Beads, Braids, & Bun 2

This is my daughter's newest hairstyle! Beads, braids, and a bun!!!. I did an almost similar hairstyle before (click here), but this time I decided to do things a little differently and have her whole head braided. This hairstyle took a whopping total of 5 1/2 hours to do! Don't forget, we do have to consider the length of her hair. We went to the hairstore earlier yesterday and she picked out these different shades of purple beads! One thousands beads for $3.49! Not bad, right?

I used water, BB Oil Moisturizer (for shine), Kids Organic Gro Strong Triple Action Stimulating Therapy (to reduce frizziness), Herbal Essences Hello Hydration conditioner (for softness), and Soft & Beautiful Just For Me! 2-in-1 Conditioning Detangler (to help detangle, of course). As always, I pour BB Oil Moisturizer and HEHH Conditioner on a napkin and mix it together.

STEP ONE: I parted the back from ear to ear. I detangled it and combed through it! Don't mind that spare braid, I had another hairstyle in mind before I got to the end results.

STEP TWO: I parted three rows and individually braided her hair in strands. I then applied the multicolored purple beads, putting 15 on each braid strand. The end result of that looked like this!

STEP THREE: I made a small part at the top of her head and a short part at the back of her head so I can have a start and stopping point. This was my first time doing this, so I wasn't really sure how people braid in a ponytail. For extra measure, I braided a strand down and put beads on end. I call it My Alicia Keys Braid. LOL.

STEP FOUR: I braided the other side from the part at the top to the part to the back around her head. After I was done braiding, I took an ouchless band and wrapped her hair in a ponytail so I could apply the bun.

STEP FIVE: Applying the bun. I pulled her hair through the hole of the sock bun and evenly spread her hair out over the sock. Next, I wrapped the hair under the sock bun in a circle, twisted the loose end, and continued to wrap it in a circular motion and then secured it with a bobby pin and another ouchless band. THE END!!

Even though it was almost 1130pm when I got finished with Princess's hair, she still looked like she was ready to step out into the night and shut everything down!!

The 'Princess Fairy' Halloween Hairystyle!

This morning, the Princess and I were up bright and early to get her Halloween Hairstyle on the road! I took out the remainder of her braids (which was like 3 braids), then washed her hair with Herbal Essences Hello Hydration Shampoo and Conditioner! After towel drying it, I parted it in sections and sprayed each with Soft & Beautiful Just For Me! 2-In-1 Conditioning Detangler! Via photos, I'll explain how I did her hair!

HAIRSTYLE NAME: Three Twists Strand Mohawk W/ Side TST Ponytails
TOTAL STYLING TIME: 3 Hours
PRODUCTS USED: Herbal Essences Hello Hydration Shampoo & Conditioner, BB Oil Moisturizer, Kids Organics Gro Strong Growth Stimulating Therapy, & Soft & Beautiful Just For Me! 2-In-1 Conditioning Detangler

I started off by parting the hair two ways, which I call a T, and wrapped each section in bands. I got my products and poured a little of HEHH Conditioner and BB Oil Moisturizer on a napkin and mixed it together. I used the conditioner so her hair could feel lightweight and I used the moisturizer so it can have shine!

I began unbanding the right ponytail and braiding the braids going to the left and stopping at the middle. I then unbanded the left ponytail and matched the parts braiding those braids going to the right and stopping at the middle. To possibly save time, after I braided each braid, I put them in a three strand twist. I put the products on the braid before braiding them and after twisting, I put a little of the Kids Organics Gro Strong Stimulating Therapy on the strand to reduce frizziness.

This is the back view of the mohawk with three strand twists. The back by itself took at least an hour and a half. Now for your child it might not take that long, because as I've said in other posts, you have to consider the LENGTH of my child's hair!

As far as the front, I part the top section and half and did one half in loose three strand twists and the other half braided to the side!

