail. I use a clear elastic to secure the twist braid in place. I then braid the ponytail down to the ends. If your daughter's hair isn't long enough to do the twist braid, just wrap it around the ponytail base.

 You'll need to plan a few extra minutes if you want to do all the twists and braids, but it's a fun one to do! I really like the off-centered look of the ponytail when she's all done.

Little Girl's Hairstyles: Cute and easy braid hairdo 7-10 min

This is a simple little braided hairdo that I really didn't think was super duper much of much--but I got (or SHE got) so many compliments on it, I thought I'd share it! As always, my mantra is : The easier and faster the hairstyle is, (and all the while still being cute), the MORE I like it!

Here's the finished look:

I split the front of her hair, from forehead back to the ear line, straight down the center, and centered two ponytails up top. (Of course her hair was thoroughly damp). I then combed it all down to the midpoint of her head, from ear to ear, parted off the underneath hair, and secured it with a center ponytail.

 I then split that one ponytail, along with the remaining hair underneath in half again, prepping for the two braids. I began the braids closer to the center part, so they wouldn't hang over her shoulders (her preference), and did two tight backwards braids (my preference) down to the ends. When braiding I spray the hair with water often, to help keep the braids in longer and smooth down flyaways, or shorter hairs.

I put in this darling korker bow in the centered ponytail in back, and she was all finished. If your daughter's hair isn't long enough for the braids, then put the hair in ponytails or little stuffed or messy buns.

 2 more weeks friends!! I have some videos saved up for my 'hiatus' away from all normality-so don't be strangers!



Little Girl's Hairstyles: New child car seat laws article

Just read this on the SITS site..........and wanted to share it in case some of you haven't been updated (like me). Worth reading:

http://www.thesitsgirls.com/2011/03/new-car-seat-guidelines-on-car-safety-for-kids/

Little Girl's Hairstyles: Short Hairdo! Double Stuffed Buns 5-7 Min

I am trying to get a few more 'short hairdos' on here for you gals, since my oldest's hair is a more common length now. I really do enjoy doing her hair a teensy bit more, probably since it's just LESS to comb out, and it really does take less time. But hey, I've wanted waist length hair my whole young life, and never quite got it, and it is just too much fun to whack off my youngest daughter's hair. Fun, but MORE work!

So anyway, I'm just enjoy the variety!
This is a before school short hairdo we did, a variation on my Mohawk I shared a while ago. Stuffed buns ARE easier and faster as well with this length--just about perfect in fact.

I just parted her hair basically in half, thoroughly dampened it, and centered the stuffed buns on top and in the back.

 Super cute!

Hope this is a winner for those shorter hair lengths! Have a great weekend! Yet another dance competition for us, 3 1/2 hrs away, and me being almost 37 weeks pregnant. Guess why it's a must I go? To do the hair, ladies.......

Have a great one!

Little Girl's Hairstyles: Mini French Braids 10-15 Min

How did all the St. Paddy's day hairdos turn out? I saw some really cute ones when we were out and about that day. After a playdate on the play place at Carl's Jr., preschool, jumping on the tramp, and then a birthday party that evening, our shamrock hairdos were looking a little sad--but then, what hairdo would still look good after all of that? The gals got to play!

This was a quick hairdo before preschool one day, that I had grand designs for, but an impatient child stopped those before they got too far along. I was still happy with the result, and so was she (since she loves ANY hairstyle that leaves her hair DOWN). And I apologize I don't have a picture from the top down that shows both sides of the french braids, but, again, trying to get her out the door, and keeping her happy at the same time!

 I started this french braid hairstyle with an angle part (going from a side part beginning and going diagonal across the top of her head).

 I parted off on the larger side, down to her ear, prepping for the first french braid.

 I did a french braid a few inches long, secured with an elastic, and parted off my next french braid section, keeping it equal to the first.

I repeated this one more more time, making three mini french braids on this side.

 On the opposite side, I did two more mini french braids (I did use a backwards/dutch braids on mine, but do whatever is best for you).

 If you have the time and oomph, flat iron or curl the rest of her hair, if needs be. Or just keep her smiling and say, "Hey, we are done!"

 Happy Weekend Gals! We are off to dance competitions tomorrow, and more fun home painting projects (the nesting is really kicking in--my wonderful hubby is being kept BUSY!)