Daddy Daughter Ball

My girls got the chance to go to a Daddy Daughter ball with their dad! They had such a good time, he got them little corsages and everything, the funnest part was my Dear Husband surprised them. The ball was at the school, so they new about it, but he told them he wouldn't be able to do that with them. Then he asked them to get dressed up cause they were doing something special, they got all dolled up and then they were off to the ball! they had a great time! Here is Baby Mermaids hairdo.

First I combed her hair back into a pony but I left all around it long.

I put the pony into a bun

then I started to pull up little sections, spray them with lots of hairspray comb them smooth and then hook them into the bun.

Keep pulling the hair up till you have all the hair into a bun (except the bangs)

then, braid back the bangs into the bun

other side of the bangs

The pictures keep coming, this one is from the front

and then I had to stick in a bow! LOL

well thanks for looking at my blog!

Sorry I have been MIA

I wanted to apologize for being MIA lately. My little brother has been in the hospital so it has been rough. I know I posted this several days ago on my Facebook page, but just in case you missed it I wanted to let you know. There should be new posts next week. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. They are very much appreciated. <3

New Hair Blogs Added!

Check out the Hair Blog Link section... Lots of new stuff to follow! These ladies are Amazing!

Hair Milk, Hair Butter, Hair Gel, Spray, Smoothies, Masks and more...!?!?!

I am on a mission to discover what all these terms mean! Bare with me while I research :)   Today Q and I tried out a veeery simple version of homemade hair milk...

I will post results tomorrow if possible! It's still a work in progress, tho.

Happy Hair Do-ing! :D

p.s. Are there any other terms or concepts I'm missing that you know of - or what to know more about?? Leave a comment and I'll see what I can learn for ya!!

I have a Problem!

The house is a mess,
the laundry is dirty,
what's clean isn't folded,
the dishes just mock me,
the toys are taking on a life of their own ...

and all I want to do is take pictures of the top of Q's head!
(and dream up new styles and experiment with homemade hair product recipes!)

I think I have a problem. :) Can anyone relate?!

Baby Braid Buns

So I started out going to do something else - and this is what happened instead :) I'm in love!

 

So first I detangled Q's hair by spraying it with water and combing it out gently (starting at the ends and working in sections) with a wide toothed comb. Something like this (we like the handle and curved tines. It's very important to get a comb with smooth teeth!!)

Then I made a zig zag part

 

Next I made two small ponytails in the hair on top of her head. One on each side. I used clear elastic bands and rubbed them with Coconut Oil first! (This should have been done more in advance to get the most benefit from it - the coconut oil helps soften the rubber to make it less damaging to hair.)

I could have stopped here and added some cute clips! (Speaking of which, if anyone knows of a WAHM who would like some publicity - I'd love to host a giveaway sometime! Email me!)

But I didn't stop :) I threaded a ribbon through each ponytail using a plastic craft needle (be careful!)

Then leaving one strand of ribbon hang, I combined the other into one of the strands of a regular braid. 

 

  

Then I added a small elastic at the end to hold the braid together. I sort of attempted to keep the ribbon on top so some of the color showed thru - but I didn't work too hard at it. The end result will be adorable whether there's that tiny bit of extra color or not! :)

Next, I curved the braid up around itself in a bun sort of fashion and tied the ends of the ribbon together! (One end from the braid and the other was still hanging loose from the ponytail.)

At this point I could have cut the ribbon to a more even length, but I wanted more color again, so I just made crazy bows with the ribbon I had left!

(This picture is of the Big lopsided bow I started with, and then I just went wild from there - NOT going for symmetry on this one! lol)

(You can see the tails of the braid sticking out to the side of the bun on this one - but I don't mind. It kinda offsets the fact that I have two straight ribbon tails coming off the left side!)

 

Oh boy, what a face! lol!

and my Favorite Picture of the Day...! :)

Another Award?!

I'm so flattered! :D :D

 

A GREAT BIG Thank You to Mommy of 1 and Counting for the award!!  If you haven't already, you need to check out this Fabulous Giveaway Blog! Head on over there right now!!

I am supposed to pass this on to 10 other great bloggers, so here I go! Oh, and I'm going to try to not pick any "repeat" blogs from my last award - shouldn't be too hard - there are so many great ones to pass awards on to! :)

First, of course, I have to share my new-found hair blogs:
1. Shaunell's Hair
2. Redpunzel
3. It's a Girl Thing
4. Chic-Clips Hair
5. Girly Do's By Jenn
6. Do's To Choose


And other blogs I love:
7. Home Grown Families
8. A Heart For Home
9. Blazing Kismet
10. Under $1000 per Month



Enjoy!!

