Triple Threat

This style is nothing fancy but I thought it looked really cute and it got a lot of compliments. Basically I just did three french braids from the front to the crown and then tied them all together in a messy bun with the rest of her hair. Then I topped it up with that adorable flower bow that I made :)

She wasn't in a smiling mood at all that day until I showed her some clothes I had picked up for back to school (yes I know I'm a little early). Here she is after about 15 outfit changes and a happy attitude change!

Sigh! She looks so grown up here!

Braids to the Side

Here's a quick and easy do to spice up the same old ponytail. Now I'm not a lover of side ponies or buns or anything. I like symmetry. But for some reason we've been doing a lot of side do's on Kenz the last little while and I still think they're cute.
This one wasn't meant to be what it is, but it worked.
To do this one, part the har just behind the ears and put two little ponies in the front and two in the back. Braid the front ponies and add them to the back ones. Take the left back pony now and braid it adding it to the right one. Now form a messy bun, or whatever you want from here and add a bow to finish the look. Takes less than five minutes and still looks cute.From the left side:From the right side:From the front:

Side Dutch Braids

I know, it's been a while since I've blogged! Let's just say it was a super busy summer and leave it at that okay?! Anyways, now that school is back in and I'm settled into my new job, I'll probably be blogging regularly again... I know I know! I keep saying that! Anyways, today's do isn't so much a tutorial as it is a brag post.
Why is it a brag post? Because I've been working really hard all summer long to teach myself to dutch braid. I've been able to french braid forever but for some reason dutch braiding is so much harder for me. So I know it's not perfect but here is an example of one of my fave dutch braid dos. Three to the side, into a messy bun: Top view:

Front view:

A closeup of one of the braids... not bad if I do say so myself!

Pretty Picture Hair

I didn't get very many pics of the actual do for this one, but it isn't difficult to figure out :) Basically it's a double braided headband with a messy bun. Kinda simple and cute for the pics I was trying to get.
Here is the view from the top: The side view:

The back under-side. Since her hair is too short for the two braids to meet in the back I braided each braid in with a small section at the back of her head. Then I joined the two braids and braided that adding it to the messy bun:

The top side view:

And the front:

Photo Free Friday

I checked my usual blog reading list today and came across this nifty idea by Jenn over at Girly Do's. She has posted photoless instructions for a hair do and asked us to try it and share the link on her blog. So this is what we've done. Go HERE to see the instructions.

This style was a little challenging because her bangs are too long to stay down and it's difficult to keep them in a longer french braid, so there are quite a few shorter pieces sticking out that I tried to hide.View from the side that's hooked into the ponyI liked the look of this but it didn't feel complete until I added the bows to it. Some styles just need that bit of extra help :)

Elastic Braids, Messy Buns

This is a very easy hair style and cute for girls with long or short hair. Section the hair horizontally and put in two elastics. Add those sections to the next sections. I have three elastics on the top, and two coming from the bottom meeting the middle elastic.
View from the back:

You can either leave it in ponies as above or turn it into messy buns and add cute bows:

X - Braids to Bun

This is a very pretty hairstyle that can be done loosely (as I've shown) or tightened and fancied up for a very pretty updo.
To begin section the hair into four pieces:

Next french braid all of the sections towards the middle of the head:

I didn't show this next step but then you put all of the braids in an elastic at the center point of all of the braids and unbraid the ends so you have a pony. Next you do your bun or messy bun:

Add a flower or don't. This is a beautiful style with or without add-ons:

Say Cheese!

Multiple Braids to Bun with Bangs Pulled Back

Since it's summer time now and we've decided we want to grow out Kenz's bangs we're going to probably be doing a lot of similar styles to this one with her bangs pulled right back off her face.
To start this style I pulled her bangs off her face by doing two rows of elastic braids. Then I regular braided the ends of the elastic braids together. Next I took all of the hair around her head and did 6 more regular braids.

Next I pulled all of the braids back into a pony tail and took out the elastics from the ends of the braids and then made it into a sortof bun. I was going to do a ballerina bun but got impatient and just did a half a messy bun.

Isn't it pretty like a flower or star?!

Elastic Braids to Messy Bun

This one is great for getting bangs off of her face and for warm or windy days where the hair needs to be pulled back.
Start by sectioning front/back and then section the front into rows. Make the rows into squares starting at the front and do a tiny pony. Take the hair from the first section and add it to the second section. Keep going until the hair is used up. Try to keep the parts even as you do each section.This is what it will look like with all the rows finished:Add all of the hair into a pony in back and make it a messy bun. Add in a pretty bow (I told you the bow I made yesterday would look great with this outfit!) and you are done!

Two Messy Bun variations:

Sometimes I'm looking for a good and sturdy - windy outside - 3 year old wants to play rough - hair do. I love doing a messy bun variation for this because it holds up really well to wind and play and you don't have to worry if it does come out a little. The first 3 pictures are one style and were taken after a full day of playing outside:

For this style what I did was four knots in the top half of the hair. The back half of hair was divided into two ponies and then the top two knots were added into the ponies. Next I braided the bottom two knots and added them into the ponies with a new elastic. Then I took yet another elastic and only did a half a pull through and pinned down the bun randomly to create the messy bun. This style only takes a couple minutes to do, I think choosing her ribbons took longer than actually doing the style.
This is style # 2 and I think it's a little prettier for when we are going out and I know she will be playing but I want her to look just that little bit nicer.

The first thing I did for this was divide the top and bottom sections of hair. The bottom I put into two ponies and the top I divided into 4 sections. One at a time I took the right two sections of hair that was left out and added it to the right pony twisting it before securing with an elastic. Then I did the same to the left side. I created my messy bun look the same way as above with the half pull through and pins.

Again, these pics were taken at the end of the day and it's still looking pretty good considering the wind we've been having lately.