Hairstyles for Girls.. The Wright Hair

Easy Crimps without heat

2012-01-06T21:47:00.000-07:00

This is a really easy way to make crimps without using a heat.

When she gets out of the bath/shower at night take small sections of hair and make simple braids all over (make the same size braid for even crimps)

In the morning make sure they are all dry and then pull the braids out and below is the crimped result.

We use this method all the time/

4 Simple Braids

2011-10-12T13:18:00.000-06:00

This is one of those styles when you need something cute and quick. It takes only a few minutes

Make a small square part and then braid it to the ends.

Make a 2nd small square part and braid it to the ends.

Do the exact same thing on the other side. (I lined my braids across from each other)

Pull each of the braids back into the center of the back of her head. You may have to pull the front braids looser so they lay flat.

Secure them with an elastic.

We then accessorized with the latest fad that we call hair streaks. If you want to make your own here is the link. http://www.mom-stuff.com/public/441.cfm

Outie Sides Up Braids

2011-10-10T17:30:00.000-06:00

As you all know we love braids in our family this is yet another way to braid the hair.

I started by making an outie (outward) french braid only to pull the sides up. The above is the right side of her head.

Below do the same thing on the left side the only difference it that this side will have more hair to be braided

Combine the 2 braids together in the back of her head and secure with an elastic.

Fish Tail Side Ponytail

2011-09-05T16:30:00.000-06:00

Take and comb the hair as if you were making a simple side ponytail then split the hair into 2 and make a very short fish tail braid I pulled about 10 times is all on the braid.. Then secure with an elastic.

I put a few big ringlets in her ponytail to finish off the style.

Toddler Sides Up

2011-09-01T17:46:00.000-06:00

I have not done too many toddler styles lately because well let me just be honest my toddler has a mind of her own and hates getting her hair done. I used to think that kids with a sensitive head was because the parents never did their hair. Wow was I wrong, my toddler has such a sensitive head that it hurts just to pull her sides up. With that said I did manage to get pictures of this fun simple style.

First I took a small amount of the front of her hair and pulled it to the side and secured it with an elastic.

Then I pulled both the sides back into a single ponytail securing it with an elastic.

A short explanation on the hair accessory. In our schools the new fad for girls is to take embroidery floss and mixing 2 colors together, and putting it together on a bobbie pin. I will post a link to instructions on how to make your own hair accessories.

If this fad hasn't hit your daughters school then you can be the first.

Sides Back with Braids

2011-08-30T18:11:00.000-06:00

Pull her sides back but leave about an inch of hair just above her ears on each side (this is going to be braided)

Take the 1" hair and make a braid. Do this on both sides then pull the braids toward the sides back ponytail and secure them overlapping each other with bobbie pins.

Wavy Hair

2011-08-28T14:34:00.000-06:00

Our goal is usually to try all kinds of different styles so instead of the crimping or making ringlets we found a wavy iron. I have included a picture below to show you what ours looks like.

All we did for this cute style was started with the underneath hair and made small parts starting at the scalp and working your way to the ends of her hair. It is the same as crimping her hair with a crimping iron.

Fish Tail Wrap

2011-08-24T15:02:00.000-06:00

As my daughter is getting older she wants more grown up styles here is one that turned out really cute.

I started with making her far lateral part. Then I made a fish tail braid on the side of her head with the least amount of hair. As you can see below it is french fish tailed (if that is what you call it) then I finished fish tail braiding all the way to the end of her hair. ***you need to braid the hair long enough that it reaches the other side of her head.

Once the braid is finished secure it with an elastic.

Drape the braid across the back of her head and end it above her opposite ear. Pull the top hair up and secure with bobbie pins the end of the fish tail braid. As shown below. Pull the top hair down over to hide the elastic and bobbie pins. ***if you cross the bobbie pins they stay in much better***

We then swooped the front top of her hair and added a flower over the top to ensure the bobbie pins were hidden.

Toddler Braids and Ribbons

2011-08-24T12:15:00.000-06:00

First start by pulling a small piece of hair across the front of her head and secure it on the side with an elastic.

Then make a 2nd part and french braid this hair. Pulling the first ponytail into the braid then secure with an elastic.

Make a parallel 2nd french braid secure it with an elastic.

Take a piece of ribbon and start at the top weaving it in and out of the braid crossing the ribbon in the center of the 2 braids.

I wrapped the ends of the ribbon around both ponytails and tied the ribbon in a bow.

Braid to Ponytail

2011-08-06T08:22:00.000-06:00

This is the same style done on both of my girls. I just wanted to show how different one style looks from different types of hair.

This first set of pictures is of my Toddler's hair. I made a simple french braid of top of her head I angled it to the left just a little bit.

Then I pulled all the hair including the braid into a ponytail.

The last step was making ringlets in her ponytail.

My older daughter is next I did the same french braid along the top of her head.

Then I pulled all the hair except the french braid into a ponytail.

I wrapped the french braided hair around her ponytail and secured with a clear elastic.

I also put ringlets in her hair to finish off the ponytail.

2 Braids into Ponytail

2011-08-04T18:23:00.000-06:00

This is a fun way to add a little more to your ponytail.

First start by making a square part on the top of her head. Make a french braid along the back of the square. *shown below*

Then make a french braid along the front hair line parallel to the first braid.

Put all the hair except the front braid into a ponytail secure with an elastic. Then wrap the front braid around the ponytail. Secure that with bobbie pins or a clear elastic.

Below is the top view.

Below is the side view.

Toddler Roll to Side Pony

2011-07-31T18:44:00.000-06:00

My little one asked me a little while ago for a side ponytail. With her hair being so short and thin, I wasn't sure how I was going to pull this off. I have done this style on my oldest all the time but had never thought it would work in my toddlers hair. But lucky or us it turned out and she loves it.

We started with wet hair then we rolled adding new hair with each roll until it was rolled to the opposite side of her head then we secured it with an elastic.

She likes flowers so we added a flower.

