Flat Twists With Slide Braids

This is a cute summer time style I did on Keyanna last June for her aunts graduation. For me flat twists are a lot quicker and easier to do than cornrows, and this style only took about 25 minutes. I did about 14 or 15 twists and tied them off with some colorful bands, then parted the rest of her loose hair into 2 sections and did 2 slide braids. If your not familiar with how to do those you can watch a video tutorial here.

Throwback: Messy Piggies

These pics are from before our hair styling days.. when i really had no clue what i was doing when it came to her hair. Honestly, I could hardly get a brush through it. Her hair is thin which I think makes it tangle so easily. She was rockin’ messy pigtails daily and I was cutting knots out of her hair nightly.  

CURLED MINI BRAIDS INTO PIGTAILS

We won the Curlformers giveaway a few weeks ago over at Mainly Braids! We chose the extra long and wide styling kit so when they arrived in the mail I decided to try them out on Keys mini braids. I loved the result! 

I took the first few rows of the mini braids and cornrowed them back into the pigtails. 

HALF BACK CORNROWS INTO BRAIDED PIGTAILS

A few weeks ago we took a trip to the zoo, it was especially hot that day so I wanted her hair up off of her neck and back to help keep her cool. I decided to use the style she already had in (Alicia Keys Inspired) add a few more cornrows, attempt to do a spiral cornrow, and finish it off with some braided pigtails. 

INSTRUCTIONS: 

Time: 1 hr. 

Products used: BeeMine Luscious Moisturizer, BeeMine Bee Hold Curly Butter 

1. I started by parting her hair ear to ear, then making a diagonal part to do the first cornrow. 


2. I rotated doing a straight back cornrow and a crisscross cornrow. Using the leftover hair at the top of her head, I did a triangle shaped spiral cornrow. 


3. I then parted her loose hair in the back straight down the middle and gathered it into 2 pigtails, I did about 15-20 hanging braids on each pigtail, added beads and barrettes, and I was done!

Pigtails, curled

I know this is really simple today but it's something everybody should be able to do. Don't mind the mess in the background. It was wash day so my sheets are in the wash. 

Throw the hair up into piggies. I did a zig-zag part just to add a little more to it. These curls are SUPER easy & work for everything. This is actually how I did her hair for our family pictures. I'll have to post a picture. 

Anyway - start by adding some type of polmade or curling gel after it is dry. I use Garnier Fructis curling gel or reshapable putty - they both work well. Then I clamp the hair down closer to the base of the head. 

Then wrap the rest around the barrel. Hold for about 25-30 seconds. Don't worry if the hair twists while you wrap it. It looks just as cute. 
These don't look as curly because I did thicker strands to make it go quicker. But I sprayed it with hairspray then ran my fingers through it. You don't have to run your fingers through - it gives it a curlier look.  It holds pretty well all day long. 
Then add your bows. All of my front view pictures are pretty blury - so this is what you get!!

Knots & Braids

This works the best if her hair is damp, not dry. It's easier to do the knots that way. All it is are the tuck-under knots with a little variation.
Part the hair. Do the tuck-under knots going down, instead of back.

braid the pony that comes from the knot & pin it back to keep it out of the way.
Get your next section & add the braided pony to it. To do this tuck under knot, you divide the hair in half, just like you normally would & push the braid to one side & tuck it under. Pretty simple.
I did 3 sections of each of these on each side of the head. Put into braided piggies, add your cute bows & you are done!!