Cart. Hairstyles For Girls - The Story Of A Princess And Her Hair. We had an appointment to get pictures taken. I wanted her hair mostly down to show the length and something fairly simple. One of our favorite Barbie Dolls was the inspiration for this one!! Start by making 2 headband parts. Part the front headband on the side and put in temporary elastics to keep out of the way. (I put the rest of the hair in a temporary ponytail as well to keep things separate while I was braiding.) French braid the back headband section all the way across, ending it with a clear elastic right above the ear.
Pull all the hair in the back up out of the way. Bring the hair back down covering the elastic underneath. Now you can either leave it like this for the sleek and straight Barbie look. Or you can turn it into a curly Barbie hairdo. I prefer to curl it when we leave her hair down because, left straight, it always ends up looking tangled and stringy by the end of the day. I'm loving the look of braided headbands lately. Our own little "Princess Barbie. " Hairstyles For Girls - The Story Of A Princess And Her Hair. Babes in Hairland: 4 Strand Braiding. Yes, for those of you that are not aware, there is such a thing as a 4 stranded braid, clear up to 7 strands – and possibly more.
For now we’ll stick with the 4 strand, and in another post I’ll show you some of the cool things you can do with the 4 stranded braid, more than just from a ponytail. If I get adventurous and have the time, I’ll show you the 5 strand, but I think it helps to have a ton of hair, time, and patience for those type of braids — and since I lack a lot of those things, we’ll just stick with the smaller ones for now! And be warned, this post is going to have several videos and so if you don’t have time to sit and watch, come back when you do … hopefully it’ll be well worth it! I’d made videos using colored ribbon first to show it with ribbon hoping it would make it easier, but those videos are unavailable at this time.
There are so many fabulous things you can do with these, and I think it’s neat how they look much more 3 dimensional than a regular old braid.