Side Flat Twists | Back-to-School Hairstyles
August 20, 2012
I know that many of our styles I use on my daughters, and that so many of our earlier styles were meant for little girls.
Well, today we wanted to do something for the older girls that is very fun… with a little edge and punk!
I first noticed a variation of this on Kendall Jenner from the Kardashians, only in the photo she wore cornrows {braids} instead of twists. There are a few other stars who rock this look as well.
I prefer to use twists in this hairstyle instead, because they are faster to do and look fairly similar. You can use either bobby pins, as I have done, or you can secure the twists with small clear elastic bands. {If you were to do cornrows, the hairstyle could be used for a week or so.}
This is a fun look that takes very little time to do. We like that it looks punk enough, kind of like the side of the head is shaved… only you do not have to commit to a shave to get the look! Also, depending on where you part your hair, you could use as few as three twists or as many as five… it is all up to you!
Here I have my daughter’s hair straight, but you could do this with curly or wavy hair as well! I threw in a shot of me wearing this hairstyle, as well! For an even edgier look, you could do this to both sides of the head!
Enjoy! Don’t forget to tweet me at @CuteGirlHair and let me know if you would like to see Homecoming hairstyles or more Back-to-School hairstyles!
Items Needed: Brush, rat-tail comb, spray bottle, 1 alligator clip or large hair elastic, 4 small bobby pins {or 4 small clear elastics}, hairspray {if desired}.
Time Requirement: 5 minutes
Skill Level: Easy
Happy Hairdoing!
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Note from Mindy: In the video, I refer to how I learned this twisting method by researching online how to do hairstyles on my black daughter’s hair {since her hair-care routine and hair texture is so different than my other daughters}. Some fans on YouTube have taken offense to my usage of the term “black”. Please know that I am not racist in any way… I love all my children equally! Many of you also know that we do not give out our children’s names for security purposes, so we have to refer to them in different ways. It is also important to note that we use the term black often with respect to our children only because “African American” can be a misnomer. There are so many blacks whose heritage comes from Brazil, Haiti, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, or other islands in the Caribbean. Labeling them all as “African American” for PC sake is incorrect. Our daughter’s heritage is Caribbean and Italian, with a little Native American, and even more… her birthmother asked us to refer to our daughter as black. We celebrate Black History Month, at times do watch Black Entertainment Television, and talk about Martin Luther King Jr. This heritage is important to our family! :)
love it it is so cute. and my hair is just like your daughters except shorter so this will work really well.
thanks so much
Did this on my daughter for her first day back to school. Ever since then I have done different hairstyles from your channel and she tells me her classmates always compliment her on her hair
I saw the fight on YouTube and the LONG paragraphs your wrote mindy. People don’t understand! I was part of the fight telling everyone to shut their mouths! I didn’t take it offensive if people call me white. I have other important things to care about, great hairstyle! I have wore this and got SO much compliments! Thanks for all your hairstyles! I can do EVERY SINGLE ONE of your hairstyles on myself!
I LOVE THIS HAIRSTYLE SO MUCH! Today I tried it and I didn’t quite perfect it, but my mom thought I cornrowed my hair! Hahahaha lol this is awesome, fast , and easy! Thanks CGH!!!!!!
I love this look it is so cute!!! I think what you should do is do both sides as french twists and have the top ratted and all poofy now that would be even cuter. Just a suggestion. I love how your tutorials are so easy to follow and they are all so cute too!
It’s cute, but maybe a little too punk for my babies.
First of all, my daughter is half black as well. We know nothing about her birth father, except that he is black. We don’t know if he’s from Africa or not so we don’t use African American. Plus, I’ve heard that other black people don’t like the term becasue they are American’s just like everyone else. You wouldn’t call us Dutch Americans because our ancestors are from Holland. I’ve never even been there and neither have they. Anyway, I’d love to see some hairstyles done on your black daughter. First of all, how do you get her to hold still while you do all that? What’s the best way to detangle? What hair care products do you like best and why ( I like Hawaiian Silky, personally, but would always like to try new things). And I’d love to see some hairstyles done on your daughter also.
I love this look. One of the girls from Keeping up with the Kardashians had a look similar that it stunning! Its cornrows. Speeking of cornrows… On your black daughter, you should do it! I am NOT racist. Just clearing that up, no intentional offense! But that’d be awesome!
KENDALL JENNER!! THAT HOW I SAW IT ON! YOU HAVE AN EYE FOR TASTE!!!!
i did another version of this to my daughter, instead of flat twists i made cornrows and tied the rest of the hair into a side pony tail. it turned out nice too! thanks for the idea!
This hairstyle is very easy to do on yourself, and it is very quick so it will be something that I would do on a school morning. Thank You Mindy!
Hey mindy i would like to know some hair care tips for black people like me thx
Show more back to school hairstyles:)
Hey mindy you have beautiful daughters. I would like for you to show more back-to-school styles:) thx
Excellent. Where do your girls model?
They have the same eyes and nose!
back to school!!!!!!
Hi mindy I’ve been thinking about cutting my hair short sometime and it’s quite long at the moment I’m a bit scared because I won’t be able to do as many hairstyles and French braids on it and it took me a while to grow it this long what are your thoughts would you cut it or not !?
