Double Headband Ribbon Braid
I think this has to be one of my new favorite hairstyles. I say that a lot, but this one is just so simple and cute!! I would try it on myself if my hair was long enough.
Super easy and quick too!
Start by cutting 2 lengths of ribbon. How long the ribbons need to be depends on the length of your daughter's hair. The ribbons I used were about 5 feet long each. Maybe cut them a little longer if you're not sure. You can always trim at the end, but it's hard to add more if you need it! :)
Part her hair on the side and lay the ribbons over her head (leaving about the same length hanging on each side.) Place a temporary bobby pin on either side of the part just to keep the ribbons separated and where you want them for a minute.
Smooth all of her hair over to one side and adding in the ribbons, start braiding. Try to place the ribbons on top while you're braiding so that they show up in the braid. Tie the ribbons into a bow at the bottom if you want to.
When you're done braiding you can take the temporary bobby pins out at the top. I ended up adding some permanent bobby pins on each side of the braid in a crossing pattern to keep the ribbons in place and prevent them from sliding around. The bobby pins don't bug me and I actually think they are cute showing. (Just my opinion.)
As you can see, her hair is still dripping wet here. It looked better and cuter when it dried. No time for drying when you have church at 9:00 a.m. though!
I'm thinking this hairstyle would be cute for cheerleading! You could use 2 different colors of ribbon to match the school colors.
I have another fun, but not so simple variation of this hairstyle ready to post next. (When I find time of course, which most likely won't be for a few days.)
Also don't forget to check our counter when you stop in. We're getting close to having a winner with our 1,000,000th visitor contest!!
Super easy and quick too!Start by cutting 2 lengths of ribbon. How long the ribbons need to be depends on the length of your daughter's hair. The ribbons I used were about 5 feet long each. Maybe cut them a little longer if you're not sure. You can always trim at the end, but it's hard to add more if you need it! :)
Part her hair on the side and lay the ribbons over her head (leaving about the same length hanging on each side.) Place a temporary bobby pin on either side of the part just to keep the ribbons separated and where you want them for a minute.
Smooth all of her hair over to one side and adding in the ribbons, start braiding. Try to place the ribbons on top while you're braiding so that they show up in the braid. Tie the ribbons into a bow at the bottom if you want to. 
When you're done braiding you can take the temporary bobby pins out at the top. I ended up adding some permanent bobby pins on each side of the braid in a crossing pattern to keep the ribbons in place and prevent them from sliding around. The bobby pins don't bug me and I actually think they are cute showing. (Just my opinion.) As you can see, her hair is still dripping wet here. It looked better and cuter when it dried. No time for drying when you have church at 9:00 a.m. though! I'm thinking this hairstyle would be cute for cheerleading! You could use 2 different colors of ribbon to match the school colors.
I have another fun, but not so simple variation of this hairstyle ready to post next. (When I find time of course, which most likely won't be for a few days.)Also don't forget to check our counter when you stop in. We're getting close to having a winner with our 1,000,000th visitor contest!!
How To Do Twists - Another Method
I think most everyone does these little cornrow type twists. We love them and use twists in lots of our hairstyles. I know some people have a hard time with the french twist braid, so this is just an easier way to get the same type of look.
Part out a row where you want the twist to be and section off a small piece in front of the row.
Using the end of a rat tail comb, start wrapping the hair around it. We have a smaller rat tail comb that I would normally use, but it's gone MIA. I'm guessing it's in with the Princess's doll stuff. :) The thinner the handle of your comb, the tighter the twists will be.
Keep wrapping the hair around the comb while adding sections of hair all the way back.
Keep going until you get to the end of the row.
Slide the comb out of the twist and add an elastic at the end of the row to keep it in place.
Quick and easy!
Oh, and you may have noticed I've started to add watermarks to our pictures. Due to some "unfortunate events" I've decided I need to do this to help keep my daughter's pictures safe. It's too bad it's come to this, but unfortunately it's not an innocent world that we live in. Hopefully the watermarks won't be too annoying or distracting. But I'm sure any of you with kids would understand why we don't want our pictures taken (as you would want the same courtesy shown to your children.) Thank you!!
