Inspired by: Pinterest!

Pinterest is absolutely addictive. If you haven't signed up yet, you should. They have an entire section just for Hair & Beauty, but make sure you've got some time if you check it out. (Here is my hairstyles board if you'd like to follow it!)

I found this style a while ago, and tried it last week- super simple braids, but tight at the base of the head. It was a great one to do when my hair was wet, and worked well on my somewhat wavy hair, but would also look great on curled or straight hair as well. 

I only used 2 rubberbands and a few bobbypins and it held all day long. It even looked better as it dried throughout the morning. (Also, I did a two-into-one braid on one side, as my bangs still aren't quite long enough to reach without falling back...) So here's the video, although it is long, and a little boring, so feel free to skip through the steps. :)

Another Hair Bow...

Today I was trying to do something quick with Emma's hair. It's definitely a quick hair day...

Anyway, after putting her hair into a half, I thought I'd braid it and twist it into a little bun. That didn't lay right at all, so I tried two braids, which also wasn't doing what I wanted it to. So, I improvised and looped the braids and then wrapped the ends around the center and tied with a rubber band. (Similar to this)

Turned out really cute I thought. I might try it again with a ribbon braided into the hair to add a little detail to the "bow."

Have a good weekend!

 In case anyone is wondering, those are our "door jobs" They are the daily jobs that the kids have to do. The rooms are just a basic straighten up, nothing too detailed...Then on Saturday mornings we get all the cards together and play "the cleaning game." Rules are simple (even Maia helps quite a bit) We pick a card, and then all go to that room and do the detailed cleaning. Emma and Michael love to do the dusting and windows/mirrors. When they are all done, I either pick one kid that did the best, or they all get to use their can of air freshener in the room. Takes about an hour for the entire house, and makes my load MUCH easier.  (And the entire house smells like vanilla for a few hours!)  :)

Picture Day! (Curlformers)

So as with most of us hair-doers, I think for picture day we usually tend to leave hair down, or a little less "creative" than usual. This was the case for us. I was going to do a little braided headband like this one, but then I just decided that I would curl her hair and leave it down. I always remember having really curly hair for picture day when I was little, and I loved it- it felt so fancy!

Anyway, we put in the Curlformers last night, using a bit of setting lotion, and she ended up with perfectly curled hair this morning.  One trick that I have learned along the way is to alternate the colors of curler. They curl the hair in different directions, so if you alternate, they will stay separated a little better during the day. (I did it once where I had one big clump of orange curlers, and after a little play time, that section was one huge curl...not so cute.)

Also, I go through and separate the curls a bit using some hairspray so it doesn't look like 12 big ringlets. Hopefully her pictures are early in the morning and not after lunch recess or something so the curls are nice and non-frizzy. :)

I made this cute little headband using some jewels, hot glue, and a bra-strap attachment from the fabric store. Super easy, and really cute for simple hairdos.

Aren't those curls dreamy?? I love them, although I've never put my hair in them yet...someday I'll have a fancy event. :)

Also, I just had to share that after about a year, I FINALLY found the perfect case for the curlers! I had to buy a new set of clippers for the boys' hair, and it came with this little carrying case that was a little too floppy for the clippers, and last night I realized that it was the exact size to hold the curlers. So if you have curlformers, and need some clippers, this might be an incentive to buy this set. :)

And here's the type of setting lotion I use. It really helps to keep the curls in longer, without making them really stiff like hairspray would. (Super cheap too- I think it's only about $4 for this big bottle.) I just use a little spray bottle and spray her hair before adding the curlers.

Emma's Design...

So Emma's been on quite the hair strike lately. So yesterday I told her that she got to design her very own hairstyle. Lucky for me, she did something not too crazy, and it actually was very cute and simple. So, if you're little girl is on a strike, give her the option of designing her own hair. :) (Or, for more fun, send me their ideas, and Emma and I will fix her hair like that!)

(I love the swirl as the bun...I started doing a twisted bun, but she said she wanted a big bun, so I changed...)

Inspiration: Mollee from "SYTYCD?"

So I don't usually watch this show, but I caught the judging last night while I was waiting for Glee- Mollee (who was voted off last night) was so stinkin' cute! And she was sobbing so hard that it made me sad for her. Anyway, her hair style was really cute- a little smocking ending in a braid. Fun and really simple.

Also, I took a very simple video of me curling Emma's hair with my newly-created wave machine. :) (Yes, it's my curling iron with the clamp removed- see this post) Super pretty waves and really fast. I'll post it later tonight.

Emma's Photo Shoot...

