Simply Pulled Back with a Headband

So tons of people left comments about how they couldn't believe I could get my daughter to sit still for my hair-dos. Not all of them take that long, and some look like they would take longer than they do. I do have some easier do's posted in my archives, and for ease of finding the simple and fast ones, I have added a new label on the old styles as well as the new ones called: Fast and Easy. So those of you looking for something simple I DO have some of those... and will have more coming!

So Lizzie Bunny came over and I wanted to do her hair (meet Lizzie Bunny HERE) but didn't have alot of time and I still wanted it to be cute. So here is an easy 5 minute hair-do.

Start by parting the hair down to the middle of her ears on both sides.
Then pull the rest into a regular ol' ponytail.

Then I put the headband on covering the part. This Headband is from All Things Ribbon.com. Some of you have heard of it, but for those of you who haven't they have some really amazing hair things.

Next take the hair on one side and pull it back to the ponytail.

Wrap it around the base of the ponytail. Repeat on the other side.

Depending on how long the hair is you may need to wrap it more than once. For Lizzie bunny we did it twice. Hook the pieces underneath with a small elastic.

Back View

Side View

Top View/Front

Top View/Back

Thanks Lizzie Bunny!!! I love having you come over and being my guest model!!! You are beautiful:)

Three day weekend-do # 3

Okay so this is the third day I have left her hair in! I normally do not EVER leave it in this long and I made her shower that night. But we were busy doing stuff that weekend...so I let it go. I did hate washing her 3 day hair sprayed hair!!!

This is leftover from this hair-do (day 1) then this hair-do (day 2) Now this is day 3 of using the same base for the do's!

Check out this hair-do for the instructions to the first half.

Then I made the 2 twists in the bottom 2 sections and pulled it all back into 1 ponytail.

I curled it under and that was that! I hate when I forget to take a front view....but what do ya do?

Giveaway Winners and Double Weaved X Twists

So I guess we'll start with the giveaway winners!!! Thanks to anyone who participated or helped spread the word. I will be starting part 2 of my summer giveaway sometime in the next week, so make sure to come back and check it out!

The winner of the $25 Gift card goes to.....(drumroll)...#6 The Lines Family!
You did not leave any contact info. Please e-mail me with an address to send the gift card. (you have until Wednesday on June 10th 11:59pm otherwise I will draw a new winner).

I had several people post about my giveaway but only 1 person say who sent them. So the $10 gift card goes to...Meeghan @ Hairreactions.blogspot.com. Thanks for posting about my giveaway. Now onto the hair!

This is day 2 of the last hair-do I had posted. She had actually slept in it and we just took out the elastics holding the x's in place.

We left in the original 6 ponytails (see here). I took a small comb and sprayed the sections and combed the frizzy parts down smooth.

Next I took one of the front ponytails and put 2 twists in it securing them with elastics. Repeat on the other side.

Take the 2 twists on the left side and cross them over and secure them to second ponytail on the right side.

Take the first twist and weave it under and then over the 2 secured twists.

Do the same thing with the second twist. But this time weave them opposite of the first twist. So you will go over and then under.

Now secure those twists the same as you did the first 2. Take out the remaining twists from the new sections. It should look like this.

Repeat the same thing with the bottom section.

When I got to the bottom ponytails I only did 1 twist on each side. Secure each with an elastic.

Next I tied them in a regular knot by wrapping one twist around the other.

Then I secured it with an elastic.

Now it is time for some hair bling, or whatever sort of accessories you want to add. She wanted something fancy because it was memorial day and we were going to put flowers on Grandma's grave.

Back View

Front/Side View

Last but not least..after that very long post...the Front view

Double Criss-Cross Pigtails

Before we get to the hair-do....go enter my giveaway HERE!!!

Do you like her shirt in this pic? You could buy it with the gift card you could win from my giveaway!!! Go enter NOW!!!

Okay, Okay, I know. I have rambled on enough about the giveaway!!! On to the hair!

I started with a part down the middle (YES my parts ARE uneven! oops!) Then I made 3 ponytails on each side of her head.

I took a small section of hair out of each of the front ponytails.

Then I crossed them over eachother and clipped the right side to the ponytail below it. Then I took the crossed over section of hair (on the left) and the hair left over from the front ponytail and hooked them to the ponytail below it with a clear elastic. Then I repeated the same thing on the right side.

This is what the first half should look like.

Then I did the same thing on the lower half.

This is where the hairspray and Hair bling will come into place!!! Use whatever kind of Hair things you want. I just used some plain pink bows.

Close-up from the back.

Side/Back View

Front view and a sweet smile.

A doo from the zoo times two!!!

Here we are...the same style as the last post. It is just going to double as a second style. I really liked the way it changed the look. We went to the Zoo and had pulled it up cause she was getting kinda sweaty. Pulled back it was a little more sturdy. If you want to do this style just scroll back to the last post. Or Click here.