Miss Tess as Fancy Nancy

A while back, Tess was invited to a Fancy Nancy Gala with some of her best girls. She needed to get all dolled up and wanted her hair the way Nancy wears it way up high on her head. We had a problem, the underside of Tess's hair is short...way too short to be pulled up so high without most of it falling...

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A Fun Christmas Updo

Because really, I don't know what else to call this. We did this little ditty on Sunday and I LOVED it. I curled it tighter because, well, I felt like it. Today the curls aren't as tight and I STILL love it!Start by pulling the hair into little triangle ponytails. With Tess, I started on either side...

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More Knots

Wet the hair on the top and the front.Make a slanted part. From that slanted part, you part the hair down from the end of the part to the ear. Divide this section in half, I followed the original part. Pull into a ponytail and secure with an elastic.You then pull the elastic into a knot. To see a tutorial...

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Technique---Knots

I have had quite a few requests for basic techniques. Here is one for "Knots"I apologize in advance for the flash. I usually turn it off, but since it was starting to get dark, the flash needed to be on. Start with her hair in a ponytail. This is straight-out-of-the-shower, so there is no hair spray...

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Climbing Knots

Say hello to a new blog dedicated to more fun hairstyles. Piper's mom has some amazingly beautiful styles. On her blog they call these bugs, on my blog we call them knots. They are the same thing. I did this style from her bloggy on Tess this morning. Stop by and tell her hel...

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Knot with Curls

I pulled the top half of her hair smooth and then did a knot. I curled the ends with the flat ir...

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Upside Down Knots

I can't believe that I haven't shown this one before. I love this one because my girls don't have a lot of natural body...we have to fake it. I pull the hair up into two ponytails. I take my rattail comb and slide it under the middle of the ponytail and pull the elastic out just a bit. I then stick...

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Knots of Three

I pulled her hair into three ponytails on a diagnoal. Then I knotted them. Knotting...for those who are new to this, is putting her hair into a ponytail and then parting underneath the elastic and pulling the elastic through the pa...

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Cascading knots

Divide the hair in half. Pull into two ponytails and knot them. Then add that ponytail to the next section and knot again. Do the same thing one more ti...

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Knots

Some call these topsy-turvy ponytails, we call them knots. Whatever you call them, they are great for vacations and swimming because they keep hair out of sweaty faces. Pull the hair into a ponytail. Use a rat-tail comb to divide under the ponytail in half. Take the elastic and pull it through the part...

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