Front Twists Beaded Design 4 in 1

This style has four different ways to style and wear.

Half Designer Cornrows One Two Pony

These cornrows are from last weeks hair design. I just pulled N.'s hair back into one big pony to create this look (half head designer cornrows with one back pony puff). Then I switched it up and parted her hair down the middle to create two pony puffs. Next weekend will be time to wash N.'s hair, so throughout this week I plan on alternating between these two styles.
N. had an amazing graduation ceremony with her kindergarten class this past week, it was really special. Now, she's on to 1st grade, (I can't believe it), time is going too fast for me:) Have a great weekend everybody! And oh, I can't forget to congratulate my Lakers as well:)

Half Designer Cornrows

This style is a half head designer cornrow pattern. After washing and deep conditioning N.'s hair, I applied Cantu shea butter throughout her hair and parted the front section, pulling the back section in a loose ponytail while working on the front braids. I chose the pattern that I wanted to braid and began with the parting. *It is much easier to create nice , neat looking cornrows when you pay close attention to your parting and make sure that when you are starting a row, that all the extra hair (hair from other sections) are combed and/or pinned neatly out of the way. I applied black beez wax to each section, and combed through the section of hair right before starting the braid. After finishing the cornrows I added a small butterfly clip to the middle top section and finished; N. wanted a few of the photos taken with her head band, and the other views are without:) N. has her Kindergarten graduation tomorrow night and this was the style that we chose, she'll be wearing a cap on her head,so we can't have to many busy hair accessories:)

Cornrows Two Strand Twists Banded Ponytails

This style consists of two side to side cornrows, two side to side regular twists, 4 box individual braids, two strand twists and three banded ponytails in back. First off I parted N.'s hair from ear to ear,and tied each section out of the way. Then I began working on the front half. I parted small box (square) shapes for four seperate braids, and braided them all the way through. Then I parted ear to ear, one thin section. I parted it down the middle and made two twists; each going down seperate directions. I then made another thin part from ear to ear and I braided one cornrow starting at the left side and ending down the right, then I switched and braided the other cornrow from the right side and ended down the left side, I added the pattern beads at the end of each cornrow. The front section had a little hair left out so I smoothed it out with the comb and made a pony up top in the middle with the ends of everything. I then did two strand twists on the hair that was in the pony. For the banded ponytails, I made three sections in the back and just combed the hair so that it was smooth and detangled. I added one color hair tie at the top of the ponytail to secure the pony and kept adding different colored hair ties all the way down the ponytail.

Cornrow Side Floral Pony

Here is a beautiful style that I am very proud of:) This one took a little less than 4 hours to create.  It is the cornrow side floral pony style.  I braided micro cornrows that all came together to form a pony on the left lower side. I added the floral clip for the final touch. A coworker of mine gave me the floral clip that N. has in the picture.  If you are anything like me, you can't afford (nor do you want to)  buy hair accessories like these for a crazy amount of money.  So, from now on I will be making a trip over to Michaels (craft store) and buying some nice artificial flowers, as well as the clips, and putting them together myself:) This style turned out amazing and it was well worth the 4 hour wait.  My daughter N. loves it as well:) Do you have any tips or ideas on inexpensive/creative hair accessories to make at home? Let us know.

Ponytails Zig Zag Braid

Here was a style that I did for N. in between washes this week.  Her last hairstyle (the updo) was only in for a short time, so before I washed her hair again I did this ponytail zig zag braid style.  I just parted a zig zag part down the middle of her hair, braided it and added a few big beads.  Then I braided two tiny braids in the front (one on each side) about 3/4 of the way down, leaving the ends out to show the curl at the end.  Then I put the two sides of remaining hair up into two ponytails and added some hair accessories.

Rose Half Updo

This was the original updo I style.  I changed it up just a little bit and settled on this for Easter morning.  The original updo I style did not last until the next morning, it was already frizzy and coming out.  I decided to take down the back half and leave it out, curls in all:) I did the same pony tail up top, and tied the ends into loops.  Then left the ends out, natural curls and added the red roses.