Basket-Weave Side Pony

I've only ever done what I called a criss-cross style on Khari for pigtails, but this weekend I decided to do it into a side ponytail. Everywhere else I've seen it it's been called a basket-weave style so tada.. Khari's basket-weave side pony!

When I started out I was going to do the basket-weave on both sides, but when I got to the 3 in the middle I decided to just leave the other side out (so that her ponytail wouldn't be uber thin) and I braided the remainder up to the ponytail. She loved it and kept talking about her pretty hair. I really liked the braided look and I think I will try something like that with all of the 'weaved' parts someday.

I was also very excited when I went to walgreens on Sunday to buy a razor rash cream for Dev that I heard was going to be back in stores (I hate paying for shipping, but it's the only kind that works for him), and I glanced down the hair aisle and they have started carrying more Shea Moisture products (before they only had the Deep Treatment Masque)! I was really excited. I just bought the Curl and Shine Kit (about 4 oz of each product) for 20 buck to see how I liked it. I refreashed Khari's hair after her nap with a spritz of water, a splash of the Hold and Shine Moisture Mist, and a dime sized amount of the Curl and Style Hair Milk.
I loved it. I think it smells really good and the mist did the trick on the front of her side pony that as you can see had already started to come out in the last picture. It's only been one day, but so far so good. I can't want to use this product more and try it on both kids for their wash tonight!

April Hair Carnival-Copy Cat

For this Copy Cat Hair Carnival I received Mainly Braids for inspiration. Knowing that she does alot of braided styles I'll admit I was little scared! I don't know how to cornrow or anything like that. But I found a cute style I thought I could do fairly quickly as she has MANY to choose from! I chose this Braid out with inverted ponytails style. I have done braidouts on myself before, but I haven't on Khari.  I started with spraying down and conditioning her hair. I almost forgot to do this and it was bed time so I did fairly big braids. Her hair is pretty fine so I had to use little ponytail holders on the ends to that they would just unravel. 

 I have never used a sleep cap with Khari because I just didn't think she would keep it on, but I thought having one on would help prevent the holders on the ends her hair from falling off as I put them in pretty loose. I was wrong, she loved wearing it so now I will be in the market for a cute childsize one just for her.

 The little inverted ponytail on the sides rubberband broke so I just left it out.

Back.

In the end I thought it looked really dry so I ended up pulling it into a low side ponytail for church.

                         
    
Next time I think I will try a different conditioner and a styling cream to help it from looking dry and I will do smaller braids. I do think other than the dryness it looked very cute, so I will be trying this again soon!

Check out the other ladies and their copy-cat styles from the hair carnival!

Ponytail with Sidewinders

After yesterday's MESSY hair Wednesday post I figured I should post something where my child doesn't look like a rag-a-muffin! I was originally going to do something like this to see how much of a difference it would be 7 months later, but she wasn't having it and kept moving around so after the first 2 front piggys I just braided them and connected them to on ponytail. With Khari's 'shrinkage' (I've never used that word before!!), it isn't much of a ponytail, but I still think it's cute! My son brought down 2 sidewinders (That I won!!) so I stuck those in before I dashed out of the door! These pictures were taken with my IPod before I left to work so the quality is pretty horrible!

Top/front with bow I made

Back all curly and wet.

Top with Sidewinders

My little helper wanted me to take a few picutes of him so I of course obliged! He was next, but I had to run out the door so daddy was left to do his hair!

Happy Face!

Mad Face!

Sad Face?

Crooked Piggies

Today I wanted to do a Monkey See, Monkey Do from PrincessHairstyles.com, but my nook wouldn't pull up that post and I had limited time this morning (I was still 5 mins late to work actually, but it was my fault). So instead I just did some crooked piggy's. As I've said before I'm not great with parts so I just did a crooked part (on purpose) down the middle (front to back) and then parted from ear to ear. I first put a ponytail in the top section then connected it into a piggy with the back section and repeated on the other side. I think next time I will do four on each side and have the piggies be lower on the back of her head.

Criss-Cross Piggies

Just looking at her little fro it doesn't look like Khari's hair is very long or growing much besides getting thicker. But when I pull it straight it is alot longer than most girls her age. This morning I threw together a quick style for her (I've been sick and I feel like I abandoned her poor little hair). I parted her hair down the middle to just do pigtails, but then I decided to switch it up. I did two little piggies in the very front of her head then four behind those. I then split the front to piggies in half and took one half over to the edge piggies in the back. Then I took the other half and criss-crossed it over to the middle piggy on the opposite side. Left piggy when to right middle piggy and vice-versa.

This picture is pretty dark and I'm at work so I can't edit the lighting or anything.
Top

Back

Another top view

Try to ignore the cereal and brushing of the teeth. It's the only way I can get her to sit still long enough to do anything. Haha

Quick Chain Pigtails

Once again we have a quick style I did before rushing out of the door. I did this the other day before we went to the zoo. It was getting late and we wanted to have at least 2 hours there. The top two parts were pretty even but after that things went south and the parts are pretty jagged. I was going to just do the two linked/chain pigtails up front, but then I decided to see if her back was long enought to attach as well. They BARELY made it. I think this would be a really cute hair style if her pigtails were longer and thicker. I think I'll try it again in a year.

Three Little Piggys

This was done during our family reunion on a Utah holiday July 24th. We pretty much get to have 2 Fourth of July's in one month! The first picture was for the first half of the day and the parade. I just did three piggys on top and added a bow.
The second picture was at a baseball game where we wore our family reunion shirts. She had just taken a nap and her front piggy was looking a little rough so I just clipped it back to the left piggy with a hairbow.

Accidental Sun/Starburst Ponytails

This is a style I randomly decided to do 10 mins before I had to leave for work a few weeks ago. I parted to squares in the back (not shown) then I just did a bunch of triangle on her head. I wasn't aiming for a sunburst type pattern, but that's what I ended up with.
I parted to sqaures on the back of her head (not shown), then I just did a bunch of triangle on her head. I parted the right side to the middle of her head and behind her ear then I did the same on the left. That left a triangle in the middle so I banded that one up. I then did the same in the front. The top middle ponytail was going to be split in two, but I didn't have time and I now I might like it this way better anyways. I lasted pretty well during the day considering my daughter is a wild sleeper and takes 2 naps a day and also likes to throw fits on the floor whenever she doesn't get her way. :-P I didn't take any before bed shots, but I will make sure to do that from now on.