The Bow Braid | Cute Braided Hairstyles

May 9th, 2012

I am always on the lookout for the next Waterfall Braid-type hairstyle!

About two weeks ago, a Twitter fan tweeted us a photo of a very intricately-laced bow braid hairstyle, and I thought the idea was so fun and unique! In fact, it was likely the most creative and cute hairstyle I have seen since the Waterfall Braid! So… I sat down to figure it out, but after many attempts I wasn’t having much luck at all.  Close, but nothing worth posting…

Another fan, Katrina on Facebook, posted her version along with a link to a low resolution Russian YouTube video showing the exact technique.  The video was at times hard to follow, and it does not show a finished hairstyle, but it provided me with just enough info to be able to master the braid! With that, I am now ready to teach you all!

The Bow Braid | Cute Girls Hairstyles

The Bow Braid | Cute Girls Hairstyles

You can use The Bow Braid in pretty much any hairstyle as long as there is a three-stranded French or Lace Braid involved.  It will work on short hair, medium hair, long hair, layered hair, hair with bangs, combos, etc.

In the tutorial, I show you how to do Bow Braid Ponytails, but I also show you on myself and the other daughters some finished looks for a braided headband, diagonal braid, and lace braid.

Bow Braid Ponytails | Cute Braided Hairstyles

Front Bow Braid | Cute Braided Hairstyles

Side Bow Braid | Cute Braided Hairstyles

Diagonal Bow Braid | Cute Braided Hairstyles

Lace Bow Braid | Cute Braided Hairstyles

 

 

Items Needed: A brush, rat-tail comb, spray bottle, hairspray or pomade, a hairpin (not a bobby pin), and a few hair elastics.

Time Requirement: 10-15 minutes, depending on the hairstyle you choose.

Steps:

  1. Begin by braiding a section of your hair. You can use a lace braid or a 3 strand French braid. Remember you will need another ½ inch section of hair parted next to your braid to create the bows.
  2. Thread the hairpin, loop end first, through a section of your braid to prepare it to pull through hair for the bow.
  3. Take a small section of hair from the ½ inch parted section and create a loop with your fingers.
  4. Thread the loop of hair through the hairpin and grab loop of hair with left hand while gently tugging the hairpin back through your hair with your right hand.
  5. As you pull the hairpin out of the braid it will begin to form the other half of the bow. Gently tug the hairpin until you like the look of the second loop and then remove it from hair. You should now have one competed bow that runs through the braid.
  6. Repeat Steps 1-5 all the way down the braid until you run out of hair.

{You can see in the video that I mixed in the remaining tails of the bows back into the next strand. It may be easier and less “messy” to simply lay the tails alongside the French Braid and then bring down the next section of hair over the top for the next loop. As you finish the braid, most of the tails will be covered by the hair from the top. It all depends on how you want the bow braid to look.}

Happy Hairdoing!

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Double French Braid and Twist | Braid Hairstyles

April 30th, 2012

Over the past few months, we have received so many requests for hairstyles that it is hard to accommodate all of them.   We wish we had time to do all of them, but with six children who are my highest priority… it is difficult to find spare time.

What we do find, however, is that there may be a reoccurring theme among the hairstyle requests…

Double French Braid and Twist | Game of Thrones Hairstyles

Double French Braid and Twist | Braid Hairstyles

We have had quite  few Facebook posts or emails asking for hairstyles from The Game of Thrones TV series on HBO.  We do not watch HBO, but many fans have sent in photos and I have to admit some of the hairstyles are super cute!

Double French Braid and Twist | Braid Hairstyles

 

{Note to readers:  This is not a show that we will watch in our home, simply because we do not agree with its content.  We also would not advise anyone under the age of 18 to view it either, since it apparently contains mature content and themes.}

From an emailed photo of a hairstyle worn by the character named Sansa, here is what we are calling this the ”Double French Braid & Twist”…

Steps:

  1. To begin, center-part the hair and then section off about a 1.5 inch strip on either side of the part. {These sections will provide the hair for the two French backs.}
  2. Then French Braid the right section until you reach as far back as the crown of the head, then finish of the hair with a simple braid {tying it off loosely with an elastic band}…
  3. Repeat step #2 on the left section of the hair…
  4. Then take the braids and twist them around each other, tying them off together with an hair elastic.
  5. Add hairspray {if desired}.

We added volume to the hair with a curling wand beforehand, simply to add more texture to the hairstyle. It was only on the top layer of the hair, with the underlying hair “as is”.

This would be a perfect 2nd-day hairstyle if you had braids or curls in your hair from the previous day.  It is so simple to do, as long as you know how to French Braid, and will certainly have people asking you how you did it!

Enjoy!

Items Needed:  Brush, rat-tail comb, spray bottle, two elastic bands, hairspray, and curling iron {if desired, for texture}

Time Requirement: 5 minutes

As another side note, my hubby and I officially entered a video application for The Amazing Race!  I have been trying to convince my husband to apply with me ever since season #1… but he finally gave in and decided to do it this year! The Amazing Race has been my dream for several years now, so if you happen to know someone at CBS {or know someone who knows someone}, please let them know to look for us!!!

Thanks, and Happy Hairdoing!

