Cross-over Puffy Braids

This is just like doing 2 side by side puffy braids, but you're going to do them at an angle this time so that they cross.
I started by parting the hair into 4 sections. Pull back & clip the top left & bottom right to keep them out of the puffy braid. What's out of the elastic is going into 1 puffy braid Start to put your elastics in. Remember to go at an ANGLE. In order for that, I slanted my part aiming toward her ear for the first few, instead of going straight down.

Go all the way down, keeping that same angle even with the others.
Now, do the other side just like the right side: slanting each part & making an angle with the elastics. When I got to the path where they cross-over, I added a very small chunk of hair from the other side so it looked like an easy transaction.
I didn't pull her hair all the way thru on the last elastics. Spray so the ends go over the elastics & you're done. I tried to put some cute bows in - but it didn't look so cute. You could try & see if it looks better in your girlie.
front view

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My Version of Messy Buns

I've had a few requests to show how I do my messy buns. There are different ways you can do it but I think this looks best & is SO fast.

Do your pigtail/pony tail. Don't pull the hair all the way through so it looks like a loop.
I scrunch up all of the hair into a ball with my hands.
Wrap your rubber band around it. I wrap the elastic twice so it is VERY easy to come out (it really isn't hard to get out). Now that her hair is getting so long, I usually have to do 2 different rubberbands around the messy bun so it stays close together & isn't so HUGE. But if your girlie's isn't as long, you should just need one.
Tug at some strands to make the messy bun look even.
Spray to hold & that's it!! Easy, right?
I do do it differently once in awhile, but this is what I usually resort to. If you have a way you do your messy buns & would like to share with all of us, email me step by step instructions & we'll post it for everyone to see.

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Braid Twist

Remember how to do twist braids?? Then this will be extremly easy to do.
Divide the hair into 3 sections. Do twist braids in each section.
Then just braid your twist braids together like a normal braid.
I parted her hair on the side so it wasn't slicked right back.
Add a cute bow & you're finished!!

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The Wave

Sometimes I want to do something that is just so easy. Because she does have more hair - this does take me a little longer, but it's SO easy and ANYBODY can do it.

When I wave her hair, I do it in 3 sections: bottom, middle & top. I apply polmade to each layer & spray with hairspray to make it "dirty". Then wave away. Spray to hold & add your cute flower clip or headband.

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Topsie Knotsies

I know...I know...this looks like a lot but it really is quicker & easier than it looks. Give it a try!!
Part the hair down the middle. Do 3 pig tails on each side, trying to make them as even as possible with each other.

Grab a small chunk out of the pigtails & criss cross them. (if you look close - you can see the top criss-crossed)
After you have criss-crossed, grab another small piece & pull it straight across. You could do it while you are doing your criss-crosses so you don't have so many elastics in her hair. I added an elastic each time I pulled a piece over.
EASY!! Right? So then I just did messy buns on all the pig tails. You could finish it however you would like.
If I had enough bows of that color, I would have put one on each of the pigtails. But I had to settle just for the middle. These bows - I actually bought at Wal-Mart. They came attached to an elastic. I cut the elastic off & hot glued them to aligator clips so they would be easier to get in and out. & SUPER cheap.

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dOubLe WaTerFaLLs

I've done the waterfall before with nothing else on it but the one pony tail. This time, I did 2 with the climbers going up.
I parted the front of the hair on a slant & then kept it going straight down the middle. Do tuck under knots, climbing up, instead of going down. Do 3 in a row. The 3rd one up is your "waterfall". Let it hang over the rest of the hair. Blow dry it & curl it so it flips out, looking like a waterfall.
I added some clips underneath. I teased the top part of it, just to give her hair a little more volume. Spray to hold.
Front view

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piggies into a pony

This was really easy & stays together all day long. Part the hair straight down the middle but do your pigtails a little more forward & on the side than what you normally would.
Do a puffy braid with elastics half way down the piggy tail. Do it on both sides. I alternated with a light pink & dark pink - but it would be cuter if you had a color contrast on it (she just didn't have any other color on today:).
Bring the 2 pig tails together & secure with an elastic.
Add your bows in the front (or you could add them where the 2 piggies meet) & you're finished. You have a cute, high pony tail.

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