Simple Toddler French Braids

2011-07-27T20:15:00.000-06:00

I know this style seems simple which it is but this is a huge style for my toddler who has such thin and short hair. She was so excited when we could finally french braid.

All you do is make a center part and then french braid each side down to the ends.

Lauren Braid to Pony

2011-07-22T19:20:00.000-06:00

This is another Lauren hairstyle from the TV show Make it or Break it.

We just recently cut my daughter's hair and gave her bangs so her style looks a little bit different.

First start by making a part from front of her ear to the front of the other ear. Pull the hair in the back out of your way.

I started just above her right ear and made a french braid. The key to this braid is pulling the hair under rather than over. This makes the braid stand up on her head rather than lay flat. French braid all the way across the top front of her head.

Secure the bottom of the braid with a clear elastic.

Pull all the hair into a low ponytail.

Take a small piece of hair and wrap the elastic.

4th of July Fancy Hair

2011-07-22T18:43:00.000-06:00

This was done for the 4th of July but can be used for any holiday all you have to do is change the decorations you use.

I started by making a front poof.

Then I braided her sides up. Each side gets french braided up to the middle of her head.

Then pull all the hair into a ponytail

Now make a messy bun.

Then I found a red white and blue paper weight at the dollar store I pulled them apart and the 2 picture below are the items separated.

I pulled this one into individual strands and started to tie them into her hair.

The picture below has wire in it and was easy to wrap in and out of her hair.

Below is the back of her hair.

Right before it got dark we took glow in the dark bracelets and wrapped them through her hair as shown below.

4th of July Firework

2011-07-15T20:32:00.000-06:00

I apologize I didn't get this up for the 4th of July things have been busy as most of you experience too!

The state we live in celebrates the 24th of July much like the 4th of July which I forget that other states don't celebrate.

This style was so simple and she turned out to be the most patriotic hair around our town.

All I did was make a poof then put her hair into pigtails (since she doesn't have much hair this was the easiest)

I went to our local dollar store and found a patriotic paper weight that had the strings below

and stars attached to a metal wire wrapped in red white and blue.

I folded the long strands of red white and blue over so they weren't so long and secured them with an elastic.

Right before we went out for the night we wrapped bracelet glow sticks in between each pigtail. Since the bracelets were much heavier than her hair we added a 3 on across the top of her head.

Rolls to Side Ponytail

2011-07-11T12:39:00.000-06:00

This is a quick and simple style.

Start with a small roll. Rolling her bangs back but leave a couple small amounts of hair around her face (these will be curled in ringlets)

Then roll all the hair starting on the opposite side. Roll the hair into a side ponytail.

Secure all the hair on the side with an elastic.

I then put ringlets in the hair around her face and the ponytail along with wrapping the ponytail with her own hair.

1 Pigtail 1 Braid

2011-06-22T15:32:00.000-06:00

To give a little history of this hair style you must understand that I would have never created a style that is one braid one pigtail. This style is all designed by the 4 year old who has wore this style for about 2 weeks straight. I finally decided I had better share this with everyone. Some of you moms out there might just understand what its like to have a spunky daughter like mine.

I first made a small center poof. I used the bobbie pin that you can see below to give her thin hair an actual poof look. Then we split the poof hair and made 2 pigtails.

She always picked which side was the braid and which one was the ponytail.

I finished off the ponytail by putting ringlets.

Easter Hair

2011-06-15T16:11:00.001-06:00

Katherine took this picture of her daughters Easter outfit and put it in a photo contest on Parent Magazine's website. Everyone Please go vote for her?

http://photos.parents.com/category/vote/photo/911799

Katherine sent this cute Easter hairstyle into me and I wanted to share it with everyone. She tried to make a cross. She used the technique she learned from me where you make the ponytail gathered into another ponytail. She made one small ponytail at the top of her head, then split it to two other ponytails. She made a diagram to show how she did it. The diagram is below.

She then wrapped each line with ribbon. She wrote "But as you can see in the picture, it's hard to make out a cross. So I just put pink and blue clips at the corners and it came out alright. I think next time I try this, I'd put the ponytails farther from each other."

I think she did an amazing job and I can see the cross. I will have to try this on my daughter too!

Sides Up into Outie Braid

2011-06-13T18:11:00.001-06:00

On this style you are going to make an outie braid rather than a flat braid.

I wanted the braid to pop out.

In order to get an out braid rather than a flat braid you cross the hair under instead of over.

I started the braid on her left side and braided her bangs back and continued to frenchbraid until all her sides were pulled into the braid. Finish braiding the hair to the ends.

The right side is much easier I only frenchbraided it for about 3 crossovers then continue the braid all the way to meet the other braid. Secure in the middle of her head with an elastic.

Low French Braid to Side Pony

2011-05-26T16:17:00.000-06:00

This one is very similar to the rolling into a side ponytail.

I started a french braid just above her right ear.

I continued to french braid along the back of her head until it reached the right hair.

Then I secured it with an elastic.

I took a small amount of hair and wrapped around the elastic. I secure that small amount of hair with a small bobbie pin.

Then we added a flower for our accessory.

A Powerful Message!

2011-05-19T14:07:00.000-06:00

I just recently received this email below. I was so touched by this that I wanted to share it with everyone else. There is nothing in this world more important than making our kids feel good about themselves. In "normal" circumstances it is the mother that takes on the roll to teach our kids about hygiene. This story below goes beyond the normal. The email is from a single dad and I applaud him for caring about his daughter so much.

Here is the email

My name is Josh and i am a single dad with custody of my 6 year old daughter. I enjoy doing her hair at first i did simple single braids and even curled it almost to perfection which took two and half hours each time, it looked so awesome. I want to thank you for your blog before i found it i ran out of creativity and ideas with what to do with her hair.

It ended up down quite a few days this school year which she likes but it is so fun when i do her hair because of her excitement and how proud she is to tell everyone i did it for her. As much as i would like to curl her hair everyday it is just not feasible with the time not to mention the damage it would do. Your site has given me so many ideas and concepts to do her hair.

