Finally, success with the Waterfall Braid

All thanks to my neighbour who asked me to try again even though I'd failed miserably at it a year ago on my daughter's hair.

Double waterfall braids

The highlights in her hair really bring out the effects of the braid. Here's a side view of the braid. We left her fringe out.

French twist

Learnt this on CuteGirlsHairstyles. It's actually pretty simple to do, much easier than, say a French braid or Dutch braid (for beginners). But the end result is really sophisticated, great for work (and OLs).

Here's what it looks like on Ray.

And the same style on my neighbour, who has layered hair and highlights. The pattern is more obvious. (Please excuse the mess in the background, they're all the tot's toys.)

Katniss braid

This is a pic of my lovely neighbour with her hair in a Katniss braid (search Hunger Games) that I helped her with. We added clipon hair extensions for extra length and volume so the braid would show up better.

Braiding time!

Here's another new addiction that's going around on the Internet now - braiding and hairstyling. I've always loved braiding, and thanks to Mindy of http://www.cutegirlshairstyles.com/ I've learnt a few more knacks. My daughter knows her name very well now and often refers to her reverrently - Mindy says this, Mindy says that... okaaaaayy.

Here's one of the earliest I've done for Ray: Double Dutch braid ending in ponytail

 Of which the side view looks like this:

And here's another double French (regular) braid:

 Here's the back view:

This one is a double twist ending in what I call a peacock tail. The shot's not very well taken, can't see the whole design clearly.

This was done today, since she doesn't have ballet lessons this morning (teacher in hospital, oh dear): Reaping Dutch braids. Love the regal look, although it's quite messy close up.