Little Girl's Hairstyles: Video Tutorial: How to use soft foam (or sponge) curlers

Hi ladies! I am setting this post up pre-baby, so hopefully it will come through on time, and won't have any problems.
Using the soft or sponge/foam curlers in my girls' hair is pretty routine in our household, especially when we know we'll be having some major hair-doing event in the morning, and I know I"ll be trying to prepare 3 heads of hair. We use these for church hairdos and lately, for my oldest's dance competition hairdo's. Here's a few examples of the cute bouncy curls you get from using these great soft curlers:

Just after taking out the soft curlers:

 Finished hairdo:

 A curly bun with all the curls pulled up on top in a high ponytail: (I'll be posting how to do this hairstyle later on).

These are great to use for those Easter Sunday hairdos!! Try them out with the off centered braids and twists I've been sharing lately. Just roll her hair the night before, then do the braids/twists then next morning. ***Just remember***don't roll WET hair, unless you plan on spending a fair amount of time blow drying the curlers while in her hair. I always blow dry their hair after their baths, then put in the soft curlers. Adding a little gel before blow drying also helps add shine and helps control frizz.

Have a great weekend!!

How to do girl's hairstyles: Video Tutorial- How to do flat iron curls

I love these types of curls! They are so popular nowadays, since they are DARLING and so fast and easy to do (once you get the hang of it!).
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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!

Little Girl's Hairstyles -Fancy Easy Updo for your big or little gal! 15-20 min

This is a fun fancy updo that most of the time you probably WON'T want to do on your 3 year old. When I have to rely on bobby pins alone to hold up the hair, I know the hairdo just ain't gonna last through the somersaults, frequent wardrobe changes into princess wear, and jumping on the bed.....SO you might want to save this for your older, more 'sophisticated' gals, who need something a little extra special. I had to use my most available model however, so here we go. Fortunately, she has mounds of hair to demonstrate on!

I started off by quickly curling all her hair.

I gave her a side part on top.

I took the front section, and twisted it down low by her ear.

I secured the twist with a bobby pin, in a bobby pin roll.

I did the same on the other side, creating a headband effect in the front of the hair.

In the back of her head, I pulled all the hair up, including the front pieces that I'd bobby pinned off,

and twisted it all into a large twist.

At this point, you want to roll the hair, in this case, from the left side, over and 'tuck' it over the twist, enclosing the twist. This gives you a french twist.

Next I took several bobby pins and 'combed' the hair that I pulled over with the tips of a bobby pin, and tucked it down under the twist, and pushed it all the way in. It's out here so you can see how it is holding that top hair.

More angles to try and illustrate how to place the pins to hold in the twist.

Bobby pin all the way up and down the twist until it's secure and tight.

After the twist is secure, then I flopped the hanging hair back over the twist.

After combing through her hair, I had to retouch up her back curls quickly.

Stick in a big bow on top (I got this one from KayteBug Boutique)

One thing with this updo is you can make it look sleek and tight, or loose and soft. I did a looser softer look here, with her little wispies all curled (since I knew this 'do wouldn't stay in long anyway), but I love the soft loose curls.

Perfect for prom, parties, special nights out for your big or little princesses!

Little Girl's Hairstyles -Growing out bangs part two 7-10 min

Here is another quick option using the same two starter ponys I used in the previous 'bangs' post. Just add one more on each side in the front. You could leave it as is and go, when you need to get out the door quickly. This works great when those bangs are just too long to leave down, but haven't been trained to stay out of her face yet.

Or, you can dress it up a bit, like we decided to do here, and curl the rest of her hair. I used my trusty 1/2 inch curling iron, since her hair is very straight, and short, and we wanted maximum curl. I sprayed each section with hairspray first, and pulled her hair out straight, as pictured. When I got as close to the ends as I could, I just rolled the iron up, tucking the ends in as I rolled. See the label 'how to use a curling iron' for more instruction.