Thank you,

Hair Remedies

2011-05-14T09:23:00.000-06:00

Hair Remedies

I use hair tips all the time and don't think twice about sharing so I have put together some easy hair remedies.

When it comes to hair and keeping it healthy it is better for our hair not to wash it every day. For people such as myself who has incredibly greasy hair I have learned a few tricks to making my 2nd day hair look as good as just washing it.

Getting volume:

There are a couple of things to get volume.
• First you can do a back comb. (this loses its poof over time)

• A 2nd option is using really big rollers and root volume spray. Spray the roots and roll the large curlers leave in for about 5 minutes or until the spray dries.

• An old fashioned way is to Use aluminum foil. Start by rolling aluminum foil in the shape of a cigar. Then, take 1' sections of hair and wrap from ends to roots around the foil. Heat up the foil by using a flat iron for 5 to 10 seconds. Allow the hair to cool down before removing foils. The result is big curls.
-Beach Hair: Mix a generous amount of table salt into a water bottle and spray into hair. Let set and scrunch dry hair with your hands for a beachy textured look.

-Moisturized for Dry Hair: If you have extremely dry damaged hair use olive oil put a small amount on your hair and leave on the hair for 20mins once a week for hydration.

No time for a shower or your Hair is to Greasy:

• Dry shampoo by Tresemme is the answer. This product is awesome you spray it on leave in for a few minutes then brush your hair.

• If you don't have dry shampoo then Use talcum powder put a small amount into your hands and applies at the roots. **NOTE** Be careful! The powder can be messy so do this before you put on your favorite outfit.

• If you have time to shower but your bangs are always greasy as mine are. I put on a shower cap and just wash my bangs.

Accessorize it. Use headbands, flowers, bows or anything else you like. If you don't have headbands they are easy to make. Use old bra straps, just cut them off and secure them together. Nylons or leggings also make good headbands. I have also used the ties off of shirts. My favorite headbands are using the foam rolls (they can be purchased at Justice or Claires. Flowers can be purchased or made out of flowers from a craft store. Accessorizing 2nd day hair is a good way to class up your style.

Can't find a Bobbie Pin. If you are out and need a bobbie pin and can't find one try using a paper clip.

Static. When you wake up or put on a shirt that has lots of static it never fails that the static will end up on your or her hair. Take single fabric dryer sheet and rub it over your dry hair.

Strong Hard Setting Gel: If you need a really strong hold use an old trick of sugar and water mixed, **NOTE** heavy on the sugar. It is easier to apply with a small toothed comb.

Loose Side Braid

2011-05-13T16:46:00.000-06:00

This has been a HairStyle Hit at our house. Since I first did this style a couple of weeks ago she has asked for this style about 5 or 6 times. This style is so simple, easy, quick.

All you need is a water bottle, comb, and a single elastic.

Start the french braid just above her right ear and braid along the base of her head. When you get to the left side keep the braid low and pull the hair to the braid.

Below is the back view. The pictures don't do this style justice to how cute it looks.

Poof Triangle

2011-04-19T09:45:00.000-06:00

This is a very simple but turned out really cute.

Make a far lateral part. Along the part make 3 small ponytails, as shown below.

The next row you are going to make 2 small ponytails taking 1/2 of the 2nd ponytail and splitting one to each of the 2 ponytails. Shown below

Pull the 2nd row ponytails and pull them to a point. Shown below. (I also use a small square of hair to keep the ponytails in place)

Make It or Break it Lauren Style

2011-04-12T11:21:00.000-06:00

We are so excited that Make it or Break it is back on. This style is from the first week it was back on. I apologize for the lack of pictures even with my older daughter we have moments of not wanting to cooperate.

First make a poof center french braid as shown below make the braid loose.

Make a simple braid on each side with the hair across the front of her face down to her ear.

Pull all the hair into a high ponytail.

Life as We Know it Braid Hair

2011-04-06T09:27:00.000-06:00

This a 2nd style taken from the movie Life as We Know it. Katherine Heigl wore her hair this way in the movie as well.

Make a french braid along the left side of her head as shown below

French braid the right side as shown below too.

Add the 2 braids together in the middle back of her head shown below.

Make a big loose messy bun

Life as We Know it Roll Hair

2011-04-05T10:37:00.000-06:00

This style is taken from the movie Life as We Know it. Katherine Heigl wore her hair this way through out the movie.

Start on one side and make a roll that leads to the back center of her head.

Roll the other side to meet the first roll in the middle of her head.

Hook the 2 rolls together with an elastic.

Make a cute messy bun

Simple Braid Headband

2011-03-31T11:44:00.002-06:00

This is really simple fun and cute.

All you do it make a normal part in her hair we use a side lateral part.

Then take a small section of hair at the back of the lateral part and braid it to the ends.

Take another small amount of hair across the part and braid it to the ends.

Combine both braids underneath all of her hair and secure with an elastic.

The only thing to remember is make sure the hair on the sides is smooth under the braid on both sides.

Toddler Fancy Hair

2011-03-30T11:42:00.000-06:00

As I have mentioned so many times my daughters hair is so fine and difficult to work with that when I start a hairstyle I always hope that it turns out cute.

We started by making a small poof in the front of her head.

Because of how short and thin her hair is we took the bottom half of her hair and secured it upwards with an elastic.

Then all the hair gets pulling into a high ponytail. I put ringlets in her hair using the flat iron.

Once the ringlets were done I used bobbie pins to lay them in place.

Below is the top back view of her head.

This last picture is to show everyone how much fun we have doing her hair. As you can see she is full of it and always a moving target for hairstyles.

Toddler Poof and Braids

2011-03-23T15:01:00.000-06:00

On my oldest daughter I would say this style is really easy but with my youngest this can be a trick. Not only because her hair is so thin but she is also a moving target while trying to braid.

First make a small poof in the front of her hair.

Then start above her ear on one side and french braid her sides up until you reach the center of her head. Do this on both sides of her head.

