Updo with Cornrows *Easy Tutorial*

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Yes, We've done it again! A super easy to follow tutorial of a updo that is perfect for almost any occassion as long as water is NOT involved! LOL!

*Styling Tip* If your childs' hair isn't long enough to wrap around the ponytails, just do 3 sections in the middle and leave them out with afro puffs! That would look amazing!

Back to School Hairdo!

Hi Girls,

Well summer break has come to an end for my little Brown Girl! Today was her first day back to school. Why they always start on a Friday where we live, makes no sense to me! But anyway, since she has been in braids for the past 3 weeks, we washed her hair and she requested a simple bun for the first day of school.

I was happy to hear that because her hair needed a break from the braids, I didn't have to come up with a style, and it was super easy to do!

Here are some pics of her first day in 4th grade. She's growing up so fast!

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Here are a few tutorials on how to do a sock bun below!






The video below shows you how to make the bun with an old sock. Then it shows how to make the sock bun.



Be sure to share your back to school hairstyles with us on Facebook or Instagram! Use #browngirlshair on Instagram or tag us @browngirlshair.

Girls Natural Braids 1 Hair Style with 4 Looks!

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This is a cool and quick tutorial of how I turned one natural braided hairstyle into 4 different looks! This style is perfect for big girls better known as pre-teens or tweens! Look 4 was done after she had worn the style for a week.

Click HERE for Look 3~Roll & Pin (How to Make flower with hair) Tutorial!

Product Review & Giveaway: Lilla Rose ; Sweet Hairlooms

Misty of Lilla Rose sent me some of the most luxurious hair accessories that I have ever seen! They are adorable and that is an understatement!

The Lilla Rose product line centers around unique, functional, and well made hair jewelry. The jewelry line includes flexi hair clips, hair sticks, orings, hairbands, and bobby pins. They also have eyeglass holders, badge holders, necklaces, and earrings!

We've had the pleasure of trying The Flexi Hair Clip & The Headband.

The Flexi Hair Clip comes in seven sizes to accommodate different hair types and styles. Depending on the amount and type of hair, you might use a small for a ponytail, but a large for a french twist!

The flexi hair clips are very easy to use. You simply open the clip, gather the hair, then slide the hair between the opened clip, and close the clip. See the video below for demonstration.

These clips are perfect for all occasions; church, weddings, and even everyday wear! You can use them as ponytail holders, or as hair jewelry to add flare to your hairstyle!

These are great for little Girls, Tweens, Teens, Moms, Grandma's etc. You get the point!

We were given 4 out of the 7 sizes to try! Check out the video below to see how they look in my hair!


The Headband

This is our favorite because not only can it be worn around the head to hold the hair down, it can also be worn across the forehead for ultimate fashion style!

It is made with the cutest beads and has an adjustable strap to fit heads of all sizes! It comes in several different colors!

Misty is offering you a Buy 3 get 1 Free offer for the duration of the giveaway (May 1-7, 2014) plus 3 days after the giveaway ends. (May 1-May 10, 2014)  You can make your order at her site link below and then e-mail her the item number of the free item of your choice (up to $16 retail value)!

You can see more styles and purchase your Sweet Hairlooms HERE.
You can even sign up to make some extra money by becoming a sales representative. Contact Misty to get more information on how to get started.

GIVEAWAY 

PRIZE: We will be giving away one $16 gift certificate for www.lillarose.biz/sweethairlooms to one winner!

DATES: The giveaway starts on May 1, 2014 and ends on May 7, 2014.

What you must do to win:

You must enter via Rafflecopter below.
READY....SET....GO.....

Good Luck!

**This Giveaway is sponsored by Misty Marr of Lilla Rose Sweet Hairlooms.**

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Christmas Holiday Hair Accessories

If you are looking for some cute unique hair accessories for the holidays, Apples Eye Designs has some really nice ones in their Etsy shop! Check them out and hurry to buy so that you can have them in time for your Christmas events! Use the coupon code below for FREE shipping until December 31, 2013!

Christmas Tree with Pearls

Reindeer Hairbow

Christmas Bow

Christmas Tree

Click here to purchase and use coupon code Chirstmas2013 to get FREE shipping until December 31, 2013!!

