Pretty Toddler Ballet Buns

All the little girls at my daughter's most recent holiday Nutcracker ballet performance were using (or rather, their mom's were using) these bun donuts to make the most beautiful, shiny, full buns, even on fine or short toddler hair. 

the tool looks like this, which you can purchase from amazon or most beauty supply stores: (you can also make your own by cutting out the toe area from a sock and rolling it to form the donut.)



So here is how to make the perfect ballet bun, using the bun form above:
Tutorial via Princess hairstyles. Pink flower image via princesspiggies

Christmas Wrap Up

It's that time of year again and I wanted to do a compilation of some of our favorite holiday styles.  Simply click on the name below the picture and it will take you directly to the original post.  We will be heading out for the holidays but are excited to be back and posting more at the beginning of the new year!  

Happy Holidays everyone!

Merry & Bright

Hair Tinsel (This one has a great video tutorial!) 

Snowflake

Santa Hat

Wreath

Christmas Tree (This one has a video tutorial.)

 

Winter Wonderland 

Bandu Snowman (This one has a video tutorial.)

Candy Cane

Ornament

Rudolph (This is by far our most popular Holiday Hairstyle!)

We hope that you all have a wonderful holiday season!

See you in 2013!

Festive Holiday Hair for girls

This post featured on babble shows how to do 12 easy and fancy holiday hairstyles for little girls. 


Consider the following a holiday hair guide for the rest of us. The rest of us with so-so braiding skills, very little patience, or hard to style hair. There’s no reason our little girls shouldn’t be able to have fancy hair for the holidays. Rather than relying on long hair (something we don’t have) we rely on easy styles with simple embellishments anyone with desire and a hot glue gun can make and tailor to their own needs.

Using a few things at the store to put together some fun holiday embellishments, we could have gone crazy with holiday peacocks, Santa hats and tiny little wrapped presents sticking out of ponytails, but we decided to keep it simple. Head to the holiday section of any craft store and see what inspires you. Here is what was purchased for these hairdos:

• 3 plastic headbands -$3
• Bag of little satin roses – $3.50
• Thin red, gold and green ribbon – $1 each
• Thick red satin ribbon – $2
• 4 candy cane shaped ornaments – $2
• Glittery snowflake ornament (with 3 snowflakes) – $1.50
• What we already had – Hair ties, bobby pins, plastic sewing needle, tail comb, spray bottle and a hot glue gun.

To see more, click here.

Wintry Snowflake Nails Tutorial

Cute and easy chic wintry fingernails for any occasion, this tutorial was featured by Disney Style. Hope you like it! 

These cute "Mustache Christmas Tree" nails are also on the youtube channel cutepolish:

Friday's Film: Braid Embellishment

My princess had a choir performance today where she was required to wear a winter hat so we decided to come up with a cute hairstyle that would work with her hat.  We came up with this Braid Embellishment:

It's a simple way to add some flair to any braid or ponytail.  

 You can see how it makes these simple braids look adorable!

These embellishments will look different every time you do them so don't worry about having them look exact.  There's beauty in variety.  :)

Ballerina Birthday Party

This party was featured on one of my favorite blogs, the TomKatStudio.


My little girl loves everything ballet, so this is a perfect inspiration for her next birthday party. Enjoy!

The Ballerina Birthday girl with darling pale pink cupcakes and a princess tutu dress.

 
Vendors are:
For more party details, photos and a full list of resources, please visit My Little Jedi.
styling :: my little jedi
printable designs :: the tomkat studio
desserts :: sweet bloom cakes
photography :: tindale images
tutu dresses :: tutu du monde
venue :: sydney dance company

To see more, click here.

Girls Holiday finger nails

Christmas and Holiday Nail designs for girls.

 Snowy polka dot nails with a Christmas tree accent on the ring finger...

Another variation of Christmas tree nails

Candy canes on red painted little girls' fingernails

Bauble holiday nails

Triple Braid Bun

Here's another fun Pinterest one that has been floating around.  It's really simple and has a beautiful look:

 I have to admit that I LOVE this with the blonde highlights in this girl's hair!

Start the style by sectioning the hair out into 3 horizontal sections and secure each section with an elastic.  *You can choose to leave some hair out like in the example which you can curl for a more formal look.

Now take each of your three ponytails and create a 3-Strand Braid out of them - securing each of your braids with an elastic at the bottom. Starting with your top braid, wrap it around it's elastic so that you form a bun and then secure the ends of your braid with bobby pins by tucking them underneath he bun.

The length of your princess's hair will determine the size of your bun.  If she has shorter hair, you can keep your braids looser  to give the bun a more full look.  Add a flower to the side as an accent if you like and the hairstyle is complete!

Friday's Film: Formal Ponytail Wrap

I originally saw a similar idea to this on Pinterest and I absolutely loved it!  

Ours is just a bit different but you can see how this way may be a bit simpler.  The link to this original pin can be found here.

The French Braid is not necessary but I do really like the look that it gives.  You could even pull this off with a twist instead of a braid if you like!

This picture shows you how we sectioned the hair.

Here's a view of the other side and the wrap.

My princess loved this hairstyle so much that I'm sure it's going to be a new regular for us!

Girls Gift Guide: Art tables and Accessories

If your little girl loves to be creative, a fully stocked mini art studio is a unique Christmas gift. I love the DIY idea from Ana White, with the flip down wall art desk:

Land of Nod (Crate & Barrel's kids line) has some darling options for a creative playroom including lots of storage. Here are some of my faves, plus ideas to stock your artists' desk!

Guide Craft has a cute, durable design which can be found on Amazon: