basket o'braid.

basket o'braid.

felicia said, "it looks like you literally weaved my hair." so that's when i named this creation. i majored in underwater basket weaving in college. ha. nope, but i did take a full semester of Feldenkrais.

i digress. here's the braid.

this one is very similar to waterfall peasant, but i didn't leave the pony tail braid hanging over her shoulder at the end. instead i wrapped it up underneath the bottom braid and tucked it neatly away with bobby pins.

the braid begins with a waterfall braid above her right ear. i only used the hair on the top half of her head, leaving the bottom hair for the underneath french braid. make the waterfall braid across from right to left.

at the left ear, i began a french braid going back to the right, but underneath the waterfall braid.

then i tucked the tail underneath the braid.

we curled her bangs. shazam! all done.

laura.

hairbow.

THE hairbow. 

enough said.

this was a lady gaga inspiration that i modified with a french braid up the back. like a corset! here's a How-To guide.

let's start!
felicia has a tremendous amount of hair, so doing the french braid up the back is a way to keep the bow securely on the top of her head.

 

i have her lay face down on the floor to get the french braid up the back nice and tight. again, she has a TON of hair! haha

i put the hair into a HIGH pony and then make a lazy-girl (circa1999) bun with the ponytail.
 from there, i braid the hair that isn't in the bun, then separate the bun in half and bring the braid through the middle. secure with bobby pins.

i wrapped a cute ribbon around the pony tail to secure it more and disguise the elastic and pins.

enjoy!

laura.

backward bass clef.

the backward bass clef braid.

this experimental braid turned out looking like a backwards bass clef symbol , so that's how it got the name. it could also be known as "gorgeous stack of braids" .. but that doesn't have quite the ring. :)

i started by pinning back her bangs. then i sectioned off the top third of her hair, made a ponytail, and braided it.

i took another section of hair in the middle of her head and made that it's own braid.
then repeat for the bottom third.

i wrapped the top braid into it's own bun really high up on her head. then bobbypinned to secure it.
i took the middle braid and wrapped that around the left side of the first ponytail, and wrapped it around the bun, secured with bobbypins.

then i took the bottom braid and brought that up around the outside of the other two braids on the left. i pinned all the braids together in the same spot under the top of the clef design.

you can see the bottom braid (the black one) wrapped around the middle braid.
kind of a funky up-do :)

laura.

classic frenchie.

classic frenchie braid.

this style is an oldie, but most definitely a goodie. i did a before-bed french braid for felicia and it turned out so pretty, i wanted to put it in the blog.

here's a classic french braid, with the ponytail left un-braided. my FAV.

 

laura.

adventures with sock buns.

sock buns!

your favorite braid team tackles the trend of sock buns. bunnery. bunning?

this is the first try. we followed these instructions from pinterest. 
felicia has SO much hair that the bun came out humongous. 

try #2! we call this one Cheerio hair. i just made two sock buns, one on top of the other.

try #3! i added my experience from making buns in synchronized swimming with some braid knowledge. this was my favorite.

instead of rolling the sock donut down the ponytail from the top, i just made a high pony. then put the sock at the base, spread the hair out around the whole sock, then put another elastic over the top. super secure.

i took the excess hair and made three braids, then just wrapped them around the base of the bun and secured with bobby pins.

add a cute bow and you're done!

laura.

faux shaved head.

faux shaved head.

in an effort to talk felicia off the ledge of shaving a side of her head, this braid was born.:) same effect and no regret!

it's a rockstar faux shaved head braid!
i did a deep side part to get the lift.
then i made a tight, small french braid on the side and then pinned the braid under the hair to hide the end.

 the trick on the lift is a bunch of back combing and hairspray.

laura.

mermaid fishtail.

mermaid fishtail braid.

file this one under the little mermaid. i imagine this as a braid ariel would wear. or one of her lesser known sisters. don't fret, alana. redheads need their time in the spotlight.

  

Oh well! Let's have a cocktail!

in all seriousness.. this braid was a big accomplishment for me. i've been trying the fishtail braid since i was a wee lass. now that i've mastered it, i can go on achieving real goals.

i started making a loose french braid on the left side of the top of her head. i french braided sideways down to the right side of the bottom of her head, secured with ponytail.

then i put the ponytail into two strands instead of three. and did a segment of the fishtail braid.

then i made three strands and finished with a braid. i moved the elastic from the bottom of the french braid to the bottom of the whole ponytail.
done!
 

laura.