Always let the curls cool, and comb out with fingers. Tie some cute skinny ribbon around each pony if you need a little more flair.

And she's got gorgeous shiny waves!

Little Girl's Hairstyles -Double twist braids with soft tousled waves 3-5 min

This is what I did with her hair the day after I did the corkscrew curls with the pull through ponys (see post).

We like to call this her mermaid hair, so she sported her Ariel swimsuit for the occasion.

Back view (post-Ariel). I don't think the pictures do these soft tousled waves justice. They look D-A-R-L-I-N-G. 

Top view of what the twists will look like.

To start, I used the same part from the pull through ponys, and finger combed it down, since I didn't want to pull out the curls.

I parted off two ponys, like this, leaving one small. This will be for your twist braids. I also sprayed hairspray on the pieces before I combed them into ponys, to smooth up the little baby hairs.

I did twist braids on both ponys, securing them down with a bobby pin until I was ready to join them in the other pony. See the label 'twist braid' to learn how to do these. Since the hair was dry, and harder to handle than when it's wet, I sprayed each section again with hairspray to make them stay in place as I was twisting the braids.

I parted off the rest of the larger side, and pulled in the two twist braids.

With a bow

Beautiful soft tousled waves! ( I don't know what's up with the color in these pictures--like I've said, I'm NOT a photographer.)

Here's another super fast option after sleeping in the corkscrew curls. Smooth down from the initial part, spray with a little hairspray, and stick in a headband. This is always her first choice for a hair style!

Little Girl's Hairstyles -Pull Thru Ponys with Corkscrew Curls 15-20 min

If you do this hairstyle today.......

You'll have this hair tomorrow. (Enlarge this one to see it better!)

Since you'll be curling the hair, don't get it all wet. I only sprayed the front, where it's parted on an angle.

I parted down to the ear, and then gathered one side in a pony. To do a pull through pony, stick the end of a rattail comb through, and wiggle it back and forth to make a large hole in the pony.

Bring hair through, wrapping it over, going towards her face. Bring it to this point, and then to tighten it down close to the head, I split the pony and pull down and apart.

Do two pull through ponys.

Comb back the rest of the hair, and pull into a high pony.

You are going to do another pull through pony with the large one, this time pulling it in the opposite direction.

Use your rattail comb to make another gap, and pull the hair up through the gap, and over.

It gives it that nice poof on top. Tighten it up the same way.

To begin the corkscrew curl, I used sections about this size. I used the 1/2 inch curling iron, since her hair is pretty straight, and I wanted maximum curl. I sprayed the section of hair first with hairspray, and smoothed it down with my hand.

Start by wrapping the hair around the barrel, all the way to the ends, and hold with your hand. When I get to the last 4 or 5 inches of hair, I start twisting the hair as I go around. You can see the difference in how it's laying on the barrel. You can do that to the whole section, especially if it's shorter. I hold it here with my fingers for about 30 seconds. *If you see steam coming off the curl, it's most likely the hairspray burning, and not to worry. On the other hand, if you smell something not right, it's time to lose the iron.

This is what it should look like when you are done. See the difference on this than from the 'not so perfect curls' post? This will end up leaving the ends more straight, and you'll achieve that soft tousled wave look.

This shows where I start twisting the hair at the end on the barrel.

All corkscrew curls finished. Give it a good coating of the 'spray.

See all those nice creases? Here's what I do to fix that so the ribbon doesn't look so hammered.

Just run your curling iron up and down it until it's smooth. You can also curl your ribbon just like you curled her hair, if you so choose. I chose not today.

All nice and tidy.

She's not in the corner because she's in trouble. It seemed to help her keep still today for pictures for some reason.

Front

Whenever I do this style on my girls, I always try to have them sleep in it, ponys and all. The next day I take it all out and it will look (usually) like the soft tousled waves that are so popular today. I love love love it the next day. See the post labeled Double twist braid with soft tousled waves to see what I did the next day. Also, I don't finger comb out the curls until the next day, and then, just very lightly.