Part out a row where you want the twist to be and section off a small piece in front of the row.
Using the end of a rat tail comb, start wrapping the hair around it. We have a smaller rat tail comb that I would normally use, but it's gone MIA. I'm guessing it's in with the Princess's doll stuff. :) The thinner the handle of your comb, the tighter the twists will be.
Keep wrapping the hair around the comb while adding sections of hair all the way back.
Keep going until you get to the end of the row.
Slide the comb out of the twist and add an elastic at the end of the row to keep it in place.
Quick and easy! Oh, and you may have noticed I've started to add watermarks to our pictures. Due to some "unfortunate events" I've decided I need to do this to help keep my daughter's pictures safe. It's too bad it's come to this, but unfortunately it's not an innocent world that we live in. Hopefully the watermarks won't be too annoying or distracting. But I'm sure any of you with kids would understand why we don't want our pictures taken (as you would want the same courtesy shown to your children.) Thank you!!Braided Twisty Headband
This hairstyle has been sitting in our folder for awhile. It's basically the criss cross french braid hairstyle on it's side, in the front (headband style.)Start by parting two headband sections like this....
Then, part those sections into 3 sections each. 6 total.
Starting in the right front section..... French braid up and over to the back middle section. Then, down to the front left section. (I used inside out french braids, dutch braids, or "cornrows." Regular french braids would work as well.)
Next, french braid the remaining sections. Starting with the back right and going to the front middle and ending with the back left.
I ended this by banding together the braids above her ear and adding a cute clippie.
The Rose - Beautiful And Quick Hairstyle!
Make a ponytail on top of her head (with a clear elastic) like this.....
This hairstyle works best for me when the hair is damp. Also, put a little bit of gel or pomade in at the top of the ponytail and run it all the way down to the ends.Next, take the ponytail and start loosely wrapping it around the elastic....
Keep going.....
Wrap the hair around as many times as you need to, depending on how long (or short) your little girl's hair is. You can either keep going until the ends are all wrapped up, or leave a little bit of the ends out like we did.
Tighten everything up just a little bit (it should still be fairly loose.) Rearrange things if you need to (so that it's somewhat centered) and smoosh it all down so that it lays flat.
Now it's time to bobby pin everything in place. Don't worry about trying to hide the bobby pins. I think they look cute showing a little! We pinned this in 3 spots: The top, at the base where the ends are coming out, and on the right side. At each of these points we used 2 bobby pins (crossing each other for a better hold.) So, 6 bobby pins total. 
To spice things up a bit, the princess picked out these cute bobby pin flowers to add from Every Little Detail. We also curled the ends under just a bit and added a ringlet to each side of her head.
Including the time for the curls, this took 7 minutes to do. If you leave the curls out, you could probably do it in 5!
$100 For One Million Page Views - A Fun Contest!
I just noticed the counter on our blog passed 900,000 page views over the weekend and is getting closer and closer to 1,000,000! It's taken a little over a year and a half and a lot of people stopping by our little blog to rack up that many views!!
I decided do this contest as a thank you for all of the fun and enjoyment my daughter and I have received from doing this blog. You'll never know how much each comment/email/friendship from our readers (all of you) has meant to us!
Here's How To Win:
If you scroll down to the very bottom of our blog, you will see a little box (the counter.) The number to watch is the first line (pages.) Whoever happens to land here when the counter hits 1,000,000 will win up to $100!!!!!
The more hair obsessed you are, the more cash you will win!
* You will get $20 for being the millionth visitor.
* I will add $20 more if you are also one of our facebook fans.
* +$20 if you are a blog follower (on our right sidebar.)
* +$20 if you have shared this contest with your friends and posted about it on facebook or on your blog sometime between now and the time this contest ends. (The more people you share this with, the faster the page views will add up and the quicker this contest will be over!)
