Swim hair part 20000894

Ahhhhhhh We have been swimming way to much! with lessons and everything!

but here is a do for you all!

we just braided it in two pigtail french braids

super messy bunns!

one swimming kid!

Oh, and Too Cool For Hair has started an Etsy shop to start her college savings plan! please check it out! its pretty cool! Hang On To Me
thanks
Heather

Gymnast Bun; Lauren's from Make It or Break It

I've noticed that some of my fellow bloggers have lsited some of Lauren's hairstyles from the show Make It or Break It. She is a mean girl from what I've read, but she has great hair! I don't actually watch the show, but it pops up on Hulu's home page all the time. ;) Well my model for today is an incredibly nice girl. Really, my niece is the sweetest and most well-behaved child I've ever met! ;) And here is her 'do...

We started by pulling all the hair into a ponytail, minus the front from one ear to the other.

I made a deep side part and put the smaller side into a braid and then aaded it to the ponytail.

On the other side I did a one sided french braid. These are easier than they sound. ;) You just start with your 3 pieces and braid them over each other. But when you add hair, you only add to the front section and you braid the others as though it were a regular braid. Hope that makes sense... It gives a nice poof to the front and an "edge" to the back. This will be more defined on girls with thicker hair.

It really looked pretty and stayed up out of her face all day.

Isn't she just squeezable?! ;)

Gymnastics Hair

Alex is wearing her Gymnastics shirt today and wanted hair to match. ;) We did a simple style, but it works well to keep the hair out of her face.

I started with a puff-braid headband by parting the hair down the middle at the front and going all the way around her head. I pulled the back-middle together with the ends of the 'headband'.

Next is the section on top right behind the 'headband. I just parted out 3 little sections.

I pulled all of the hair together into a ponytail... There really isn't anything fancy here, but it looked cute and Alex was happy with it! ;)

We do a lot of "all-up" hair dos during the summer and this was a nice change from our typical ponytail. We'll probably do the same thing for dance next year, but I might part the front differently...

She had to try a cartwheel, of course! ;)

 

I'll have another gymnastics do tomorrow, from that show everyone is always talking about. ;)

Book Review: I LOVE My Cotton Candy Hair!

While browsing the internet recently trying to find new books for Anisa I came across a book that I have since grown to love!! The title of the book is I LOVE my Cotton Candy Hair by Nicole Updegraff. The book is the first in the upcoming series, A girl named Charlie presents….Stories about loving yourself the way you are!

The story centers on Charlie, a caring, fun-loving little girl who is beginning to deal with issues of self-acceptance while trying to fit in. I LOVE my Cotton Candy Hair focuses on Charlie celebrating her love for her hair. It begins with Charlie describing what she likes and dislikes about her hair. She loves that it is curly and twisty but she admits that it is sometimes fuzzy and hard to comb. Despite having a few knots here and there, Charlie still declares her love for her hair.

She continues her praise by describing the many styles that she is able to achieve with her cotton candy hair. Her praise doesn’t stop with her own hair. She also compliments her friends and family members. Charlie concludes her adoration of her friends and family by saying, “all that hair is pretty and fun… BUT I LOVE being me and everything that comes with it!”

Anisa and I love this story! It is nice to have books like this to reinforce to our children that they are beautiful. Far too often they are shown a different view of what is considered the norm. It is wonderful to have resources that show children who resemble them as well as deal with the same problems. We will definitely cherish Charlie’s story while making our own stories and creating memories of Anisa’s love for her own cotton candy hair.



I LOVE my Cotton Candy Hair is currently available on Amazon for $12.99.

Click here to visit Nicole Updegraff’s website.

An excerpt from her website:

For the author, this series was born of necessity. Many new parents take joy in finding fun, substantive reading material for their child and Nicole was no different. After having her first daughter she often found herself searching bookstores and libraries only to leave empty handed. In time she became increasingly disappointed in the fact that she couldn’t quite find what she was longing for; fun and charming books for really young children with stories that have a message of absolute self-love and acceptance. After years of hoping ‘someone’ would create what she was looking for, she married her love of writing with her love of children’s artwork and created something herself. In doing so she not only developed a children's book series aimed at giving all children an encouraging view of themselves, but she also created a series character we haven’t seen before, one of mixed race, which is based after her oldest daughter, four year old Charlie.

3-Year-Old Getting Sew-in Weave

I just saw this posted on Knaps Girl and had to post. The video shows a little girl getting a sew-in weave for a pageant on Toddlers & Tiaras.

Click here for the video.

Thoughts?

Guest Blogger - Olivia

Our first post-swap! :) I am really excited about this ... Olivia from Write About Birth has written a very cool piece for us... and in exchange, I wrote a (hugely enormous) piece about my birthing experience for her blog.    If you are pregnant, or planning to be, or know of someone else who would be interested - Head on over there to learn about your birthing options! And read story after story of people who have been there and done that - and what they thought about it all! Definitely a good read. (Not to mention all the things there are to learn!)

