Elsa Inspired Hairstyle

Are you ready for me to sound egotistical and obnoxious? Just kidding. I hate what I am about to say, but it has to be said. When Frozen first came out a lot of people posted tutorials for Elsa's Coronation hairstyle. I looked at them and they were all very nice, but they weren't quit there for me. They were all missing something. So I took a stab at it myself. And this is what I came up with.

Wide Braided Headband

I was lucky to be doing this cute young ladies hair a few weeks back and she was nice enough to let me take pictures for a tutorial as we did her hair. Some of my favorite people are red heads! I love a beautiful good head of red hair. Much like blonds you can really see the hairstyle a little better than you can in darker hair. This style is no exception. It just looks fantastic on this little

Amazing Hairstyles from Easy to Elegant {book review}

A year ago, about this same time, I got a call from one of my best friends telling me her exciting news that she was writing a book. I was thrilled for her! Over the last year I have watched her pour her heart and soul into every detail of this book. This was not just a simple undertaking for her. It meant hours in front of her computer, traveling every other weekend for miles to get to her

Twisted Waterfall Braid

MONTHS ago... LOL. I shot this hairstyle braid tutorial (and a bunch of others) that I have needed to post for all of you. Especially for one reader who specifically asked for the Twist Waterfall Braid tutorial. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to get this posted.

I had carpal tunnel surgery and was totally convinced that while I might not be able to do hair I thought I could type away and

Daenerys Targaryen Inspired Hairstyle

I was asked to do a tutorial on Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones hairstyle. And since I had a little cutie who wanted this style done on her beautiful THICK long blond hair I decided this would work out beautifully.

This is a fairly simple hairstyle, but I think it deserves having the step-by-step laid out for you. So this is how we accomplished this fun style. My model slept with her

A Short List of Ten of Our Favorites

Lately both Beans and I have been missing her long hair. This morning I caught her scrolling through some of our old pictures. She told me she was ready to do these fun styles again. We've had so much fun with her short hair and we have a handful more of short hairstyles I really need to get tutorials made up for. But we are both ready to have it long again.


So for today I decided to pull

Fun With Braids

The last few weeks Beans has been asking for micro-braids. Not that these are super micro, but they are super adorable.The first one we accomplished the wavy look with a three prong curling iron. We just clamped it in a few select spots since we didn't want it all wavy. This is Beans current favorite hairstyle. She was considering it for picture day.  And its been a great one for while she is

Flash Back--- Double Twist

Beans hair back in 2009. Does it look more blond to you than it does these days? I think her hair has got a little darker since 2009. I saw a hairstyle on an actress that looked just like this the other day and I was reminded of this style. I really love this style. I can't wait until Beans hair is long enough for us to do this one again.

This is also one of our most popular hairstyles here on

Flash Back Friday

Going back to this fun tutorial where we made homemade curlers. I know exactly where these dare. Beans hair may not be long enough to use them right now, but I am thinking I may pull them out for myself. Do you remember when we did this a few years back? Here is the link to our curlers tutorial.
I really do think I might use these on my own hair. Do you want to see how the curls turn out on me

Flash Back Friday

Do you remember this cute style? Its honestly one of my favorites. Its great for when you are growing out bangs. It's great to add flare to a ponytail. It's SUPER FANTASTIC for swimming. We love this one for swimming. It stays in tight and is so cute! So use this style, love this style and have a great weekend. To get this tutorial just check out this link on our Securing a Single Twist

Fishtail Twisted Pull Back

It is time to start pulling out some new back to school hair styles. My favorite style for school are the ones that are easy to pull off on any kind of a morning. This one is perfect. Its easy, but super cute. 


Step one: Divide the hair into sections. Part off your front sections to fall just behind the ears. The parts don't need to be perfect. As a matter of fact, most styles can really

Flash Back Friday

Today we are taking a short stroll back to the last time Beans had short hair. The length of her hair in this picture is actually a little longer than her hair is right now. I 100% adore this cute simple style in short hair. If you haven't seen the tutorial for this one yet make sure you go check it out here. Have a very happy Friday.

Ladder Waterfall Style (For Short or Long Hair)

 I am sure hoping everyone out there is having a great summer. Despite bee drama we are having a blast this summer. I'm a little shocked to say that we are only a month away from school starting back up again. It feels like this summer has been going so very quickly.

Thank you so much earlier this week for the love and support you all showed me with my bee sting last week. I can't tell you how

Bee's Knees

I actually don't think Bee's have knees, but I know for a fact they have stingers. For those who have followed us for years you have not been a stranger to my very severe honey bee allergy. This summer we took it to all new levels!

