The Squid Bun

See how the hair thing (squid) is pulled up through the middle of the bun?

I call this hair-do the Squid bun because that's what my daughter calls those hair things. Ya know the ones with the ribbon hanging down all over the place. She likes it cause when it's like this it reminds her of a squid. Hence...the name. We also like to do it with a bun on each side like this. It is actually cuter with 2 but it's all the same. You get the idea.

First you need a squid (see picture above) a cute scrunchy and some bobby pins. Oh yeah, and Hairspray. Don't forget the hairspray.

Pull the hair into a ponytail. For those of you who don't care for a side ponytail ;) you can always place it on the back of the head.

Now put the hair thing (squid) around the ponytail.

Take and twist the hair and wrap it around itself at the base of her head pulling the squid up through the middle of the bun.

Secure bun with bobby pins. This is what it looks like from the back.

See how the hair thing (squid) is pulled up through the middle of the bun?

Then we just put the scrunchy around the base.

Look how excited she is for school!!! Too bad that doesn't last forever.

Hidden Headband

I really loved this one. It was fun and I thought it turned out really well. I personally have a love/hate relationship with headbands. So this is just one of my many headband ideas to help keep the headband in place.

I hate when they get home from school and you can tell they have taken the headband off and put it back on at least 100 times.

I like to do this hairdo with pretty wet hair. I started with a part down to the middle of her ear on each side. Then I pull the rest of the hair back into a ponytail to help keep it out of the way.

Then I took that section of hair and parted IT down the middle. Now you have the 2 sections of hair.

Twist the back section of hair and use a barrette or a clip to keep it out of the way.

(do this on both sides)

Now you can take your headband and place it over the part you just made. It works best if you use a skinny headband.

Unhook the hair from the back of her head that is secured with barrettes. Divide out a square section. Make sure to use the hair that is on both sides of the headband. Now split the square section into 2 sections (like shown in the picture). Tie it into a knot by wrapping one strand under the other.

Pull the knot tight. You now have one section on the back side, and one in the front. You will use the one in the front to add to the next knot.

The section in the back needs to be pulled tight. Secure it with a barrette.

Repeat the steps above until you have reached the bottom of that side.

After you make the last knot secure BOTH sections in the back. Repeat on the other side.

Take the sections that were secured down and pull them together in the back with an elastic.
I like to add a hair thing to cover the elastic. Curl the ends under and it's done!!!

Front/Side Close-Up

Top View

Back View

The Completed Product!

A Scarf, A headband, and a Bow!!!

This scarf has to be one of my favorite new accessories!!! It can be a Scarf, a Headband, or a bow. I usually love stuff like this, but do not like it slipping out of my daughter's hair. When I do her hair I want it to last all day. From 6:30am to 7:00 o'clock at night.


I made a collage of her cause she kept wanting to pose for me. She is always telling me how she wants to be on America's Next Top Model when she grows up, and she said that this hair-do made her feel like a Rock Star.

The first thing I did was part a small section of hair all the way around her head. Then I pulled the rest of it in a bun to keep it out of the way.

Next I took the sectioned out hair and made small ponytails all the way around the head.

After making all the small ponytails I took the Scarf and lightly tied it where I wanted it to be placed. Then I made a small ponytail across from the first ones (see picture above) and hooked the hair from the first side to the new small ponytails.

I continued to do this with all of the hair. Then I pulled all of the sections and hooked them into the main ponytail. I tied the scarf on the side into a large bow.

See how it is a scarf, a headband, and a bow? This accessory has endless possibilities.

Last but not least... I curled the ponytail and sprayed the heck out of it with hairspray.

Here it is from the front:) SOOOO CUTE!!! If you want to see more views of this hair-do scroll back up and check out the adorable collage!

A pink accessory, with an outfit that finally matches!

So I really don't know what to call this one, but it was really cute.

Something funny about this pink hair thing...Santa gave it to me in my stocking for Christmas, actually he gave me a whole stocking full of hair stuff. Silly as it sounds, this is the first time I have ever used it. Four and a half months later. Partially because I have alot of hair things and partially because I couldn't find anything that was the same color pink. Until now anyway. She just got this outfit about a week ago and when I brought it home I realized it was a perfect match!!! YEAH!!!!!! I was so excited. I wanted it to be a basic style so you could get the whole effect of the hair thing without it being overwhelmed by the hair-do (does that make sense?).

Here are the accessories that I used to do this style. A hair doughnut, and a pretty pink hair thing. I bought the hair doughnut at a local hair supply store. It might have cost $3-$4, but I honestly cannot remember. If you are super frugal...and do not want to have to purchase one of these I have seen people use a rolled up sock. Actually I have done this myself and only bought one because my daughter was telling people she had a dirty sock in her hair! LOL!!! It's funny now, but it wasn't when people were asking me about it. See here or here for the sock version.

So I started this style with a high side ponytail. It doesn't matter which side. Pick the one you think best suits your daughters face. Then you just slip the hair doughnut (or sock) over the ponytail to the base.

Take the hair from the ponytail and spread it over and around to cover the Hair doughnut. I like to spray it with ton of hairspray at this point and get it looking nice. Then I take a ponytail holder and wrap it around the bun (as seen above).

Next I separate out the top section of hair and twist it up leaving the rest of the hair hanging down.

Then while continuing to twist the sectioned out piece I wrap it around the base of the bun to cover up the ponytail holder. Secure this piece with bobby pins. You can easily leave it like this, but I chose to slip the hair thing around the bun.

So between the angle of my pics and the hair thing you can't tell that the hair that was left down is curled...but it is.

TA DA!!!!! Okay, so if you made it through that extremely long post, for a not so difficult hair-do, you deserve an award.

My version of a Messy Bun (Cheating)!!!

Okay...so I suck at messy buns. I am horrible at them, it is not one of my strong points. I have tried every way out there to make my messy buns look cute and not...well...messy. But, unfortunately they still look like I didn't even try to make them look nice. I know there are some of you out there who have mastered the messy/tousled look. So This video is my version of a messy bun. Okay, Okay, I know I cheated my way there, but that is just one more reason I like this way. It's fast. Super fast. I don't know how many of you work?!?! But I do, and some mornings I can't drag my butt out of bed. So we like fast and cute styles for those days.

We started this with a plain ol' ponytail and one of those fake hair scrunchies. We actually bought ours at Family Dollar, for $1. So it's a fast and cheap hair-do!



Okay, so the video's pics are not all that clear and it took too long to try and change the whole thing, so I just added 1 picture at the bottom of the finished product.

A braided doo for the zoo!

It looks like I did alot better this time, I was able to post more pictures at one time.

Yeah for me. Well this hairstyle is Kinda Hippie-ish to me. The dress and the whole look she had just had that sort of feel to it. It really was quite beautiful....not sure if the pictures do it any justice ya know? These were actually taken on Mother's Day, when we went to the zoo!

I started out with a small part from the middle down to the front of her ear. Then I braided it.

As you can see, I did three small braids on each side.

Then I took the two front braids on each side and connected them in the back with a small elastic.

I braided that piece down about an inch or so and then connected the next two braids and secured them with an elastic.

Then I reapeated the last step braiding down and connecting the last two braids.

Then using these twist in hair accessories I twisted these over the elastics to cover them up and add some bling.

This is what it should look like from the back.

And of course I have to throw in the front shot. Dang she's cute! She is growing up so fast!