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I haven’t written much about hair in awhile, so I thought I’d share a recent hairdo that turned out especially good on my 5 year old daughter. I did a bunch of cornrows that began at a center part, and then went diagonally backwards to two low ponytails, one behind each ear.
I still struggle with keeping the front edge of the hair in the braids, because she has a lot of short hair at that front edge. But one nice thing about this particular do was that it was easy to freshen up the look of the hairdo by redoing just the two braids at the front hairline when they got fuzzy in 3-4 days.
Most of her head looked pretty decent for a good week, and I was able to get about 10 days out of the style by just redoing those front two braids. I took the bally ponytails out at night, and just left the snaps in at the ends of the braids.
Also on a hair related note, I’ve been searching for an alternative to my beloved Suave Two-Minute Conditioner, since it seems they have discontinued it. The good news is that I only had to try five different products to find two that I like pretty well– a much better ratio than when I first began trying hair products for my girls.
I look for three main things in a leave-in conditioner: moisturizing, detangling, and affordability. I don’t want my girls to have to cry through hair-combing sessions. Sure, they get restless, especially in the case of a style like the above that takes an hour or so to do- a movie works wonders there. But with the right hair product– and a Disney DVD going — they don’t have to suffer through hairdo sessions.
The first winner I found was Suave Professional Anti-frizz Cream. it has a pleasant smell and a good feel in the hair, and does a great job at making it easier to comb through the hair. There’s no petroleum or mineral oil in it, which is good. It does have some alcohol, I see now while looking at the label. That makes me wonder if it might dry out the hair. Anyone know?
The second one I liked was Freeman’s Moisture Plus Anti-Frizz Cream. It takes a probably twice as much product as the Suave to allow me to comb through my girls’ hair comfortably, and still it doesn’t allow the comb to glide through quite as easily. But it smells utterly fabulous, and I don’t see anything worrisome on the label. I’ll think we’ll stick with these two options for a bit and see how they do.
Related links:
Hair Types: just how curly is it?
Making Hairdo Time Easier
Black, White and the Cornrow Between
Thank you for the product information. I am a foster parent & I want to be prepared to do hair for any child I get. My sister and I are both caucasian and where she learned to do hair while working in daycare and I have picked up stuff from her but I’m not as creative as she is. She learned to do hair mainly to see the look on the kids faces when they would look in the mirror and smile or tell her, “I’m pretty”. So my point is.. would there be anyway of someone putting together a EASY step by step CD to help us learn to do hair. I really can’t afford the $30-$50 books or tapes they have out now that really doesn’t make it easy to learn. How many styles have you come up with? And does you daughter ever veto any? Thank you. BTW, I like the hair style.
Cute style! I’m glad you found a Suave replacement =).
I’m waiting on trying corn rows until my girly’s hair gets a little longer and the fuzzy, baby hair edges all around her head somehow grow out. Because of those, her styles don’t last long at all and have to be freshened every day, which is waayy too labor intensive.
nese–
Here’s a link to lots more hair posts
Mary
for the commenter above – this site has some videos showing how to do braids, twists, etc. http://shuruba.sasktelwebsite.net/basics.htm
Mary – cute braids – I can’t believe how long her hair is!
june
Her hair looks GREAT! And I’m thrilled to hear of your alternatives, because I haven’t been able to find the two-minutes stuff around here at all. Thanks! (and please keep us posted)