Wednesday - still doing quick do

Right as I was about to defuse her hair, my blow dryer died. Doesn't that always happen? The curls would stay better if I defused it. This is super quick because you don't have to braid all the way down & then I just put some gel in her hair & scrunched it.

First, part the hair to be in a rectangle, as far down as you want to go. I hold the bottom with a clippie so I don't add that into the top at all.

Braid away. I actually did the opposite french braid, so the braid is on top, but you can do a normal french braid. If you do want it like i have Adde's, just braid under instead of over. It's just as simple. Then scrunch hair with gel & defuse (if your blow dryer works) or blow dry straight.

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Tuesday's Quickie

I know this doesn't look like a quick do, but it really is. & it is SUPER easy. If you want it to be even faster, cut the zig-zag part & go for a straight part. I personally think a zig-zag is faster (once you've done it a few times) because it doesn't have to be perfectly straight. This took me about 5 minutes to do!!

Start by zig-zaggin' the part & add two ponies at the top.

Continue going down with the zig-zag part. (Hint: whenever I do this part, I zig-zag all the way down, pushing the hair to the side it will go on as I go. Then I just grab the left side & do a loose pony, without even brushing it yet. That way, none of the part from the left will get into the pony on the left. Then I go to the right pony & comb it smoothly into the pony. Now, go to the left side & do the same thing.) Make sure you criss-cross the two ponies on top & add them into your ponies.

You could just braid these if you wanted to. But a twist braid it much faster, if you know how to do it. Working on one pony: divide it in half. Twist each of the halves & then begin twisting them around each other, making sure you continue to also twist each piece, otherwise, when you put the rubberband in- it will just go straight. Twisting it as you go is the key. I didn't pull the hair all the way thru. Spray the ends a little so it looks like you curled it without having to.

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FLOWER BUN

I had a cute mom that works with my husband email me & tell me that as a working mom, she needs something quick. She's tried a couple on here & they took TOO long. I know some of these that I have posted aren't the quickest, so everyday this week, I'm going to try & be creative & think of something that is QUICK but still really CUTE, rather than your ordinary pony tail or pigtails. I timed this hair do today & it took just under 8 minutes (& that was with taking pictures too). So when I mean quick - I'm going to try to do it within 5-10 minutes. So here's today:


A lot of moms have asked how I get Adde to stay still while doing her hair. I do her hair on my bed & she watches tv while I do her it. Or if you prefer the mirror, give her toys & books to play with or even snacks while you do her hair.

Do hair while is damp. Pull hair into a pony tail. I DID NOT part the hair at all, I pulled it all straight back. Grab a piece from the pony tail.
Loop that piece around & pin it. Do this all the way around the pony.
This is what it looks like once you have gone all the way around. See that extra piece hanging out from pinning your pieces? Just tuck that under the bun & pin it.

Spread each piece just so it looks more like one bun, instead of being able to see each piece pinned. Spray to hold. Add a cute head band or flower clip on the side of bun.

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Flower clips

On my trip to Tai Pan yesterday, I didn't come out with what I went in for, but I did come out with darling flowers for clippies!! You can also buy some at Roberts or Michaels. These are SO easy & darling. If you have a baby girl, you could even just clip these on to the headbands. I always make 2 of everything, just so I have the option. You also will need: hair clips from Roberts, hot glue gun & a pencil. (if you want to add any other embellishments also. I used glitter, eyelets & ribbon)

Take the flower COMPLETELY apart, so it will lay more flat on the clip. hot glue each section back together so it will stay together. Clip the clippie onto a pencil. Hot glue the flower onto the clip & let it dry...and voila...beautiful flower clips!!

I sprayed the red & white flowers with gold glitter.

The middle of these flowers made them look too fake. I took it out when I took the flower apart & just hot glued the eyelets in it's place instead.
I had some pink paper flowers from my scrapbooking pile. I decided to just add them with the ric rac ribbon. Adde has lots of pink & green clothes so I thought it would be cute together.

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Cute Short Bob

I watched my neice today & she jumped in the bath with my kids. But I was excited because that meant I got to do another little girl's hair:)
First, I parted her hair on an angle, instead of straight, just to add a little more to a bob. Then I round brushed her hair in 3 different sections: the bottom, middle & top. I used my biggest roundbrush, which I think is the biggest size you can buy. I blow dryed the base as much as I could, to give it more volume. But don't round the sides as much as you would the back. Add a cute little clip to keep her bangs back & there you go!!

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I'm gonna call these tuck-under knots...

So - I'm just gonna try my best, with one hand to show how to do these. I'm not sure what to call them, so we'll just pretend and call them tuck-under knots. You can do SO much with these. You could even do this on short hair put them into just half way up pigtails or just leave all the hair down.

Start by sectioning off the hair that you want to do the tuck-under knot on. I find the smaller the section, the better.

I get the end of my comb & divide it right down the middle of the section. By doing this, you won't be pulling lots of little strands on the way, or hurting her little head.

Now, just tuck the piece of hair under, where you divided the hair in half.

Pull the hair completely through, and this is what it looks like!! Super easy, right?

Now, pull the hair tight, so this is the finished product!!

Do the exact same thing to add another tuck under knot

This looks like the top, but it's the bottom. Do the exact same thing as the top, but pull them through the OPPOSITE way, so it looks like the are supposed to be going up

Put the remainder of the hair into pigtails. You could either leave them straight, pull just half way, or do the messy bun. I zigzagged the part, but you could also do it straight.

To do a messy bun look, after you have pulled the hair just half way through, scrunch up the ponytail & put a rubberband to hold it in place. Spray the bun a little so it will hold better & you may have to pull on some pieces to make it look more symmetrical.

And there you have it. You could even do the twist under knots all the way down, in a straight row, instead of splitting them. That looks really cute too.

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Remember Fish Braids?

Do you remember fish braids? I used to love them. But they really do take forever to do, with all the small pieces you add to it. So I did it this way - so it is much quicker.

Start by making your pigtails. Then divide one side of the pigtail in half.

From the right side of the half, grab a small piece. Grab it from the very back of that half. This is where you will always grab your pieces from. You'll see as you go, that if you do not, then you'll have a big chunk you'll need to bring forward & you want small pieces.

Take that small piece and take it over to the left side.

Now, grab a small piece from the left side (same way - back, top)

& take it over to the right side. Do this all the way down. You are fish braiding!!

Stop wherever you would like to and put a rubberband to hold it.

Go down aways & add another rubberband, so there is no braid in this area. Then start the fish braid over again.

Go all the way down until you reach the ends of the hair. Do both sides the same.

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