Flashback Friday: French Twist Connection

This hairstyle will be easiest if you first straighten all of the hair.  (Your princess may already have straight hair but my princess needs some help to get her completely straight.)  You can curl the ends too if you like.  

 Grab the middle-bang section from the front of the head and begin twisting it.  Each time you wrap the twist, gather in some new hair and twist again.  Continue gathering hair until you get to the ear and then finish twisting without adding anything in.  Have your princess hold that twist while you move over to the other side of the head and create another small French Twist - ending the addition of any new hair into it once you get to the ear. 

 Twist the remaining hair on that side as well and then combine your two twist together on top of the head with an elastic.  Add a flower clip to hide the elastic and the hairstyle is complete.

Flashback Friday: Pull-Through Rolls

I wish I had gotten a closer picture of this hairstyle but I had no idea I would ever be sharing it with anyone so I was a little ill-prepared. 

 Start by parting the hair down the middle and separating it into two halved.  Pull each side up into a piggie and create an Inverted Pull-Through out of each.  (This is done by poking your Topsy tail up wards behind the piggie instead of downwards.)  Once the hair is flipped through, you can roll the ends down over themselves and pin them into place.   This will give you a little roll sitting on top of your Inverted Pull-Through. 

 My princess was running around the party all night long so the ends slowly started to come undone but it almost looked better this way - a bit of a disheveled look! 

Flashback Friday: Toddler French Braids

When my princess was very little and hardly had hair, we used to do fake French Braids with elastics (Puffy Braids) but once she finally had enough hair, we were doing French Braids all the time. 

We would start by curling her bangs forward and then dividing the rest of the hair in half to create two separate braids.   

We secured the bottom of the two braids together with an elastic and then placed a bow over the elastic to hide it.  We happened to be at the Alpine Slides in Park City, UT at this particular time and my princess was a little scared - to say the least - but at least I got a picture of her hair!

Flashback Friday: Pajama Day

This is our final Flashback Friday and it's been fun to add a few of these old hairstyles into the mix.   On this particular day my daughter's school was having a "Pajama Day". 

We had talked about how she would be wearing things that she wore to bed and she quickly piped up and suggested that we put pink curlers in her hair since she wears those to bed.  I thought that was a great idea and so she went to school with pink overnight curlers in her hair.  She was quite the hit at school and she had darling curls when we took them out! 

Flashback Friday: Flipped Piggies

I love this style and there is really nothing to it. 

 We separated her hair into two equal halves by creating a zig-zag part down the middle of her head.  Each side was pulled up into a piggie and then we pulled out the large fat curling iron. 

We curled the ends of the piggies so that they flipped out and then topped each one off with a bow.  She had a program at church that day and she looked darling for it.

Flashback Friday: Locks of Love

My daughter has donated her hair twice to Locks of Love but these pictures are from her first time. 

 Her bangs had finally grown to a nice length and she wanted to do something different with her hair so we decided to chop the length off and even it all out with those bangs. 

She was a little sad at first to see it all gone but as soon as we went home and styled it she was fine. 

We flipped all of her ends out with a mid-sized curling iron and the bang area up and clipped it back with two bendy clips creating and "X".  She looked so cute and the length looked great on her. 

 She was very happy to know that her hair was going to someone that could really use it and couldn't wait until she had enough to donate it again!

Flashback Friday: Crazy Hair Day

My princess was 5 years old in this picture and it was her school's "Crazy Hair Day".  I asked her what she wanted to do for her big day and she came up with this hairstyle all by herself. 

We divided the hair directly down the middle and pulled each side up into a piggie.  I dried both sides and pulled out my irons - a flat iron and a ringlet curling iron.  I straightened one side of her head and then made lots of tiny ringlets on the other. 

 It was funny to see how much longer one side ended up being than the other! 

She definitely looked crazy for her big day!

Flashback Friday: Wet-Pinned Curls

Wet-Pinned Curls can take some time to prep for but they have such a beautiful final look.  Start with the hair really wet and make sure you pull it up into any initial style before creating your curls.  Grab a box of bobby pins to have at your side before you start. 

Section out some mall pieces of hair - they can be medium or small, depending on how think you would like your curls.  Starting with the end of the hair, wrap it in a circular motion all the way up to the scalp and then pin it against the head using two bobby pins to create an "X" for maximum hold.  Your curls can be would as tightly or as loosely as you like just depending on how large or small you want your curls.  Continue wrapping and pinning sections of hair all around the head.  When you are finished your princess will resemble a 20's Flapper with all the wet tight curls against her head.  I wish I had taken a picture at this point but back in the day I never had a reason to do that!  :)  The hair will take about 3 hours to set.  (You can speed up that time by using a warm dryer to dry the hair.) 

When you're ready, take the pins out of the hair and let the curls fall loosely.  Spray the hair with a bit of hairspray to help hold the curls and you're all finished!

Flashback Friday: Ring of Flowers

This hairstyle was from Easter 2008 when my princess was finally starting to get excited about her hair.  (Yes, there was a time when she HATED getting her hair done, just like any normal little girl.  She LOVES it now though.) 

 

Her little Easter dress had tiny rosettes all over it so I made some little hairpins for her hair by hot gluing crafting rosettes to bobby pins. 

I created a high Angel Halo on her head first.  (Click for instructions.)  Then I placed the rosettes into the halo in a mixed pattern.  

All the bobby pins helped to hold the halo tightly and it looked beautiful all day long.  

