My ((Personal)) Top Ten for 2012

I can't believe 2012 is over in just a few more hours. It has been an AMAZING year for our family. When 2012 started I had no idea we would be adopting a baby this year. I had no idea of a lot of things that happened this year. It has been the year of "SURPRISES". I loved 2012 and I can't wait to see what 2013 will have in store for my family. Thirteen being my lucky number I have a really good

BIG Beautiful Updo {Prom/Wedding Ready}

 

I LOVE this updo. Its one of my favorites. Its not so big that it can only be used for a prom or wedding, but still beautiful enough to be used for such an occasion. This style really needs to have the hair pre-curled.I'm not sure you can tell that it is pre-curled in the video, but it totally is. We had to do a few takes because of crazy background noise (also known as "SIBLINGS") So we lost

Days 69-73

I seriously can not believe how long Beans hair is getting! It seems to have grown very quickly. I have no complaints. I am loving having long hair to play in again. 

Day 69- I left here with a half waterfall braid just on the one side and some very pretty curls that I did with a flat iron. We really brushed through the curls though. I didn't want them too curly.


Day 70- Beans told me on

Christmas Ideas for FABULOUS Holiday Hair

Christmas is such a FUN time of the year. Its a busy time of the year too, but we do our best to make this time of year a lot about quality time and making great memories. This year has been super hard around here for that. My husband is working on a crazy intense job where he's working 60+ hours a week. Should I throw in there that he is also enrolled and going to school full time, so this

Days 64-68

Sorry I didn't get this posted on Friday. Because of the things happening in Connecticut I couldn't help but feel really overwhelmed by those events. My heart just aches for those kids. What a horrible situation. Sadly this will change most of those kids forever. The only thing I would add to the MANY inspirational thoughts out there on the Internet is to forget the name of the man responsible

Halo Video

This tutorial kind of jumped ahead on our to-do list. I've had a handful of people message me about doing a tutorial on this hairstyle for Christmas this year, so I had to make sure it got done before the big day.

We originally did this hairstyle YEARS ago. And originally we did it with adding ribbon to the finished hairstyle. You can check out the original link for this hairstyle by clicking

Days 59-63

Day 59- We love doing a double braids. I'm sure I've said it before, but I don't generally love the side pony, but I can handle it if its low. Tutorial for this one can be found here.

Day 60- My friend at the salon was painting her nails with cute chevron patterns the other day and it made me think about doing them for hair design. So I gave it a go. This was my first attempt. I love it!!!

Day 52- 58

Yes this post spans over two weeks of hairstyles. Last week with it being the holiday I took the week off of posting hairstyles.  There was only two days of school last week, so joining them with this week is what made the most sense to me.

Day 52- Beans just wanted her hair left down (this has been her favorite lately), so we just used the flat iron to flip out the ends and she put in my

Ladder Braid

I don't know about you, but this braid reminds me of those old banana clips. Do you remember banana clips? I used to have a banana clip in every color. So honestly this braid is WAY more fun and beautiful than a banana clip.


I'm thinking of cutting back on videos and doing more picture tutorials again. I knew pictures weren't going to help with this particular braid, but for most hairstyles I

Days 47-51

Day 47- Dorthy Braids. I finally got the video shot for this one and posted it earlier this week. You can find that tutorial here at this link. Beans loves her Dorthy braids a lot. And I had someone on facebook share a link to the new movie Oz the Great and Powerful. Holy Smokes can I just say how excited I am for that movie. That's going to be fun!!!

Day 48- We did just flat iron curls for

Dorthy Braids

This tutorial is a super cute easy one. If you have ever seen The Wizard of Oz you might remember Dorthy's hair being done like this for most of the movie while she is skipping along the yellow brick road. Dorthy has longer hair, so this is a little different, but you could easily spiral the ends of the hair if you have longer hair to work with that we do.