Add the hair from the poof and both braids and combine into an elastic as shown below.

I finished this style by making ringlets in her hair and she wanted a bow added.

Dandy Giveaways

2011-03-22T17:02:00.002-06:00

Dandy Giveaways has featured the The Wright Hair. I have written an exclusive Hair Remedies for them go and take a look by clicking here

Roll to Side Bun

2011-03-17T15:06:00.000-06:00

We are on a roll at our house.

This one is very easy and fast.

Start on the left side of her head and make a roll adding new hair each roll similar to adding hair to a french braid. Roll all the way to the right side of her head.

Below shows that I just pulled the right side hair back to meet the roll. Then secure all the hair in an elastic.

Make a messy bun and we added a flower for our accessory.

4 Mini Rolls to Ponytail

2011-03-16T05:21:00.000-06:00

For this fun style start by making 4 small rolls as shown below and secured them with elastics.

I made the rolls diagonally across the top of her head.

Then I took the side hair from both sides and pulled it into an elastic with the ends of all 4 rolls.

Below shows a top view of the rolls and sides pulled up.

Then pull all the her hair into a ponytail. I took a small piece of hair and wrapped the elastic with her hair.

Finally I made large ringlets in her ponytail hair.

Rolls to Side Bun

2011-03-15T12:07:00.000-06:00

This is a fun and easy style that takes about 5 minutes.

Start with 1 simple roll across the top front of her head.

Make a 2nd roll parallel to the first roll secure both with an elastic

Pull all the remaining hair into a low side ponytail.

From the ponytail make a messy bun. I always use bobbie pins to control how I want the bun to look.

My daughter requested a flower to add as an accessory.

50 Top Hair Blogs and Articles

2011-03-11T14:23:00.002-07:00

The Wright Hair has been honored to be apart of an article written about the 50 Top Hair blogs and Articles.

The Wright Hair has been honored to be put at #6 and reads. "6. The Wright Hair This mom shares her tips and ideas for styling your little ones’ hair without putting her through pain. One daughter has thin, flat hair, making this a great blog for those who struggle with a similar texture."

The Wright Hair appreciates this recognition and we are happy to help others That is why this blog was written. Thank you so much Lori for honoring us.

Be sure to click on the link and see the other top hair blogs that have also been honored.

Biggest Loser Hair

2011-03-09T10:59:00.000-07:00

One of the personal trainers on the Biggest Loser had her hair done like this a couple of weeks ago.

I made a diagonal part then make a poof that is angled onto the left side.

Pull all the remaining hair except a small strip as shown below into a ponytail.

Take that small piece of hair and pull it up and around the ponytail. I secured this hair with a clear elastic

I finished the ponytail off by putting ringlets in the ends.

Toddler Rolls to Sides Up

2011-02-28T21:34:00.000-07:00

Start by making a part I always use the far lateral part and I made 4 small rolls across the front of her head as shown below.

Then take the remaning hair on both sides and pull towards the middle of her head. **Note** Include the hair from the 4 small rolls.

Below is the top view

Last we added ringlets with a flat iron.

Scrunched Braid

2011-02-23T16:49:00.000-07:00

My daughter gets so many compliments on this simple style.

You make a simple braid we did this to hold her bangs back out of her face.

Once the braid is in place hold on the center strand and pull the remaining hair up towards her head.

Then secure with an elastic.

Toddler Roll Headband

2011-02-22T16:58:00.000-07:00

This is one of the fast and easy hairstyles. Take her hair from one ear we started on the right side and rolled across the top of her head and secured the end with an elastic.

Then I made ringlets with the flat iron and added a flower for accessories.

Poof, Braids and Ponytail

2011-02-16T15:19:00.000-07:00

Start by making a poof in the front of her head. I used 2 small bobbie pins crossing each other to give it a little bit bigger poof.

Take the right side hair as shown below and make a braid.

Make the same braid on the left side and secure both braids and the remaining hair into a ponytail.

I took a small amount of hair and wrapped around the ponytail and secure.

Heart Rolls

2011-02-12T09:29:00.000-07:00

This idea was taken from Angela's cute posts on Facebook.

Start by making a down the center part. At the back of the part make a roll going back towards the front of her head. Continue the roll around towards the ear and back to the center of her head. As shown below. (I hope this makes sense if not please ask questions.)

Do a 2nd roll on the other side of her head. Attach both rolls with an elastic down low and into a V shape.

More Heart Fun

2011-02-10T16:37:00.000-07:00

This was a fun and best of all a really easy hear to make. So if your in a hurry this is the style.

Start by making a V shaped poof in the front of her head.

Then take a really small amount of hair just below the poof and half of your hair in the poof and secure with an elastic as shown below.

Do the same on the other side. Then take the ends of the hair and pull them down low an centered and secure with an elastic.

Toddler Valentines

2011-02-10T14:03:00.000-07:00

This is not really a Valentines style but this was the hair and outfit my toddler picked out for school today.

Today is their Valentines Party. I was shocked when she said we could do pigtails. She doesn't know that she has 4 elastics in. She told me I could do 2.

Her hair was put into small elastics holding up the bottom of her hair up. Then those were pulled into pigtails.

We also put in Valentines Bows to top off the style.

As you can see from the pictures she is all attitude.

Toddler Single Heart

2011-02-10T10:18:00.000-07:00

This is the same as the Single Heart

We topped hers off by making ringlets with a flat iron.

Double Heart

2011-02-09T18:56:00.000-07:00

This is very similar to the Single Heart and the steps are very much the same.

With the double heart make to small parts instead of one larger part. Then pull the hair upward between the elastic. Do the same steps for the 2nd ponytail.

I once again rolled the hair to make it easier to manage.

Secure the ends of each ponytail with its own elastic.

Then pull the 2 hearts together and secure with an elastic as shown below.

Single Heart

2011-02-09T09:55:00.000-07:00

This is a fun and simple Valentines hairstyle.

