Braid to Bun

 This hair style is a combination of two different things we do. We combined them and came up with The Braid to Bun. 

Begin with spraying and brushing down the hair.

Give her two side parts.  So a part on the right and a part on the left.

 

Right side

 Front

 Left side

 Back

I had Natalie hold the hair up and I pulled the rest back into an elastic to keep it out of the way.

 Comb and start a french braid right down the middle.

 

 When you get to the back part, finish with a basic braid. 

 

 Add an ouchless elastic.

 Pull the bottom elastic out. Spray and brush the rest of the hair. 

 I had Natalie hold the braid in front of her face to keep it out of the way.

Pull her hair into a high pony tail. 

Add the braid.

 When you come to your last wrap with the elastic, don't pull the ponytail all the way through.  Pull it half way through .

 This is the beginning of The Floppy Bun.

 Arrange it so that the braid and the bun are even. 

 the hanging hair that is on the bottom I pull up and tuck into the elastic right under the floppy bun.

 Up and in. 

 There are always hairs that fall out or are two short.  I pull them up individually and stick them wherever I can.  The bottom bun is less noticeable.

 On this one the braid shows on both parts of the bun.  On the other one the braid was on the inside of the bottom bun, so it didn't show. Either way is fine.

 

The Faux Braid. ( This is an easy hair style for layered hair)

To start off with this style was created by my niece Erin.  She recommends starting with wet hair.  If not, then spray liberally with the water bottle.

Brush her hair out. 

However you part your hair is how you begin.  Emma parts her hair on the left side.

You start out with two sections of hair. 

So the top section is as if you are pulling her hair back just above the ears and leaving the bottom section down.

Put it in a low ponytail.

The bottom section is also put into a lower ponytail.  Try to make the top and bottom ponytails have equal amounts of hair.

This is where the fun begins.  Take the top ponytail and separate it into two equal sections.

Pull the bottom ponytail up through the divided sections.

Emma held it while Erin continued.

She sprayed a little more. 

Then took the divided sections and added an elastic to secure the new ponytail.

Bring the hair down from the top of Emma's head and divide that ponytail.

Pull the bottom ponytail up and out of the way held by Emma.

Add another elastic.

Whenever you add an elastic, be sure to tighten it by pulling beneath the elastic like you would normally do.

Drop the top piece and divide it.  Pull the bottom ponytail up and have Emma hold it. Continue on.

As you get closer to the end you may need an extra hand.  I am holding this one.

When you get to as long as you want it to be, add an elastic.  The last part does not have two parts to it.

To make it full pull the hair out on each side of each section.

It works easily because each section has it's own elastic. 

Keep pulling until desired fullness.  Try to make it look even.

To make it look wider pull to the right and left of each section to flatten it a little.  

When it looks how you like then you're done.