Hey Mindy when i looked at the picture it looked a bit weird but now i actually tried it it looks really cool
Hi it is stella again and i do every single one of these hair styles and i do them all on my friends im 12 by the way i love this hair style it so nice and if u look to put together i just add this to my hair bye
This website is great! I love it! Back o school hair, great idea!
Greeting from Poland.
omg you look just alike
i wish i was one of your daughters
I’d like some back to school hairstyles you can
Do on yourself!! Thanks for posting awesome
Videos!
Hey minds my hair is very short so where do you get extentions from
Hey mindy my hair is very short so where do you get extentions from
Hi Mindy,
I cut off my hair in the beginning of May, to the A line bob that one of your daughters has. I have been growing it out, and the front pieces are almost to my shoulders. I am going to homecoming in October, and I have no idea what sort of special hairstyles I am able to do. Please help!:)
hi i need help i can’t do it and it’s really hard but my hair is like your daughters so please make it easier! more back to school please and easy but exciting!
Looks amazing I would love to see another back to school hairstyle!Cant wait for your newest video!!
I love This! this is so easy to do when I’m running late for school and it looks food on my hair and I just LOVE IT!
I love this hairstyle! One day I just got sick of the boring ponytail, and started prowling the web for hairstyles, thankfully I found yours!=D I did this on Monday, and everyone loved it. Most of the hair tutorials are for LONG hair, and mine just sits on my shoulder, so if you could do more for mediam hair it would be awesome!!!!! Thanx for the blog!
Hey I hav naturally curly hair do u have any hairstyles u can do with mine? Their like spiral curls and it gets knotted up REAL easy. Please post a new video to help me!!!
How are your 2 twin
I luv this type of hair style. It reminds me of my friend Isabelle in 5 grade. In Rita Drabek elementary.
OMG! By heaving this hairstyle, you and your daughter seem like twins!
Cool hairstyle, I love it soooo much… Why it seems easy when you do it, and so hard when I try to do it?
Did anyone else see that dandriff at 4:20?
Is your daughter wearing eyeliner? Or does she just have long eyelashes like DD #3? I don’t judge if she does. My daughter wears it and she’s 13! By the way, love the hairstyle!!
i love it sooo much!!i amtotally doing it on my hair. thanks BY!!
Thanks!!! this hairstyle is sooo cute!! (*_*)
Hi , it’s beautiful but I can’t put the bobby pins !! But it’s very cute !!;)
this hairstyle didnt really work on me. Now i am sad
OMG!!!!!Tots cute!!
Mindy
I watch your YouTube channel every week. I’m only 10 years old but I really look up to you and your girls.
Nice hair. I like flat twist. I did that since I was 11. I am 22. I did not know white people do that hair style too but that is cool. It is a hair style that works on anyone. Great site for hair inspiration.
Hello Mindy! I love your new website, and I wondered how to do this so I watched the video, and I love your daughter’s makeup! I’m a tween so I’ve wanted to have almost like the same as she does. I don’t want to wear TOO much makeup but I just want some on the eyes like she has it. Do you mind if you or your daughter could do a makeup tutorial? That would be AMAZING. Please? Thank you so much if you could. Keep up on your amazing hairstyles!
I will try this hair do on my daughter soon. Please could you prepare a tutorial how to cut the bangs that way she has it? My daughter is begging me to have it exactly like her!!
love all your hairstyles i have the two girls that i babysit pick out what haistyle from your channel they want and it is always different
Hey Mindy!
I love this hairstyle. But why don’t you do a video with your black daughter?
(not racism)
Could you please do a hairstyle for summer? Thnx!
Nice job, very edgy look
Really cool. can you do a back to school video
Love it
Dear Mindy,
I am 12 years old, and I love how easy these hairstyles are. The videos are very helpful. I also like the detailed instructions that you include. However, do you have videos for very fine hair? If you did that would be nice.
Sincerely,
Kristal
Johnson
Hey, Mindy thank you for posting these i love them! (: I have really curly hair and its quite hard to care for so I’m glad that i have another hairstyle that i can do with it that looks good and is easy. When i found this site i was, like, so excited because, like I said, for i while i had no idea what to do with my hair and it was always a top bun for me. Now i have some variety so thanks again!
Yoiu should do a video with this style into a ponytail. The rows could be on both sides or one
I forgot to say I have been following your site for a long time at least 3 years. I love that you have videos for every hairstyle. We also subscribed to the twins Chanel too! You guys are great!
Thanks so much, Corey! The twins smiled when I told them that you had subscribed to them! xoxo
I really don’t see why you had to put in the Note at the end about not being racist. Your obviously not having welcomed 2 beautiful children into your home. And really how do people expect you to refer to your children?
Its a lovely hairstyle that I will use on my little sister for her birthday party tomorrow.
P.S. Love the channel
I tried it just for fun because i thought i couldnt do it anyways but it worked! and i had never tried it before. love it!
Este peinado es muy bonito
:p
This hairstyle is very pretty
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is the perfect hairstyle for me
Cute hairstyle!!!I love it! I’ll have to try this sometime.