Friday, 9 October 2009

Little Girl's Hairstyles -French Braid Cornrows with Stuffed Bun 10-15 min

Here's just a little twist on a basic french braid. Oh, but yesterday I found out that some people call this inside out braid a "Dutch Braid". So there ya go. Here's a Dutch Braid. I think that's weird still, so I'll still call it an inside out braid.
I first parted on an angle in the center of her head, and then did two more sections, one on either side, and clipped off the rest.
Do two french (I did inside out) braids until even with the ear.
I combed the rest of her hair back into a stuffed bun (see how to).
This was a before school picture too--so it's a fast and easy one!

Monday, 5 October 2009

Little Girl's Hairstyles -How to do a French Braid Video Tutorial


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.

Tuesday, 29 September 2009

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.