Stacked Waterfall Braid Side Ponytail Hairstyle

A Double Waterfall Braid Ponytail

 (Cute Back To School Hairstyle)

This "stacked waterfall braid" hairstyle is intricate looking, but actually is quite easy and quick to create... if you know how to waterfall braid (which is shown in our video tutorial below.) 

We thought this would be a cute hairstyle for school.  We like the Princess's hair up on most school days so that it's not in the way all day long or super tangled and snarly by the end of the day.

This is probably more of a hairstyle for long hair.  But, if your hair is on the shorter side, you might try making the braids as shown in our video and then tucking the short end back underneath the double braids and bobby pinning ~ to form a cute waterfall braid updo (instead of a side ponytail.)  Of course, even if you have long hair, you could make the updo work if you prefer it over the ponytail, or are wanting more of a special occasion hairstyle.

Depending on your preference, you could make this style a little more loose and tousled for a casual bohemian hairstyle.  The Princess's hair is so straight and fine that it's sometimes hard to achieve a cute "messy" look without adding some texture before we braid (and we usually don't have time for that, especially on a school morning.) If your hair is naturally curly or wavy, consider yourself lucky because the battle is halfway won for this type of style!

We love that braids are very popular and trendy for 2012 hairstyles. We never grow tired of them around here! 

Stacked Waterfall Braid Side Ponytail Video Tutorial:

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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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