At the beginning of the year our church time changed to a later time, which leaves plenty of “hair doing time” on Sunday mornings! Up until recently, I’d only ever used the Curlformers in Goose & Bug’s hair because they have no problem sleeping in them. I knew, however, that Bee would have nothing to do with sleeping with anything like that in her hair, so I’d been waiting for the chance when I wanted her all “prettied up” and knew she’d have the time to wear them for a good chunk of time while awake. So with our church changing to 1pm I decided I’d give it a shot a couple months ago. Then I forgot about these pictures!
Anyway, I bathed her first thing in the morning and then pull our 16 Curlformers in her hair. I think she thought she looked weird so I had to chase her around the house to get some form of a picture!
She only wore them for probably just over 4 hours or so, and then I blew them dry just a little bit to ensure they were dried enough to pull them out. They could have used a bit more time – but even so, I was pleased with the curl we got. Once again, fabulous results from my favorite curlers!
I touched up the curl that’s closest to her face with my curling iron, but other than that didn’t have to do anything with them – her hair took the curl nicely considering she’d only worn them for about 4 hours.
She was antsy as all get out this Sunday because we’d recently rearranged her room & bed, so she wouldn’t sit still at all.
For the “tutorial” on this one – I simply combed through the curls with my fingers to just break them up a bit and get rid of the “parts” that form from having the curlers in. Then I took a section of hair up front on the left side and did a twist braid and then secured it with a bobby pin or two. Then covered the bobby pins up with a flower from Gimme Clips. Of course, you need to stick out your tongue to get “just the right look.”
And on the right side I just pulled another section of hair and twisted it a few times towards her head, then secured it with another bobby pin or two and hid them with another flower. Also – stick out the tongue again for the full affect. LOL
This was such a pretty hairdo on her – the curls made her look so much more grown up. Not sure I liked that part though! Now that I re-discovered these pictures, I’m going to have to make it a point to put them in her hair when there’s even more time so I can see the full affect they’d have if her hair had the chance to completely air dry.
Anyway – I’d have to say hair like this on an almost 3 year old (at the time this was taken she wasn’t yet three!) isn’t too shabby – wouldn’t you say?! Despite not really being a huge fan of these in her hair, she did love running around showing me that her hair was “bouncy!”
kristi says
Do you use wide or extra wide curlformers on your girls?
The Mom says
We have both of them, but I like the “wide” ones best. I like the curl they give a lot more. Plus because they are a tighter curl I love using the “day after” curls that are a bit looser for another pretty style. hth