sunset french braid.

sunset french braid.

this is essentially a sideways french braid, but with felicia's hair color it reminded me of a sunset. bam!

i began with a french braid starting above her left ear. i just braided sideways and down toward the bottom of her right ear.

i left a big chuck of hair on the top right side of her head out of the braid. once i wrapped the braid up with an elastic, i did tiny loose braids in the rest of the hair and pinned them at the base of the french braid.

we curled her hair and then tied a ribbon around the end! done!

laura.

(rock)starburst.

the (rock)starburst braid.

the idea behind this braid was a sun shape, or a star bursting! and then it ended up looking like what would happen if Coolio's hair and Bjork's hair had a baby.

so, that's great. but Felicia rocked it anyway!

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here's how this went down. it took forever, by the way.
i began with a small french braid behind her bangs. i stopped the "french" part when i hit the crown of her head, and braided the rest into a regular braid. secured with a TINY BABY elastic band.
then did two more french braids on the side of the center one. and then another two behind her ears.
 
i stopped all of the braid in the center, as close to each other as possible.
i did two more small french braids (going up) from her neck to the center of the "burst."

once i had all the SEVEN braids complete, i twisted each from the center into a loop. 
i secured the ends, pointing out, with bobby pins. more of that ill-fated "bursting" idea.

so. many. braids.
enjoy!

laura

ballerocker.

ballerocker.

the best combination of a ballerina and a rockstar. whilst wearing this "do" .. felicia and i had a mini ballet lesson in our apartment. 

because why not?

we left her bangs down for this one. i first gathered her hair into a VERY high pony.

then i split the ponytail in two sections. i braided each piece and secured the ends with an elastic band.

then i just twisted one around the base pony elastic one direction, pinned with a bobby pin. then i twisted the other braid the other direction around the base.

 i secured the end at the front with bobby pins, and then hid them with a cute bow. done!

laura.