Letter N Hairstyle

"N" is for New Year

And we wish you a wonderful one!

 I know it's been a while since we've posted the next installment of our ABC hair series.  December really got the best of me and I'm still trying to dig out!

This one is pretty straight forward - but here you go!  Part the hair from ear to ear and then make a side part on the right.  Make a pony tail on both sides and secure with rubber bands.  On the left side, divide the pony in half & braid each section.  You could do twists or whatever you want here.  On the right side, just braid the pony - so you'll have a total of 3 braids.  Just secure them temporarily on the ends.

 With the rest of the hair in the back, continue your side part down to the nape of the neck.

With all the hair hanging down on the left side of the part, comb it into a ponytail and add the far left braid into it.

Then on the right side, comb all the hair hanging down into another pony and add the remaining 2 braids into it.  Secure with rubber bands.  That's it!

 Once again I underestimated the curve of her head & didn't get the right pony as high as I'd of liked.  Oh well!

 And here is her letter N in sign language.  She's excited she knows so many of the letters in sign now!

We hope you have a fabulous & fun New Years Eve!  

See ya back here next year! :)

Our Latest Segment from The Daily Dish

If you didn't catch us this morning on TV, or aren't local - here was our segment we did for The Daily Dish.

 We thought it'd be a good reminder to show how to keep bows and headbands in place since it's winter hat weather.  If you are new to our blog - Welcome!  You can view a better video on how to keep the bows in place in this post HERE.  For more info on the rubberbands we use, and the ones we gave Nicea --check out our video HERE.  And for a couple creative ways we've come up with keeping head bands in place, you can see the "how to's" HERE and for a real fun way to dress up a plain headband go HERE.  Also, all the darling bows & accessories we used today were from All Things Ribbon.com!

So here is our segment we did today:

Thanks to everyone who tuned in & for all your support! If you can't view the video - try going HERE  instead.   

We wish you all a wonderful Christmas and hope it is a stress-free holiday filled with joy & happiness and that you're able to spend time with those you love!!  Merry Christmas & we'll be back sometime next week!

Happy Holidays!

Since it's that time of year to send out Christmas cards and holiday letters, we thought we'd keep with tradition from years past & share a version of our card with all of you -- our friends in Hairland!  But first ... we "mustache" you a question .... or maybe we'll just "shave" it for later!  LOL  Since we're all about hair here - we thought we'd be extra silly this year - even more so than last year's card and grow some facial hair!  Hope this brings you a bit of Christmas cheer!

Have a wonderful day & hope you are able to put your feet up for a few minutes during this crazy time of year and enjoy the festivities!

Also, we're scheduled to do another segment on the CW30's "The Daily Dish" tomorrow morning -- so if you're local be sure to tune in and watch!  Hopefully I'll be able to provide another link to a video once we're done!

No Heat Curls from Socks #2

If you didn't win one of the sets of Curlformers last week, I've got another great way for you to get curls using no heat.  I'm assuming you've got socks lying around your house that you could use - so if you do - you'll be able to do this!  If you watched us on The Daily Dish last month HERE, Bee had curls in her hair and I briefly showed how I got them using socks while we were on the show (but I think the angle of the camera on TV didn't quite capture what I was doing)  so here is a full tutorial on it.  After I'd done the sock bun tutorial (you can see that HERE) I had one of my readers link me through to THIS video and I was so excited to see the results after the not so impressive results from the sock bun.

These are great for getting "rodeo princess curls" as Bee calls them & are perfect for any time you want beautiful curls for a special occasion.   They relax nicely by the end of the day if you don't want such a "bouncy" curl.  When I did this in Goose's hair, since her hair is thicker & heavier, the curls tended to be more wavy than the bouncy curl.  But that was just fine too!

So here's the video tutorial & pictures we put together for you ... enjoy!

Curlformers Giveaway Winners

Oh my goodness -- thank you so much to everyone who entered our Curlformers giveaway.  We had an amazing response & I think Curlformers definitely felt the love over on their FB page too!  And of course, a big thank you to Curlformers for offering the several kits for this giveaway.