Take a small amount of hair and pull it into a ponytail as shown below.

Next take and make a part in between the elastic and flip it upwards.

Then take the hair in the ponytail and split it in 2 pieces. I rolled each piece just so I had better control.

Then secure the bottom of the 2 pieces of hair with an elastic as shown below.

Toddler 3 rolls to Sides Up

2011-02-03T15:23:00.000-07:00

First wet the hair this will keep the rolls in place better. Then I made 3 rolls across the front top of her head as shown below. I used small bobbie pins to keep them in place until I secure the sides up.

Once the rolls are in place take both sides of her hair and pull over the top of the rolls and secure all the hair with an elastic.

We finished off this style by putting ringlets in her hair with the flat iron. Below is the only side view we could get taken.

Toddler Sides Rolled

2011-02-02T14:52:00.000-07:00

Since my toddlers hair is so thin and she has such a sensitive head we do a lot of rolls.

So here is another fun cute roll style for toddlers.

I started the roll on the left side along the front (bang area) of her head and rolled it toward her ear a little then turned it back towards the center of her head as shown below.

Next I rolled the right side of her head back to meet the left side as shown below.

I secured the 2 rolls together with an elastic.

Last I used the flat iron to put ringlets in her hair.

The finished side view below. She asked for a flower at the last minute.

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2011-02-02T09:18:00.001-07:00

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Toddler Sides Up

2011-01-31T15:52:00.000-07:00

Simple easy toddler style.

First make a square part on the left side of her head and secure with an elastic.

Next take a small amount of hair across the front top of her head. I secured it with an elastic on the right side of the part as shown below.

Then I pulled both ponytails and the rest of her sides up into a final ponytail.

Last step is I used a flat iron and made ringlets in her hair.

Crimped Hair

2011-01-28T14:35:00.000-07:00

My oldest daughter has been on a I want crimped hair phase.

The first time she wanted it crimped I took her hair right out of the bath so it was wet and made 4 french braids. I figured this would be the easiest way to get crimps without all the work. **NOTE** when she wakes up in the morning make sure the braids are dry. Hers were not so I took the blow dryer to them for a few minutes.

The picture below is the next morning hair. They turned out really cute.

Only a day later she wanted crimps again. I decided since the braids worked so well the first time we did them again. This time I did 5 braids because her center braid the day before was much bigger than the rest. She decided to be helpful and pull the braids out before she talked to me. Needless to say they were not dry. The whole center and back of her hair was straight.

So mom to the rescue we had a crimping iron and the work began.

Luckily we did not have to crimp the entire thing we just touched up the straight areas.

Below are the results.

So for my personal opinion if anyone would like it. The french braids were much easier and much faster. However the crimping iron gave us a more even crimp.

Toddler Simple Pony

2011-01-27T16:33:00.001-07:00

This is truly a simple ponytail. her hair is finally long enough for a ponytail. We used the flat iron to give the ponytail really cute curls. I posted a couple of pictures to show everyone the personality of my little Monkey.

The key to keeping the ponytail looking smooth is doing it while its wet or using a spray bottle to wet the sides.

Toddler Poof and Rolls

2011-01-26T15:17:00.016-07:00

Start by making a small poof in the front of her head.

I then started on her right side and rolled the side hair back to the center of her head as shown below.

Roll on the left side the same way until it meets the other roll.

Secure the 2 rolls together in the center of her head along with the hair from her poof. Shown below.

Then we made ringlets with the flat iron to give her hair some body.

Below is the top view of her hair.

Hippie Headband

2011-01-25T15:39:00.000-07:00

Since my oldest is in a hairdo lull we have to try and be creative with the hair being down.

So we decided to do the every trending hippie headband.

All we did was straighten her hair and those of you who have followed me knows how bad I hate the butt part. (or the center part politically correct term).

So with that said I did a side part and swooped her bangs to the side.

Put the head band around the top of her head. We also accessorized our Hippie Head band look.

The left side view

The right side view.

Hello Kitty Flat Iron

2011-01-24T12:28:00.000-07:00

Since we have been doing a lot of ringlets with our flat iron and loving them. I thought we should let everyone know about this wonderful flat iron.

We just love our Hello Kitty Flat Iron by http://www.sparklebee.com/ This site has the funnest Hello Kitty products. If your girls love Hello Kitty as much as mine you must check this site out. They are also on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sparklebee-from-Marino-Andriani/141538819235849.

This flat iron is perfect for all the hair tasks the are presented to you. Even if it is as simple as just straighten your daughters hair.

Or putting ringlets in your hair this straightening iron does it all.

One of my favorite parts of this straightening iron is that my daughters just love it because of course it has Hello Kitty. We give this flat iron 2 thumbs up in all categories. My girls always want me to use this flat iron on their hair.

Once again you can purchase your own flat iron at http://www.sparklebee.com/

and also go onto facebook and like them at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sparklebee-from-Marino-Andriani/141538819235849

Christmas Hair by Katherine

2011-01-19T14:24:00.000-07:00

First of all I just want to thank Katherine for sending all the cute hairstyles. Here is another cute one she did for Christmas.

An easy and favorite hairdo on my daughter is the small ponytail, then put it and some more hair into another ponytail. I do two rows that go from the front to the back of her head. For Christmas Eve, I put a ribbon between the two rows like a shoelace.

If my daughter would let me use more than one elastic I will be trying this style on her as well.

Rolls to Side Pony

2011-01-18T11:18:00.000-07:00

This is fun easy and really quick.

I made a side part and then made a roll adding hair each time starting on the right side and rolled it down to the left side. (this will be your long roll)

Now on the left side start a roll just above her ear and roll to the bottom of her neck to meet the other roll.

Below is a picture of the 2 rolls before putting them together.

Secure with an elastic.

I then wrapped a small piece of her hair around the elastic and secured it.

She wanted a flower so we clipped it above the elastic.

Toddler Rolls

2011-01-12T14:20:00.000-07:00

Although my daughters hair is very thin we got the rolls to stay in and they actually looked very cute.

