Marley's New 'Do

I call this hairstyle Braided Headband. I got the idea from this blog for shorter hair styles and here is the original idea that I tweeked a little.

See how happy she is when I fix her hair?I started with an off center part and did the braided headband down both sides of her head. Unfortunately, I forgot to get a photo that showed her side part. In the top 2 photos, her side part is at the top of each picture and virtually impossible to see, but you get the idea, right?

I wasn't sure how I wanted to end the style, but I knew I didn't want to end it like the original does, with all the hair in the middle of hear head out and curled. Marley was going to school this day and I wanted it tight and neat. So, I parted the hair down the center of her head, from the top of the headband to the nape of her neck.
Then, I just did a low braid and wrapped it around the last pony/elastic of the headband on the same side. I secured it by just wrapping an elastic around the whole wrapped ponytail. Since she has naturally curly hair, I didn't need to take a curling iron to it, but I would have otherwise. The 3rd picture shows how I wrapped the braid around the last elastic of the braided headband a little better than this one.

A super cool style

This is called Hair Net by the woman who's blog I learned this style from. I really like it, but it took me 1 hour and 20 minutes! Yikes! I can't believe Marley sat through it all, but she did and since it took me so long, I left it in for 2 days. The nice thing about Marley and me fixing her hair is that she is fairly patient with me because she knows that her hair will look pretty when I'm finished and she likes that! Thank goodness for that since I really enjoy fixing it :) Anyway, besides it being nice that it stays in place for a few days, all kiddos love this style and I was requested by my thick-haired neice, Mirella, to do her hair the same exact way. What a nice compliment!

All Girls Are My Dolls...

I couldn't pass up the opportunity to fix my 2 nieces, hair. On the same day of Marley's Curly 'Do, Mirella and Angelique (aka Geli) came over to play while Chuy (their dad) went to work. Since they live with their dad at Nana & Tata's house (none of whom have any "hair skills"), I often see their hair looking plain. It's no offense to anyone in that household because not everyone (especially 2 men or a 63 year-old mother of 3 boys) has the skills to fix hair. We all have our strengths and weaknesses and hair happens to be one of my strengths. Anyway, since my nieces were in my house I was eager to try any of the styles on the new blog-site I visit...Hair Today. I let each of them choose the style they wanted and then I got to work. Both Mirella and Geli have hair all one length, well past their shoulders. Also, the both of them have thick, strong hair, but Mirella in particular has very thick locks...I'm talking about putting your middle finger and thumb together and her ponytail is slightly thicker than that!!! I mean, this girl will never go bald! I am very proud of how darling both of their 'dos looked.

First up is Mirella, she is 9 years old and she chose the "Loopy Messy Bun". The finished product could practically be considered an Up-Do! Her hair is so thick that this 'do took me about 35 minutes! Also, this is my very fist attempt at this style, so with practice I hope to get faster.

Front view with an off-center part.

Side angle view.

Rear view with spiral curls and a white ribbon wrapped gently around base of bun. See what I am talking about with the massively thick locks?! The products I used in Mirella's hair are Biolage Leave-In Conditioner, ThickSexy Volume Gel and loads of TiGi Hairspray.

Next up is Geli, she is 5 and she picked the "Lattice Ponytails". So far, I have always done this style with the ponytails ending towards the nape of the neck. I am slightly proud to say that I came up with this style over 2 years ago, all on my own. I temporarily forgot about this style since my Princess Marley had such short hair for the last year. Then as I was browsing this wonderful site, I saw it again. About 2 years ago I fixed Mirella & Geli's hair for a church meeting and Chuy told me they received tons of compliments and the girls absolutely loved it. I think Geli may remember this style because she picked it without looking through the blog-site very much. That being said, here are her pics.

Front view with center part. I parted her hair into a total of 6 sections. I think next time I will do 8 sections and maybe try a zig-zag or off-center part to spice it up a little =].

Side angle view. I love that she is trying to look at the camera, too cute!

Rear view of the lattice ponytails. I finished off the look with cream ribbon and spiral curls. The products I used in Geli's hair are Biolage Leave-In Conditioner, ThickSexy Volume Gel and TiGi Hairspray. Again, I used my Neo Hot Tools Curling Iron which is a 1-inch barrel and it works fine for my nieces long, thick hair. However, for Marley's shorter, less thick hair, I believe I need to invest in a 1/2-inch barrel Curling Iron. So, there you have it...this was a Hair Frenzy Day! I loved it!