So - what you've all been waiting for ...

The first 2 winners will receive the extra long/wide salon packs:

 And...

 

The winner of the long/wide salon kit:

 

 And last, but not least the winner of the long/wide starter packs & hook:

Congratulations to all of the winners.  Please e-mail me w/in 24 hrs. or I will have to pick new winners for your unclaimed prize!  Thank you again to everyone that entered and to Curlformers.  Have a wonderful weekend.

PS -- Jenn @ Girly Do's is currently having a $25 GC giveaway to All Things Ribbon -- so if you haven't yet - head over HERE to enter to enter  to win some amazing hair accessories!

Double Twists

As each year gets close to ending, I try and get all my pictures ready to archive into a different folder on my computer and so I've been going back through this year's pictures and came across this simple but cute one that I did for Bee back on her first day of pre-school this year that I never posted.  

But first -- if you somehow missed it -- we are having a fantastic Curlformers giveaway that ends TONIGHT -- so if you have yet to enter, scroll down to the next post to see the details on how you can enter to win!  There are several different sets up for grabs!

All I did was part her hair off on the top left side of her head.  Then I parted down to her ear and divided that whole front section in half to make 2 sections.  I did a twist - some call it a french twist like I do in my bangs in this video HERE.  Once I reached her ear and the part, I stopped adding hair and did a rope/twist braid with the the 2 strands so it would wrap around to the left side of her head.

I made 2 of those twists & then added them into a ponytail.

I curled her ponytail slightly w/my flat iron & topped it off with a darling bow from All Things Ribbon & she was set for her 1st day of school.

 

 Let me know if you have any questions on this ... and don't forget to scroll down to enter our Curlformers giveaway!  Be sure to make all your comments in that post to enter or they won't get counted!  I'll announce the winners tomorrow!

Curlformers Giveaway -- IS OVER & CLOSED!

The holidays wouldn't be the holidays if I wasn't able to share one of my favorite "hair tools" and so we're having a giveaway!  My dear friends at Curlformers have generously given me some salon kits to giveaway along with some starter packs.  That means you have several chances to win!  And that means extra fancy hair for the holidays!

I'd thrown the question out there on FB recently what Curlformers you use or wish you had, and the majority of you said the extra long/wide ones.  So since we use as well as just the long/wide ones the most, that's what we're giving away.  I think they give the best curls -- not too tight and not too loose for those cute little heads of hair. 

So here is what is up for grabs:

Each of these salon kits comes with 40 Curlformers and 2 hooks.  The extra long/wide ones sell on their site for $68.95 and the long/wide ones are $58.95.

And a few of the starter packs.  In the beginning, we had 2 of these (a total of 16 Curlformers) and did all our wonderful styles with them, so if you have girls with not as long or as much hair, a few packs of these are perfect!  They sell for $11.99 on their site.

So here's how to enter and be sure to make a separate comment for EACH thing for which you qualify!

** First leave a comment telling us hi so we know you're here -- and which option you'd like to win.

** Like us on Facebook.  If you don't - head over HERE and join in the fun!

** Hit the "share" button on FB and share the link I posted about this giveaway on your FB wall & leave a comment on this post that you did!

** If you don't already - Like Curlformers on FB -- go HERE for their page & like them.  

** Send Curlformers some love on their FB page & tell them Babes in Hairland sent you!

** And lastly, are you on Pinterest?  We've been for a while & it's awesome!  Feel free to follow us there too for another entry!  (Or if you need an invite let me know!)  You can see all our boards and see what else we like besides hair over HERE!

*** Be sure to leave all your comments in THIS post or they won't get counted and included when we pick our winners. ****

You've got 6 ways to enter to win.  Again -- leave a comment for each of the things you did.  PLEASE be sure to leave a way for us to contact you!

I'm soooo excited about this giveaway.  It closes Thursday 12/15 at midnight MST and I'll announce the winners on Friday 12/16/11.  So what are you waiting for?  Go enter to win!

If you're unsure exactly what these are - feel free to check out all our posts & recent videos on Curlformers HERE.

