100 Days of Hair {Year 2-- Week 1}

You all loved when we did 100 days of hair last year, so we decided
to do it again this year. And already a lot of you are loving seeing
Beans hair each day on Instagram. If you aren't already following us on
Instagram you can follow us @girlydohairstyles. Its fun to see how Beans
is wearing her hair every day. She has said she plans on doing lots of
just plain ponytail days this year, and

Dutch Fish-Bone Braid {Fishtail}

Beans has had a love hate relationship with the look of fish-bone braids for a long time. She loves them because they are a very pretty braid, but she hates how loose they are as a finished look. We of course have the tightest fish-bone braid that doesn't sag like most fish-bone braids, but it was still not tight enough for her. So I was thrilled to learn the dutch version of this braid.

Twisted Bun

If you haven't caught on yet I have been trying to do more bun styles and updo styles over the last few weeks. The biggest reason for this is because its almost back to school time for us and I really like tight styles the first few weeks of school. Its still hot outside, so I like to have her hair out of her way and second it is bug season. If you remember my post from a few weeks back about

Back to School---Non-hair post

Next Monday my five-year old enters Kindergarten.  She has a bit longer of a day since she is in a language immersion program.  The longer day also means lunches at school.  For most kids, this isn't a problem and is super exciting!  For us it's a little bit different.

Our sweet Sophie has a peanut/treenut and a venom bite allergy.  Eating in the lunchroom and playing on the playground are enough to send her into anaphylaxis.  Even though the lunchroom and playground staff, teachers and administration are all trained on how to handle her allergies if such an incident occurs, it's still enough to make my heart beat in my throat until I pick her up from school.

And then there is the friend issue.  I am really hoping that she finds a friend whose parents will send to school with a non-nut lunch.  I hope they won't be nervous about inviting her to playdates and birthday parties.  A mom's worst nightmare is a lonely or targeted child at school.  

In an effort to make our family more aware (a well-meaning grandparent tried to give her Cracker Jacks not realizing the top ingredient was peanuts) my husband made this little video.  

If there are any other allergy moms and kids out there in hairland sending their babies off to the first day of school, best wishes and good luck to you!  If you have any suggestions or advice for me due to your experiences, I'd love to hear it!

~Stephanie

Double Braid Halo Braid

I am so excited to be sharing this cute hairstyle with you. Beans and I have been having a really fun time with this style and styles like this. I love using a sock or doughnut for making this big beautiful bun. And its been a favorite for a while. It has been on my to do list for some time. Every other tutorial out there doesn't make this a secure style. One thing they miss is anchoring the

Flash Back Friday

One of my favorite braids is this one. We call it a Ladder Braid. Have you seen this tutorial before? Have you tried it? It looks really hard, but it is actually a lot easier than you think it is. We haven't done this is a while, but I am thinking we need to do it again really soon.

Summer is quickly coming to an end and school is starting again for us very soon. I have a love/hate

Big Flower Bun Updo Style

Back in 2010 I did a hairstyle I called a Flower Bun. This is the exact same style only I didn't do the initial wrap at tight and I made it a little fancier with braids. Since I originally posted the flower bun I have done it a handful of times for updo's for school dances. So I know this is a great one for any special occasion any age.


In the next few weeks we are going to find out which