Holiday Hairstyles: Winter Wonderland

*I apologize in advance for the darker pictures but we did this hairstyle for a Christmas party in the evening so the sun had already gone down.*  We call this one the "Winter Wonderland" and we don't get any snow where we live so it was fun to create a snowy scene in her hair.  :)

Here are the supplies we used and I know that they're not necessarily supplies that you would have readily available but you can be creative and use what you have!  First we have a jumbo twist form and some white faux hair that we got at Sally's.  (You could use a pair of long rolled socks and ribbon as substitutes.)  There are also some little snowflake jewels that we just glued to hair pins but you could also use regular rhinestones.  Finally we have some snowman hair clips and I made these ones out of ribbons and alligator clips but you could make some simple ones with cotton balls and hair pins if you wanted.

Begin with wet hair and comb it all straight back.  Clip your faux hair underneath the other hair by the nape of the neck.  Now grab your twist form and place it at the ends of the hair.  Roll it upwards into the head until you have it nice and tight.  You will want to make sure that you are spreading your faux hair out a bit as you roll as well so it's not all in one clump.  Once your form is tightly against the head, secure it in place using bobby pins.  This is our hill of snow for our Winter Wonderland.

Now go ahead and place your snowman clips on top of the hill of snow in any way that you like.  (You could also make tree clips and use those as well or in place of.) 

Your final step is to make it look like it's snowing by inserting your hair pins in random places above the snowmen.

Now you've created a Winter Wonderland picture through a hairstyle.  It also looks like one of those over-the-top Christmas sweaters that Grandma used to wear.  :) 

Holiday Hairstyles: Ornament

I'm in love with the look of faux hair on a bun.  It's kind of fun to add a splash of color once and a while. 

These are the supplies that we used for this Ornament Hairstyle and if you don't have faux hair you can use some colored ribbons.  I've just twisted this silver pipe cleaner into the same of an ornament top and then glued it to a hairpin.

Begin by gathering all the hair back into a ponytail and securing it with an elastic.  Lift one fold of your elastic and tuck in your faux hair or ribbons.

Now go ahead and slide a bun mold over the ponytail and spread the hair out evenly - making sure that your faux hair or ribbon is dispersed evenly as well.  Now place another elastic over the top of the mold to secure it. 

Break up an excess hair into sections and twist them individually.  Wrap the twists around the base of the bun and secure them in with bobby pins.

 Now take your pipe cleaner clip and stick it right into the top of your bun so that it now looks like an ornament. 

Simple and fun!

We will also have a video for our first few Holiday Hairstyles posts coming up this Friday!

Rock Star

My daughter had a "Rock Star" day at school this past week and here is the hairstyle we did.

We've done this faux-hawk style before but we've tweaked it a bit with some faux hair for a fun rock star look.

Start by dividing the hair into 4 parallel sections horizontally across the head.  Gather each section up into it's own ponytail in the very center.  This will give you a row of 4 ponytails. 

Grab some faux-hair clips and clip one underneath each elastic.  Pull the colored hair up through the elastic just to secure it tightly.   

Now you're going to wet each ponytail down really well and Barrel Roll them.  To Barrel Roll you will comb the ponytail straight up into the air and then wrap the ends around your two index fingers.  Now roll your index fingers over each other down towards the scalp.  This will roll the hair nice and evenly for you. 

Secure your Barrel Roll down into the hair with a bobby in on each side creating an "X" inside the roll.

  Do this with your 3 other ponytails as well. 

You will end up with a Mohawk look going down the head.   You want your colors to look more random and not perfectly placed.

Faux Hair Fun

We've done several posts using these faux hair clips that we found at Sally Beauty Supply and my daughter absolutely LOVES them. 

They happen to be just the right length for her hair but you can always trim them up if you need to.  This is just another style using those fun clips.  Grab a small section of hair right from the middle of the hairline, up by the forehead, and secure it with a small clear elastic.  Now clip your faux hair in right over the elastic. 

 Grab a section of hair from each side of your original section and have your princess hold those for you for just a second.  Create a part just behind your original section that is right in the middle of the head and is about 2 inches long.  Now section out the hair from that middle part down to the ear on each side - giving you two new sections. 

You'll want to grab the right section that your princess is holding and bring it right over the faux hair clip and add it in with the new left section with an elastic. 

 Repeat on the other side by grabbing the left section that your princess is holding, place it over the faux hair clip as well and add it in with the new right section with an elastic.  (You're original ponytail and fax hair should not be added into these two new elastics.) 

 Create a braid out of each of those two new ponytails.  Your braid will only need to be about 3 inches long. 

 Have you princess hold those two braids while you part the remainder of the hair right down the middle.  

  Move back up to your very first ponytail with the fax hair and separate that into two sections - making sure that the faux hair is evenly divided and clearly visible.    Take the right section and the right braid and combine them together with all the hair on the right half of the head with an elastic.  Do the same on the left side as well. 

Remember to have your colored hair on top so that it's easily seen.  Add some hair clips to hide your bottom two elastics to complete the whole look. 

Rock Star

My daughter decided that she wanted to have a "Rock Star" party for her birthday this year.

  I instantly knew what she was going to wear and how her hair was going to be done.  She has a bunch of fun faux hair clips that we picked up at Sally's a few months back.  (I didn't know if we'd use them much but she LOVES them!) 

We started by parting the hair and then clipping the fake hair to the front of the head .  I then twisted a small bit of hair around each of them to hide the clips. 

I continued twisting the hair until it met right over the part and I connected the two sides with an elastic, then covered the elastic with a small claw clip. 

 No she doesn't really have a tattoo and three earrings.  :)

Then I pulled each side into an Indian Braid - making sure to include the faux hair. 

I tried to get a little bit of faux hair in each of the strands of the braid.  Both braids looked a bit different but still similar. 

We finished it off with some glitter spray and some Rock Star bows.

4 Strand Weave

I guess you could also call this a 4-Strand Braid but it seems more like weaving to me.

Her hair is still wet because we were rushing out the door to a primary activity and had to do something very fast. She wanted to incorporate one of her "colors" in her hair today. You can pick these up at Sally's in tons of colors and they're about 18 inches long. (You can cut them if they're too long for your princess's hair.) They have a little comb at the top of them that slides right into the hair or you can combine it in an elastic like we've done. The weave is made by sectioning the ponytail into 3 strands with the colored hair being your 4th strand. Simply take the 4th strand and weave it over and under the other 3 strands. Continue weaving back and forth until you come to the end of the hair. This looks really cool with your 4th strand being normal hair as well.

This style took less than 5 minutes and she was out the door.