Happy Thanksgiving! braided buns

Hey! Happy thanks giving! We had quite the crazy month but I am pretty proud that I got as much blogging done as I did! I am off to shop all night and then craft fair for the next two days but hey! I just thought that we would wish you a happy holiday and show you To Cool for Hairs holiday do.as you can see from the pics Baby Mermaid has an addition to her face!
Yep she got glasses! Here she is waiting for her turn to get her hair done!

so I just started putting in little dutch braids in her hair

every witch way no rhyme or reason

Here she is with her braiding done.

Then I pulled it into four ponys around the back of her head then I just put the ponys into pin curls and fixed them up the best I could. ( the stuffing and yams were in the oven so I had a few minutes to work!)

from the back

from the top

and there you go from the front all the way done (mom would have added a bow, or flower)
I am so thankful for wonderful kids, a awesome hubby that reminds me to slow down and not try to do everything, the best parents in the world, good friends, great friends and awesome followers! Thanks for following me on this wild ride called life!

Giveaway Time!! CLOSED

It is time for the Giveaway! This is Beads, Braids, & Beyond's first Giveaway so this is very exciting. There will be more to come!

First, I would like to say thank you to everyone for following the blog, supporting the blog, and spreading the word about the blog. I think it is amazing how quickly the natural hair community comes together and supports one another.

Next, I have to say thank you to Denman!

These wonderful brushes are available in UK
through Boots nationwide and also on their website www.denmanbrush.com

They also sell a more stylish Denman, along with some cute fragranced Tutti Frutti Denmans! So check out their website.

As you can see, the Giveaway includes the Denman D3 Brush (love it!!!) a pack of (at least) 1000 pink beads, and two packs of barrettes!

The Giveaway is currently only available to those of you in the US/Canda.

In order to enter the Giveaway you MUST be a follower of this blog! That is the only requirement.

One entry: Simply leave a comment saying "I follow your blog" along with your first name. If you happen to notice someone else has the same name, leave a nickname or add an initial to the end of your name.

One entry: Become a Facebook friend/fan! (Look at the end of the right side column for the link) Make sure you let me know if you are a friend/fan!

One entry: Spread the word about the blog. Twitter it, Myspace it, Facebook it, post it on your blog, post it in a forum, You get the idea! Leave a comment saying you have done so and on what website.

Two entries: Add one of our buttons (to the right) to your facebook, myspace, blog, whatever! Leave a comment saying you have added the button and to what website.

One entry: If your child has ALREADY participated on Beads, Braids, & Beyond blog leave a comment telling me where they participated (ex. Diva Spotlight/Hair Share) along with their name. If your child has participated more than once (ex. Diva Spotlight AND Hair Share) make sure you let me know.

Two entries: If your child participated in the Style Challenge let me know! Make sure you tell me their name.

I will leave this open for a week or so. I plan on writing all of the names down, putting them in a hat/bowl and letting A draw the name out on camera.

Good luck everyone!

My Favorite Style... on an adult ;)

Finally back online after the cruise... Holidays can be so crazy! ;) Anyway, this is my go-to style when I can't think of anything else. And I found that it looks very nice on adults also. But first, here is a sunset shot I took from the ship...

Okay, so french twist braids from each side and then pulled together in back.
I started the braids just above her ears and continued them back. When I got to the back area, I stopped doing a french twist and just continued with a regular twist braid. I had her hold that while I did the other side and then I pulled them together in the middle.

I think this looked so nice! ;) A very sleek style. I loved it with her straightened hair.

Okay, so glad to be back! I have tons of new things going up in my Etsy shop. Bows make great stocking stuffers. ;) Also, I'll have one last giveaway for the year coming next week! Miss all of you, blog family! ;)

hauser braid and a turkey!

I don't know how to spell the name of this braid, but it makes a square, almost 4 stranded braid.I pulled Baby Mermaids hair up in a tiny side pony with the very front part of her hair, I always try to do a long hairdo the first day after we wash her hair and then morph that do into a more up second day do. I am just lazy that way, then I made 2 rope braids with her pony.
so, I twisted the two strand s back together so, to make the ropes I twisted the hair to the right, then twisted the twists to the left, put in elastics and twisted the ropes back to the right, It was really simple and quick.

Here she is ready for school with a turkey in her hair, I know I told her to grab a bow and she came back with this! It was a totally easy and ready to go hair day,
for the second day hair we pulled the back part up into pigtails and pulled the braid back in the left pigtail it was really cute to but I didn't get a pic sorry!

Poll's are down!

The Results:

What would you like to see more of?

Diva Spotlight 16 (11%)
Braids/Cornrows 46 (33%)
Holiday Hair 23 (16%)
Twists 15 (11%)
Product Reviews 36 (26%)

So, your top two are BRAIDS/CORNROWS and PRODUCT REVIEWS. I will definitley be posting more of both! I will also add other things in the mix too since a little of everything got votes.

What would you like to see in the giveaway?

Denman D3 Brush 55 (38%)
Beads/Barrettes 33 (23%)
Bows 13 (9%)
Rat tail comb/Spray bottle/Wide tooth comb (the basics) 3 (2%)
Satin Bonnet 7 (4%)
Goody Cloth Covered Ponytail Holders 2 (1%)
Other (specify in comment/email please) 1 (0%)
Flexi-Rods 29 (20%)

So DENMAN D3 and BEADS/BARRETTES it is! The Giveaway will be VERY soon!

Thanks to everyone who voted!

Look Ma, I picked a winner

I have so much fun doing these giveaways! I really enjoy hearing from everyone! Feel free to leave comments any time, my girls and I love it!

and the winner is....................................

