Cute Girls Hairstyles on ABCNews' 20/20
September 26, 2011
For those of you who missed our ABCNews 20/20 segment on Friday’s YouTube Special, here it is!
The segment came early in the show where they profiled three moms who have found success on YouTube. And it has been a wild, yet fun ride since mid-May!
Here we are, a hairstyling mommy {that’s us!}, a cook, and a quilter. I thought it was nicely done for us being a last minute inclusion back in June!
Happy Hairdoing!
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Watch for us on 20/20 this Friday!
September 21, 2011
We just received an update from YouTube today where ABCNews confirmed that the 20/20 special will air this coming Friday {Sept 23,’11} at 10pm Eastern Time! I looked on my Tivo and it shows 9pm here in Utah. For those of you loyal fans, be sure to check your schedules and set your DVR’s to “record” and those of you outside the US can watch a replay of the episode on the 20/20 website.
Many of you were already aware if you watched our Pretzel Twist Messy Bun tutorial, that ABCNews sent a crew to our home in June to film our family. They had already filmed the entire show and were in the final edits when our channel won YouTube’s May “On the Rise” contest. The head of YouTube PR took note and quickly called the producer to see if he would consider adding our channel to the program.
He agreed, and the next week they flew a crew out to our home. The process took about 9 hours, including set up and breakdown. Filming took place for about 4-5 of the hours.
During the filming of 20/20's YouTube Special...
We were told today that we appear in the 4th segment {each segment is 8 minutes long}. In our segment, 20/20 focuses on three mommy success stories using YouTube to share their talents. We are realistic with our expectations, as we could appear in the segment for anywhere from 30 seconds to maybe 5 minutes, but we are excited nonetheless! We are also extremely hopeful that the edits are favorable to us! You always worry when you open up your family to the world in that way!
After the Filming of 20/20
If any of you plan on tweeting during the program, as I will, please use the following hashtags… #CuteGirlsHairstyles, #GenerationYouTube and feel free to mention @YouTube, @ABC2020, and us @CuteGirlHair!
We want to thank YouTube, Abbi Tatton {Manager, Global Communications and Public Affairs at Google}, ABCNews and 20/20 team, Adam Sechrist {Segment Producer at 20/20, who quickly made room for our family}, my parents who helped watch the kids, my friend Jenny from ShowMeCute who staged my home, and my friend Dawn Weidauer who dropped everything to do our makeup! Most importantly, we want to thank all of you wonderful fans for supporting us over the past three years! We absolutely love you!
Happy Hairdoing!
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Comment on this post »Back to School
August 25, 2011
So, like many of you, our girls returned to school this week. I am both happy and bummed out about it… our summer was sooooo busy that having four of the six occupied most of the day at school is very much a welcome relief, but I am also losing two of the best babysitters in the world! Our son misses them dearly from the moment they walk out the door!
On Monday, I posted to our Facebook Group asking all of our followers to post their First-Day-of-School photos so we can see them. They were sooooo cute! As a grateful response, I decided to post ours here!
Yes, we are back to charter school uniforms and early mornng hairdoing! Our routine includes hair being done starting at 6am, but the twins are actually getting pretty good at doing their own hair! This morning, as a last second decision about 30 minutes before they left for school… I relented and finally gave my #2 the bangs she wanted.
We have noticed lately that bangs are becoming quite popular everywhere we go, so we decided to go with it {against my hubby’s wishes}! I have not had bangs personally for 16-17 years, because working with them in fun styles can be sometimes be difficult. But, now that we have them and she is one of my greatest hairstyle lovers… we have decided to start a section for “Bang Hairstyles“! {I can hear many of you cheering!}
Now, I know many of you may ask so I will let you all know of the hairstyles that we used in the above photo. They are, from left to right…
Curly A-line Bob {3-barrel}
High Cheer Bun {with braided wrap-around}
Triple-Braid Tieback {not filmed yet}
Subtle-Fishtail Tieback {not filmed yet}
Thanks again for being such amazing fans, and for taking an interest in our styles and our family!
Happy Hairdoing!
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Comment on this post »YouTube Feature Live Tomorrow | May 25th, 2011
May 24, 2011
YouTube told us last Friday that we will be featured all day tomorrow {May 25th) as the May 2011 “On The Rise” contest winner! The contest details stated that it would be on Friday, but they had a conflict, so I don’t want any of you to miss it!
As such, the YouTube team asked that we provide a video thanking our fans and describing our channel. We uploaded it on Saturday night for approval, and it is live now.
You can get a sneak peek of our featured video before the masses tomorrow, here…
Again, we want to thank all of our loyal fans and followers who voted us as the winners of the YouTube contest! Some of you were very creative in how you helped us!
Additionally, a few of our network girls also pitched in to help. Please feel free to visit the following links of influential women who helped make this happen for us {… and let them know that we sent you}!
- The girls at Good Things Utah {and ABC4}, whom we have come to know and love, heard about the contest and quickly made room for us on their show! I just received an email today from Nicea congratulating us, and letting us know how excited she and the girls are for us!
- The SITS Girls did a feature on us over that weekend, giving us an initial boost before the final days of voting. They also Facebooked the contest and tweeted the vote link.
- Latest Hairstyles tweeted like crazy and Facebooked our link.
- Evelina Barry tweeted like crazy for us.
- Carah Amelie tweeted like crazy for us.
- MomDot included the contest link in their weekly newsletter.
- BlogHer included the contest link in their weekly newsletter.
The following posted contest links to their Facebook followers, with recommendations to vote for us {if I have missed somone, please know that I am sorry!}:
Princess Hairstyles
Girly Do Hairstyles
Babes in Hairland
The Monkey Moos
Imaginisce
Gimmee Clips
Ribbon Rain Bows
Pink Ginger Designs
Pretties 4 Princesses
Blooms n Blossoms Boutique
Cranmommy’s Tutus, Bows, and More
Curly Hairdo Ideas
Sarah Beth’s Boutique
Natalya Enchanted Boutique
Cuppie Cake Creations
Bows by Jessi
Music Playgroup
And then there were the 1,000′s of you who voted, posted to your personal Facebook pages, tweeted, emailed your family members and friends, etc!
We could not have done this without all of you! My girls and I thank you tremendously, and with this added exposure… we hope to help even 1,000′s more moms and daughters create stronger bonds {and cute hairstyles} everywhere!
Happy Hairdoing!
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