Valentine's Hairdo's Revisited

I had great intentions of posting a new Valentine's hairdo or two this week, but I've been hit with another nasty cold and I've had no energy to do much of anything.  So feel free to browse the few that I did last year if you are wanting something fun to do for your dd's Valentine's Day parties at school, or other fun festivities!

For this fun one woven w/ribbon go HERE

For a fun little project that your dd can help you with, and then add it to her hair - go HERE

 

And if you're working with a little less hair (like I was last year on Bee), try this one on for size!

 

And don't forget, if you're looking for fun Valentine's Idea's for you & your honey (non-hair related!) - or even fun stuff to do with your kiddos - check out Love, Actually for some fantastic fun, creative, and even better - cheap ideas for the upcoming holiday!

Pull Through's & Cascading Curls

First off, you should know that I had no idea where I was going with this when I did this months ago, and secondly, I seriously think Bee had ants in her pants, because I took countless pictures, and had to delete the majority of them because they were all a total blur.  So please pardon the quality of some of the pictures!  Oh, and thirdly, I had no idea what to call this, so work with me here! :)  (And yes, I realize the flowers look like eyes or something on the back of her head.  She seriously wouldn't hold still to let me anchor them where I'd really wanted.  Ah, the joys of an almost 3 year old!)

Part the hair off center on the top of the head.  Then part from ear to ear.  On the right side of the head make a corkscrew/twist braid/rope braid and secure with a clip temporarily.

 

 Repeat on the left side, and temporarily secure it with a clippy or rubber band.  Let the twists hang out of the way for now.

  

With the rest of the hair hanging down in back, part it about half way down the head - again from ear to ear - but this time horizontally.  Secure each part of hair with a clip to keep the sections of hair apart.

  

 Leave the bottom section secured with a clip.  With the top section of hair, divide it into 3 smaller sections and temporarily hold them with clips.

  

With the far right section make a ponytail, and then do a partial pull-through (coming from underneath the ponytail.)  Don't pull it all the way through.  Leave a loop, and have the "tail" coming out on top of the ponytail.

  

 Repeat on the left side - forming a bit of a loop.  Cinch the hair tight at the base of the rubber band (as you would if it were just a pony tail & you wanted to cinch the ponytail tighter) to help secure your semi-pulled through hair.

  

Now, take your twists/corkscrews that have been hanging down in front and pull them back towards the middle back section you have parted out.  If you need to, twist them a bit again to ensure they are tightly twisted, as they sort of relax when not totally secured to anything.  Secure the 2 twists with the middle back section of hair with a rubber band, making a ponytail.

 

Take the ponytail and make another pull through - coming from the bottom up through the top of the hair.

This is where we encountered major "ants in pants syndrome" and pictures had to be deleted because they were total blurs!  So sorry there's a few pictures missing! Once you've finished the pull throughs up top, take the bottom section of hair that's been held separate with a clip and divide it into 2 sections.  Make 2 more ponytails, and flip them with pull throughs - again leaving loops and not pulling the hair completely through.

And again, after this, I just have "finished hairdo" pictures.  But with all the loose tails that are flipped over the top of the ponytails, curl them all nicely and arrange the curls to cover the parts, etc.  You can secure them with a few bobby pins, here & there if you need to. I was hoping this would make Bee look like she had more hair than she did, and had she been less wiggly on this day, it might have seemed like it, but I'm afraid, this style didn't do that for us!  I still liked it though, just didn't do what I was hoping for!

So nice that she finally held still for me to take pictures ... of the top of her head!

  

  

   

"It always feels like ... somebody's watchin' me ... and I have no privacy!!"  Stinkin' flowers! :)  Sorry - my husband made me do this!  Ok, so I had fun doing it - but I was so frustrated when I did this hairdo that she wouldn't hold still for me, and that the flowers looked like eyes!

And a mischievous -evil grin for the finishing touch!

 

Coins for Comments Has Ended

Tomorrow, I promise, I'll be back to hair, but yesterday was the close of Coins for Comments.  Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to comment on a regular basis - and especially for those of you who came back every day.  There were so many heartfelt things said, and so many brought me to tears.  There was one blogger, who had a giveaway on her blog for her readers, if they'd just come and comment here.  (I'm sorry I can't remember your name.)  Then there was another reader who's Kindergartener dd got in on the action and her class is donating money and they've made cards and stuff to give to Lori & her family.  The out pouring of love was truly felt - so THANK YOU.  

Despite comments not reaching what I'd really hoped for, Babes in Hairland is still going to be donating $250 to Lori & Brent, and in addition to that, we received $60 from other donations on PayPal.  I'm still waiting to hear what the little Kindergarteners have collected, and I'll report that once I hear back on that.

I heard Lori & Brent on a local talk radio station this morning, and they are home with Nathan and doing well.  Nathan was even with them and you could here him jabbering in the background.  It was so cute.  This is one of the latest pictures of him at home here in the States - at Brent & Lori's house -  playing with some new toys a friend gave him.  His smile just melts my heart!

They're updating their blog regularly, and so if you'd like to see pictures and the latest on their family, feel free to check it out HERE.  We're still praying that they'll be able to bring Jessica home soon.

Thanks again to everyone for your support of this and for helping Babes in Hairland!  Hope to see you back here tomorrow!