It even held together as she ran around like a wild child finding all the Easter eggs hidden around her playhouse!  :)  

1-Year Anniversary & Flashback Friday: The Long Bang

It's official we have been posting hairstyles on this blog for one year now!  There are 250 posts on our site which should give you a large variety to choose from.  It's been so much fun to have this special little something to do with my princess but it's also been fun to hear from all of you readers out there.  I get several emails but I rarely get comments and I do LOVE COMMENTS.  :) 

 For today we have a flashback from when my princess was 5 years old.  We had been growing out her bangs for a little while and decided to put their length to use. 

We pulled her hair half up and then grabbed out two small sections of her bangs.  Using a fat curling iron we curled the ends of the sections.  Pretty simple but she looked very grown up that day.  :) 

Flashback Friday: Getting Glamorous

Here we go again with the overnight curlers...  but they're so fun! 

My princess had some seriously thick hair as a little girl so we ended up using a couple different kinds of curlers. 

She thought we should just keep this as the hairstyle because it looked so glamorous!  :) 

She had beautiful ringlet curls the next day for her dance performance. 

 In fact, she had beautiful curls for the next few days!  (Gotta love the curling power of those sponge curlers!)

Flashback Friday: Low on Time?

This is one of the easiest hairstyle you'll find on here - which is nice when you are low on time! 

Simply grab your favorite hair clip and comb one side of hair, just above the ear, up toward the center of the head.  Secure it in place with the hair clip and you're finished. 

 The rest of the hair can be straight or curly and it looks beautiful either way.

Flashback Friday: Barrell Roll Bun

Even at age 4 she was into looking "elegant".  This is a really simple bun that gives that "wow" effect. 

Start with wet hair and pull it all up into a high ponytail.  Now divide the ponytail into 6 even pieces.  Comb each piece straight up in the air and then roll it down - over itself - into the head.  Secure it into place with bobby pins. 

 Do that for ever piece and then you can place a ribbon around the bun or flowers in it like we've done here.  These are little spiral clips that we just twisted into the top of the bun.

Flashback Friday: Accessorize!

Nothing is more adorable than these little knitted beanies on little girls.  My princess had a little Thanksgiving party at her preschool and we put two low braids in her hair and placed a brown knitted beanie on top. 

 I then fed the two braids through openings in the bottom-back of the beanie to hold it in place.  We added fall flowers to the ends of her braids and a larger fall flower onto her beanie.  Look for opportunities to use all of these fun accessories and especially these darling beanies!

Flashback Friday: Fairy Hair

flaFor Halloween in 2007, my princess was a fairy. 

We did a simple yet pretty look for her costume by pulling the top part of the hair up into to small piggies and then creating curling iron ringlets with the rest of it.  We sprayed her hair with spray glitter (which you can't really see in the picture) and added little flower clips to hide the elastics. 

Flashback Friday: Princess Hair

So at this point we were really trying to get creative with the growing bangs because we were getting sick of the same old hairstyles all the time.  This one is just a simple French Twist but it's perfect for pesky bangs.

 

Start with wet hair and comb the bangs right down into the face.  Create a part right in the middle about three inches long.  (Behind the bangs.)  Now begin your French Twist with the bangs and continue adding in hair as you work to the right, along the scalp line. 

 When you get over to the left ear and have added in all the hair.  Secure it into a ponytail with an elastic.  Add a flower clip to his the elastic.  Those bangs will be out of the way for the whole day!

Flashback Friday: Low Side Pony

I think this was about the age that I started realizing that my princess was turning into a "kid" and was no longer a toddler.  I started going her hair just a bit differently than I had in the past and this is her first side ponytail. 

Her bangs still had some growing to do but they were getting there.  We pulled all of her bangs off to the right and secured them with a bendy clip and then pulled the rest of the hair into a low side ponytail. 

We curled the ends and then stuck an over sized flower over the elastic to finish it off.  

Flashback Friday: Front Poof

We were still working on growing out my princess's bangs at this point and we were looking for any creative styles. 

This is a twisted front poof and basically you just twist the bang straight back to start.  Now puff the front a bit by bringing the twist down and forward. 

Secure it into place by creating and "X" with bobby pins.  Straighten the rest of the hair down and you're finished.  This was one of our favorite styles while growing her bangs out.

Flashback Friday: Growing Out the Bangs

These pictures were taken just a couple days after my princess turned 4 and she decided that she was getting to old for "little girl bangs". 

I remember dreading the time when we would have to grown out these bangs but it really wasn't too bad.

  We just rolled them to one side and used bendy clips to secure them into place.  On this particular day we did some low Indian Braids but the rolled bangs worked with any hairstyle. 

 We also did this style on her first day of preschool and she looked darling!

Flashback Friday: Curling Iron Ringlets

Our Flashback today is from 2007 when my brother-in-law and sister-in-law got married.

 

My princess was one of the flower girls and she looked so cute! 

We curled her bangs and pulled half of her hair up into an elastic.  We created some curling iron curls which are best accomplished when you clamp the curling iron at the top, near the head, and then wrap the rest of the hair around the barrel - holding onto the eds with your hand.  Once the hair has curled you can just let the ringlet fall.  Give it a generous dose of hairspray and it will hold beautifully. 

We also tied a chiffon ribbon around the elastic and stuck some little pearls in the top of her hair.  The pearls had velcro on the backside of them which clings right to the hair.