Hair History

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 To start off I wanted to tell you a little bit about my hair history.  I was born with naturally curly hair, which is another word for challenging. I grew up in a family of 10 kids with 7 girls.  I don't really remember my hair being done except the dreaded wetting it down with water that always made my eyes water, so easy hairdos were the norm.  When I was a teenager, I learned how to braid.  Of all my sisters, I have the least fashion sense.  It's true, but I do know how to braid, so I did the most hair.  Over the years I have run into people that have helped me figure our what works and what doesn't.  I still feel like the biggest copier on the planet.  So, I would like to do a hair blog, just to practice ideas and to record them.  Then I can remember what we did and how.

 The first hairdo I learned was the grab, rubber band, and put a bow on it.  I had a friend who was a beautician.  She got so sick of Katelyn's wild hair, that one day she just did it right in front of me.  She had had it.  I personally loved the natural look.  She was so cute with her curly, white blond, wild hair.  My friend couldn't take it.  It was a breakthrough for me.  From then on I knew how to do the grab some hair on top, rubber band it,  then slap a bow on it. 

Every child wore this hair-do.  It was a winner in my book.  It especially works with short hair.

  I stuck with this one for a long time.  It is still a favorite, and easy which is the key.  But since I have a few teenagers who braid, we have branched out. We do so much hair in our family that we need a reminder now and then.  I forget what we did and sometimes don't get back to it for months.

I would like to invite you to give me any tips that you have discovered.  It may be the simplest thing, but may make all the difference.  Then I will have it in my blog forever.