Drumroll please...................................

Melissa! congrats please give me an email so I can get your address and get these shipped off to you! hopefully you can get them before thanksgiving!

Heather

upsidedown headband

Today we mixed up the basic braided hair band, but before I get started make sure you check out our giveaway today is the last day to enter! so we parted out the front part of her hair and held it with a clip, then I Hair sprayed the back and combed it into a ponytail, then starting at her ear I braided the front section up to her side part and then braided the hair all the way to the ends

did the same thing on the other side

pulled both of the braids into her ponytail

added our Jacob bow in Honor of the new movie that comes out tonight at midnight! we will be there! sometimes ya just have to stay out all night with your kiddo!

Here she is from the sideish with her bangs all combed out kinda! how long does it take for bangs to grow out?

punky braids and funky buns

Here we did Little Princesses hair for church, It turned out kinda wild but here ya go, we braided back the front part into two french braids Then we hooked the back part into elastics (as much as I could get to stay up)
So here is her braided pigtails with the back added in

turned those pigtails into messy buns using elastics and bobby pins

added bows from the front

and the side

Then we flipped the back hair and here is a pic from the back

Double bun, Chinese style!

We found this do on Girly do's by Jen

I love it I have done it on To Cool for Hair and had rave reviews from her friends! but today we did it on baby Mermaid, my bottom curl is a bit funky but i didn't have time to redo it, I think I should have used a few more bobby pins but oh well, by the way can you see the hair glitter strands? remember to enter here!
start by making a double bun in the back and leaving a front section out.

Here is the bun, wrap the left out section around the buns and secure with a bobby pin


we added a bow over the wrapped hair! Just for fun.

side, view!

front, now were ready for church!

my giveaway!

I did a craft show in Logan last weekend and I found this product that I love! It is hair Tinsel! you know those sparkly strands that they will put in your kids hair at carnivals for 2.00 a string! well Deven Walus sells them on line at Punk Monroe for 8.00 for 100 strands! I know cool huh! So, I bought a couple of packages for my girls and one for you so today's giveaway is 100 strands of hot pink hair bling! Here are some pics from http://www.punkmonroe.com/

well we had a tinsel party with some girls and moms from our neighbor hood and they all thought it was hard to put in the first couple of strands, but by the time you do one kids head its all easy peasy lemon squeezie! Here are some pics of baby Mermaid tonight with her bling in!

How do you enter?

1- Leave me a comment about what you like best about my blog.

2- face book or twitter about us or our giveaway

3- follow me here or on face book (you can get 2 entry's if you do both)

4- as its getting close to Christmas I would love to hear what your kiddos want from the man in red!

you can enter every day until next Friday, the 20th

have a happy Friday the 13th and good luck!
Heather

Punky Piggie braids!

Here is our hairdo for today, Its kinda punky and fun.Split hair into pigtails this time they are kinda high

Braid the pigtails and loop them up with a second elastic

fluff them out and add some bows

from the front! can you see the teaser of what our giveaway is tomorrow? Its not the bows!

Curly Nikki!!!

Of course I had to make a seperate post to let you all know that A is on CurlyNikki today! I looooove her blog!!! Go check out the post here and leave a comment! Thanks so much!!! Also be sure to check out her very helpful forum! :D


www.curlynikki.com
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*EDIT: I forgot to add, Curly Nikki is also blogging for Tyra!!! How cool is that? Show her some love here!

Wide Hair Headband

For some reason lately I have been in a hair headband mood, so I did a wide triple head band on Baby Mermaid. I did a regular headband with her bangs, a dutch braid second and then a regular french braid last. so it was quite a bit wider than usual
Here it is all pulled together under her hair

hair combed out from the back

and from the front, I think we stuck a bow in after the pic, but sometimes believe it or not my kids will go to school without hair accessories! and remember to keep checking back for my very cool fabo giveaway!!!!!

Giveaway!

Wow, 90 followers already? I just made this blog on October 23rd, 2009. I am very surprised! We are so close to 100 followers. I thought for sure it would take months to get close to 100 followers. As you may know, once Beads, Braids, & Beyond! reaches 100 followers we will do a small giveaway for those of you who follow the blog. I added yet another poll to the right. I would love to know what you think I should include in the giveaway. If you chose "other" please specify in a comment or email me with your suggestions at beadsbraidsbeyond@yahoo.com

I will probably include the top two things you all vote for. We shall see....

I am going to take the "Is this blog helpful?" poll down. The results:

Yes- 85 (97%)
No- 1 (1%)
Somewhat 1 (1%)

Once again, thanks so much to everyone who follows this blog! Also a big thanks to those of you who spread the word. I really do appreciate it! :)

*EDIT: We now have 103 followers!! Wow! Thanks everyone!!! The giveaway will be very soon. I just added the poll yesterday so I want to give everyone a few days to vote for what they want in the giveaway. Make sure you vote!!! Looks like the Denman brush is in the lead....

chic Older girl hair with bangs and braids and pony tail

To cool for hair recently cut some bangs into her hair (against moms wishes) and so now we get to discover new hairdos! for this hair we hooked her bangs up out of the way and parted out an inch section behind her bangs, then hooked the back hair out of the way

I braided down one side, and then the other
then I pulled her hair into a pony and hooked the braids into it

from the front with her "long bangs"

and a silly one!

Oh, I also have a very cool giveaway coming up on the end of this week! get ready cause it is so cool! I can't wait to show you the cool product and the great price that I found at a craft show this weekend! whoop! I love new hair stuff!!!!