Egg Tails | Easter Hairstyles
April 19, 2011
Two years ago we posted a photo tutorial of our Egg Tails, which were a huge hit for little girls at Easter Egg hunts or at family parties, Crazy Hair Day, etc.
It has turned out to be one of our fun Easter Hairstyles (although not appropriate, in my opinion, for Easter Sunday)!
Yesterday, I took a Facebook poll asking viewers if they thought I should do a video tutorial of this style before Easter and the response was overwhelmingly… YES!!! Sooooo, we scrambled to find the supplies and filmed the ponytails this morning.
I am telling you, this hairstyle is a definite conversation starter! I guarantee that you will have people stopping you in the street trying to see exactly what it is that you did!
In fact, the Egg Tail video tutorial is already getting a great response on YouTube! {Two years ago a viewer’s daughter was at an Easter Egg hunt wearing this style and was photographed for her local newspaper!}
In our original photo tutorial two years ago, we used full-size Easter eggs. This time, we used the mini eggs so that we could fit three in each ponytail. It turned out super cute. (Be sure to start looking today for these mini eggs, because they are hard to find! Hobby Lobby had been carrying them, but we found ours at WalMart.)
We also enhanced the hairstyle to include a trick we used last year to help keep the eggs from falling out. You will have to watch the video to see exactly what it was!
Before you view the video, though, be sure to review the old photo tutorial (“Egg Tail” link above) beforehand just to make sure you understand each step well. Then after seeing the video, you will be a pro!
Items Needed: Rat-tail comb, spray bottle, hairspray, 36 clear elastics, 8 hair bands, 6 mini plastic Easter eggs, and two ribbons (your choice of color).
Time Requirement: 20+ minutes
Skill Level: Hard
Happy Hairdoing!
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Loony Braids | Crazy Hairstyles
September 01, 2010
This is a fun braided hairstyle we have used for a few years now, a hairdo which my girls creatively call Loony Braids. This particular one uses a 3-strand technique, but there is also a 4-strand version which is very cute (posted on our Facebook Page by a fun mom name Julie about a month ago). I am hoping to post a video tutorial of that braid very soon…
This is one of those braided hairstyles that is perfect for a teenager as well because the style is unique enough not be seen as little Laura Ingalls-ish. The braid needs to be done fairly tight (although popular braid styles today are worn fairly loose) because if it is not, the smaller strands cannot grip the larger one… causing you to lose the creative bends throughout the day.
Items Needed: Spray bottle, rat-tail comb, 2 hairbands, accessories (as desired).
Time Requirement: 5-10 Minutes
Skill Level: Medium
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Comment on this post »4th of July Hairstyle: Star Twists
July 03, 2010
I had promised a few 4th of July hairstyles, but I just have not had as much time as I need to get them filmed. I did get this one on today.
Many of you will recognize the base hairstyle as one featured on Good Things Utah in June. The base hairstyle is called Holiday Twists, but the variation I demonstrate below uses about 1/3 of each ponytail to draw the lines of a star on top of the head.
Items Needed: Rat-tail comb, spray bottle, 10 hairbands, pomade, ribbon or pipe cleaners (if desired as accents).
Time Requirement: 10-15 minutes
Skill Level: Hard
Happy Hairdoing!
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Comment on this post »Easter Hairstyles: Bunny-Ear Pigtails
April 02, 2010
* Note from Mindy: Don’t forget to check our Easter Hairstyles post for some cute styles for this weekend!
We received a request for “Bunny Ears” on Facebook after we posted the Egg Tails Hairstyle the other day. I laughed it off for a second, but this morning decided to give it an honest try! I have seen people do this hair style with braids, so I decided to more for a pixie-like bunny look (smaller ears)…
Items Needed: 4 ponytail rubber bands, two small rubber bands, 4 “large” bobby pins, Got2be blasting freeze spray, 2 Easter colored ribbons.
Time Requirement: 5-7 minutes
Skill Level: Easy
You can make the ears longer so that they flop down more, as desired, so that there is not much loose hair hanging down. If you do this, you will certainly want to braid the hair so that the loop will hold. Here is the video tutorial.
Happy Easter!
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