The flat-iron I use is one inch. I use the cheap-o Andis one with a flat plate and a beveled edge from good ol' Wal-Mart.The shampoo I use is Hydrotherapie from Biolage.I buy most of my product at Target. I find they have the best selection.My middle daughter, the blonde one, has hair to just beneath her shoulders. It is thin and baby fine. So any of you who want to know about hairstyles for shorter hair, try those. Also, on my side bar there are several moms who deal specifically with baby hair and short hair.Unfortunately,...
More Knots
Wet the hair on the top and the front.Make a slanted part. From that slanted part, you part the hair down from the end of the part to the ear. Divide this section in half, I followed the original part. Pull into a ponytail and secure with an elastic.You then pull the elastic into a knot. To see a tutorial on how to make a knot, go HERE.Then take that first knot and pull the hair from that knot down into the next section and make another...
Tidy Braids
Someone requested that I share how I keep their braids so together. Here you go!Here is that soaking wet ponytail again.And here it is all gooped up with product.Section it into three parts. Try to make them evenThen just braid. I hold my braids tight...some people braid loose, some braid tight. I belong to the latter group. It's all about preference. Just keep going. Notice the parts under the braid are starting to get unruly. Since I...
Little Ponytails off a Slanted Part
This is the look we are trying to acheive today.Directions:Wet the hair thoroughly.Part from right or left side through the crown.Part from the crown to the ear on either side, I also take the hair that I am not using and put it in an elastic so the stray hairs don't get caught up in the ponytailsOn one side, you follow the part and do that into three ponytails.On the other side, you work off the part and make the three ponytails come off...
Corkscrew How To
Start by putting the hair in a ponytail. I wet the ponytail thoroughly.Then I goop it up with product. This is the BOLD IT! Gel. See how shiny it is? I worked it through the entire ponytail.Separate the hair into two sections.Now you twist the two sections separately in the same direction. See the picture below. I twist them super tight because it will relax a bit in the end and I don't like them to relax too much. You also use both hands...
Product
Let's discuss product. I am a product junkie. It is like an addiction. I LOVE going to the store and walking down the product isle. It draws me.Now, as a disclosure, I do not work for Garnier or Suave or FX or Infusium 23. I am just a mom who loves using their products on my kids hair. And as another disclaimer, I use a really good shampoo on my daughter's hair. I feel like the shampoo and conditioner are the foundation of a good hairstyle,...
What do you want to see?
I am taking requests.So far on the list are a zig-zag part tutorial and a curling with a flat iron tutorial. So go ahead, request aw...
Triple Twists
Sometimes I start doing their hair and I never quite know where I will end up. You can tell that is the case with this do.I started by wetting her hair and parting it in a zig-zag down the middle.I then took each side and pulled it up into high ponytails.Unfortunately there aren't pictures of me twisting her hair into corkscrews, but that is what I did. I separated each ponytail into three sections about the same thickness. I smoothed some...
WINNERS
Let's see who won:BIG SISTERMIDDLE SISTERBABY SISTERThanks to everyone who entered! For those of you who won, I will be trying to contact you via your blog, but if you could contact me at blackeyedsue2@gmail.com, that would make my insane life just a touch easi...
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