This was the end result! I honestly don't like the front so probably tomorrow I will braided it into a side ponytail. I LOVE the back though!!

PRINCESS FAIRY PREVIEW (FRONT)

PRINCESS FAIRY PREVIEW (BACK)

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PRODUCT REVIEWS: Herbal Essences Hello Hydration Moisturizing Conditioner

HERBAL ESSENCES HELLO HYDRATION MOISTURIZING CONDITIONER

PRODUCT INFORMATION

PRICE: $2.67 / 12 oz $5.00 / 23.7 oz

MISSION: I say you can never get too much of a good thing. So say "hello" to a deep dousing of lush hydration with my rich formula fused with orchid & coconut milk. It's time to be reunited with manageable, silky, smooth hair.

DIRECTIONS: Massage me in, soak for as long as you like, then rinse. Goodbye, dry!

INGREDIENTS: Water, Stearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Vanila Planifolia Fruit Extract, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract, glutamic Acid, Fragrance, Bisaminopropyl Dimethicone, Benzyl Alcohol, EDTA, Propylene glycol, Methychloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Citric Acid, Blue 1.

REVIEW: As I've said in my last post about this product, I saw it mentioned and used a few times on Mixed-Roots & Beads, Braids, & Beyond and from the good reviews I've read there, I wanted to try it on my daughter's hair as a moisturizer. I used it while doing two strand twists and while although it feels like a heavy product, I couldn't get over how soft it made her hair feel. I kept running my fingers through her twists and it just felt very lightweight, like it wasn't weighing her hair down at all. I really believe I will keep this conditioning moisturizer as part of her daily hair routine. I want to try the shampoo as well, but everytime I go to get it, it's never in stock. Sooo that's either telling me that this really is a good product OR Wal-Mart just don't restock their shelves on a regular basis, lol. Whatever, I'm going to find it!!

Oh and not to mention, I love the smell. I've never really been a big coconut fan, especially when it come sto eating it, BUT I have to admit, when I was looking for shampoo to buy last month, I came across Suave Tropical Coconut shampoo. I smelled it, bought it, and ever since then been obsessed with the smell of coconut. I definitely won't be eating it anytime soon, but I'll sure recommend you to smell it! LOL.

Loose Two Strand Twists

Last night, I took it upon myself to change Princess's hair for school today. She will be in a play tomorrow and wanted to wear her hair down. So I put two strand twists in her hair. Before the play, I will take them out so her hair can be nice and curly! Here's photos of the results of loose two strand twists.

HOW I ACHIEVED THIS LOOK

TOTAL STYLING TIME: 3 hours (Given the length of her hair of course)

PRODUCTS USED: Water, Just For Me! Soft & Beautiful 2-n-1 Condtioning Detangler, Herbal Esscences Hello Hydration Conditioner, & Kids Organics Gro Strong Triple Action Growth Stimulating Therapy

1. Since I had no time to wash her hair, I simply sprayed water and Just For Me! Soft & Beautiful 2-n-1 Conditioning Detangler all over her hair to give it that wet look and combed through it, detangling it.
2. I parted her hair from ear to ear and separated the top section from the back section.
3. I then used the end of a rattail comb to part the rows, but used my fingers to separate the sections of the strands.
4. While wet, I applied a generous amount of Herbal Esscences Hello Hydration Conditioner as moisturizer & generous amount of Kids Organics Gro Strong Triple Action Growth Stimulating Therapy to reduce frizziness to each strand before twisting it.
5. I did her twists small so she could have nice tight curls tomorrow.
6. I did step four throughout her whole head and the pictures up top were the end results!

I think using these products & elements together was good, because when she woke up this morning her hair was still fresh and not dried out. I didn't have to do much to it. This was my first time using the HEHH product. I've seen it used and mention numerous times on Mixed Roots and on Beads, Braids, & Beyond, so I definitely had to try it. I'm not going to speak much on how it was because I plan posting a review of the product in the very near future!