Simple Braid Headband

    This is really simple fun and cute.
    All you do it make a normal part in her hair we use a side lateral part.
    Then take a small section of hair at the back of the lateral part and braid it to the ends.
    Take another small amount of hair across the part and braid it to the ends.
    Combine both braids underneath all of her hair and secure with an elastic. 
    The only thing to remember is make sure the hair on the sides is smooth under the braid on both sides. 


    

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Simple Braid Headband


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Little Girl's Hairstyles: Cute and easy braid hairdo 7-10 min

    This is a simple little braided hairdo that I really didn't think was super duper much of much--but I got (or SHE got) so many compliments on it, I thought I'd share it! As always, my mantra is : The easier and faster the hairstyle is, (and all the while still being cute), the MORE I like it!

    Here's the finished look:
    I split the front of her hair, from forehead back to the ear line, straight down the center, and centered two ponytails up top. (Of course her hair was thoroughly damp). I then combed it all down to the midpoint of her head, from ear to ear, parted off the underneath hair, and secured it with a center ponytail.
     I then split that one ponytail, along with the remaining hair underneath in half again, prepping for the two braids. I began the braids closer to the center part, so they wouldn't hang over her shoulders (her preference), and did two tight backwards braids (my preference) down to the ends. When braiding I spray the hair with water often, to help keep the braids in longer and smooth down flyaways, or shorter hairs.

    I put in this darling korker bow in the centered ponytail in back, and she was all finished. If your daughter's hair isn't long enough for the braids, then put the hair in ponytails or little stuffed or messy buns.

     2 more weeks friends!! I have some videos saved up for my 'hiatus' away from all normality-so don't be strangers!
    

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Little Girl's Hairstyles: Cute and easy braid hairdo 7-10 min


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Another Small Twist Update

    The above photo shows small twists that are 12 days old. She had wet them in the shower earlier in the evening and it was still just a bit damp in the picture. After she wet them, I added some of my shea butter/coconut oil combination, so they're looking pretty shiny here, too. And I'll go ahead and admit it...they're much fuzzier in person than they appear here in the picture.

    Syd still likes wearing these twists in simple styles like a ponytail or down with a headband. She did let me put them into one big french braid this morning, though. Here's what that looks like.

    Here you can see the fuzz around her hairline a little better. And I'm not sure exactly why her shirt appears to be glowing...sorry about that!

    At this point, I'm pretty sure I'll be taking these twists down this weekend. They can definitely last another week, but our schedule for the next weekend is packed. I won't have time to devote hours to removing a style. I'm afraid that if I let them go for 2 more weeks, the fuzz factor will lead to some serious tangles. I hate taking styles down when they still have some life left in them, but it seems like that will be the best option this time. (sigh)

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Toddler Fancy Hair

    As I have mentioned so many times my daughters hair is so fine and difficult to work with that when I start a hairstyle I always hope that it turns out cute.
    We started by making a small poof in the front of her head.
    Because of how short and thin her hair is we took the bottom half of her hair and secured it upwards with an elastic. 
    Then all the hair gets pulling into a high ponytail.  I put ringlets in her hair using the flat iron.
    Once the ringlets were done I used bobbie pins to lay them in place. 
    Below is the top back view of her head.
    This last picture is to show everyone how much fun we have doing her hair.  As you can see she is full of it and always a moving target for hairstyles. 

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Toddler Fancy Hair


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Sharing the Spotlight: Coming Soon!

    If you have a style that you're particularly proud of, send me a few pictures of it! I'll start "sharing the spotlight" by highlighting a different reader's style every Friday. But this new feature isn't going to be possible without your contributions, so be sure to send in those photos!

    Sharing the Spotlight Guidelines:

    1. Only send in your own work. Please don't try to take credit for the creativity and time that someone else put into a style.

    2. The styles can be done on children or adults of any age, but try to leave out the bows and barrettes. While I love those things on younger children, I would like to keep the focus of Tweeny Hair on styles that are appropriate for middle school aged kids.