* +$20 if you are an owner of our new hairstyle book.
The winner can choose to either have cash (through paypal) or a gift card. Keep in mind though, I live in a fairly small town so the gift card selection is limited. (We do have a Walmart and a Home Depot.)
*Oh, and please don't feel like you need to fan/follow us/buy a book/whatever unless you really want to. That's not my intention with this contest. I just want to reward and thank our "hair obsessed club" and our regular visitors more than..... a passerby who accidentally landed on our site at the right time by typing in the wrong address, lol. *wink*
Now, some of you might remember the contest we had for our 100,00th visitor almost a year ago. It ended with more than one winner (which was not what I had in mind.) THIS contest is for page views, which are counted every time the page is loaded, even by the same visitor. So, I am confident that there will only be one winner this time around.
The lucky 1,000,000th person will need to take a screen shot of the counter and email it to me for verification. To take a screen shot, hit "ctrl" and "print screen" at the same time. Then, open up something you can paste a picture into (like microsoft word) and press "ctrl v" to paste. After you've pasted it, you can send it to: hair4myprincess at yahoo dot com.
If you're using a Mac: Press "the apple button" (it's near shift) plus "shift" plus "3" all at the same time. That should take the screen shot. From there you should be able to paste.
If you are technically challenged like me. :) Take a picture of your screen with a digital camera and email me the picture. Geez, if you need to use your Polaroid and "snail mail" the picture - I will accept that too, lol. I don't care the method, I just want to make sure I'm sending the prize to the right person.
I can't wait to see who the winner is. Good luck everyone!
I decided do this contest as a thank you for all of the fun and enjoyment my daughter and I have received from doing this blog. You'll never know how much each comment/email/friendship from our readers (all of you) has meant to us!
Here's How To Win:
If you scroll down to the very bottom of our blog, you will see a little box (the counter.) The number to watch is the first line (pages.) Whoever happens to land here when the counter hits 1,000,000 will win up to $100!!!!!
The more hair obsessed you are, the more cash you will win!
* You will get $20 for being the millionth visitor.
* I will add $20 more if you are also one of our facebook fans.
* +$20 if you are a blog follower (on our right sidebar.)
* +$20 if you have shared this contest with your friends and posted about it on facebook or on your blog sometime between now and the time this contest ends. (The more people you share this with, the faster the page views will add up and the quicker this contest will be over!)
* +$20 if you are an owner of our new hairstyle book.
The winner can choose to either have cash (through paypal) or a gift card. Keep in mind though, I live in a fairly small town so the gift card selection is limited. (We do have a Walmart and a Home Depot.)
*Oh, and please don't feel like you need to fan/follow us/buy a book/whatever unless you really want to. That's not my intention with this contest. I just want to reward and thank our "hair obsessed club" and our regular visitors more than..... a passerby who accidentally landed on our site at the right time by typing in the wrong address, lol. *wink*
Now, some of you might remember the contest we had for our 100,00th visitor almost a year ago. It ended with more than one winner (which was not what I had in mind.) THIS contest is for page views, which are counted every time the page is loaded, even by the same visitor. So, I am confident that there will only be one winner this time around.
The lucky 1,000,000th person will need to take a screen shot of the counter and email it to me for verification. To take a screen shot, hit "ctrl" and "print screen" at the same time. Then, open up something you can paste a picture into (like microsoft word) and press "ctrl v" to paste. After you've pasted it, you can send it to: hair4myprincess at yahoo dot com.
If you're using a Mac: Press "the apple button" (it's near shift) plus "shift" plus "3" all at the same time. That should take the screen shot. From there you should be able to paste.
If you are technically challenged like me. :) Take a picture of your screen with a digital camera and email me the picture. Geez, if you need to use your Polaroid and "snail mail" the picture - I will accept that too, lol. I don't care the method, I just want to make sure I'm sending the prize to the right person.
I can't wait to see who the winner is. Good luck everyone!
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