Little Girl's Hairstyles - How to do a Minnie Mouse Hair Do 7-10 min

How to make your child's hair look like Minnie Mouse....or so says my husband when he saw my daughter today! This is similar to the poof I used in the Thumbelina hair do a little while back. It's seriously so easy I didn't put step by step pictures, but I'll still explain what I did.

I parted her (wet) hair in front middle back to her crown. I put in two elastics, and on the last pull through, I only pulled up about 2 inches of hair (less or more depending on your daughter's hair length). This is the same thing you do in the Thumbelina hairdo. Fan out the part you've left. This makes the 'ears'.
 
Then make another parting in the middle back of her head, and put in a single elastic.

Then I gathered all the rest of the hair into another low ponytail, and put it into a stuffed bun, or you can do a messy bun.


That's it! I put in two darling bows I got from Angela's Accessories, and she added her own dash of sass, and she's done!

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2 Braids to Updo

I started by making 2 diagonal frenchbraids that go back to the crown of her head.

Once the braids are secured with elastics I pulled the sides of her hair out of the way with a clip.

Now pull the 2 ends of the braids and secure together with an elasic in the center of the hair you have in the clip.  The hair left down is going to hide the elastics.

Pull up the both sides as shown below.

Secure both the sides in the center of her head with an elastic *Shown Below*

Now take all the hair into a ponytail form and twist it upward.  I secured her twist with a lot of bobby pins.  I also asked her if the twist felt tight, I kept adding bobby pins until she said it felt tight. 

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Question #6

*Question 6*
A question was left for this adorable hairstyle.  She wanted to know how do you wrap the hair around the ponytail and hold it? Do you just tuck it into the rubberband?




Answer:  I usually use clear rubber bands and also bobby pins.  It depends on the style and how wild her hair is on that day.  For this style I just used the bobby pins.  I made several wraps around the ponytail and then took the ends under the ponytail and stuck the bobby pin straight into her hair this way you can't see the bobby pin.

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Toddler Knots to Pigtails

This hairstyle did not turn out how I had imagined it.  With toddlers I guess that is normal 
Her hair is so thin that the knots didn't look as good as I had wanted.


I started by pulling the front part of her hair and tied a knot.  Then I made a 2nd knot just behind the first.  Because of how thin her hair is I had to secure the ends of both knots with an elastic.  That is why there is an elastic in the middle of the 2 pigtials.
Once the knots are secured I pulled the remaining hair into side pigtails.

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Braids to Ponytail

It is getting really hot around our part of the world.  My older daughter hates to sweat weird I know so we were going to spend the day at the park and here is the up hairstyle we came up with.

I started in the middle of her head and made a triangle part and made a simple braid all the way down to the ends and secured with an elastic. 
Once the center braid is made make 4 more braids 2 on each side of the center braid. 

Below is a picture of the top 3 braids.

Then pull all the hair and braids into a ponytail as shown below.

Then wrap the braids around the ponytail and secure the ends with a bobby pin.
Below is a side view of her hair.

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Toddler simple twist

We have been on vacation that is the reason for the lack of posts lately. 
My toddler has a sensative head and regularly asks for simple hairstyles with no elastics. 
A simple twist across the front of her head and curled the rest under. 


**NOTE** If any of you have noticed our recent shortness in the bangs this is what happens when a toddler moves while getting her bangs cut.  At least she looks good with what we call the Katy Perry bangs. 

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Question #5

Question #5 is this  "is there anyway i can do that on myself, i tried, its hard"
This hair style is much easier when someone else can do the braid.  However it is possible.  I have to make sure my hair is wet when I start.  Then I take a pillow and lay it on a counter to place my head on.  The hardest part is controlling the hair because it wants to lay over where you are working.  This is the reason for placing my head on the pillow.  You want as much hair out of your way as possible.  I hope this helps you will also want to practice a couple of times.  I think it took me several tries the first time to get it right.

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How to make your own Liquid or Powdered Laundry Detergent!

Did you ever think I'd try to teach you something other than how to do hairstyles?? Me either! But, the more I do this blog, the more I want to share other things that are important to me. One of those things is being prepared. Prepared for emergencies, for financial crisis, or just for regular life! I've shared a video recently about provident living, which I think is especially important, if we mean to take care of ourselves and our families. So, I'm going to try and share handy tips that I've learned from time to time.
The first thing was shared with me by my most capable neighbor, who I swear can make anything. She had me over one night and we whipped up a batch of laundry soap in under 10 minutes. It's cheap, fast, and easy! Just what I like!
Here's what you need for Powdered Laundry Detergent: (For around $10)
                                       
1 cup grated soap bar (Fels-Naptha or Ivory work best)
1 cup Washing Soda
1 cup Borax
Mix all ingredients.
For light load use 1 TBS. For heavy or soiled loads, use 2 TBS.
Makes enough for approx. 40 loads.


For Liquid Laundry Detergent:


Same ingredients as above + 4 cups hot tap water


Add grated soap to saucepan with 4 cups of hot tap water. Stir continually over medium heat until soap dissolves and is melted.
Fill a 5 gallon bucket half full of hot tap water. Add melted soap, washing soda and Borax. Stir well until all powder is dissolved. Fill bucket to top with more hot water. Stir, cover, and let sit and cool to thicken overnight.
Liquid soap makes 5 gallons.
Top load machine: use about 2/3 cup per load (approx. 90 loads)
Front load machine: use about 1/4 cup per load (approx. 320 loads)


That's it! It's fast, and lasts a long time. When you want to make another batch, you only need to buy more bar soap. The washing soda and Borax last for another 4-5 batches.

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Poof to Ponytail

There are so many times my daughters asks for a quick hairstyle so this took us seconds. 
I made a simple poof keeping her bangs out of her face.  Then pulled the rest of the hair into a ponytail.
I finished it off by wrapping the ponytail with her hair. 

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Little Girl's Hairstyles - How to do a twist bun with pull thru ponys 10-15 min

Happy Earth Day! Go out and enjoy the fresh air and clean earth. It just rained here and it's so beautiful outside. I'm thankful for our beautiful earth, and sunshine we are having! Enjoy!


This is a two part hairdo, which means it's a hairdo for either long or short hair. Since the top request I get is "What ideas do you have for short hair?", I am trying to incorporate more of those shorter hair do's in. SO, here we go!

Make a ponytail in the front, about halfway to her crown, and the middle third of her forehead.

Make this a pull thru ponytail.

Make two more ponytails, on either side of the first, and make those pull thru ponytails as well.

Next, part off the rest of the hair to the crown, and comb to the middle for a ponytail.


Twist wet hair as shown, until the whole ponytail is twisted.

Wrap the twist around the elastic holding the ponytail until you've wrapped in the ends of the hair.

Using bobby pins, secure the twist bun by grabbing a section of the bottom twist and pushing towards the center. This is the first of two ways you can secure a twist bun.



For shorter hair, this is where you can stop, and either curl the rest of her hair, round brush it, or what have you.

For longer hair, you can continue on with parting it down the center in the back.

Making two ponytails.

And twisting those into twist buns as well. Here is the second way you can secure your twist buns, which I recommend for any that aren't laying on top of the head. Wrap a clear elastic around bun, trying to stay close to the base, but grabbing enough of the twists so it stays in.


And that's all! You can always do as many of these cute little twist buns as you like. My daughter was done after the first one today. :)

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