Loose Fishtail Bun

Happy Palm Sunday!

Last night after I washed my hair I gave it a final rinse with apple cider vinegar (a few spoonfuls to several cups of water).  This morning my hair was so soft, I almost couldn't do anything with it.  I wanted to make a zig-zag fishtail braid, but I ended up turning it into this loose fishail braided bun.  You can see it took two hairclips to make my bun stay in place!  ACV rinses (used sparingly!) are the best way to get baby-soft hair :-)

Thanks so much for looking!  Happy Easter <3

Wavy Updo

Hello all, 

Yesterday I made two chain braids (or snake braids) to use as accents~ you can see pictures here.  I love the crimps that chain braids make~ much more defined than regular braid waves.

I kept these crimpy sections separated from the rest of my hair.  Then I sectioned off parts of my hair and made twists, like Lilith Moon does in this video:

When I finished making the twisted sections, I put my hair into a low ponytail.  I braided that hair into a rope braid, then wrapped that braid into a rose bun and clipped it in place with my butterfly clips.  Finally, I took the crimpy sections of hair and arranged them between the twisted section.  I wrapped the ends around the base of my rose bun and bobby pinned them in place.  It sounds complicated when I try to describe it, but actually it was relatively easy.

And now for pictures :-)

 

 

A lot of pictures, I know~ thanks for taking the time to look!

Chain Braid Updo~ my look for today

Good morning everybody,

I hope you are having a beautiful day.  This morning I tried an updo with chain braid accents~ some people call this a snake braid but I don't like that name very much (maybe because I don't like snakes!)

I washed my hair last night, so it was still wet this morning when I fixed my hair.  Anyway, here are some pictures:

Micronesian Girl~ Cute Dutch Braid Pigtails

Hey everyone,

I hope you are having beautiful weather and a pleasant week.  Here are some cute pictures of one of my Sunday School girls sporting Dutch braid pigtails~ she's such a sweetie :-)

Thanks for looking!

Side Dutch Braid w/ Blue Jewel Hairclips

Hey everybody!

I've been off-island for a week and away from my computer, but I'm back again :-)  My time on a little island close to the equator was amazing~ here is a beautiful sunset picture I took one evening:

Another picture of the small picnic islands lining the way to where we stayed:

Anyway, back to hair~

I love these turquoise blue hairclips and used them to dress up a simple side Dutch braid hairstyle:

 

Thank you so much for looking!  It's good to be back on-line again :-)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

One-Side Lace Braid (Swoop Braid)

Hello everybody,

Here are some pictures of a look I've found very easy but pretty, too~ a swoop braid :-)  It's actually just a lace braid on one side of my hair. I comb the other side of my hair smooth and put the length of my hair into a low bun.  I'll post two versions of this look~ one from the first time I tried it out, and another from today.  Thanks for looking!