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!

Little Girl's Hairstyles--How to do a Triple French Braid- 10-15 min

Hi ladies! Is anyone else feeling overwhelmed by school starting up again so soon!? We only have a week left, and I'm fully in denial! But the good thing about school starting is that means I'll be back on a schedule, and that means I'm going to be blogging more consistently! I've really been a slacker this summer, but hey, what is summertime for if not to break away from the mad routines of life, right!? I hope you all have been having lots of fun with your kids--school age or not.

So here' s something we tried out. This was a tester hairdo, to see how it would look (as so many of them are!). My vote is:
1: This would look BETTER on shorter hair, allowing the braids to show more.
2: Next time I'll loop up the braids, attaching it back to the point where the braid is loose from the head.

I first parted off (wet hair) the first of three sections from ear to ear.

I did an inside out braid, and braided down to the ends of her hair.

I continued down her head, parting off the second section making it even in size. I then did two more braids in the next two sections, braiding the hair down to the ends.

This is how I think this style would look SO cute on shorter hair, since the braids wouldn't as long. If your daughter's hair is long like hers, then you can try the looping up. I gathered the three braids together at her neck and tied it with a ribbon, BUT we both decided we didn't love that either. So we decided to just let them hang, which was my munchkin's first choice.  

And happy here we are!

And...down here, yes, down below..........these are my latest FAVE books!! Check out these great prices! I've been telling EVERYONE about The Help--it's such a great read, especially for us ladies. Go pick up a copy TODAY!

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

One of you fantastic ladies asked if I could do a video on an updo, and one that could be used at a wedding. Well, I hope this passes wedding muster! I've always been partial to hair piled up top with curls cascading down. Add in a ribbon and some baby's breath, and I think this will be fancy enough to throw out some rose petals!

I want to say a big THANK YOU to my sweet 7 year old too, she filmed this video for me! It was lengthy too (the filming), and she did pretty darn good I think (this will explain some of the bouncy bounce)! Thanks punkin!

AND, I apologize that the video is broken in two parts. You Tube did not like the length of my original, so I had to divide it.

                           

                            

One thing I wished I'd tried for video is this: Hot glue some little silk flowers on bobby pins and pin them around the ponytail up top. Match it to her dress! You can also use wide ribbon or even do 2 ribbons encircling her head.

Happy wedding day! Send us some pics!

Evenflo Car Seat Video

Evenflo has made an edgy new video showcasing their new spiffy car seat. The video is about how to recover from those inevitable 'potty mouth moment's that parents have, and what we all do to put ourselves back on track with the youngsters. They asked for my thoughts about the video....so here goes. (You can view the video HERE .

Well, although I felt like I was watching regular TV with all the editing and blooping, I kept thinking, "Nope, if this WAS the TV and my kids were around, I'd change the channel." That being said, I did think the video was rather humorous, although the editing could have been cleaner. I think the funny lies in your own imagination and not necessarily hearing the potty talk.
So what do we do in these situations? I have been there (although this mother's language was horrendous!!!). I know under times of duress, we all have our breaking points. I've been there myself, and have been there with my friends and their kids. NO one likes to hear a curse come out of their dainty 3 year old daughter's mouth, let alone such doozies as the synonyms for 'close your mouth'. I was shocked hearing that same dainty 3 year old say "Mom, this plate has crap all over it", after lunch one day.  I wanted to go hide under the bed! But yep, where did she learn that lovely word? Hmm.
It's a challenge we all face. Unpleasant as it is, it happens. I wish I were better, but I feel I have made strides in catching my tongue. When your son or daughter feels your stress in a stressful moment and parrots back those expletives,  you don't feel you've made large strides in parental accomplishment.
What do you all do!?
I'd love to hear back as well. Our best story is when we took a ride on the Alpine Slide here in Park City. Our daughters were ages 4 and 18 mos. To get to the top of the outdoor cement slide, you have to ride a chair lift to the top of the mountain, along with your sled. For us the most intense period was during the painfully slow ride on the open chair lift high above the hill to the top. Our youngest decided to throw a tantrum while sitting next to Dad and kicked her legs out and made her back flat. My husband clamped down the death grip on her leg, and it was apparent from his grimace that he was NOT at ease. I, in turn, put the death grip on my other daughter's leg who had turned to figure out what her sister was doing. At this point the chair lift stopped, and we got to swing back and forth for what seemed like an eternity. The longest moments of my life were spent on the ride, viewing the 3 inch wide wheel that the cable, that was our life support, precariously ran over. There was plenty of time to ponder, "What would have to happen to bump that cable off track just 2 inches?" My 4 year old was not immune to the distress of her parents and our tight lipped glances back and forth.
She looked at us and said, 'Well, da*#!!" And you know what? I completely agreed!

Evenflo has just released the Momentum 65 DLX Convertible Car Seat, with features that help make safety, installation and use as easy as possible for parents. Evenflo andJuiceBoxJungle sponsored me to write this post.

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

Here's a fun one that looks cute with either the hair down, or the hair up in back!

                        

Happy Hairbraiding!