I started on the right side and rolled her hair by pulling up new hair as we went back.

Then I made the same roll along the left side of her head.

Because the end ponytail was very small we made a cute little messy bun at the end.

She wanted a big flower so we put it over the messy bun. She ended up with a cute princess style. I didn't get a picture of the flower or the front.

Friend's Post on Toddler Ribbon HairBand

2011-01-11T15:38:00.001-07:00

I apologize its taken so long to post these cute pictures but here they are.

Katherine a blogger friend sent me these adorable pictures of her daughter.

She writes, "Hi, I've been subscribed to your RSS feed since my little girl's hair was long enough to put up. I've used your toddler posts as inspiration. Like the "Toddler Ribbon Hairband". What also inspired me was the hairbands where you make a small ponytail, then put it and some more hair into another ponytail. I've done that with my daughter's hair. I start at the back of her head, and go all around and back to the back, making a crown. As I go along, I loop ribbon around each ponytail. At the end, I clip the last ponytail with a hair clip. Attached are pictures of the results. The one with the white ribbon was when she was 21 months, and the other is at 22 months. Thanks for your ideas and posting them!!

Toddler Ringlets from Straightening Iron

2011-01-10T10:52:00.000-07:00

This is my toddler's wild hair and I must say this is pretty mild compared to what it usually looks like when she wakes up.

So we went from the above picture to the one below in a matter of minutes with help from the straightening iron.

To give you an idea of her hair it is very thin and straggly. The picture below is what we have to work with.

I start at the bottom of her hair and I work in layers, so I pull the rest of the hair in a clip out of the way. Her hair has so many colic's in it that we change the curls directions depending on the way her hair naturally lays.

I don't use the straightening iron the typical way of curling with it. I slowly wrap the hair starting at the base of her head around and downward to the ends of her hair. (if this is not clear please let me know)

I finish curling her whole head.

On this style I just pulled a small amount of bangs back out of her face. (she only lets me use 1 elastic)

Hair Tip

2011-01-05T11:07:00.002-07:00

***A random tip*** When making french braids if you braid with the hair going over the top the braid will lay flat. If you pull the hair under the braid will be raised.

Braid to Hold Bangs Back

2011-01-03T12:42:00.000-07:00

I started by pulling the front hair as shown below and moved it out of the way. Then I took a small line of hair and make a french along the front of the I pulled aside as shown below too.

Take the front hair and the french braid and pull them together and secure with an elastic behind her ear.

Fish Tail Bangs Back

2010-12-28T11:33:00.000-07:00

Quick simple and really easy. This is a simple fishtail braiding the bangs back as shown below.

I just continued to fish tail braid all the way down.

Braid to Side Ponytail

2010-12-21T11:40:00.000-07:00

I started the french braid at the left top side of her head and braided sideways until it got to the opposite ear.

Once the french braid is complete secure it with an elastic.
Take a small amount of hair and wrap it around the ponytail.

Below is the top view of all her hair.

Braids in Headband

2010-12-14T09:55:00.000-07:00

This is quick, fun, easy, and really cute. All you do is start by making your part. Then make a small braid on the right side of her head as shown below. (Braid all the way to the ends)

On the left side start by making one braid closer to the front of her head.

Make a 2nd braid towards the back of her head so the braids lay off centered from each other as shown below.

Take both sides of the hair and pull them tight and secure with an elastic at the base of her head.

Toddler French Braids

2010-12-13T14:30:00.001-07:00

It is not very often this fun filled 3 year old will let me do anything creative with her hair so I always jump at the few opportunities.

I made 2 small french braids as shown below on each side of her head.

Then I combined the 2 french braids with (the everyday request just 1 elastic)

Below is (sort of the top of her head)

X Braids

2010-12-08T12:23:00.000-07:00

This hairstyle was designed by my daughter she asked if I could make french braids that cross in the center. So here it is.

I started with one french braid that in the center I just braided as shown below instead of adding hair (this was because I didn't want bulk in the cross section.)

Next make another french braid across her head. Shown below.
I also braided all the way to the bottom of each braid.

I then pulled the ends of the braids and folded them up to the base of her head and curled the ends to lay over the braids as shown below.

Braided Sides

2010-12-01T11:37:00.000-07:00

Make a french braid with all the hair on her left side of her head. Braid it down a ways (as shown below)

Make another french braid with all the hair on her right side.

Lift up a small amount of hair (this will be to hide the braids after they are attached together as shown below)

Back comb the hair over the braid.

Toddler Braid to Sides up

2010-11-26T12:14:00.000-07:00

As most of you who have toddlers know how hard it is for them to sit still. So with that being said this is the only picture we got after sitting for a french braid.

Make a small french braid down the center of her head. Then pull the sides up on top of the braid as shown above. Then secure all of them together with an elastic. This is such a cute style.

Side French Braid

2010-11-24T10:06:00.000-07:00

This is one of those really quick and easy styles.

I put her bangs back into a poof and secured it with an elastic.

Then I made a single french braid down the left side of her head and braided all the way to the ends of her hair.

Side view below

Toddler Pony's

2010-11-23T13:14:00.000-07:00

This fun and easy hairstyle is simply just 2 ponytails. You can get as creative as you want.

We started with a small ponytail that angles to her left ear as shown below.

Then make a parallel ponytail behind the first as shown below.

Below is a side view. I put a small curling iron through her ponytails to give the ringlet look

Side Braid to Bun

2010-11-22T14:59:00.000-07:00

Start by making a french braid on the top left side of her head continue the french braid on until it goes across her head to the opposite ear.

Now make a messy bun .

Toddler Ringlets

2010-11-18T11:01:00.000-07:00

My Toddler is going through the I want only 1 elastic if I get 2 in its a miracle so we have been doing a lot of the same styles. So here is a fun simple hairstyle for toddlers who want plain hair.

