Little Girl's Hairstyles -Quick back twist 1-3 min

This one was born from my usual trying to get out the door routine: I realize that we have to leave in 5 minutes, and I haven't done no. 2's hair yet. Awesome.

Her ends are covering the cute twist braid, but you'll see it more as we go along.

Start with wet hair, and I chose to do an angle part.

Comb it down into a low pony. This would also work well with a higher pony.

Split the pony into two sections. Start twisting two sections in same direction, doing a twist braid.

Wrap two sections around each other in opposite direction, down to ends.

Holding the end tightly, bring the twist braid up on one side, trying to angle the ends behind the top of the braid (rather than making a loop). Twist the ends in the direction they are going, and it will pull it in tighter.

Secure tightly with an elastic close to the head.

After putting in elastic.

I pulled her ends out straight with my fingers and smoothed them down over the twisted bun. If the ends are too short, then you could spike them up. It just depends on where you want to put a bow, if at all.

I took a lot of pictures of the back to try to show you what the bun looked like best. Spray well with hairspray, and you are out the door!

Little Girl's Hairstyles -Messy flower bun 1 min

This is a result of another hair style falling out. I was hurriedly trying to just remedy the mess, and get the hair out of the face, but....it seemed to end up nicely. I did a quick stuffed bun (see label), and used two bobby pins (left over from hair style no. 1), and just grabbed some hunks of the bun, and pinned some sections back and down into the ponytail, creating a flower bun or messy bun, as they are called. It was quick, easy, and D-A-R-L-I-N-G!

Little Girl's Hairstyles -Stick a pen in it

This is how my 3 year old comes down to breakfast every day. All smiles and hair.

Here's her breakfast. (yes, it's Life cereal)

Usually I ask her to run back up the stairs to get a ponytail for her hair so she can eat her breakfast, and not her hair. But today, I thought, 'well, we'll just stick a pen in it', since she was all ready to eat. Then I thought, "I'll take pictures of this!", since we probably do this way more often than most of the stuff on here, and hey, I'm a mom. I live in the real world. My kids don't wake up with 20 braids all done and sprayed. This is what we deal with at every meal if her hair is down. If we don't tie it back, she's wearing her food in her hair instead of ribbons.

I just comb it back (with fingers) to the base of her head.

Twist it

Pull it up and keep twisting around itself ending up top.

Grab your handy dandy pen and starting with the pointy end, face it towards her head and stick it in the top of the bun, angling it down as you push it in, scooping in that end up top. Push it down through the rest of the bun. If you don't get it the first time, try try again.

If you are fortunate enough to have a lid for your pen, now's a good time to recap it. This has come in handy on many occasions, especially when we are in a restaurant and her hair is down. Anything pointy and straight (and non lethal) will work. If you are at Chinese restaurant maybe you could ask for a chopstick. :)

Happy breakfast!