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TopStyler® Giveaway | Cute Girls Hairstyles

April 17th, 2012

UPDATE:  Linda Flowers just informed me that she is so overwhelmed by your response to the Authentic Katniss Braid that she is willing to give away “TWO” TopStylers, instead of one!  Therefore, at the end of the contest we will announce two winners on YouTube!

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We are so excited to thank all of you wonderful fans for your support of CuteGirlsHairstyles! It is because of you that our hairstyles are so popular!

As you may know, the other day we uploaded our 100% authentic version of the Katniss Braid hairstyle, exactly as how it was done in the movie!

If you watched that tutorial, you can see that Linda Flowers {the lead hairstylist from The Hunger Games movie set} has graciously provided us with a TopStyler® to give away to one of our lucky fans!!! This prize is worth over $100, and can create any number of different curls or wave patterns for many hairstyles!

Topstyler Box Front {by InStyler}

To read more about this product, please feel free to visit the TopStyler® website.

By entering our contest, you promise to abide by the YouTube Terms of Service and Community Guidelines.  All data provided in the comments section will be used to determine the winner only and will not be used for any other purpose.

Before Entering:

  • You must be Subscriber of the CuteGirlsHairstyles channel to enter. {If you are not, simply click the link. I will check to be sure that our winner appears in our subscriber list.}
  • You must be at least 18 years of age. If you are not 18 years of age, a parent must provide permission and enter for you.

Entries:

  • Share your favorite CuteGirlsHairstyles video on your own Facebook profile {1 entry per video, up to 10 entries}. If you decide to share 10 videos, you can leave 10 entries. Please leave a comment here for “each” entry stating which video you shared.

Or…

  • If you don’t have Facebook, simply refer our CuteGirlsHairstyles channel to a friend {1 entry per friend, up to 10 entries}. If you decide to share us with 10 friends, you can enter 10 entries. Please leave a comment here for “each” friend to whom you referred our channel.

This contest will end at midnight {Mountain Standard Time} on Sunday, April 22, 2012. We will use Random.org to select the winner, and will announce it on YouTube.  The contest is also open to our fans internationally!

Thanks for being such amazing fans… and may the odds be ever in your favor!

Happy Hairdoing!

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FTC Disclosure: I was provided this TopStyler® tool free of charge by InStyler® for review purposes only. No other forms of compensation were provided to CuteGirlsHairstyles. All opinions of the product are strictly mine, and results may vary.

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You may not be aware of it but there are a lot, a WHOLE LOT, of blogs dedicated to hairstyles. There are so many hair blogs that there is even an article outlining the “top 50 hair blogs”. It is therefore safe to assume that hair is a big deal, and not in a 1980’s Farrah Fawcett’s hair “big” way, but in a Goliath driving a Hummer up Mt. Everest kind of way. You can find every and any kind of hairstyle imaginable, and sometimes unimaginable, on a blog somewhere. The real question is, who reads all these hairstyles blogs? Is there truly a pool of readers vast enough to support the hair-centric online scribbling of hundreds of would-be aficionados of hairstyles? The answer, as I am sure you know since you are reading this, is a resounding YES.

Cutegirlshairstyles.com is a website directed at a particular sect among those lusting after prose related to hairstyles. This website is directed at, well, people styling the hair of cute girls. Some people may wonder how this sub-set of hair blog readers could be powerful enough in the blogosphere to warrant a site dedicated entirely to them. On the other hand, anyone reading this that has daughters or even a single daughter, is nodding their head and knows exactly why such a blog would exist.

Little known fact, doing little girls hair, even cute little girls hair, can be difficult. In fact, rendering coherent hairstyles into the follicles of almost any female, be they toddler, adolescent, tween or teen, can be a trying experience. The exact reason for this difficulty can be as varied as the girls themselves. Some have no interest in hair and view being plunked down in the bathroom and assaulted with various implements of lock manipulation and restriction as some kind of strange and unknowable torture. On the opposite end of the cute girl spectrum are those for whom hairstyles are a type of talisman, the physical embodiment of their innermost selves. For these girls the coercion of their tactile souls (hair) into a suitable style is of the utmost importance. Unwitting participants in the daily rituals of these fledgling Cleopatras may be stunned by the effort and emotion some of us pour into their hairstyles.

For either category of girl, or everything in between, Cutegirlshairstyles.com is an absolutely wonderful resource and worthy of a place of honor at a shrine to the ancient god of hairstyles, whoever he or she may be. For the girls for whom hairstyles are paramount, Cutegirlshairstyles.com offers an almost limitless variety coupled with opportunities to see hairstyles “in action” though the use of videos, pictures, and reviews. It is like being able to try out new hairstyles without ever touching a single strand of your own hair, virtual styling, if you will.

This website also can provide aid when styling the more unenthusiastic girls out there who suffer through hairstyles or reject them outright. You would not believe how the willingness to participate in this manner of primping increases as the girls are allowed to take more of an active role in their own hairstyles. Allow even the most intractable of toddlers the opportunity to select their own hairstyles and the effort needed to actually make the hair take shape will be drastically reduced. True, you may end up with a girl who spends two weeks sporting a “bun-hawk”, but I submit that this is better than the alternative (for the non-parents out there the alternative consists of wailing, crying, flailing, flopping, squiggling, and squawking). Whatever your situation and whatever the state of the “cute girl” in your life, even counting yourself, frequent use of this website and the variety of hairstyling tips it offers cannot help but aid you in future hairstyling endeavors.

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