    3. You can submit more than one style, but send them in as separate entries. I will do my best to give everyone an opportunity to share, so please understand that you may have to wait a bit before your second style is featured.

    4. If you have a blog or website, let me know and I'll include it when I share your style.

    Send your name and style photos to me at tweenyhair@gmail.com and put Sharing the Spotlight in the subject line.

    I'm looking forward to seeing what you all come up with!

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Little Girl's Hairstyles: New child car seat laws article

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Small Twists After A Week



    Syd has had her small two strand twists in for a little over a week now. We had to retwist a few in the front because they were getting pretty fuzzy and I was afraid the hair would start to wrap around itself and cause major tangles. So while Syd was watching reruns of The Cosby Show (her new favorite thing to watch), I just went through and did a bit of tidying up along her hairline.

    We both love the way the twists look now that they're over a week old. They've gotten wet so they have shrunk up quite a bit, which makes them look even more full and beautiful.

    We haven't done a lot of styling with these twists because Syd really likes to wear them down with a headband, in a ponytail, or in a half-up ponytail. And since it's her hair, and she wants very simple styles, who am I to argue with her wishes?

    One thing we did do, though, was curl the twists with Curlformers. We wet her twists, added some Curls Creme Brule as a leave-in, and put 5 or 6 twists in each Curlformer. She slept in the Curlformers and we removed them before school the next day. This is what the curls looked like when the Curlformers first came out:


    You can see how the twists were working together to form thick, tubular curls. While it didn't look bad, that wasn't the look we were going for. So I went through and separated the curls with my fingers, letting each twist curl on it's own. Syd pulled one side back and added a flower, and this was the final result. We both loved it!


    I'll go through and retwist the really fuzzy twists again in a few days to keep tangles away as much as possible. She'll probably keep these twists for another 10 days or so, which will be right around the 3 week mark. I didn't make the twists as small as I originally planned, so they aren't lasting as long as I originally hoped. Fair trade-off, I suppose.

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Small Twists After A Week


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Little Girl's Hairstyles: Short Hairdo! Double Stuffed Buns 5-7 Min

    I am trying to get a few more 'short hairdos' on here for you gals, since my oldest's hair is a more common length now. I really do enjoy doing her hair a teensy bit more, probably since it's just LESS to comb out, and it really does take less time. But hey, I've wanted waist length hair my whole young life, and never quite got it, and it is just too much fun to whack off my youngest daughter's hair. Fun, but MORE work!
    So anyway, I'm just enjoy the variety!
    This is a before school short hairdo we did, a variation on my Mohawk I shared a while ago. Stuffed buns ARE easier and faster as well with this length--just about perfect in fact.
    I just parted her hair basically in half, thoroughly dampened it, and centered the stuffed buns on top and in the back.
     Super cute!
    Hope this is a winner for those shorter hair lengths! Have a great weekend! Yet another dance competition for us, 3 1/2 hrs away, and me being almost 37 weeks pregnant. Guess why it's a must I go? To do the hair, ladies.......
    Have a great one!

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Toddler Poof and Braids

    On my oldest daughter I would say this style is really easy but with my youngest this can be a trick.  Not only because her hair is so thin but she is also a moving target while trying to braid. 
    First make a small poof in the front of her hair.
    Then start above her ear on one side and french braid her sides up until you reach the center of her head.  Do this on both sides of her head.
    Add the hair from the poof and both braids and combine into an elastic as shown below.
    I finished this style by making ringlets in her hair and she wanted a bow added.

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Toddler Poof and Braids


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Dandy Giveaways

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Dandy Giveaways


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Hanging out over at Happy Girl Hair

    Katie from Happy Girl Hair is featuring Tweeny Hair as part of her "Read. Watch. Enjoy!" series. Head over to her site and check it out!

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Time for a Trim

    If you saw the post from the other day showing Syd's small twists, you will probably remember how  that style seemed to highlight how dry and damaged her ends looked. If you haven't, here's a shot of her ends from right after we finished the style.