How to Get the Elastics OUT!?!

This is just a quick post to let you know that if you're wondering what the best way to get those tiny elastics out of your little one's hair is....You're NOT alone!

Rubber elastics can be hard on hair and cause breakage - but I find them very convenient to use! So to safeguard against damage, I've read that it helps to soak the elastics in olive oil, or coconut oil, for an hour up to a day before using. (Too long isn't good either, tho. Gotta find the happy medium!)  This makes them softer and easier on the hair strands.

I like to make the first one or two times around the hair nice and tight, and then let the last one be really loose in comparison. I find that makes getting them out so much easier!

SO - how to get them out?! There are two methods that I use the most:

1. With my fingernails, I pick out the part of the elastic band that I left loose(ish), pull it up and then thread the hair back out loop by loop, just like I put it in.

2. My other method is to use a baby fingernail clipper - find that loose piece and just clip it! I am very careful not to clip any hair tho! Otherwise that kind of defeats the purpose! lol


These are my little "secrets". If anyone else has any tips and ideas they'd like to share - go right ahead!

Goody Clear Elastic Bands ~ 52 Bands

Hair-Block

Hi, everyone I have been working like a mad woman on my new website for my hair bows CHIC-CLIPS! I am so excited now that it is almost finished! anyway as I have had "hair block" and can not think of new hairdo's I thought that I would offer you all a coupon code for my website! its good for 10% off your order of 20.00 and the code is "follower" so if you would like to wander through my shop I would love it! and if you have any hair Ideas let me know! I would love to see pictures of all of your darling daughters with their bows!

Ribbon Headband

I just love this hairstyle! I think it's an adorable yet fancy toddler hairdo! What do you think!?

 

I started by separating the hair I knew I didn't want involved and pinning it back temporarily with a claw clip.

 

Then I parted the hair in front (the "headband" section and made little ponytails. Keeping the elastics at the back edge of the section of hair. I made 6 ponytails. 3 on each side of her head.

then I removed the temporary claw clips and fluffed Q's curls :)

and the other side!

 

Now, you could be done at this point! 

 

I think it's cute. Especially if it had been done with colored elastics, or add claw clips to each ponytail, etc.

But I chose to add RIBBON!

I use a craft "sewing" needle to thread the ribbon thru the hair :) 

Click here for ribbon!

The threading process... I just "sewed" the ribbon thru each ponytail, nice and close to the elastic.

 

Here's what it looks like when you're done threading...

 

Then, instead of just holding the ends out of the way, like I'm doing in this picture - TIE them! :)

 

Make a bow if you want and cut the ribbon ends to the length you prefer...and you're done!

 

How can a person resist a face like that?? :)  And here you have a cute yet elegant toddler hairstyle!

Baby Elastic Headband

This hairstyle has never really worked for Q. She just won't leave it on her head! :) But man they are cute!

 

See that sneaky hand already tho? Reaching back to fuss at (read: pull off) the headband!

I think if I had gotten her used to the idea of wearing a headband before she had the coordination to reach up there and yank it off by herself, that maybe she'd be more inclined to leave headbands on her head.... but who knows?!  

(I have read, however, that you shouldn't leave small babies wearing headbands like this too long - because they can't get them off by themselves and aren't great at communicating - so if it starts to hurt or be too tight, they can't tell us. The headbands are made to be a bit snug but you don't want to cause undue pressure to a baby's delicate head!)

Anyway, I wanted to include this as a post because I think they are cute, yet so often overlooked! 

Tiny Twirls Two Strand Twist Out Update

Remember our Tiny Twirls by Kinky Curly review? Well, I wanted to do a quick update on how her two strand twist out is holding up from using Tiny Twirls Daily Moisturizing Styler. Her hair still feels amazingly soft and her twist out is holding up well. Her satin bonnet is missing in action so she has not been sleeping with it on. I just put a her hair in a high ponytail using a Goody Ouchless ponytail holder, I didn't even have to wrap it. I just put it over the ponytail and it stayed put. This way she is not sleeping on her twists, which will cause them to become flat and frizzy.

Here is her hair on Day 2.

 I used Tiny Twirls Daily Moisturizing Styler to smooth down her pigtails.

And here is her hair on Day 4.

 Once again, I used Tiny Twirls Daily Moisturizing Styler to smooth down the ponytail.

