Little Girl's Hairstyles - How to do hair for School Pics!

I don't know about the rest of you, but School Picture Day is probably one of my most stressful mornings (pathetic, I know). I stress because:

1: I can't be there to rearrange, comb, spritz anything back into place, and 

2: how do I get the hair to STICK, look natural, but not move until it's picture time?

I justify my erratic and tense behavior because, as I tell my girls, "I'm paying for these, so I want them to be PERFECT." So, now that you are feeling sorry for my children, let me share with you some possible ideas, that I think would be SUPERB for picture day.

I really really like my girls' hair down for pictures. I think that if I'm going to do something fancy, it should be visible, and since most of my fancy stuff is in the BACK of the head, it does nothing for their pictures, which I really want to show off their cute little faces. So, here's some of my favorites, with the hair down, that I think we'll be choosing from, since our picture day is tomorrow!

But, I know some of you may want to have the hair up, so I've picked a few faves for you too. They are at the end. Enjoy! Good luck with your morning!

Hair Down

French Braid Headband

Twists with curls (soft curlers)

Double Twist Braids with Waves

The Thumbelina

Side Puffy Braid Headband

Daisy Chain Braid with waved hair

Rosettes/Twist Bun Headband  (I will be sharing a video on how to make the actual headbands soon!)

Twisted Laces in Crown Or Side Puffy Braid

Hair Up

French Twist Braids with Stuffed Bun

If you wanted to eliminate the top twists, I think a side bun with a flower would be adorable for pictures as well. I'm leaning towards this hairdo myself.....

The Heidi Updo with Four Strand Braids

Side Pony with Twists

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 -- 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. :)