Beans got stung by one this last week and we got the stinger out. I touched the stinger, but thought nothing of it since it hadn't actually stung me. Within an hour I

Independence Day

Independence Day is next week... is that for real??? I can not get over how quickly time passes by. I'm lucky because we always follow the same tradition for the Fourth of July celebration. Its always spending the day outside at the golf course by our house and then watching fireworks at the same place. We've been going there for years and we love the atmosphere and celebrations.

This last

Which One Wednesday

Beans is so excited that we can finally pull her hair back into little piggy-tails. And she is taking total advantage of that this summer already. LOVES THEM, so today we are sharing a few of our favorite pigtail hairstyles.


Pigtails are so fun! As you can tell we are big fans. And if you look around out site you are likely to find so very many more. But for today we are asking which one of

Which one Wednesday?

Hello again. Happy Summer vacation to all of you. I know there are still some of you that are in school, probably finishing up before Summer vacation, but at our house we are in Summer vacation mode! And loving it.

Since it is slowing down for us Beans and I are going to do a few new tutorials for you over the summer. Beans has been worried I was giving up on Girly Do's for the last few months,

Which One Wednesday

It's getting to that time of year again where ponytails are almost a must. When it starts getting hot my go to, cool down style is to get my hair off my neck into a ponytail. So knowing a few good ponytails is important. Because we obviously don't settle on mediocre around here.

These are three of my all time favorite tutorials that we have done around here. I have my favorite (of the three) ,

Which One Wednesday?

Hello again. Today I don't plan on getting ahead of myself and calling a Tuesday is a Wednesday like last week. LOL. I love that I am the type of person who can totally laugh at myself. Life wouldn't be fun if I let every little thing get my goat.

This week for our Which one Wednesday I have pulled together some of my favorite non-traditional braids. These are some of the braids we have don't

Which One Wednesday

So I have been trying to think of something new while I am trying to sort through some of my personal issues like time management and switching my blog over to a better format issues, so I came up with (drum roll, please) Which one Wednesday. This is going to happen every Wednesday where I will put a few of my own styles with a similar theme up against each other to see which one is your favorite

Flash Back Friday {Flowers}

One of my favorite styles for spring is, was and always will be flowers made from your own hair. This is also one of our highest viewed video's on YouTube. (See the video here.) This one can totally be used in little girl hair, teen hair and I could even see this really being a fun little addition to a brides hair for her wedding in an updo. I love these fun little flowers. Check out our

Flashback Friday-- Basket Weave.

I am so in love with this look. For today's flashback Friday post I thought we could look at this pretty little basket weave hairstyle. I love this look especially for picture day. It allows the wearer to have there hair down, but with a little extra fun style around the top. This is accomplished without having to match an accessory. This is seriously cute!

Have you tried this style? We would

Easter Hairstyles Idea's

You've got the perfect dress chose out for your little pumpkin for Easter Sunday, but do you have your hairstyle chose yet? We've done hundreds of styles over the past few years that would be great for yourself or your child. I've chose out my favorite nine for you this year. I have included a few simple styles along with some more elaborate styles. All of them have a tutorial to help you

Prom Styles for Shorter Hair

Its that time of year! Prom is right around the corner for so many teenagers. And the question I have been hearing a lot is about those with the shorter hair. How can they style there hair? Are there styles out there for those with shorter hair? YOU BET! I'd like to share a few idea's with you for styles suited for shorter hair. A few of the images are shown in longer hair, but they can be done

Flash Back Friday

Triangle Curls!!! Do you remember when we originally posted these fun curls back in 2011? This is such a super cute way to curl the hair. It does require a little bit of work on your part though if you remember.

You will need:
A flat iron
Regular weight paper
Hairspray for finishing the look

Gather those two things and come check out the video to do your own triangle curls. While you are

Flash Back Friday {Double Twist}

Back in 2009 we did this super cute double twist braid and our followers loved it!!! This is one of the styles that is most pinned from our page. So if you haven't tried it yet it might be time to give it a try. If you have tried it let us know what you think. Is this one of your favorite styles? How often do you use this style? Check out the tutorial from this link. Have a great weekend.

Beach Ready Curls

WITHOUT using sea salt spray. And don't get me wrong. I love my sea salt spray and it does amazing things. But for these curls I really want a smoother finish with out it being overly curly. If you are trying to get the same kind of curl read on. Because I accomplished this look with VERY LITTLE product and super quick.


This is currently my favorite style. I'm sure its because I am ready for

Drag Braid Headband

Maybe I am all wrong with the name I chose for this one. I had a really hard time naming this one, so if you can think of a better one for me I'd be so thankful. When it comes to doing hair I think the naming of these styles can be the hardest part.