Thank you so much for sticking with

Days 43-46

It was another short week for my kids. So we just had four days of school this week. Can you believe that next week we will hit our half way mark for 100 days of hair styles. Are you seeing any trends? Which style do you see us using most often?

Day 43- We just did our knots on day 43 and pulled them into a side ponytail. She was wanting a side ponytail, so we gave it a go. Its pretty cute.

Day 38-42

Its been... a week. This post was supposed to happen Friday, but I was given some bad news last week ending it on a low note that needed my attention as priority number one. Everyone that reads my blog has a family (or at least loved ones), so I am grateful to know that you understand. THANK YOU!!!

Day 38- If you remember we ended the week before with cutting Beans some beautiful bangs. We

A Swirl Braid by the 12-Year Old

Someone once asked me to post what hairstyles my 12-year old comes up with.  She was at a Young Women's Autumn retreat and from the brief explanation I received before she ran off again was that they spent a fair amount of time doing hair.  She did this one on one of her besties.

She started in the middle and went from there.  Not to shabby.

Happy Halloween

I just have to share these fun Halloween costumes we made with everyone. Anyone who has followed our blog for a few years knows that everything in life is put on hold for a month while I have fun with my other hobby of making costumes. I ask the kids all year long at the start of September what they want to be, and then I go after it giving it my very best effort to make it happen. My oldest

Cutting Bangs Tutorial

The other day I was trimming Beans hair and she asked if she could have bangs. I try to let her make her own hair decisions, so I said sure! I'm a little worried about daily styling, but she wants to learn to use the flat iron. (That scares me too.) So I have given her my mini flat iron and she is practicing on one of my old heads.This will totally be a good thing. She is just growing up.

Days 33-37

This has been an interesting week. And interesting usually means that I don't have a lot of tutorials to link you to. I've been playing again. Sadly--- I haven't been playing with the camera rolling. So I have some cute hair styles to share, but I can't link to very many tutorials. I had no idea how much I experimented and how very many tutorials I never post. Well I have a nice long list going

Side Twists into Ponytail

If you follow us on YouTube you probably saw this video published a few days ago. If you are a subscriber you will always catch our video's before we publish them here on the website.This was a hairdo I did a few weeks back and posted it on our weekly hair roundup. I had a few people ask about how I get the bump and how I did the braid, so we did a tutorial.


You can make the braid more

School Hair

Its a Holiday week for us. It's Fall recess. I love Fall. I love the chill in the air and the changing colors. Spring and Fall are my two favorite Seasons. So that means since we are on a break we only have three school days of hair to add to the mix this week.

Day 30- This one I don't have a tutorial for. I've done it before and linked to the original person that sis this style in this post,

Triple Buns

I did this one a little over two years ago on my oldest.  We were sitting in church and the woman behind me just couldn't stop commenting on it.  What a flattering moment!  We have been waiting until Tess's sweet A-line bob grew out long enough for high ponytails.  Turns out today is that day.  

 

 

 

Triple Braid to a Side Ponytail

This is a super easy tweenage style for the days they want a regular ponytail, but you want something just a little more eye catching.  Super easy, excuse the flash, I don't normally like to shoot with a flash, but when I am doing hair at 6:30 in the morning and I had to beg her to let me do her hair, a flash is what I get. 

Braids Squared

Some days I will get started on a head of hair and remember that I have a blog, which is the case with this one.  *face palm*   Oh well.  Hopefully everyone knows how to part hair and braid.  Because that is where you start with this little lovely.  

Bubble Braid

While she is growing her bangs out, there are some things that she needs to be able to do with her hair pulled back.  I just pull out some of the shorter front bangs and curl them.


 This post is a flashback to the 80's.  Anyone who watched "Saved by the Bell" has seen this in it's many variations.  Sophie has been asked to perform in our county fair and has a dance rehearsal today (obviously, this was done in the middle of the summer and scheduled to post later) after a couple of months of not dancing.  She has a tendency to play with her hair if it's loose and this helps remedy that.

Skip a Beat Braid