Two Braids to a Pony

An old standby. And as you all know by now, I love braids, especially french braids.

* I part her hair in the middle back to the end of the top of her head. (did that make sense?)
* Then down each side.
* I put the hair hanging down in a ponytail holder to keep it out of the way.
* I french braid both of the top sections and braid down to about where the pony is going to be (a little bit further actually) and put rubber bands in to hold the braids.
* Comb the remaining hair and the braids into a ponytail.
* Take out the rubber bands from the bottom of the braids and comb the ponytail out.
* Add a bow, ribbon or flower.

* This takes about 10 minutes.

Messy Piggies

I think we all do this one! It is so simple, so quick and OH SO CUTE. And....I think it gets cuter throughout the day.

* I parted her hair down the middle. sometimes I do the side part and make it even with a slanted part, and sometimes I do the zig zag part.
* I do two low pigtails, but on the last time pulling the hair through (I am a counter, Piper always makes fun of me when I count - out loud - while doing her hair!), usually "four," I don't pull it all the way through.
* I do another ponytail holder around the pigtail so it will for sure stay in place.
* Add some pretty ribbons so the hair that is left over falls over it.

* This took about 2-5 minutes.

Four Braids crossed

I love braids!!

This one is really fun. I think that the ribbons could stand to be a little longer though.

* I parted her hair down the middle and then across so it was in four sections.
* I did four ponytails in back. One set pretty high.
* I braided each ponytail just long enough so it reaches the top of the ponytail diagonal from it.
* I crossed the bottom ones first up to the top ones....and used my Jr. TopsyTail to pull them through! You can easily just do it though.
* Then I crossed the top ones to the bottom ones.
* I flat ironed the ends to add a little umph. You could also curl them.
* Added ribbons.
* And...dh noticed that I should have crossed the top right one before I crossed the top left one, so it looks more woven. He's right! Now, this is going to bug me...O'well!

* This took about 10 minutes.

TopsyTail Winner is.......

Number 218, and that is...

Oh....and what the heck, a second winner is Number 141, and that is...

So if you guys could e-mail me your info, I will get these in the mail no later than Friday.

I have to give a shout out Thank You to Blackeyedsue @ She Does Hair/Hair Today (which is it anyway?) and to Jen @ Girly Dos, and to Princess Charmed mom @ Princess Charmed Hair and also to The Story of a Princess and her Hair. You guys are wonderful and I sure appreciate your shout outs, I want to be you! If it weren't for you I wouldn't have had half as many comments. Also, a shout out to Because I was taught to share a great blog that lets you know of contests, sales, giveaways etc. each day, be sure to check it out.

Okay, I HAVE to tell you, I had so much fun reading all of you comments. I laughed at a lot of them because you would talk about how you had one back in Jr. High or High School. I remember when I got mine as well, my mom got it for me via an infomercial. I was in the 8th grade...I think... I was so excited to use it, I still have the same one, and I did use it on my own hair until to about 2 years ago when I cut it all off for "Locks of Love." And, no we are not old!! Also, I laughed at the fact that some of you actually tried to make one...because I too tried, without success!

I can't remember if it was Piper or my little boy, Teague, that bit the pointy end off of it, but I still used it up until recently when I got a new one that includes the Jr. which is really great for the little bugs and for pulling the end of braided ponies through ponytail holders and stuff.

Now, to answer some questions:

They still make them?
As far as I know, they do not make them anymore, but there are a few people/companies that still sell them.

For real all we have to do is leave a comment?
Yep, for real that's all you have to do. And that is all you will ever had to do for my giveaways!

But I'm obsessed...what can I say?
I too am obsessed, but it's a healthy obsession...I think.

Very cool--does it come with lessons?
It does come with a little booklet with instructions.

Do you do a giveaway every Wednesday?
Not every Wednesday, but when I do them, it will be on a Wednesday.

Where did you get one?
E-bay.

I have so many pictures of Piper's hairdos in a folder on my desktop, so make sure you keep checking back. Also, I will be doing more "Giveaway Wednesdays," with more great prizes...maybe even more TopsyTails(?)

Thanks again to all of you!

Wednesday Giveaway! ALL DONE!!

I know, I know, it's only Tuesday, but I thought I would give an extra day to post a comment for those of you that don't check the blog everyday.

I know you've been wondering What the give away might be....and I know some of you have been hoping that it will be a.........

TOPSYTAIL

Well, it is!

Remember only one comment per person. Commenting will be discontinued at 8:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on Wednesday July 30, 2008. Again, I will use random.org to determine who the winner is. I will announce the winner in the morning (remember morning is anytime before noon) Thursday July 31, 2008.

This TopsyTail is great because it also comes with the TopsyTail jr.. The jr. is great for the little bugs. I have labeled all of the hairdo's that we use the TopsyTail for.

Braided Headbands

These are some of the pictures that have been in a folder on my desktop for awhile now, so here we go.

I decided to do this in one post, even though there are two styles, because they are the same thing, only one has two braids and one has four. Also, Piper has on the same outfit both times. I didn't intend for this to happen. These hairdo's were done about a week and a half apart.

*I use her natural part, on her right side, for this style. I am sure it would look cute with the part down the middle as well.
*At the back of the original part, I part down on both sides and secure all of the remaining hair in a ponytail holder so it doesn't get in the way.
* Then I french braid, underneath so the braid lays on top. I like how it makes it look kind of like a headband.
*I braid all the way to the end of the hair and secure it with a rubber band, then I secure both braids in the back underneath her hair that was left down.


*This took about 10 minutes

*For 4 braids it took about 15 minutes



This is what it looks like with 4 braids

Wrap around ponytail

I have seen this ponytail on a couple other blogs. I think "The mom" on "Babes in Hairland" calls this "The Madonna ponytail."

There are a variety of ways to do this pony. I've seen moms put all but a little bit of the hair at the bottom into the pony then wrap the hair that was left out around the pony and secure it with either hair pins or bobby pins. I've seen moms put all of the hair in the pony then get some hair from the bottom of the pony and wrap in around and secure it.

The second is what I did here. But instead of securing it with hair pins around the pony, I used the good old topsytail to pull it through after I wrapped it around and then secured the last inch or so of hair with a bobby pin underneath the pony.

Depending on what kind of day we will be having determines how I will do this style. If it is a busy day, I will do the hair pins. This day it was ballet, so I did it quickly with the topsytail.

This hairdo takes 2-3 minutes with Hair pins. it takes about 1-2 minutes with the topsytail.