Messy Knots

 

They're not actually "knots" - I just start to make a ponytail, but then twist the elastic over again before the first hair is pulled through all the way. Basically a "messy bun" but on such little hair it doesn't look as full.

The one in front also has a braid involved :) I was trying something new and it didn't go as planned - so we ended up with this! I quite liked it tho. :) Sometimes the best things come when you really weren't expecting them! (Not that this is my best style...I hope not anyway! But I do like it. It's very different from how I usually do Q's hair.) The braid wouldn't be necessary if you were intending to do messy knots from the beginning! :) lol

Here's a couple more pictures :) The last one's my personal favorite!

 

(This one was taken before the last knot had been added. Later in the day there was one more on her right side - our left as we look in the picture - and I think that really balanced it out nicely once that one was added.)

A Knot

I first found this style on another hair blog and I love it! (I tried to link to the other blog... :( but I can't find it now! I'm not sure which blog it was on, and I couldn't find the style on the blog I thought I found it on.. I'm so sorry!)  It's so simple and easy and only takes one elastic. :)

First I parted Q's hair diagonally and split that section into two pieces ...

Then I just tied it - like I was starting to tie my shoe! lol

Next I gathered up some hair behind the knot (and just laid the knotted hair out of the way)

Then I gathered the tails of the knot into the bundle of new hair and wrapped an elastic around all of it!

 

Lastly, just for fun :) I added my favorite clip! (Which I found in Q's carseat! YAY!)

Some "in action" shots!

 

Stand still for a picture?! Are you crazy?! :)

Little rolled knots headband (day 2)

So yesterday we did the little rolled knots into piggies http://chic-clipshair.blogspot.com/2009/06/little-rolled-knots-into-pigtails.html and today I was lazy and the knots still looked ok so this is what we did, we sprayed her hair with detangler to get rid of the pigtail bumps, then pulled the knots tails like this and put elastics on them to hold them together Then we pulled the tails down under her hair and elasticed (my family says their is no such word as elasticed so I guess i should say I put an elastic in) it their tight!

combed out the rest of her hair and now she can go play with no hair in her face all day!

little rolled knots into pigtails

We did this hairdo for the day, I have to admit I was sick of braids but who can just do pigtails and leave it alone? not me, We wore this to the library and got so many complements! thanks everyone! K here I parted out her hair into pigtails but I left out a long rectangle across the top

Pulled the hair into lower pigtails, they are not all the way down by her ears.

Next I rubbed pomade into her hair (just the rectangle)
Then I sectioned out a piece of hair and split it in half,

twisted each side toward each other. this makes it easier for me to tie the knot

Then cross it just like you would to start tying your shoes

This is where it differs from your standard shoe tie knot, instead of tucking it under once, tuck it under twice

Then pull it tight, as you can see they loosen up a little bit when you let go

Here are all of my knots done and I have tightened them up just a little bit, by holding them out like that then i hooked all of those ends into the pigtail with a second elastic!

From the back!

From the front

and from the top. (don't mind the bows! I cant believe that I don't have bows to match this shirt! I guess I need to get to work, and stop doing hair)

knotty ponytail

The little Princess wanted something easy and so did I because we had been cleaning my desk all moring, so this is what we came up with! we made 5 little ponys across the front of her head and then we used the Topsy tail to pull them through to make little knots


Then we started on the second row making our parts in between the other row (so they are offset) then splitting the tails from the other row hooking them into a pony, to "weave" the hair into the second row.

Then we pulled the back part into a pony

Now we took 1/2 of the tails and hooked them with elastic 1/2 way back to the pony.

Then we took all the tails and hooked them into the pony with a second elastic!

and you are done! (after adding a bow)
From the front!

and the side