Butterfly

Sort of a throwback to the flower but it's a butterfly and not braided. And it's held in place with a rubber band which means, at least for us, it'll stay better.

High Pony it

Separate the hair. I started top half/bottom half

Then top/bottom

Pomade (WHAT! I can't help doing this picture every time..oh my, hey everyone, look at our WII Wheels! WOO! Did I mention I'm still on pain pills? Wow that's a mess. I'm not normally down this low on the floor..this is a really long paranthasee'd parentheses )

Then you bobby pin them down so you can get the band around. I tried to keep it close to the inner pony so it wouldn't be too difficult to get the band around.

Put the band around and you have this.

So you can see how it all got in that other band.

Then you can sorta play with the pieces and separate them making them more defined.

Braided Flower

Modified from Piper's Hairdo's. It actually started out as just me braiding some pieces and ended up looking like Piper's..which makes me happy. I know it's not the same AT ALL, but I've loved that one from the second I saw it. So I SORTA found a way to do it. (Edited to add-I also just realized that Hair Today did a version of it too)

We CAN do a full pony but it's really sad looking, so we don't. So half pony.

I pushed some hair to each side and found the longest pieces (the middle ones) to braid. Pomade.

Then braided and tucked two on top and two on bottom.

Then I undid the side pieces I was keeping. Since they were short I thought they'd work best for the regular hair parts instead of trying to braid them. So I tucked one forward

And one at the bottom and one on each side. Then left some pokey pieces because they were too short, and I thought they were cute spiky anyway.

Bending forward.

The Spiral Beehive

Oh my friends. Brief moment of inspiration turned long process. But not too long. Maybe 30 min. Be not alarmed, it was EASY.

This one turned out cuter than I thought it would. Soooo yay! I'm always looking for hairdo's that'll stay all day while she's in this 2 year old rough n tumble time. I'm also counting this as an updo. If you were to leave more in the middle you could easily pin it into curls to look dressier. (Hey, I found a new hair blog, she actually posted this one a day before me...so even tho it did come from my brain, it was not original HAHA. So check hers out..I like where she started it! Pigs and Ponies )

Start off with your pony's into pony climbers

Then when you get to the top, go a row back and go around the head again. I did these in alternating colors so you could see the rows easier.

To make it look better, on the second row I placed the bands inbetween the two bands on the first row..Just cleans up the look a bit, makes it more interesting.

At the end you're left with a tiny pony in the middle, so I twisted them together, rubber banded them in the center there..

Only pulled half the hair through on the final loop so the hair would stick down under the flower clip. (Think messy pony) There are a few pieces sticking up here and there that wouldn't make it into the next pony. That can be alleviated if you hairspray them down. I didn't for these and I should've. But easily fixable.

Fancy headband

Well, the headband itself is not fancy ;). The do is def cute for a flowergirl or something similar. I wanted to play more sort with how I did that twisted headband. With this one I took it all the way around the head instead of just the crown. I have a bunch of matching clips, but it looked okay without flowers. These are the only ones I had that matched..they're not my DREAM flower for this.

The hair going around the head. See where they meet in the middle? I did it that way because I could tuck that down with either a bobbypin or another flower clip.

I did it without the top two and decided to put two more in up there.

With the other two on the top

You can see the flower underneath in this one (I needed one more set of flowers, so you can see a band there)

Without any flowers

Snake updo slash um..experiment?

Well, it would be if you had lots of hair, like Babes In Hairland! Ever since I saw this one she did I've been dying to attempt a variation.

So I tried it her way, which did not end up amazing haha. (Yes, it IS clean laundry and blocks...Yes, I am grossed out I took pics with my house like that. Yes, I am normal :P )

See? Bobby pins plus thin hair do not work out well.

So then I tried this...

Mmmm no.

Finally got happier with this one.

Bobby pinned the ends down in there.

Pile of Braids

Kinda based this off of my mop top one.

Pomade ;) Then braid

This is the first two.

I ended up with 6. 4 big, 2 little.

Top two went forward, then did bottom two and went under, side two went to the sides. (Tucked these two under two of the other existing clippies)

Mop Top

Today I messed around a little. It'll take some perfecting, you'll see what I mean.

So, High pony.

I put a really waxy pomade on my hand and pulled the hair through it like this

Then tucked them under like this and bobby pinned them.

What it looks like after you pomade it. Makes it nice and pliable. I use bed head's waxy stick. Its REALLY nice and strong.

Basically I just started in the front and worked my way around..made sure to leave some extra in the middle to fill in spots that had a hole.

I didn't have a ribbon that matched, unfortunately. I just threaded it through and tied it in back. It looked fine without the ribbon. Can't decide which way I like it better. (Ignore the curls, they didn't stick around..her hair doesn't curl easily, but it'd be cute if you can get yours to!)