    The end of her hair was looking stringy, dry, and just unhealthy in general. I have never really scheduled regular trims because her ends aren't manipulated a lot...rubber bands and beads are rarely used. But after seeing the current condition of her hair, I started trying to remember when her last trim was. I can't remember. It has probably been years. Time to change that.

    I decided to trim her hair myself. I have recently been tossing around the idea of having her hair cut professionally so the cut can work well with the multiple curl patterns on her head. I still might do that at some point. But for now, I decided to go ahead and trim her ends while her hair is in small twists.

    I looked at each twist individually and snipped off the bottom 2-3 inches, depending on the damage of that specific hair. I cut approximately the same amount of hair off of each twists, but it wasn't an exact measurement. I didn't really worry about getting the length completely even. Her hair wasn't all the same length to start with, and it curls up into different curl patterns anyway. As long as I cut about the same amount off of each twist, I was all good.

    The ends before the trim

    Sorry so blurry, but here's a shot of the same ends after the trim

    Her hair is a few inches shorter, but it's definitely still long and it looks so much better! Healthy looking hair of any length beats damaged waist length hair any day!


    I still plan on having her hair cut while it's in its naturally curled state. This way her different curl patterns will appear more even when she wears a wash-n-go. I don't know when we're going to do that, though. I'll let you know how that goes when it finally happens.


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Small Twists


    A few weeks ago, Syd and I saw this style on another blog and couldn't wait to try it out ourselves. We decided to give it a try today. I didn't make them as small as I originally planned, though, because Syd currently has strep throat and I didn't want her to have to sit through such a long styling session if she got tired or started not feeling well. I actually asked if she wanted to postpone this style for another week, but she insisted that she felt fine and wanted little twists NOW. :)

    We had washed and detangled Syd's hair last night. I moisturized with Curls brand Curl Creme Brule and put her hair into 4 banded braids to sleep in. This is what she looked like when she woke up this morning.


    I followed the advice Nikki gave over on BBB and parted hair for this style at an angle. I don't know why, but the parting process really seemed to go a lot faster and easier with slanted parts. I'll have to remember that for future styles!

    After parting out each row, I added some Twist of Fate (a combination of shea butter and a few oils) and began twisting. I continued parting at an angle for her entire head.


    Despite making the twists bigger than I originally planned, this style still took just under 5 hours.



    Syd is thrilled with the results, so I guess I'm not too upset that we didn't get to do the actual mini twist style we have wanted to try for the last few weeks. All's well that ends well, right?

    Speaking of ends...this style showed me just how rough Syd's ends are looking. She is in definite need of a trim, which I think she'll be getting in the very near future. Stay tuned for details about that!

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Little Girl's Hairstyles: Mini French Braids 10-15 Min

    How did all the St. Paddy's day hairdos turn out? I saw some really cute ones when we were out and about that day. After a playdate on the play place at Carl's Jr., preschool, jumping on the tramp, and then a birthday party that evening, our shamrock hairdos were looking a little sad--but then, what hairdo would still look good after all of that? The gals got to play!

    This was a quick hairdo before preschool one day, that I had grand designs for, but an impatient child stopped those before they got too far along. I was still happy with the result, and so was she (since she loves ANY hairstyle that leaves her hair DOWN). And I apologize I don't have a picture from the top down that shows both sides of the french braids, but, again, trying to get her out the door, and keeping her happy at the same time!


     I started this french braid hairstyle with an angle part (going from a side part beginning and going diagonal across the top of her head).
     I parted off on the larger side, down to her ear, prepping for the first french braid.
     I did a french braid a few inches long, secured with an elastic, and parted off my next french braid section, keeping it equal to the first.
    I repeated this one more more time, making three mini french braids on this side.
     On the opposite side, I did two more mini french braids (I did use a backwards/dutch braids on mine, but do whatever is best for you).
     If you have the time and oomph, flat iron or curl the rest of her hair, if needs be. Or just keep her smiling and say, "Hey, we are done!"


     Happy Weekend Gals! We are off to dance competitions tomorrow, and more fun home painting projects (the nesting is really kicking in--my wonderful hubby is being kept BUSY!)

    

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