We made ringlets in her hair and pulled the bangs back with a Rockin Bobbie Pin

FrenchBraid Bands to Low Side Pony

2010-11-17T14:09:00.000-07:00

This was fun simple and very quick. I started by making a small french braid along the right side of her head. Braid it all the way down.

Make another small french braid along the other side of her head braid all the way to the ends.

Pull all the hair into a low side ponytail.

I then wrapped her hair around the elastic to hide it.

5 Braids Fun

2010-11-16T15:52:00.000-07:00

I made a very small french braid above her ear. Then make a parallel braid above the first. The top braid goes from the center of her head straight back. Do the same on the other side of her head. There will be 5 braids all together.

Once the braids are done put all the hair into a ponytail.

I didn't pull the hair all the way through on the last round through the elastic.

1/2 Fish Tail Braid

2010-11-10T12:15:00.000-07:00

I apologize for only having one picture, it was one of those days with lack of cooperation.

So I will do my best to explain.

I did a fish tail braid (for those of you who don't know what a fish tail braid is. You use 2 strands instead of 3). I braided all her sides back and then secured with an elastic.

Double Angel Braid Headband

2010-10-26T18:33:00.000-06:00

Start along one side of her face and make an angel braid. This is a braid where you only pick up hair from one side. I pulled the hair from the front of her face as shown below.

Next make a parallel angel braid as shown below. Do this to both sides of her head.

Below is a picture of the other side of her head as well.

Take all 4 ends of the braids and pull them to the bottom, back of her neck and secure them together with an elastic.

Below is a top view of the finished hairstyle.

How to Make a Poof

2010-10-23T14:58:00.000-06:00

I recently got asked how I do my daughters poof. I am going to attempt to explain

With my oldest daughter we often times just pull her hair back and use the bobby pins to push the poof forward. I also use a straight end comb (rat tail comb) and put it evenly under a small layer of hair in the front and pull slightly. This smooth out the hair and poofs it up.

However if we want a bigger poof. This is the trick we use.

Start by making your parts and pull the rest of the hair out of your way.

Next make a part in the center of your hair for the poof. Move the hair across the front of her face out of the way for a moment.

Then pull the back half of the hair into an elastic and push it forward and secure with bobby pins. **If you criss cross the bobby pins they say in much better.

Now take the front piece of hair and comb it over the poof and secure it with bobby pins. If your daughters hair is too thin to stay with just bobby pins use an elastic and then use the bobby pins to push the hair forward.

Poof with Small Braids

2010-10-21T11:56:00.000-06:00

Start by making a poof in the front center of her head.

Along each side of the poof take a small amount of hair and make a braid.

Wrap the braids around the ponytail holder and secure it with bobby pins.

Below is the side view of her hair.

The back view

Dandy Giveaways and More

2010-10-20T12:25:00.001-06:00

Dandy Giveaways and More has featured The Wright Hair on their site http://www.dandygiveaway.com/?p=1261 everyone should check out their fun site.

Braids to Messy Bun

2010-10-18T18:03:00.000-06:00

Start with the bangs pulled back into a poof.

Make 1 small french braid along the poof.

Then make a 2nd french braid parallel to the first. As shown below do this to both sides of her head.

The top of her head with the poof and braids is shown below.

Then pull all the hair into a ponytail.

Make a messy bun with the ponytail.

Below is a side view of the braids and messy bun.

2 Braids Across Face

2010-10-06T13:08:00.000-06:00

This is a really cute fun and easy way to keep the bangs out of her eyes.

Make the first french braid across the front of her face.

Make a parallel french braid along the lines of the first one. Shown Below

Simple easy and your done.

Toddler 2 Ponytails

2010-10-04T17:26:00.001-06:00

Because of our age and the length of her hair we haven't been too creative lately with her.

So here is one of the few changes in her hairstyle lately.

We made a zig zag part and then put her hair into 2 ponytails. This turned out to be adorable. It is few and far between that I can convince her to have more than 1 elastic. I hope this phase passes soon, but until then I will keep trying to convince her of new styles.

Braid Fun

2010-10-03T17:15:00.000-06:00

This is another really cute and fast hairstyle.

When finished you will have a total of 4 braids. I started on her right side just above her ear. I made a small part as shown below.

Then I made a simple braid I made a 2nd braid just above that one as shown below. Make sure you braid all the way to the end.

Do the same to the other side. Shown below is the left side of her head.

Then pull all 4 braids to the center, back of her head.

Below is the side view.

This style is so quick you can do it in under 5 minutes. For those days you need a really quick style.

Ribbon Braids Headband

2010-09-30T10:49:00.000-06:00

Start the french braid as you normally would but add a ribbon to 2 of the braid strands. You are going to be making 2 braids along the face line. Braid all the way to the ends.

Do the same french braid with a ribbon on the other side along her face line.

Braid all the way to the ends.

Attach the braids together in the middle of her head (loosely)

FishTail Braids

2010-09-20T13:20:00.000-06:00

This is a very simple and quick hairstyle.

First make a part, I made hers with a slight diagonal at the front of her head and curved it to the middle of her head going all the way down. Then pull each side into a low ponytail.

Once the ponytail is in place then fish tail braid it. For those of you who don't know what a fish tail is you braid with 2 strands of hair instead of 3.

Fish tail braid both ponytails and then I took the new sports ribbon (you can use any ribbon you want or have already) and I tied the ribbon around the front of her head as shown below.

Toddler Twist w/ Rockin Bobbie Pins

2010-09-14T10:54:00.000-06:00

I apologize for not many toddler styles anymore. We cut my little girls hair into an A line and she will only let me use 1 elastic for her hair. I will tell everyone that her hair looks much better cut and is filling out after taking off her baby hair.

Her bangs are still trouble so we did a twist or roll across the front of her head and wrapped it around to the left side of her head. I secured it with an elastic.

We then put a flower made from http://www.mom-stuff.com/ they are called rockin bobbie pins.

Twists Inspired by Selena Gomez

2010-09-10T10:35:00.000-06:00

This a very simple easy and fun style. It was inspired by watching Selena Gomez.

