Little Girl's Hairstyles - A Dance Do: Twist Braid Bun 7-10 Min

This one is in honor of all you moms who lovingly help their dearest darlings pull on tights and leotards 2 or 3 times a week and drive to the dance studio to watch their princesses bounce around to the best of Disney songs. And you do it all with pride and joy! Right? Right! I know, I do it for both of my gals, and I love every dancey dance minute of it. Nothing's cuter than when they put on those leotards and tights and ballet shoes.

SO, they need some cute-out-of-the-face-ballerina-hair that's fast and easy to match. This is what my littlest princess wears to her big 4 year old class:

It's SO easy and fast! Pull the hair back into a high ponytail, hair thoroughly damp.

Divide the ponytail evenly into two sections of hair.

Do 2 twist braids in the ponytail, and feel free to tie a big red ribbon around the ponytail. For the most part, just ignore the ribbon. It was purely experimental. 

After your twist braids are finished, let me direct your attention to some fabulous hair tools: Mini Pins OR teeny tiny bobby pins that works superbly in little girl's hairstyles! Their hold is amazing, and just the right size for their little heads (see below). This is what I use to hold in her bun.

Take one of the twist braids and start wrapping it around the base of the ponytail.

Wrap the twist braid until the end,

and secure with a mini pin. It works better if you stick the bobby pin down INTO the bun, rather than placing it next to the bun, as I'm doing here.

Next, take the second twist braid and wrap it around the bun in the opposite direction that you wrapped the first braid.

And secure the ends in the same way. Use as many bobby pins as you need to around the base of the bun until it's secure.

If you've cleverly incorporated your ribbon in as I've done here, all you have to do is tie it! :) Otherwise wrap one around at the end, and she's all set!

Happy Dancing!

Little Girl's Hairstyles - 100 Fans on Facebook!!

Hurray!! 100 members on my Pretty Hair is Fun Facebook page!!! To celebrate, I'm going to send a FREE ebook to the first 10 people who do this:


Email your friends, cc girlzhair@gmail.com on it, and tell them to become a fan on my Facebook page! The first 10 to get at least one friend to do it will get a free eBook! You have to leave me a comment here with your friend's name!

Good luck and thanks for all your support!! Oh, and did anyone get pinched today?
 

Winner of our Giveaway!!

AND OUR WINNER IS:

AMY PUGMIRE!

Her name was chosen using random.org. I would put the little doohickey on here, but I don't like it, plus it was too much work. :)

Congratulations Amy! Please email your address to: hollie@twigglebox.com and she'll get that sent out to you! Thanks to Hollie over at Twiggle Box as well! This amazing woman went and had baby #4 during our giveaway! Go and take a peek at her darling new boy: http://www.twigglebox.blogspot.com/. Congrats to you Hollie.

Thank you to all who participated!! I am now almost to 100 followers on Facebook! I am taking suggestions as to what to do to celebrate? Thoughts??

Oh, and Happy St. Paddy's day! My girls and I spent the evening last night painting all our nails green. What did you all do? I want cute St. Paddy's day hair pics to post!

Little Girl's Hairstyles -- Twiggle Box Giveaway!

Time for another giveaway!!!

Have you visited Twiggle Box yet? The owner, Hollie, has some darling accessories for your princess. Take a peek:

She makes wings, tutus, beanies, bows and everything else your little gal could ever want! She is generously offering one of these to our giveaway winner:

A personalized bow holder

She'll personalize it for the winner!  The giveaway ends on March 16th. Here's what you need to do to enter:

Mandatory for 1st entry:

• Become a fan of Pretty Hair is Fun on FaceBook  (fan box is at top of my page).
• Sign up for Twiggle Box's eNewsletter and promotions here:

Join Our Mailing List

Email:

Additional entries:

• Tweet about this giveaway, and include the post url in your tweet.
• Tweet about my new eBook.
• Send an email to someone with the post url and cc girlzhair@gmail.com.
• Follow Pretty Hair is Fun (shaunellshair) and Twiggle Box on Twitter.
• Buy my new eBook! (For 2 entries!)

Leave a comment here telling us what you did! We'll use the random generator widget to choose the winner and post it on St. Paddy's Day--March 17th.  This giveaway is open to all U.S. residents.

Go see Twiggle Box's March Promotional, which expires March 17th: FREE SHIPPING at www.twigglebox.com with coupon code: potofgold.

Little Girl's Hairstyles --Q & A "What Hair Products Do You Use?"

I told you all that I will never show my OWN hair on here--because I detest doing my own hair! But, I am sure many of you have similar hair strife, right!? 

I had a reader ask me what products I use on my own hair, since I've mentioned that my hair is thick, curly, and as such, dry dry dry! Well, with the help of some good stylist friends, who get product for me at their salon distribution stores, I've found some really great stuff. So, here it is! Hopefully this is one hair care tip you can use on yourselves, friends! Here is what is in MY shower:

My two favorite conditioners in the world are:

Biolage Conditioning Balm (see below)

Redken All Soft Conditioner

If you ever get dry damaged ends, and need an awesome deep conditioner:

It's a 10 or

Redken Real Control Intense Renewal

I love love Biolage. They are formulated specifically for drier hair (curly hair tends to dryness, since the hair shaft itself is more porous), and I love their Hydrating Shampoo.

Now on to styling products:

Since curly hair tends to be dry, and doesn't have a lot of natural shine, I like to use a shine serum. This is not just for when you straighten your hair either-although it's wonderful to smooth on the ends when you do--but I use this when I'm mixing up my styling concoction for when I want my hair curly.

My favorite shine serum is:

Paul Mitchell Super Skinny (you can see how it's almost gone!) I just use one squirt of this, and mix it into my hand along with a dollop of Paul Mitchell Super Sculpt (see below), and a squeeze of Redken Curl Refiner (see below).

These are available at your salon, or if you have fabulous friends (like mine) or stylists that will get them for you at a discount, then you are blessed. I'm a die hard fan of these hair products, and no, I don't use these on my girl's hair. These are for ME and ME only. :)

For some tips on little girl hair care, see my post here.

Some basic rules if you have curly hair (or if your girl does!).

• Don't wash it every day. I used to think this was horrendous, since I'm a clean freak, but washing it even just every other day does wonders for the elasticity and strength of your hair. As I said before, dry hair is more porous, this is what gives it it's texture and curl. It also makes it break easier. The natural oils from your scalp hydrate your hair and keep it healthy, Washing your hair too much strips away these necessary oils, and, thus, split ends and breakage. The curlier your hair, the drier the hair shaft will be.
• Getting frequent hair cuts (8-12 weeks) is also a must for good hair health--especially if you are trying to grow it out!
• If you have really dry ends, and don't want to cut off several inches, try masking your hair ends in one of the deep conditioners I mentioned above before you get in the shower. You can let it sit while you shower and then reapply conditioner again. You can also put it on your ends and put on a shower cap, and blowdry the shower cap for 5 or so minutes, then wrap your head in a towel to keep the heat in. The heat will open the cuticle and allow the conditioner to do it's job.

Here's to your happy healthy hair!