Quick Curlformer Tutorial Natural Hair

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This is a quick tutorial on how to use curlformers. These are great for all hair types including natural hair! In this video, I used the Long Corkscrew Curls.

The softhood featured in this video can be purchased for 15.95 on Curlformers.com!

Breast Cancer Awareness Hairstyle

I just noticed something. This would be a cute breast cancer awareness hairstyle. Just add some pink ribbon to the cornrows and whoa la.....there you have it! I even changed the name of the hairstyle on the tutorial video below.

October Hair Goals

Today is the 1st of October and I've decided to kick off the month with a few hair goals for the month! I washed Brown Girls Hair on last Saturday, September 28, 2013 with As I Am products. Review coming soon!

My #1 goal for her hair this month is NO manipulation (combing). I am going to achieve this by getting her hair braided on this Friday, October 4, 2013. I'm going to have a very close family friend to put her hair in box braids for me. So get ready for a video series on different ways to style box braids!

My #2 goal for her hair is to focus on keeping her braids moisturized. I plan to use African Pride's braid spray. It will be my first time using this product so I do plan to do a review of it when her box braid journey is complete.

Braid Spray

My #3rd and final goal is to keep her braids in cute unique styles. This will be the most challenging task of this month, but I know I can do this!! We'll keep you posted on the styles with a video series of them.

Do you set monthly hair goals? What goals have you set for October? Don't be shy. Please share.

Her Body is Changing and So is Her Hair.......

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My daughter will be 9 next month and her body has changed a lot over the past year. Not only did I have to start buying her training bra's (Lord help us), she has grown from a size 8 to a size 14 in 9 months. With the fast changes of her body, her hair has changed too.

I'm back to the stage of figuring out her hair again. It constantly stays dry....no matter what I do. I moisturize, I seal, I co-wash.....what the heck is going on??? Her hair growth has slowed down too. Now I'm back to the drawing board of trying to figure out what's going to work for this new stage that her hair is in.

I'm an totally up for suggestions and ideas especially if you have or have had a daughter to go through a similar phase.

Back to the drawing board...........I need help!!

*Dry Method* Moisturizer Sealing

This video demonstrates me using the oil that we made here and here AND the Roots Only Bottle that we reviewed here!

*Video* How To Make Your Own Hair Oil

Here is the video version of the series of posts that I wrote on How To Make Your Own Hair Oils!! 

How to Make Your Own Hair Oil

FIRST READ this post about how to discover the right hair oils for your hair!

Now that you have discovered what hair oils work for YOU, you can now read on to learn how to make your own hair oils.

For starters, I like to suggest that you use equal parts of each oil in your mixture.

For example if you are going to use grapeseed, olive, and avocado oils, use the same amount of each oil.

1/3 cup grapeseed oil
1/3 cup olive oil
1/3 cup avocado oil

In my mixture for Brown Girl, I like to use more grapeseed oil in her hair then the others so my recipe looks something like this:

2/3 cup grapeseed oil
1/3 cup coconut oil
2 teaspoons castor oil

Sometimes I make it without the castor oil or with a little less coconut oil. It just depends on what her hair needs at the time.

The great things about making your own oil is:
1. It saves MONEY $$$.
2. It's tailored to what your hair needs.
3. You know exactly what the ingredients are.
4. It's fun!

I use the Roots Only Bottle to apply the oil to Brown Girls Hair!! Read about it here!

Check out the video version of this post here!!

1 BIG Cornrow with Ponytails

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We went from the 8 Cornrows + 5 Knots hairstyle to this one! What do you think?

Natural Braids Alicia Keys Remix {Tutorial}

Perfect Hairstyle for Tweens (ages 8-12)

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There're so many ways you can mix up this hairstyle to change it up and make it fun every time you do it. The next time that I do it, I'm going to braid the back to the side to go into the pontyail! This is one that you can have a lot of fun with!

Another thing that I like about this hairstyle is that it's great for tweens (ages 8-12) and teens. It's perfect for the little girl (like mine), that's in that transitioning stage from being a little girl to a  big girl, but not quite a teenager.

I hope you enjoy doing it and that your little one wears it well!! 

Natural Crisscross Braids with Bun Tutorial

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As promised, I am doing more tutorials. I hope it is easy to follow. If you have any questions, post them and I'll do my best to answer them all!