First take a small triangle shape of hair on the left side of her head. Simply twist the hair by 2 strands and secure with bobby pins. I cross 2 bobby pins going in opposite directions to make sure the style stays in place.

Do the same thing to the other side.

Top View

This style really takes just a few minutes and looks great.

Infant Bows Part 2

2010-08-30T14:28:00.000-06:00

I had some offer some other great suggestions on how to get bows to stay on an infant heads.

Betts Family offered this great advise:
If you live in a humid place like I do in Seattle Karo and KY don't work as well as in dry places so I discovered that a traditional Elmer's glue stick works wonders. . .bows stick all day and it washes out with water! I love the looks when you're caught glue-ing a bow on a babies head! I love your blog thanks for all the fun ideas.

I wanted to thank Betts family for giving us this information. I live in such a dry climate I hadn't thought about the humidity.

Lauren's Double Braids from Make it or Break it

2010-08-27T11:30:00.000-06:00

Another fun Make it or Break it hairstyle from Lauren.

Make a center part and make large part french braid as shown below.

Make another french braid as described above. Below is a picture of what I did.

Then pull all the hair into a ponytail.

Top view

Side View

The Messy Bun Step by Step Instructions

2010-08-26T10:39:00.000-06:00

Recently I have had a lot of people asking me about my messy bun. So here goes if these are not clear please ask questions I will do my best to explain what I do.

Because we don't just like plain messy buns at our house you will get a few instructions on rolls for the front of the hair.

I first made a roll across the front of her head this pulls all the bangs out of her face.

I then made a 2nd roll and 3rd rolls as shown below. 1 almost parallel to the first and the 2nd to make a t. I secured them in place with small bobby pins

Then I made 3 more rolls. Another one parallel to the 2nd roll and one that follows the t shaped one. The last one is parallel as shown below. (I hope all that made sense if not try and look at the picture)

Now to start the messy bun. Take all the hair and put it into a ponytail. Don't pull the hair all the way through on the last loop of your elastic.

The back of the hair will look like this after all the hair is into the ponytail.

Now I take the hair that is looped and pull it upwards towards her head. This makes a circle shape in her hair secure this with a clear small elastic.

Below is the hair after I have pulled the loop upwards.

Now bobby pins become your best friend. I use bobby pins to put the hair where I want it as shown below. If you put the hair into a bobby pin and it looks to small put your finger in the loop and pull a little bit. You can also pull small amounts of hair and pull it to the other side and secure with bobby pins.

Below is the finished messy bun. If this doesn't make sense please ask me more questions.

Diagonal French Braid to Bun

2010-08-25T19:24:00.000-06:00

Follow the post before for great 2nd day hairstyle

Now the difference is to take the end of the braid and wrap it around itself to make a bun.

If the bun doesn't lay how you want it then take bobby pins and move the around until you like the bun.

Below is the side view.

Diagonal French Braid

2010-08-25T09:46:00.000-06:00

This style was so easy and fun and litteraly took minutes to do.

I started by making a french braid starting at her left ear that went diagonally towards the right side of her neck.

Above is the starting of the french braid.

Below is the back view of the french braid.

Make sure to braid all the way to the end of her hair.

When Mom's Out of Town

2010-08-25T09:45:00.000-06:00

Just recently I was out of town and told my husband will you please just put our daughters hair into a ponytail for school. I figured this would be the easiest for him.

This hairstyle is no glamour do, but it means the world to me. I came home and got showed these fun and cute pictures. All this style is, is a plain ponytail.

My husband took pictures of his hairstyle to share. He took pictures of the front side and back of this style.

I could not be married to a better man and I just wanted to share this fun story with everyone.

Below is the back view

French braids to Sides Up

2010-08-19T10:47:00.000-06:00

I started this style by making a diagonal thin french braid. I braided a little ways down and secured with an elastic.

Then I made a 2nd french braid that lays parallel to the first.

Then take the sides and pull them up over the top of the braids.

I finished off the style by wrapping her hair around the elastic.

Side view

Back view

Poof, Braids, and into Ponytail

2010-08-17T09:33:00.003-06:00

First off I made a triangle shaped poof in the front of her head. This is going to be the line you use for the french braids.

Make a thin french braid along the poof line along both sides as show below. Secure the ends with elastics.

I then put the all the hair into a ponytail. To finish it off I wrapped some of her hair around the ponytail.

Below side view

Infant Bows (How to get them to stay)

2010-08-16T16:23:00.000-06:00

I just wanted to share some fun and important information I should have shared a long time ago. There is a website mom-stuff that gives better instructions but below is my attempt.

For those of you that don't know this well known secret but little hair blows will stick to your infants head with Karo Syrup. This product is great and doesn't hurt your infant and works better than the oil based products such as KY jelly. The Karo Syrup also washes out easily.

Question 16

2010-08-16T10:48:00.000-06:00

t has left a new comment on your post "Question 15":

I have looked all over the area where we live and can not find the ringlet curling iron that you have in your post, or any ringlet curling iron at all. I do love the curls it makes to.

I have not looked locally for this curling iron since I purchased it over 5 years ago. I did some research on the Internet and it looks like they have a new model out. I have included a link to Target which has the new version, or just go onto google and type in "Conair Instant Heat Spiral Styler with Curl Press" that will give you a list of places to purchase a similar curling iron.

Walmart also has this exact curling iron on their website. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Conair-Instant-Heat-Spiral-Styler-Curling-Iron/3999274?wmlspartner=GPA&sourceid=44444444440281551375

Angel Braid Bangs Back

2010-08-12T10:48:00.000-06:00

My daughter is going through the "I want my hair down phase"

This one is very similar to the other Angel Braid we did before except this one is keeping her bangs back and we added ringlets.

This braid is really easy once you understand how its done. Start the braid as you would a french braid. The only difference is you are only going to add hair from one side. On her I made the 3 sections and then only picked up hair from the right side each time.

Once the braid is in place I made ringlets with my straightening iron.