Puffy Braids with Braids

Part the hair on the side or the middle. I parted on the side and took it to a gradual part to the middle of the nape of her neck.



Part from the crown to the ear and pull into a ponytail.



Braid the ponytail and pull up another section of hair. Combine the braid into the ponytail and secure with another elastic.



Repeat to the endof the hair.



Then repeat on the other side.

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Girly Do's by Jenn

In a terrible case of mistaken identity, Blogger has mistook my friend Jenn for a robot and is deleting her blog! I can't imagine waking up one day and learning that you are losing everything you worked hard for.

There is a silver lining...she has one week to transfer everything from her old blog (this can't be an easy feat) and give it a new home. What does this mean to you? It means you need to change your bloglines, Google Reader, and address bars to reflect her new bloggy. Her first one was FANTASTIC and I just checked out her new one and it is equally impressive.

http://girlydohairstyles.blogspot.com/

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From the wedding of Finesse Mitchell
Courtesy of Essence

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Some questions answered

The flat-iron I use is one inch. I use the cheap-o Andis one with a flat plate and a beveled edge from good ol' Wal-Mart.

The shampoo I use is Hydrotherapie from Biolage.

I buy most of my product at Target. I find they have the best selection.

My middle daughter, the blonde one, has hair to just beneath her shoulders. It is thin and baby fine. So any of you who want to know about hairstyles for shorter hair, try those. Also, on my side bar there are several moms who deal specifically with baby hair and short hair.

Unfortunately, I won't delve into adult hairstyles. I just don't have the time and most days I don't get around to doing my own hair! Many like THIS and THIS can be done on adults.

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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 on how to make a knot, go HERE.

Then take that first knot and pull the hair from that knot down into the next section and make another ponytail. Then you make another knot.



Repeat on the other side.



Now, you could just leave it like this. It would be pretty with curled ends to make it feminine, however, it was PE day. Lots of running involved. So we pulled it back.



And we did just one more knot.

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Tidy Braids

Someone requested that I share how I keep their braids so together. Here you go!

Here is that soaking wet ponytail again.


And here it is all gooped up with product.




Section it into three parts. Try to make them even

Then just braid. I hold my braids tight...some people braid loose, some braid tight. I belong to the latter group. It's all about preference.

Just keep going. Notice the parts under the braid are starting to get unruly. Since I MUST have order, I take care of that by running my comb down each part.

Then just proceed to the end.

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