~*~ Enjoy!! ~*~

As my daughter was crowing, the midwife commented: “Just a little more now, I can already see the black hair!” That sounded good to me. Throughout my pregnancy, I imagined a girl that would have black, straight hair, just like me. My High School biology class taught me that dark genes are dominant, and therefore I would certainly have a child with black hair. But my midwife was wrong. My daughter’s hair was not black at all – just wet.

We were wrapped up in blankets after the birth, and as I was trying to get my daughter to nurse for the very first time, I realized that my daughter’s hair, of which there was lots, was not black at all, but ash blond. And it was curly, too! My daughter has the kind of hair that everyone in the Balkan country we live in would kill for. Half the female population spends hours in salons across the country bleaching and perming their hair.

We get comments about her hair all the time. “Wow, her hair is beautiful! She will never have to dye it!” is the most popular one. “Such a dark mother, and the kid has blond hair!? How is that possible?” is a less welcome remark, and the one that still shocks me is: “Why do you color your toddler’s hair?” Sometimes it’s said in jest, but other times it is obvious the rude intruder really thinks that my daughter’s blond hair is not natural.

So, what do we do with this blond and curly hair? When it was relatively short, it was not all that hard. I would just let my daughter’s hair do its own thing. Now that my baby is almost four years old, and her hair pretty long, figuring out how to best care for her hair is becoming more of a challenge. For the longest time, she actually dreaded having her hair washed, to the point that she would scream for half an hour if I just mentioned the word “hair” and “shower” in the same sentence.

Those battles have been and gone now, though she still prefers to wash shampoo out of her hair with a little plastic cup filled with water, rather than with the shower. Because her hair gets frizzy really quickly, the kid has sampled more hair care products than I have in my entire life. Our morning routine involves spraying some kind of curly hair serum into my daughter’s hair, combing it, and then styling it.

We have about three hairstyles at our house. Two pig tails look great on my kid, and she loves picking quirky elastic bands. In this hot weather, it also keeps her neck cool. I do braid her hair sometimes, when she lets me, but that is a rather rare occurrence. Of course sometimes, we just allow her hair to be what it is, and flow freely.

I still haven’t found any answer to the question on how to keep the frizz at bay, and especially during our extremely hot summers this is a huge problem. Can you help? What hair styles are quick and easy to do, and stay in place all day long? What kind of hair products, if any, would you use for a four year old with long, curly hair?

~*~  ~*~  ~*~

Thank you Olivia! (Isn't she a fabulous writer?!) 

Does anybody have any suggestions for this curly blonde beauty? :D Let us know in the comments!  As for my answers, well, that's why I started this blog! Some I've found, and others are always ongoing. In order to make this as easily accessible as possible, I'll use each of Olivia's questions as upcoming post topics. Be sure to check back! :D

PonyHawk Maintenance & Update

Click here for Step-by-Step PonyHawk Instructions


Day 2 of PonyHawk




Maintenance:

• Remove the barrettes and twisties (if you choose to use them) before bed.

• Anisa will sleep with a satin bonnet in order to protect her hair.

• Spray with Bee Mine Juicy Spirtz each night.
• Use Bee Mine Deja's Hair Milk on ponies to refresh and moisturize.
• Also use Bee Mine Deja's Hair Milk to moisturize nape & edges.
• Although this style could last longer, Anisa will have this style for one week. I want to let her scalp rest so she will be wearing her hair out for a little while.

Day 4 using Bee Mine Deja's Hair Milk on ponies.

Swim hair again!

Here is a second day of swim hair

we started with a braid right down the middle, I was not as careful with the parts cause it is only going to last a half hour and then we are going to wash it!

three braids now! oh and that's paint on my pants I promise!

pull everything into a super messy bun

from the top

and a girl ready to swim. This stayed in so well she wore it all day! ( we went swimming up at a reservoir after lunch!)

Claire's & Icing Flower Girl Hair Accessories

I went to Claire's and Icing the other day to look for some cute flower girl hair accessories for my Natural Flower Girl Hair Styles series. I didn't get as much as I would have liked because the prices were a little higher than expected but I do have ideas for the above accessories in mind. Stay tuned!

Claire's hair comb: $14.50

Claire's spin pins: $10.50 but they always have the buy one get one half off on hair accessories for my total was $5.25 for the spin pins.

Icing headband: Sale $6.25

Icing flowers: $3.50 each Icing also had buy one get one half off to I got one for $1.75

I also want to add, Claire's and Icing has a new policy about "party" hair accessories and special occasion hair accesories. They told me they are nonreturnable, so just a heads up!

Poppy's Boutique Grand Re-Opening GIVEAWAY!

Congratulations to Maranda at

On her Grand Re-Opening! They have a new and improved website as well as checkout/cart system  - Go see for yourself!! (Click the picture to be taken to the store!)