Letter M Hairstyle

"M" is for Monkey

I know it's been a while since we posted our last ABC hairstyle, I went out of town for a week to Vegas to hang out while my husband was at a convention & attending meetings all day.  So instead of doing the girls hair, I was curled up with a good book & thoroughly enjoying my view:

 Anyway -- So now I'm playing catch up with everything, including blogging!  So on with the hairdo ... Part the hair from ear to ear & down the middle of the head.

 Pull the hair on the right side of the head into a ponytail & secure with a rubber band.  Repeat on the left side.

 Divide the little pony in half and make 2 twist/rope braids.  You can do whatever you like here, but we did rope braids!  Temporarily secure them at the bottom.  Repeat on the left side.

 Once all your twists are done part out a "V" in the back where the hair is hanging down.

Add the inside twists to this parted out section of hair.  Secure it with a rubber band.

 On the right side take the outer twist & combine it with the rest of the hair that is down on the right side of the head.  Repeat on the left side.  You will have 3 pony tails once everything has been combined at the bottom.

 

And of course our sign language letter M.  

 Have fun with this one!  Can't believe we're half way through the alphabet already!  Be sure to check out all our other ABC Hairstyles HERE!

Holiday Haircuts & Tips

We recently had a fun GNO w/my BFF Jenn -- all 3 babes and myself.  But it was a GNO for them to get their hair trimmed.  If you didn't know, Jenn is going to cosmetology school & so I thought it'd be fun for her to cut all the babes hair.

Since it's the holidays and everyone wants to look their best we thought we'd share a few pictures & chat haircuts a little ....

One common myth out there is that if you cut your hair more often it'll grow faster & even thicker.  In case you've been part of that school of thought - people believed that partly because when men shave it tends to grow back quickly and sometimes thicker.  Unfortnately genetics plays a big part in your hair growth and cutting it more often is just going to get you ... well, shorter hair.  You'll hear it recommended that you get your hair trimmed every 6-8 weeks.  Feel free to do that, but it is not necessary.  I don't get the girls hair trimmed that often at all.  Yes, I should probably get it trimmed more than I do - but unless your hair has major split ends you don't need it cut that often.   Obviously if you are trying to maintain a certain style or have shorter hair, yes, you'll get your hair cut more often because every little bit of hair makes a difference.  But for a basic trim that often isn't always necessary.

Remember though, if you wait too long and the ends are really bad, obviously you are going to need more cut off to clean it all up and get rid of the split ends.  Instead of maybe only getting a half of an inch off, you'll have to get several inches for your stylist to fix it.  So yes, hair "maintenance" is important - but everyone's hair is different.  Also -- be sure to be clear with the person cutting your hair what you want done.  Regardless of if it is at a school or a regular salon.  You don't want to walk out of there with a haircut you don't like.

Your hair can also be a reflection of your lifestyle.  If you eat poorly it can negatively affect your hair as well.  But again, genetics plays a big part too.  And of course, the more hair drying, flat ironing, and coloring that you do to your hair will also affect how it looks.

Also - if you don't want to pay high salon prices just to get you or your dd's hair trimmed, might I suggest a cosmetology school.  I have a hard time paying $20 just to get an inch or two cut off my girls hair.  The benefit of taking them to a hair school is the stylists take their time since they are learning and tend to be more careful.  Plus - they have an instructor that comes and double checks their work - so that's even better that you're probably not going to walk out of there with an uneven haircut.  So keep that in mind next time you think about getting a trim.  Oh, remember that just because it's a school doesn't mean you shouldn't tip them.  They make their $$ off tips not the price of the haircut when they are in school. :) 

And if you get an extra cool stylist or have connections - there is free entertainment too .... LOL

 The girls had a blast combing the mannequins hair while they were waiting their turn!

 Anyway, I just wanted to share our GNO w/you and give a HUGE thank you to Jenn for being a trooper and cutting all 3 of their hair.  Their cuts all turned out great & we're happy to have nice looking hair for the holidays!

 So -- how often do you trim your hair or your dd's hair?  Have you ever gone to a cosmetology school for a cut or color?