Today was day 5, she could have gotten a couple more days out of the twist out but I decided to detangle her hair and put it in one big braid. It was extremely easy to detangle her hair, I'm sure the Tiny Twirls Styler had something to do with it. I used a little water and virgin coconut oil and in about 10 minutes her hair was completely detangled. :)

Littleman's Lounge: Jay'son

Tell us a little about yourself and your son:

My Name is Tasha, 22 and I am also Bi-Racial (1/2 Black 1/2 Chamorro [Pacific Islander from Guam]) and Jay'son is 2 and he is 3/4 Black 1/4 Chamorro. I have been interested and researching Bi-Racial Hair Care for about 2yrs after I have been trying to restore MY own curls back to a healthy state, my mom tried to maintain my hair, but she was often times clueless and when I started taking over the care of my hair, I caused a lot of damage to it, so I have vowed to learn how to care for my children's B-Racial hair.

What is your son's hair care routine?

I wash Jay'son's hair about every other day when its shorter and when we grow it out, and his curls come in, I wash about once to twice a week. I make sure I condition/Cowash it in between washings. To refresh his curls, I have a conditioner/water mix in a spray bottle that I spray on and comb through, then I add coconut oil. At nights, his dad will put a DuRag on his hair and he sleeps on satin pillow cases to retain the moisture in his hair (cotton pillow cases will deplete the natural oils in the hair).

What kind of products do you use on his hair?

Shampoo: Garnier Fructis Moisturizing for Dry or Damaged Hair Fortifying Shampoos or Dove's Moisture Therapy Shampoo

Conditioner: Herbal Essences' Hello Hydration or Cabellina del caballos (Which I LOVE LOVE LOVE... )

Styling Products: Coconut Oil and/or ORS' Olive Oil Moisturizing Lotion

Can we see some hair pictures?

(mid length while growing back out his curls)



(mid-length)



(after we started growing his curls back out)



How does your son feel about his hair?

Jay'son LOVES his hair, whether its short with a fade, Mid with Waves or long with Curls, He also asks me or his dad to brush/comb his hair, he loves to "help" wash and condition his hair. Lol.

If you had to share one hair care tip, what would it be?

Since we live in Vegas, during the summer months, we keep Jay'son's hair fairly low and one tip to those who cut their Lil' Man's curls, make sure NOT to cut his natural hair line, no matter how cute it is to cut or taper his hairline, if he is 5 or younger, it will mess up his hairline and that's not cute! Also, if you keep his hair low, make sure not to cut his hair too low, that will mess up his curls and they may not grow back how they were growing naturally. If your Lil Man is rockin' his curls, moisture is a PLUS, I can not stress what a big difference a proper moisturizer can do for his curls.

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Jay'son is way too cute!!! That first pictures is priceless! His parents are doing a great job with his hair. His curls look healthy and well moisturized. Keep up the good work!!

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Please email me if you have any suggestions for Littleman's Lounge. Do you think I should add more questions, if so, what would you like to ask? I'm all ears! Also email me if you would like to be a part of Littleman's Lounge. beadsbraidsbeyond@yahoo.com

Daddy 'Do!

He really likes the beads, I guess :) I love it!

For this one it looks like he twisted each strand individually, and added a bead to it. Then twisted them together and added a bead to the end of the twist.  I don't have any more picture, unfortunately, but he did one of these twists on each side of her face - he likes keeping her "bangs" out of her eyes!

Curly Q's Hair Do's has been nominated!!

Curly Q's Hair Do's has received a blogging award! :D  I'm so excited! THANK YOU to Penniless Parenting for the nomination! And I have to agree - what a sweet thought and image to brighten the Winter a bit! :)  (Don't get me wrong, I love snow as much as the next guy, but I don't enjoy shoveling and scraping icy windshields!) So thank you so much for the award and bright thoughts!

Now I get to pass on the Sunshine! These 12 Blogs definitely brighten my days and are worthy of this Sunny Sunshine Award!

To my "Hair Blogging Heros"
Princess Hairstyles - The Story of a Princess and Her Hair
Beads, Braids, and Beyond
Happy Girl Hair - Natural Haircare for Kids
Adopt a 'Do - Cute Girl Hairstyles
Babes in Hairland 
Maddie Girl

My other Inspirations:
Mommy of 1 and Counting

My Frugal Fun Life
Fairies, French Fries and Little Baby Kisses
The Screaming Penny
Real Life Montessori
The Thrifty Thumb

Thank you so much to each and every one of these ladies and their blogs!! 

Now, don't forget the Rules of Acceptance...
Put the logo on the sidebar or within a post
Pass the award on to 12 bloggers who brighten your day
Link to the nominees within your post
Let the nominees know they received this award by commenting on their blog
Link back to the person who gave you this award, as a way of showing your appreciation for being appreciated.

Q.O.T.W: Should mommy be natural too?

Do you think it's important for a mother to have natural hair in order for her child to fully embrace their own natural hair? Why or why not?