Prodcut Review..... The Bead Barrette

Oh My I can not believe its been so long since my last post, I will truly try to do better. But My first post back will be a product review

The Bead Barrette. I've been seeing and reading the buzz about it, and was more than a Little Excited because they weren't yet sold in my area, But you can now find them at Walmart and my favorite go to Snapaholics  when I don't carry a certain item, i'm sure they do.

The Bead Barrette came to life, when owner and designer Jennifer Zachery, needed a solution to the common problem of Toddlers and Beads, when her daughter Kyndal's daycare banned beads ( in their center and thank heavens they did or we wouldn't have this awesome product) in their center.
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I will first say that I had dropped them and for a second my Heart Dropped. but i realized that i didnt have thousands of loose beads,all over my floor. SO then and there it was love....

these bead barrattes were so easy to apply. I was a little hesitant to try them on Tye because of the word "barrette" but i can say they are truly unisex if you get the right colors

Which was easy enough, and we added some basketball beads because Tye asked, and i did not have to use rubber bands on his ends, bonus!

I can truly saw I am more than happy with these snap on beads. It was quick easy and saved me lots of frustration, from having to bead and tread beads...  I can just imagine all of the creative uses of  for these, and the versatility of hair types and styles. they can be used on ponytails, braids, twist,  locs and so much more.

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Simple ponytails with a twist

Have you gotten into a hairstyle rut yet? I know i have hit it several times, I mean how many times can you do ponytails with out getting a little bored

Well add an outrages strand of beads 

( 21 big beads the be exact with a shell at the end)

 Plan ponytails with plan Barrettes

and the beads spelled out her name

 She Loved it, and

Products and items used

Baby don't be Bald  grease ( well for, hair & scalp)

Water and  Oil mix (to detangle)

and a little bit of Cantu ( for the ends)

rubberbands

daisy barrettes

and here's a sneak peek at my little cousin's faux hawk

Tye's Defined Afro

 So for the past  few days tye has been rocking a defined

day 2 of the defined FRO

 Day 3 of the defined fro

 rocking at the guitar the fro only  gets better with age

After the initial finger detangling and style i did nothing to his hair, and i love the results

Stay tuned for a detailed post on how i achieved this look using the finger curl technique

this style would work for every age and gender, just add a bow or other hair accessory for girls and you're good to go

Wordless Wednesday

Tye and Ny my Rock Stars

Growing out Boys Hair... Easy Low Maintenance

So I wanted to give you guys a little update on my lil cousin's Errk hair, its still going strong, and he and i keep up our part of the bargain, but since i'm lazy i gave him my go to style well a variation of it, i gave him mini twist.....

This style is actually three weeks old, and i'm slowly going over and retwisting some, to give it a "fresh" look

His ultimate goal is a braided mohawk so we'll see and its about 3 inches long.

So far so good, it has been a good experience growing out his hair from scratch, and virtually pain free

stay tuned for more updates on Errks' Hair Saga

and always this style is good for both boys and girls, and no mater the length

and a sneak of tye's similar style that he's been rocking for 3 weeks too

Wordless Wednesdays. The Hunger Games

French Braids and Cornrows for Little boys

So Tye and I have decided to join Beads Braids and Beyond's Protective Styling Challenge...Mainly because I didn't feel like doing hair everyday, and this will force myself to be more creative :o)

This was really just a simple quick style for us. I parted his hair into two (2) sections from ear to ear french braided the front and did some large individuals in the back

At first I thought this girl was going to be a little girlie, but it works and he still looks like a little boy.

even when is braids curl up.... For this style i just used my oil and water mix, with a lot of grease

and look at the shrinkage, got to love the curls

and as always this style can be used for just about anyone, add

barrettes or a bow and its for girls and infants.

Add an intricate braid design and it could go well for you boys and girls, tween and teens

the possibilities are endless

When to cut their hair?

So my friends 4 year old son has been begging his mother for months to cut his. Like most of  "hair" mommies out there, she couldn't bring herself to it. and i mean he has a lot of hair, that mommy keeps nice and neat and his braid styles are awesome. you can see some of his pictures in our boys style gallery on our facebook page...

buy anywho, after months of begging and no hair cut he took maters into his own hands, and i mean literally...

He cut off some of his braids, so she offs to get his hair cut... :o( one more curly soldier soon to be gone... but on the bright side, they'll be more awesome hair cuts to steal and post :o) so no more boys braid for this little fellow

SO my question is, if you child, b oy or girl is begging to get a hair cut, would you consider it why or why not, and if they went as far as to actually cut it, would you finish  the job like i did when tye cut his ?

Finger Curls on Boys

 So for the rest of the week Tye is wearing finger coils/curls in his hair... it was SO simple and easy to do.I have done this style on Tye before, but he was younger, and this go around since i did them smaller i was worried about him looking too much like a girl... I am glad to say that was not the case, and i loved the results, enjoy the picture

So i started off, with dirty dirty hair... (i was too lazy to wash it) and i spritz it my oil and water mix ( olive oil, grape seed oil, peppermint oil, and coconut oil) and i decided to give Shea Moistures Organic Coconut and Hibiscus Curl and Style Milk a try again, it wasn't a go for me, but i liked it on Tye's hair ( i may need to try it without the mix to see how it does)

can i saw we are both excited about his lenght, ( now its time to work on mine )

When each section was moisten with my mix, I trilled each section around my finger, to achieve the coil look. This is also know as Finger Coils, tightly curly method, comb coils/curls and it can also be achieve doing by straw curls

half way done, love the way it looks

2 days later

after a second day of playing hard

 on the way to the nail shop for pedicure, little boys need nice toes too, ( and Tye's toes, be looking jacked a lot of the time :o)

we will be defiantly doing this style more often, stay tuned for updates? maybe daily, well see

and this style could defiantly be accomplished on people of all ages, its an cute infant style for baby boys or firls, toddler girl and boy styles, preschool age and up... and it would be perfect for a special occaision, just add a biw or cute hair clips for a girl or a awesome hat, tie, or sun glasses for boys

Boys braided faux hawk, with twist

so you all know i love a fro on tye, but i also love the mohawk....

if you didn't check out the last one I did on little ms. S, you can see the little girl version  of the braid and twist mohawk. faux hawk here

 I started out \by moisturizing and detangling his fro... it looks like a lot of work but it wasn't....

this is what his hair looked like after detangling...

 i then proceeded to section his hair into  5 parts, just like the girly variation of the style

you see the perfect little coil? got to love it

double trouble

 have you done anything similar? we loved to see pictures

Indiviual mini braids or box braids on Boys and girls

So i did this style a long time ago on Tye Like October 2011, It was one of my favorites,

1.  I didn't have to comb it
2. it didn't take too long to put in
3.  and I think his hair really retained some its growth

But  I did not like taking them out... it was soo tedious... I attempted to take them out dry which was my first mistake and with out a comb.... I promise it took me at least 2 weeks to take them out completely... but once i used a comb and a some spray we were good to go

i semi used a thecnique i learned from my blogger friend Rae over

tweeny hair, a awesome site for styles for older children

this is 6 weeks after i did them, they lasted a while

our poor backyard, wondering what happened? the California wind storms and you can see i was starting to take them out

my poor ashy baby, i should've used Johnson's and Jonson's baby lotion, lol

if you're worried about the length of your son's or daugthers hair, check out Shay over at mainly braids, and  the mini braids she did on her son, man's hair. or the braids on her daugther here

and these other great once Boys and Girls Haircare