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AND our follower thingy just hit 1000!!! How exciting, right? Of course we need to have a party. I have a HUGE giveaway coming next week to celebrate all of our followers that you'll want to be in on!!!!!! I'm not telling what it is yet. You'll have to check back and see! :)

Threaded Twist Hairstyle

A Fancy Nancy side ponytail.......

Begin with a section parted from ear to ear and a side ponytail. Speaking of side ponytails, did anyone else notice that the eighties styles are coming back in? (Even for moms.) I actually went shopping for the first time in a LONG time the other day and ended up buying some "stretch pants" and a long sweater dress thingy! I swear I had the same outfit in 3rd grade. And.....it's a good thing the sweater is long. (Because well.... lets just say that the stretch pants are not as flattering as I remember them being in 3rd grade, lol.) Anyway, back to hair.......
At the back of your part, part out another strip of hair and make some twist braids all the way along it.
Don't go all the way down to her ear with the "strip of hair." Leave the sides as they are for now.Make a loose french braid from one side to the other with the remaining hair. With this braid, only take hair from the front. And what I mean by "loose" is; hold it out across the back part as you're braiding. You want it to cover the part later. End the braid with a clear elastic by her ear and add the ends to the ponytail.Using your finger as a guide...... Thread the twist braids up through the french braid.
Ooops I missed a spot, oh well. Anyway, as you can see...... all the twists are threaded through the braid. Notice that you can still see the part. We'll fix that in a minute.
If you made the french braid loose enough, you should be able to sort of pull it down over the part by gently tugging on the twists as you add them to the ponytail.If you want to cover the elastic where you ended the braid, add a cute flower to the side. Oh and of course we had to add some bobby pin flowers to the ponytail as well.We braided in a few more twists in the ponytail at different lengths, just for fun. The end.
The accessories used in this hairstyle came from Every Little Detail.

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Renaissance Braids - Criss Cross Headband

This braided criss cross headband style is one we've been doing for quite awhile with lots of different variations. The possibilities with this basic concept really are endless. This reminds me of a hairstyle you might see on a princess at a Renaissance Fair! Oh and btw, do you see anything missing here? Just testing to see how observant you are. :)
Start with a part from ear to ear and one down the middle. Inside out french braid one side from her ear up to the middle part. Only take hair from the front to keep the braid next to the part. When you get to the middle, continue with a regular braid at an angle towards the back of her head for a few plaits. Resume the french braid, taking hair from behind the temporary ponytail (again only adding hair to the front of the braid.) Repeat on the other side. It should end up looking like this...... Now, at this point you could either leave the braids hanging how they are. Or, pull them together in the middle as shown here. The gorgeous flower in this picture is from Every Little Detail.
If you wanted to keep going...... Take a little hair from underneath the french braid on each side and make some tiny braids. This is where you could do pretty much anything you wanted! Make some kind of a design with the little braids by stringing them through the french braids. I just used my finger to poke a hole through the french braid as a guide, then followed the tiny braids right through. Create the design you want, then tie everything together at the base with an elastic.Add a cute hair accessory and some curls. (This darling flower also came from Every little Detail!) She told me she felt like a princess. :)

Knotty, Knotty - A Cute Messy Do!

Oh goodness. I just found this one in my drafts dated back in July of 08! For some reason I didn't include any step by step pics. Oh well, it's pretty self explanatory. Enjoy!

Make your zig zag part first. Then add the knots one side at a time. Add the ends from the previous section to the next knot all the way down. Pull everything together at the bottom and make some kind of a messy bun. (Just make sure to add an elastic at the bottom of each knot. Otherwise they will come undone.)

I remember this picture, lol. She was trying to blow a bubble! :)
Try not to make everything too perfect. Part of the charm of this style is the messiness!


I also found this extremely old video showing how to do a knot. The sound stinks and it's not the greatest. It was actually taken for a different style that I lost the pictures for (yes I'm really organized) but the concept is the same. You get the idea, right?

Carousel Braid

Here's a fairly quick way to add a little something extra to a ponytail. It's basically just one long french braid, wrapped around the ponytail.

Only add hair from the top of the braid (not from the bottom) and take tiny sections, or you'll run out of hair before you get to the bottom. Normally when I do this type of braid, I make it tighter and closer together so that it's wrapped around the ponytail several more times. It looks neater that way. But, I wanted this quick for school, so I loosened it up a bit.


This was a hard one for me to try and explain in pictures. So, I made a video. As usual, I knew my camera was going to cut me off at around a minute, so there's not much time for explaining. :) I think if you already know how to french braid you should be able to pick it up...

Winner Announcement and Happy Halloween!

Winner of the Vaseline Sheer Infusion Lotion as been announced here.

If you're looking for Halloween Hairstyles, check out our Halloween hair post here. Just for fun. Here are my 3 kiddos all dressed up. They've actually been ready to go trick or treating since 9:00 am! It's going to be a long day. :)
And now, just out of curiosity, what are your kids (or you) dressing up as this year?