Flower Bun

I have a fun little story I want to share. I was at our high school football game over the weekend & the little girlie's got to perform during half time. There were a million little girls. But I saw a cute little girl walk by that had a hairdo I had just posted a couple days prior. I saw the mom & had the nerve to ask if she saw that on a hair blog. She was such a cute mom & said yes - that she loves to look at it. I was EXTREMELY excited to see somebody in person that has been using stuff from here. It totally made my night to see that & for the mom's really nice compliment!! I love to do this blog & fun moments like that just make it all worth the time & effort!! Thanks to all those moms out here that like this site!!

On to todays hairdo. I've done something exactly like this before but I wanted to show you can do the same thing but do it on the side or change it up a bit & it can look different. When I did do it before - I pulled it straight back & added a headband. This time it's on the side with a bow.
Pull the hair into a side pony.
Grab 1/2" to 1" pieces for each loop.

Loop it around your finger (you'll have the ends sticking out that you'll grab into the next piece. It just kinda works that way).
Pin each loop at the base of the head. I criss-crossed each bobby pin so no loose pins would come out.
Go all the way around the head & add your cute bow to the side.
Don't you love the attitude. She would not look at me. But you get the idea.

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side by side braids

This is an inside outside french braid with a puff braid incorporated into it. It makes the braid go super fast.
Part the hair down the middle. Add your first elastic

Do an inside-outside french braid braiding about only 4 strands down. To start: you divide the pony into 3 sections & add the pieces from the sides. Then add your elastic to stop the braid.
Go down about 1/2" to 1" & add another elastic for the puffy braid. Then continue braiding that piece about 4 strands down & repeat until you come to the end.
You can see in this picture how close I started the first elastic to her forehead. I didn't want it so spaced that I would only be able to do the braid twice.
On the last one, I ended with the puffy braid & didn't pull the hair all the way through. I sprayed the ends so they would flip over the elastic. You're finished!!

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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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