Braided Headband + Random Pictures

I've been trying not to do a lot with your hair lately. I'm trying to get it as healthy as possibly and to gain some length on your new growth before we do too much with it, so you've been wearing your hair out or in a puff a lot. So to switch things up a bit I thought I would do a simple but cute style. I did a braided headband and left off any accessories for the week.

This is second day hair so your short new grow or baby hairs have come out of the braids. I parted your hair from ear to ear and tied the back off to get it out of my way. Next I did an off center part and tied one side off. I add some Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie and a little Eco Styler Gel. I started cornrowing from the top of your head down to your ear and tied the braid off with a rubber band that I dipped in some coconut oil.  I did the same thing on the other side and we were done.

Today was Pajama day at school so I had to add this picture.

3 Side Braids

You started preschool last week so I haven't really had time to post lately, but I love the style we did this week so I wanted to post it. Your first few days of school you wore your hair out and curly. So, all I did for this style was part out a square on the left side of your head. I then parted out 3 sections of hair and cornrowed up. I tied them off with rubber bands that I soaked in some EVOO and we were done. We left the rest of the hair curly.

The next day at school your teacher told you she loved your hair and that it was so cute and you said "I know"! Lol, we need to work on your manners!

This was the style on the 3rd day so the cornrows are a little fuzzy. But it's still cute. Luckily you only have one more day of school before the weekend and we can do a new style.

At night we detangle, spray with our water and conditioner mix and moisturize with EVOO. You sleep in a silk bonnet and in the morning we just fluff and go!

Rockstar Mohawk

You've been telling me you wanted a mohawk so here it is. You've worn a mohawk for about the last 2 weeks. The 1st week the hair was cornrowed straight up into the mohawk & the 2nd week it was redone, we'll talk about that later.

I washed and throughly detangled your hair & then started my style. I parted your hair slightly off the middle (more to the side than the middle). I then used my metal rat tail comb to part your hair for the cornrows.

I continued parting and cornrowing until I was at the bottom.

I then moved to the other side of your head parted slightly off center and parted and cornrowed that side.

Once I was done I separated the hair that was left out into 3-4 sections and braided them.

The next morning I took out the 3-4 braids which left you with a cute braidout mohawk style.

The picture below was taken while I was still working on it. I don't have a finished picture-sorry.

The next week I wanted to switch it up a bit. So, I did a criss-cross cornrow style. To do this I parted the hair down the middle and tied off one side. Everything is the same except that for the criss cross. Instead of cornrowing from hairline to crown I cornrowed halfway up, lifted and braided regularly, then crossed that over to the parted section beside it and cornrowed it with that hair, up into the crown. It seems confusing, I know. But looking at the pictures, it should make sense.

Once I finished cornrowing each side I then sectioned off the left out hair and braided for a braidout for the next day.

The reason I parted the hair to the side and not down the middle on the first style is because your hair isn't that thick and I wanted a lot of hair in the middle. You can see the difference in the second style when I did part your hair down the middle.