A birthday do....for Liza Loo!

Today is my daughter's best friend's birthday! If you are a regular follower you will recognize her cute face! If not you can see her here...here...and now here! Today she Turns 8. So I would like to wish her a Happy 8th Birthday! My daughter slept over at her house and got to attend her birthday party and now today a couple of the girls get to go to a fun place called Kangaroo Zoo! I am so glad they are friends. You know how you don't always like your kids friends? Well I actually LOVE Lizzie:) So I feel lucky that they are friends!

She had her family party and I asked her mom ( and my good friend Dawn) if I could do her hair! I gave Lizzie a few choices and this is what she picked!

I started out by making a part from one ear to the other and pulling the hair forward.

Then I slipped the headband over the part. (see my other hairdo similar to this one)

I took a section of hair from both sides of the headband and pulled it up over the headband.

Then I took that piece of hair and tied it into a knot.

Next I clipped it down and out of the way with a barrette.

I did one more on the left and 2 more off to the right side.

After I took the barrettes out I hooked them all together in the back with an elastic.

I curled the hair out and tied a ribbon around the elastic.

Top View

Better View of the front

Side View

Back/Close-up

And of course...last but not least a front view. Happy Birthday you beautiful girl you! Hope all of your birthday Wishes come true.

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:)

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!