In honor of this exciting time :) Poppy's Boutique has graciously offered to give away a coordinating set of hair clips to one lucky Curly Hairdo Ideas reader!! Woooooo!!

Here is what the lucky winner will receive!

This set of three No-Slip Clips includes:

• One Chocolate and Light Pink Scottie Embellished Clip
• One pair of ribbon Scottie Clips featuring a fun scottie dog printed in Chocolate Brown on a Light Pink high quality grosgrain ribbon.  Each clip is topped with a pink crystal for a little bit of bling.

Required Entry:
* Become a Follower of Curly Hairdo Ideas (or let me know if you already are!) 
and tell me one thing about yourself! :) It can be funny, unremarkable, interesting, hair related or otherwise! Go wild!





To Up Your Odds:

* Visit Poppy's Boutique and tell me what your favorite product is!

* Become a FAN of Curly Hairdo Ideas on Facebook

* Post a picture of your little one on our Facebook page! (There's a button to add photos under the spot where you would write on the wall...)

* blog/tweet/facebook/etc about this contest (as many times as you want to - but only 3 will be counted per account. So if you do all 3 venues 3 times, that's 9 entries right there!)

* "Like" Poppy's Boutique on Facebook!

* Suggest friends to either one of the facebook pages - you will get one extra entry for every 3 friends you suggest - so keep a tally and let me know!

This contest will run until 11:59pm (central time) on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010!

** NOTE: All these entries do NOT need to be separate! They can be, or you can do them together, whatever is easiest for you. At the end of the contest I will write all the entries out on paper and Q will pick a winner by hand! **


Good Luck!

Poppy's Boutique also wants you to know that ..."We’re really excited about our new look and we want you to help us celebrate our grand re-opening!  Take 20% off your entire order by using coupon CELEBRATE20 at check-out."  Woooo!!

Winner of the Facebook Photo Contest!!

Congratulations!!

Kat Voelker-Miller

Thanks for submitting a photo to our contest on Facebook!! Please email me at curlyhairdoideas@yahoo.com for your $5 amazon.com gift card!! (also good for purchases at The Curly Hair Fun Store!! )

ROCKAHOLIC ... New Detangler, New 'Do

We created a fun new 'do today inspired by our new "BORN TO ROCK" detangler by TIGI. It was really fun and too cute! Alex was full of attitude, so I have a lot of pics. And then there's the product review, so this post is just a bit longer than usual. ;)

This style works best with clean, damp hair. I used water and a little of Alex's new detangler/defrizzer to re-wet her hair. I made a very deep part on the top, on the opposite side as her natural part -there's a good reason for this. ;) Then continue the part down the middle all the way down.

Next, separate the top section of the smaller side, leaving out a piece in the front. Make a pull-through knot.

Braid the front piece, then pull it and the remaining hair from the top section together in a low pigtail. --For toddlers or shorter bangs do the front piece first. Put it into a pony or pull-through, then add it to the top section.--

For the other side, leave the bangs and front piece out but do the same for the top and bottom sections.

Okay, this top part may look funny and this is one of those moments I Really wish I had video capabilities. ;) You want to take the bangs and a small part of that side-front piece, brush it all straight forward to the hairline and then straight up. I suggest holding it in place here and adding hairspray for umph. Add an elastic several inches up.

This is the really important part to getting that 'bouf' rather than a flat twist. You want to twist the elastic straight down. For Alex's short hair, it was just two little turns. Then comb that side piece straight up, lay it in line with the 'bouf', and secure it with an elastic to the first piece.

I was totally out of bobby pins. (Yes, for shame!) So, I just used a cute clippie to hold this part in place. I left the end hanging. For longer hair, you could add a braid to this end piece and add it to the pigtail.

I straightened the ends, and voila! Now for the tons of pics from today. ;)

Her "Barbie Girl" bows were a proposal set I had made for a dance studio. They went with something else, but Alex was perfectly happy to keep them! ;)

Here's the one smile I got for the whole day. Go figure she was standing by our old Jeep. ;)

I thought we were finished with pictures after we got inside, but Alex ran into my office with these arm warmers. So adorable! ;) And then we got to talking about her new Tink shirt she was wearing. She had a different pose for each word... this one was "Fun"

and here's "Spunky"

I believe this last one is "Tough" or maybe "Feisty" ;)

 Now for the new product! I have to say how impressed I am with the new spray! So far, I love it! And at $15.00/bottle, that's a good thing! ;) But really, these last pics were a few hours after I had fixed her hair. It was still all in place and calmer than it usually is after just 20 minutes! I have used other defrizzers and found them greasy, but this one seems to just add some extra moisture and vitamins or something.;) It detangled faster and easier than others we've used without being grimy. And the very best part of the whole thing is the smell! Alex and I both love it, something pretty rare! ;) Overall, I give TIGI's "BORN TO ROCK" Leave-In Detangler & Defrizzer 5 out of 5 Stars!