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 make a 3 rosette headband 10-15 min

This headband was my inspiration for this hairdo. This was made by yours truly, and yes, it should have 3 roses, instead of 2, but my rose sizes went askew, and so I layered my biggest and smallest, and heck, I just liked how this looked better..BUT, the idea is to have 3 roses, in the hairdo.

                                      

This was my first attempt of the day, on my older daughter. Her twist buns or rosettes were closer together than in the hairdo that illustrates how to do this, but you'll get the idea.

                                            

Part from ear to ear.

And comb over to one side, making the front part damp. The damper the hair, the better and longer it stays in the twist bun.

Divide the front section into 3 ponytails. Try to put the ponytails as close together as you can, by centering the middle section's elastic, and bringing the two sides elastics as close to the part as possible. The right pony pictured is close, but the left side could have been closer.

Begin twisting the ponytail

and then wrap it around the elastic, but not tightly. You want to wrap it flat against the head, but close enough together to fill in gaps.

When you get to the ends

Take a mini pin and secure it tightly. The mini pins are great because they fit in these little rosettes or twist buns.

Continue with the other two ponytails and make them twist buns/rosettes. Use more bobby pins or mini pins to make them secure, and try to wrap them so they lay as close as possible to each other.

After I made the three twist buns/rosettes in front, I did corkscrew curls in the back of her hair.

This works well on those shorter lengths as well. If the hair is not long enough to make a twist bun, then do 3 half pulled through ponys, and bobby pin them down flat if possible. I apologize I don't have a head with shorter hair to demonstrate on!  Have a marvelous weekend!

Little Girl's Hairstyles - How to do a twist bun with pull thru ponys 10-15 min

Happy Earth Day! Go out and enjoy the fresh air and clean earth. It just rained here and it's so beautiful outside. I'm thankful for our beautiful earth, and sunshine we are having! Enjoy!

This is a two part hairdo, which means it's a hairdo for either long or short hair. Since the top request I get is "What ideas do you have for short hair?", I am trying to incorporate more of those shorter hair do's in. SO, here we go!

Make a ponytail in the front, about halfway to her crown, and the middle third of her forehead.

Make this a pull thru ponytail.

Make two more ponytails, on either side of the first, and make those pull thru ponytails as well.

Next, part off the rest of the hair to the crown, and comb to the middle for a ponytail.

Twist wet hair as shown, until the whole ponytail is twisted.

Wrap the twist around the elastic holding the ponytail until you've wrapped in the ends of the hair.

Using bobby pins, secure the twist bun by grabbing a section of the bottom twist and pushing towards the center. This is the first of two ways you can secure a twist bun.

For shorter hair, this is where you can stop, and either curl the rest of her hair, round brush it, or what have you.

For longer hair, you can continue on with parting it down the center in the back.

Making two ponytails.

And twisting those into twist buns as well. Here is the second way you can secure your twist buns, which I recommend for any that aren't laying on top of the head. Wrap a clear elastic around bun, trying to stay close to the base, but grabbing enough of the twists so it stays in.

And that's all! You can always do as many of these cute little twist buns as you like. My daughter was done after the first one today. :)

Little Girl's Hairstyles - Hairbow Do 10-15 min

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This hairbow do is a work in progress. It's definitely NOT perfected. That is why you'll see a collage of pictures here, from different attempts to get this down. Some days it worked, some days it didn't. I tried it with ribbons and without. But all in all, it's something different to do! Here's my best (and first-go figure) version:

Begin (if you dare!) with a ponytail in the back.

Split the ponytail into two equal sections.

Think of tying shoelaces here. Oh, and ignore the ribbon.

Do your first bunny ear,

and wrap it around

and pull it through.

Next, to secure your lovely hairbow, take clear elastics and wrap them on either side of the center piece of hair. First on this side:

And then on this side. The trick is to not pull the hair out of the loop when doing this.

If you end up with these pesky tails hanging out (yep, switched ribbon),

Simply pin them up underneath with some of those fabulous mini pins or a regular bobby pin.

And another reasonable job. Ribbon intact.

Don't worry if this takes you 4, 5, or even 6 times, like it does me. All hairdos are a creation, and they always turn out different. That is why it's fun to do hair, right!?