Braid-Wrapped Chignon | Cute Updo's
November 02, 2011
It is time for another updo hairstyle! This one is actually a very quick and easy ‘do… and it looks beautiful!
You can see that my daughter’s hair is fairly straight this day, so it really made the style look sleek and crisp. {If you or your daughter have waves and will be straightening your hair, please use a good heat protectant first… although I think this would look cute even with wavy hair!} I then created a microbraid right behind each ear {not shown in video} that will be used for the chignon wraparound.
For the next step, I then brought two sections of the hair from the front/sides to the back and secured them with an elastic hair band. Then, with my rat-tail comb, I gently ratted the remaining section of that ponytail pullback to help create my stuffing for the chignon bun.
Then I secured the remaining hair with another elastic hairband at the ends, and gently rolled it up over the ratted ponytail and tucked it behind the tieback. Feel free to secure the hair to your desired look by using bobby pins {as I did in the tutorial, since my roll-up was not exactly how I wanted it}.
I then brought each of the microbraids from just behind the ears and wrapped them around the chignon, securing them with bobby pins.
This is a gorgeous style, and perfect for girls of all ages.! Of course, it is meant more for formal occasions/holidays so if you do this on your daughter on a day when she will be active… it will likley fall out. We would recommend this chignon hairstyle for church, weddings, flower girls, award banquets, communions, Prom, Homecoming, or any other formal occasions. Enjoy!
Items Needed: Brush, rat-tail comb, 4elastic hair bands, 4-6 bobby pins, hairspray {if desired}
Time Requirement: 5-7 minutes
Skill Level: Easy
Happy Hairdoing!
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That was AWESOME! So easy! I can’t wait to try it on my long-haired friends!!
Gorgeous! My daughter will be thrilled to see the new do. Will have to try soon…like tomorrow!
luv it!!!!!!!!!
ok…i tried this just this morning and it didn’t work!! i did everything the same but i think my daughter’s hair is too thin. there wasn’t enough hair to cover the hair that was tucked inside. i was bummed it didn’t work
nothing wrong the hairstyle!!! i’m sure it’s because her hair isn’t thick enough.
That hair style looks awesome, my own little one’s hair is not long enough yet but I still like to look around and get great ideas for her.
can i do that on my own?
i did this on my daughter’s hair and 30 minutes later it was falling out
we’ll have to wait to do it again later
What would work better with this, fiber gum or gel?? (I have thin hair and cant get it to stay)
Did this one on my daughter (4y) She loved it.. Just to make it a little less formal (because of her age) I used some fake clip-on hair in fun collors for the braid.
Super cute!
I luv ur hairstyles!
Keep em comin!!!!!!!
I love u and I love your hairstyles I am 13 years old and i have no hardness in doing these cute and girly hairstyles on MYSELF !!! I <3 U. U are really nice and you can be a very good role model for your daughters! and my mother wants to tell you that she likes this hairstyle the best!!
you should do that hairstyle, but with two snake braids instead of normal braids.
have fun <3
I did this today with my daughter’s much shorter hair I teased the bottom of the pulled back hair, and also the lower pony, which doubled up the stuffing. She looks so elegant for her tea party today. Thank you.
I am so using this for my eigth grade dance, I love it!
This is how I am doing my hair for my 5th grade dance tomorrow!!! Thank you.
Is there anyway you can make a video of how to do this? http://www.hairromance.com/2011/05/30-days-of-twist-pin-hairstyles-%E2%80%93-day-13.html Its way cute and I would love to see this on your site!
One more hair style that I would love to see on video would be this http://media-cache-ec5.pinterest.com/upload/18084835973808001_MbmMvjiW.jpg
Last one I swear! Please post a video of how to do this!
http://pinterest.com/pin/247979523202327142/
I love your hairstyles:D they are soooooooo cute!!!! Thank you so much Mindy, Sean, and your girls( your son is adorable by the way:) he always makes me smile when you show him on camera)!!!!! I love your hairstyles so much, every time I do one of the hairstyles you show me, I always get comments on it!!!:) they are really cute, thank you so much:)
can you do this on yourself?????
love this hairstyle
thanks Mindy for the videos love them