{frozen} hair like Elsa's

I have always loved playing around with Alivia's hair. She's not always as enthused about it, unless she's distracted with something else OR she wants me to try something new.

Here are a couple of recent do's we've done in honor of "Frozen".

This may just look like a regular french braid, but it's a little different. I followed the instructions from this You Tube video of Elsa's braid. As you braid you go back and pull a little out of the previous couple sections, continue braiding then go back and pull a little out, etc. until you get to the end and it LOOKS like a loose braid, but it still has good structural integrity and is mostly just "fluff" for the look. ;) 

Alivia was pretty excited to have "Elsa hair" for church. It turned out pretty good.

Our next "Frozen hair do" attempt was based off of this video for "Elsa's Coronation Updo". 

Very pretty, and pretty simple. Alivia thought it was AWESOME! Woohoo! Go Mommy ;)

Note: It was a little tricky getting ALL her hair up in that bun at the end and we used a BUNCH of bobby pins. I tried this hairstyle again and that time I only did half as much hair in the bun and the rest I curled and let hang down long and beautiful.

So much fun having a little girl with BEAUTIFUL, LONG hair. :) Lucky she likes it too!

prom hair do

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One of our favorite babysitters asked ME if I'd do her hair for Prom. !!! She said Alivia's hair was always cute for church and she didn't really care what I did with it.

We had a practice run the week before, and it was a good thing. I got off to a rocky start. :/ But we pushed through and were happy with the results.

I looked at The Small Things Blog for some inspiration. I used ideas mostly from her fancy side pony tail, and some more ideas from her Sideways French Twist. She has a cool blog with great "how-to" videos. I'll be checking those out again.

Notes for myself for the future:
After I did the half up flip over in the middle, I took small sections from each side, twisted them and pinned them over the middle piece. I put the rest of the hair in a low, side pony tail, wrapped the ponytail elastic with a piece of her hair and pinned it in place. Then I sprayed and curled her hair and pinned it above the ponytail base to make a faux bun. Sprayed wispies like crazy and added her cool feather hair piece. She looked beautiful all dolled up!

new dress & new do

Alivia is all ready for church in her new dress she picked out herself. It's a bit "louder" than I'd normally pick, but it's bold and vibrant JUST LIKE HER!

I like looking at this blog for ideas for Alivia's hair.
Alivia likes her hair long, but wants it up and out of her way.
This is my version of the hairstyle here.

I did the french (dutch, aka inside out) braid 3/4 of the way across the front, and then starting another french braid from the other side with the remaining hair. I added in the existing french braid to bring it all together. Wha la!