Braided Bow Hairstyle

The Braided Hair Bow Hairstyle

Inspired by CuteGirlsHairstyles.com

The basic concept of this "braided bow" is inspired by a darling hairstyle " the subtle bow" which can be found on our friend Mindy's blog, cutegirlshairstyles.com. We have also seen several cute "shoelace" type hair bows on Pinterest lately. Bows made from hair (including the popular Lady Gaga Hairbow) seem to be very trendy right now! The princess loves wearing hairstyles featuring these cute bows, but the problem we have had is keeping the bow intact... especially all day at school. We decided to try creating a bow made with braids to see what it would look like (thinking it might be more sturdy.) We really like how easy and quick this cute hairstyle is, and how well it held up.  We have found this bow to stay in place all day long with just 2 bobby pins!  

Braided Bow Hairstyle - Top View

Braided Bow - Close Up

After making the braided bow, we added a few curls with our curling iron (to just the top layer of her hair.)  The method we used can be found at this link:  How to make curling iron ringlets.

This hairstyle is casual enough for every day wear and would be a darling back to school hairstyle, maybe even a hairstyle for picture day?  I could also see this working for a special occasion such as a flower girl, church, recital, etc. 

If you prefer not to leave your daughter's hair down, you could add a quick side ponytail for another variation. Now that the Princess's hair is getting longer, it really helps cut down on tangles and knots if we keep her hair somewhat tied back (especially on windy days.)

Video Tutorial: 
How to make braided bow made from hair.

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Gymnastics Hair - French Braid Ponytail

A Cute Gymnastics Hairstyle

Inspired By Nastia Liukin

While watching the 2012 Summer Olympics recently, we saw a clip of a gymnast named Nastia Liukin wearing this darling braided ponytail hairstyle.  Nastia wasn't part of the "fabulous five" USA women's gymnastic team for this Olympics, but was actually the all around women's gymnastics champion in 2008!  You can read more about her if you are interested here:  Nastia Liukin

When "The Princess" and I saw this cute hairstyle on Nastia, we both were excited to try and recreate it.  Of course, this style doesn't have to be just for gymnastics.  This would be a great hairstyle for sports of all kinds (cheerleading, dance, soccer, figure skating.... whatever you like to do)  as well as everyday wear or school.

This hair style is very quick and easy (if you know how to french braid)  and much more fun than a boring old ponytail.  ;) 

I'm sure while competing in the Olympics, hairstyles are most likely not one of the first things on these girl's minds (and obviously of little importance.) But, I had to laugh when after my daughter watched the clip of Nastia, she said "You might as well look cute while you are winning..... right?" I whole heatedly agree! 

 
Gymnastics Hairstyle Video Tutorial:
Enjoy!

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