Criscross, braids, ponytails and beads

Ms. K is in love with braids and beads in any style. she could have her hair out and curly but would need at least 1 braid with beads on it. Well actually any style with braids and beads in any combination and she happy. But  Ms. K is usually always upset with me because i tend to run out of time and she never is able to get beads, and this time, i did run out  of time almost but she got her beads

for this style i parted her hair in half at the crown.

 

and braided it into a simple X design going towards the back

for the back portion

 

i did simple square shaped ponytails, braided down and added beads.

 

Braids and Beads = 1 happy kid

products used

cantu, nuNAAT, T tree, and my special mix of oils

Style time

under 1 hour

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

Quick and easy hairstyle on natural curly hair for toddlers tweens, teens and kids

So this style was super easy to complete, it is just one ponytail and a braid going across.

Ms. S's hair was washed and her last hair style kinda of gave her the banded effect, so i made a small part going across the front of her head, and did one french braid, for a kinda headband effect

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can  you tell these are baseballs? she picked them  out herself :o)

But I added a large clear butterfly bead and a shell to make it a little more girly

So here is our Quick and easy style that took less than 10 minutes to do.

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

Little Girl Twisted Faux (Mo) Hawk.... Protective Style

So if you haven't heard Kandyland Kurls is having a 3 month Protective Style Challenge, and i thought i join in with some of my little Kiddies, But only Tye and I or Officially in it.

 So this style is a Braid and Twisty Faux Hawk Combo, that i did on my Shadow, its perfect for little girls big girls and if you have a infant baby girl with enough hair this would work for them too

I started off with talking out her old  ponytail style you can see it here

after taking her hair done I parted it into 5 sections and braided each of the 4 sections towards the middle part and twisted the ends

for the top sections I teased her Hair to give it some Umph and added a rubber band, its also called a pompadour But be careful if you decided to do it, because it can cause major tangles, if done too much or not properly.

and twisted the hair  where the rubberband started

a close up of the front

the way i parted,

I love the shrinkage of the hair

I tried getting a picture of her hair and all the kiddies and to join in :o)

and Tye is infamous for jumping in pictures....

How this post helps, stay tuned for the boy version of it, coming up next

I hope this style last at least a week and a half, the ponytails lasted 2 weeks so we'll see

and as always if you're not doing the challenge it is easy to customize the hair style with beads barrettes bows and any other hair accessories

Ponytails (pigtails) and beads hair styles for Boys and Little Girls

So lately Tye has been wearing a quick and easy Faux Hawk and Faux Hawks with Braids with the braids.. and i must say i love this style...

But for this week we went a little different and did ponytails. I was going to braid it because he asked to wear some beads but i didn't have the energy so this is what we came up with. It's kinda like a large box braid but only a ponytail

In this style i was able to see just how much his hair has grown in the past year since he cut it, and it lasted all week.

If you are wondering what type of beads he has they are basket balls, awesome right...Remember the post i did on my little sister, you can check out her basketball beads style here. WHO says little girls get to have all the fun with the hair accessories... we're pushing the mold. and these beads are awesome for little boys, we have several different sports

Even with the Ponytails and Beads he still looks like a little boy, at least to me.

And as you all know i love doing styles that can work for boys and girls infants etc, so here's the girl version

 for my shadow's hair I used Colored Rubber Bands, and tied the ends off with rubber bands. Which makes the style so versatile. I can put barrettes, ballies and bows and change it up every couple of day.

But i would advise to watch young children as they can choke on the small parts

Got to love the shrinkage right

looking for more beaded styles you can check Here
to See more Girl and infant styles on my Shadow you ca go here

Boys and Beads? Yes Please... bead storage and organization

 So boys and beads, well boys and hair period is such a touchy topic, anywho, I wanted to show off Tye's bead organizer, I finally decide to organize it and put some beads into it... :o)

So far so good, and i'm really loving it.

It has 10 bins on each side

1 large bin in the middle that's big enough the hold a full bottle of detangler, combs and brushes, easy beaders etc.

Me being the preschool teacher i am, i brought all of my beads and rubber bands in one bag all mixed up, and had my kiddies separate, and group  the using chopsticks... we worked on math skill, fine motor and social skills all in one, how awesome right? and i got my beads organized too, well most of them, we'll going to do another round soon

Wordless Wednesday... Rock Star Satus

Corn rows and beads on Boys Update

Well its been 1 week and his lasted pretty good considering i didn't use any products to help keep it. As you can see his edges never stay in the braids.

But he loved the beads and shells on the end of his cornrowed braids... he has been shaking his head so much, that i almost wanted to take them out..

oh and i forgot to mention, we are up to 10 beads. Before he cut his hair , we where close to 30

Corn rows and beads on Boys

So we took a break from the afro and ponytails, and we did Braids, with his favorite Beads.

we started off with clean and shampooed hair, ( stay tune for a tutorial)

so excited about his growth, its thicker than what it was last year

I didn't have any particular design in my head, while braided so we just did something simple.

Even though the braids look good without the beads,, we wanted to go a step further.. Well truthfully, I wanted to just try out some of the new beads we have.

this mix of browns, tans and whites..... this package is the perfect hair beads for little boys, who want to wear something besides, clear of black. And the shells, I think just the icing on the cake, and These beads are the perfect accessory for Girls, teens, and toddlers with naturally curly, straight, wavy and kinky  hair and everything in between

EAsy Veil and Chain Ponytails with twist for Girls featuring side winders

A couple of Weeks ago, Little Ms. S cut several ponytails from the front of  her hair so there's not much we can do....

So here comes in trusty can ponytails, how depending on how you do them they can also be considered veil ponytails, (tutorial coming soon)

since the top portion of her hair is shorter than the rest regular ponytails would look just funny and kinda like a mullet, which isn't a cute style for a little girl, this day and age.

I actually took this picture a week latter, so this style is really holding up

you may notice that i don't have straight rows like you would see in a garden its more like a brick way, type
of part. It makes the hair style looks Fuller, and since G has thinner hair it worked great

And since i couldn't wait to try them out,Instead of using barrettes or beads, I had to throw in some Sidewinders. Once got the hang of it they were pretty easy  to put on.... Wait review coming soon :o)

I messed up, but it still looks good