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!

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Little Girl's Hairstyles - How to do a Triple Braid 15-20 min

How was the holiday for everyone? I hope that no eyebrows, eyelashes, or (heaven forbid!) hair was singed off in any manner. We escaped unscathed (all except for a tumble off of a bike during our 4th of July bike ride. Not me. Only small knees were injured. We are good.)

And we are off with a new hairdo! This was an experiment (aren't they all!?). This hairdo incorporates 2 inside out french braids, with a smaller regular braid. For your gals with shorter hair, you can join the three braids together higher up on her head, rather than at the neckline.

Start with an angle part from forehead to neckline.

Then part off an angled section at the bottom of the first part, leaving enough to do a small braid.I clipped off the two top sections for ease.

Braid the small section into a regular braid.

Next, do a French or inside out braid in the top sections, angling them toward the small braid, so they all meet at the same point.

Braid it down to the ends.

Do both top sections so it ends with three braids.

Next, braid the three braids together for your triple braid. For this hairstyle, I did backwards/inside out braiding on everything, including the triple braid. Sometimes I mix regular with backwards too. Basically just do whatever works or looks best!

And yup, she's in her PJ's. It was just one of those days. Most likely I was still in mine as well.

Little Girl's Hairstyles - How to do an American Flag Hairdo 15-20 min

Well, here's our attempt at being patriotic! I thought about attempting a fancy star hairdo, but that involved way too many elastics for my taste or my imagination. So, when posing the question to my 6 year old about something festive hair-wise to do, she said, "How about a flag mom?", and so here we go. I was just grateful I had the right colors of ribbons in my ribbon bag (since I'm not the type to run to the store to buy the right colors for a hairdo!). These odds and ends worked right nice together methinks.

So here's to you little sparkler fiends--keep those away from the ponytail and you'll be doing fine. Have a wonderful 4th of July!

I started with a side part in the front with very damp to wet hair.

I gathered the small side of the part, down to her ear,

and put it in a twist bun.

I then wrapped a bright blue ribbon around it. You could also bobby pin this bun flat, instead of wrapping it with a clear elastic, like I did here, if you don't want it to stick up. This is the "stars" portion of the Stars and Stripes.

Starting from the front of her head, I then parted the hair into four equal sections, going from ear to ear, and down the back of her head. I angled them all, and this happens pretty naturally when following the curvature of the head, to end behind her ear, since I gathered them into one pony at the end. I then did an inside out french braid in each section, braiding down from the head a few inches so I could gather the ends together.

This is where I gathered it all together into one ponytail.

I added a red and white ribbon around the elastic, and there you have your 'stripes'!

My gal was not feeling so patriotic when photo shoot time came around.

I hope this is something fun for you festive ladies! I'm not sure my littles will let me touch their locks on the 4th. All my hard work was shown off at the dentist office. Ay me. But it got a lot of compliments! (And then of course she was smiling). :) Happy Holidays! Please share any fun things and/or do's you did!

Little Girl's Hairstyles -Angled inside out French Braid 5-7 min

Something simple, but cute! My gal here asked me to do this, since she really likes anything that gives her a bun or pony on the side.

I combed her wet hair over in the angle I wanted to do the braid.

This is my beginning point. For me, I have to really make sure I start in the right spot for anything that goes across the head on an angle. If you don't start out right, your angle ends up...not at an angle. I've done many a hairdo that end up looking slightly off.....rather than at an angle, and believe me, it ain't cute. So map out exactly where you want it to go, and reevaluate where you are braiding as you are going down the head. I had to restart this one twice because I got off track.

I did an inside out french braid here. You can see my video tutorial on regular french braiding if you prefer that, or I will be posting an inside out french braid video soon.

Doublechecking where I'm at here.

She preferred to have a ponytail hanging over the shoulder today, so who am I to disregard what my princess prefers? I braided it down a little bit, so it wouldn't pull on the baby hairs at the back of the neck, and left it in a pony.

This darling match-everything-flower is from B&B's Buttons and Bows. It just goes with anything pink!

If your kids are like mine, they frequently lose those cute cute bows, especially when they are off at school. So here's what I do to (try) help them NOT lose them. I stick the clip of the alligator clip down inside the elastic.

Side view

Her hair is slightly curly, so we do the old twist it around my finger when it's wet trick, and her hair will somewhat stay in a long ringlet like this throughout the day. This is a trick that my Mom used to do on me, and it works great! I spray it all lightly with hairspray, and she's off!