My sister Sydney shot some BEAUTIFUL photos of Emma during our Thanksgiving get together. Nice work, huh?

Since this is a hair blog, I'll talk about her do- I actually curled her hair a lot tighter with the flat iron, but the photographer didn't want it so so curly, so I took the spray bottle, did a soft little mist a few times while pulling down on her hair, and the curls loosened up just perfectly.

Redpunzel today!

Em wanted to wear her hair down today, so i just ran the straightener through it quick. It's amazing how much longer it looks!

Easy braid for picture day

It's picture day today! I like Em's hair to be down for pictures, so I
did a nice simple Dutch braid headband with the rest curled. Maia
wanted a braid too, so she got a simple braid pulled back with a clip.
Easy day!

Curlformers...

So I love Curlformers. I think most anyone who loves doing hair and who has tried them, loves them. The reason I love them is that they make the most perfect little spiral curls, and they stay in FOREVER. Seriously, they look great all day long, even after hours of playing and running around. So there's my plug for Curlformers. If you don't have them already, I'd highly suggest making the investment. (I got mine at Sally's- I think they were about $7 per package of 6, and we use 2 packages.)

So, here's the do...I usually like to leave it mostly down when I use these, so I just took the front sections and did small braids, tied them together in the back, and then pulled curled sections on top of the braid. I did add this cute flower, but then changed it to a bow when Em had decided what dress to wear. Super cute.

Maia's hair is very simple, just a different take on the simple front-section-pulled-to-the-side hair.

Also, I was going to do a Momma do today, but I ended up just straightening my hair (which takes FOREVER so I usually never do it.) Not so fun for a hair blog. :)

Here are a couple of others that I did using Curlformers- Also, if you do some cute stuff with them, check out Babes in Hairland- she's doing a hairshare using Curlformer dos. :)

iCopy iCarly...

So I really don't love that my little girl is growing up enough to watch (and enjoy) shows like iCarly on Nick, but one thing I love about the show is her friends hair (Sam) I love that even though her character is a super tough tom-boy, she always has super cute curly hair. Whoever has the job of curling her hair really takes it seriously- it looks great every single moment of the show- and it makes me jealous. :)

Anyway, When Emma was sick this past week, we were watching the very first episode of iCarly on Netflix, and Sam's hair was super cute, so I copied it. Nice. :)

Snow White...Sorry, no Dwarfs

So I know a lot of little girls dress up as Snow White, and some will have long hair, so I thought I'd show how to make long hair look short and curly. (This is one of Emma's favorite hairstyles because she would like to cut her hair SOOO badly. I don't do it often because she gets so much attention for "cutting" her hair.)

So, first, here's a picture of Emma's hair. You can see that it's pretty long, mid-back, and straight.

To start off with the do, just pull up most of the hair except for a 2-3" section at the base of the neck. Curl this nice and tight with either a curling iron or the flat iron. (I used my flat iron) Then, take each of the curls, wrap them up onto each other and pin them to her head. (these are essentially old-school pin curls.)

Now, let down the next layer, curl tight, and pin. This time though, let about 1/3 of the hair fall from the bottom of the curl before you pin it.

For the top layer, do the same thing, but now let more of the curl fall out of the wrap before pinning. Also, make sure on this section to hide the pins a little more than the bottom layers.

The final step is adding the signature red bow. Now you have a Rapunzel turned Snow White. :)

(As always, please leave me a comment if you have any suggestions! I get all excited when I get comments.) :)

Sunday Dos

So here's the group of pictures of our Sunday hairdos. I meant to have them up last night, but of course plans never work out the way they should. :)

We had our Primary presentation today, so I wanted the kids to look nice but not too overdone. I just did a simple ribbon in Emma's hair. You can see how I tie back the front sections, twisting them a bit at the base, and then banded it at the base of the neck. I add the ribbon by twisting it around the twist once, I think it holds a bit better, and then banding that as well. Pretty easy, but looks really cute.

Maia I think I've shown before, but I'll add it for fun. I've also done this do (the other terrible picture) where I end it at the base of the neck, so it looks a bit like a french braid.

Michael wanted to be on the hair blog- he had "nice" hair today for the program. No mohawks at church...at least not when everyone is going to be looking at him. :)

Mine was a little different for me- I usually don't do the on-the-side thing, but I actually got a lot of compliments on it, so if you're up for something different, that'd be an easy start. I just did a middle part, put the back section in a side pony, then did the twist backs and tied them as well. Then just a bit of pinning and there ya have it. (I really dislike photos of me, so you all are lucky that I posted this one. :) I couldn't get any good pictures of the hair without my face in it!)