Today I have a cute way of wearing your hair in what looks like a headband made out of your own cute hair! How about that? We first did this

Flash Back Frday (Smooth Princess Bun)

You know what I like most about this old style... HOW SMOOTH IT IS! I love a good messy style, but there is something about have a slick perfect style that I just adore. If you forgot about this one you must check it out. Here's the link back to our Princess or Prom Hairstyle. I didn't get to many links back to last weeks hairstyle. :( So I may have to recreate it on my mannequin. I need a

The Stolen Photo Post

1- This one is our Flower Bun I also did a video for this one a little while ago. You can see the video here.
2. I originally called this one Got Time because it takes a bit of time. Its an easy one though. Pull it into a bun instead of a ponytail so you can see the bands go all the way around.
3. This one is from Hairstyles For Girls. It is her Fishtail (or Fishbone) Braid Hairstyle... with a

Flash Back Friday {Double Weave Climber Headband}

I just adore this style we did some time ago (Five years ago actually!). And I never feel like it got the attention it deserves. Maybe this photo technique I was playing with at the time was a turn off, or maybe you just couldn't see how amazing this style really is. Maybe it even looked intimidating. Well whatever the reason you might not have tried this style yet I think you should give it

Valentines Day {Sharing the Love}

 Have I told you lately that I love you? If not I should. You (readers) have made the last several years so fun for Beans and I. We have had such a great time sharing with you some of our favorite hairstyles and you have in turn shared us with your friends. We have had a lot of fun. THANK YOU!!! And happy L♥VE DAY!!! These are a few of the heart hairstyles we have done over the last few years.

One Hundred Days of Hair (Year 2)

Year two of our 100 days of hair is DONE!!! Can you believe how many DIFFERENT styles we created this year. Last year I used a lot of the same styles, but last year was about trying to show you what styles we used most at our house. This year we were really trying to show you that there are a lot of hair options out there. Even for short hair. You have great options.

The hardest days for us

Solving Winter Skin Issues with Suave Professionals® Moroccan Infusion

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It's that time of year. There is snow outside and a chill in the air.
The only way to not turn into a popsicle is to crank up the heat. And
that means personal care is affected. I don't know about you, but
turning up the heat in the house for me means static hair, cracked lips
and dry skin. For the hair I usually use a

Week 23 {#GirlyDos100DaysofHair}

We did it!!! This year was so much easier than last year because of Instagram (@girlydohairstyles). That really made life so much easier. We repeated only a few of the styles and it was mostly just on days she wanted her hair worn down. This year we have a lot of options to look back on. I am working on the big round up post for you all. This has been so fun!



Day 99-- Bantu Knots are always

Week 22 {#girlydos100daysofhair}

It is the second to last week before we are officially done with this years 100 Days of Hair! Can you even believe it? We are really excited for this. Its been a lot of fun, but as you can imagine it is A LOT of hard work to make sure and get Beans picture before school every day.

This week we got a little more daring and experimented a little more with Beans hair. I think that's what it comes

Week 21 {#GirlyDos100DaysofHair}

Yes. I am behind on posting this. I wasn't expecting Friday to be so busy with my son having his wisdom teeth taken out, but it was. This whole weekend ended up being very busy. Thank you for being so understanding.

I think it was a great hair week. Every day her hair looked so cute. I love her hairstyle being short. She looks so grown up these days. I think of the whole week my favorite might

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!!! I know... its the 21st and I am just now getting to my new year, new goals post. During the last month of 2013 I was doing a lot of soul searching. Changes have been happening with my family. Last year was a huge struggle for us. However, a great blessing too. Because with struggle usually comes a lot of much needed growth and change.

A lot changes for Beans too by the end of

Week 20 {#GirlyDos100DaysofHair}

Such a pretty hair week. And **Surprise** I've been cutting (lots) more bob's at the salon this week. I think we are going to see a bob trend very soon. Short is what is in style! Beans still loves her short hair. I'm not sure she'll ever go back to long hair. And we are finding lots of cute styles that still work in her hair at this length too.



Day 86-- Straight hair day. I love her style.

Week 19 {#GirlyDos100DaysofHair}

I'm just going to say it... I love Beans short hair! She did tell me the other day that she (kind of) missed it long. She wanted a bun in her hair and I had to tell her that wasn't going to happen. For now anyways. A lot of people think short hair is better and say it is wash-and-wear or low-maintenance... I beg-to-differ. I think short hair usually requires more work to look its best. Its

Stacked Braids

Have you seen this beautiful stacked braid and wanted to know how to do it for yourself? Have you tried and it just didn't look right? There is a certain "formula" to making it work. If you don't know the right amounts of hair to leave out for the stacked braid you will end up with it being very small at the start and very fat on the bottom. It won't be beautiful. So we put together this

Week 18 {#GirlyDos100DaysofHair}

Short hair at last. Or that is what Beans would say. I'll go into that whole story another day, but for the rest of the year you guys are going to get some ideas for wearing your hair short. And I can tell you short is coming in style big time. At the salon the last few weeks every little girl that has sat in my chair has wanted A-lines, Bobs and Lobs. But short is what is really in right now.