A Royal Weekend...

I'm going to try to make this short but I doubt I will be able to succeed on that!

As some of you may know, we went on our last vacation before two of our biggest and busiest holidays arrive.

Although my husband and I have an amazing time with our kids during the year. Thanksgiving and Christmas are the most busiest holidays for us.  We have started following his parents' family tradition as well as our own family traditions, which includes a lot of decorations, not just indoors but outdoors.  The planning of the Thanksgiving Dinner is a special event as well as the Parent-Child activities that we have during Christmas holidays.

For our last vacation, we choose to go to Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, where their Dreams Come True!

Ms. Bree's last style were cornrows and box braids.  You can see our 2nd Attempt- Cornrows Post.  The day we left, I took her box braids out and I only sprayed the cornrows with Bee Mine Daily Spritz.

Florida weather did not agree well with my daughter's hair.  Now, I can add that to my list of things I don't miss from Florida!  Ms. Bree's hair got frizzy as soon as she got out of the car and so did my hair.

Before Ms. Bree went to bed:

1. I co-washed her hair by using Herbal Essence Hello Hydration and lightly rinsed it out;
2. I applied Bee Mine Luscious Moisturizer and Creme of Nature Argan Oil.
3. I section her hair in 2 by parting from ear to ear.
4.  I banded each section.

Disney's Downtown Marketplace

The next morning, our family decided to go to Disney Downtown Marketplace for the girls to have a little fun shopping while the boys were at Disney's Magic Quest.

I took the bands out of her hair and pick a style that I could easily modify the next day and do her "Cinderalla Bun"..

1. I parted the bottom section in two (from top to bottom);
2. Each section was secured with a pony tail by using Goody's Ouchless Bands;
3. I sprayed a bit of water and applied more Bee Mine Luscious Moisturizer and created two twists in each pony tail.
4. On the top sections I parted three small sections around her hair line, used very small ouchless bands to secure each section.
5. I braided each section and combine them with the top section in order to create a big pony tail (Veil style).
6. I then created three twists on the top pony tail.
7.  I accessorized each pony tails with Yellow Bows to match her "Belle Dress".

These were the results:

After a long day out at Disney's Downtown, we went back to our sleeping quarters for a good nights rest before our big day at Disney's Magic Kingdom.

Before bedtime: I removed the bands that secured each pony tail (without removing the twists) and put her satin sleep cap on.

Our visit to Magic Kingdom

On Saturday morning, Ms. Bree and I got up a bit earlier than the boys and because her hair had already been sectioned the night before, I was able to save time on that part.

It took me about 35-40 minutes to finished the style and that includes adding all the accessories:

I created the curls by using the flat iron.  Instead of flat ironing the hair all the way to the ends, I stop at the middle then wrap the bottom of the hair around the flat iron (like you would normally do when using a Curling Iron) and brought the flat iron to the ends and these were the results:

The butterflies clips (clear in color) helped the tiara stayed in place.

Saturday Afternoon:

Due to the cloudy, breezy and humid weather I had to secure the back portion of her hair in a lose pony tail.

Ms. Bree's hairstyle was not affected at all by doing such adjustment.

Sunday Morning:

Going home.... the only thing I did to her style was undo the Bun and do a big twist and pin it with hair pins.

Bands out & Big Hair In!

This is going to be a very short post.  I decided to do something simple and not do a style that required for her hair to be in braids or twists for several days.  My husband likes to call this "the girl with the four puffs". 

BANDING THE HAIR:

• After washing Ms. Bree's hair with Curly Q's Curlie Cutie Cleansing Creme;
• I detangled her hair with Herbal Essence None of Your Frizzness then I lightly rinsed it out (to see a more detailed description of our detangling process, please visit our "Washing/Detangling Routine" tab;
• I applied Bee Mine Luscious Moisturizer all over her hair;  
• I made sure that the hair was free of any knots and tangles.  
• Once the hair was detangled, I divided her hair into eight sections, then banded each section by using cloth covered bands.
• I let Ms. Bree go to bed with her hair banded.    

BANDING IS A FUN STYLE TOO! 

    

As all of you can see, Ms. Bree loves to play with her hair and banding allows her to do just that.   

She went to school with her hair banded and the hair still looked nice at the end of her school day. 
(If I do her hair during the week, I always make sure I coordinate the color of her bands with the outfit she is to wear the following day.) I know, don't judge me, I'm weird! 

THE RESULTS!

I finally took the bands out on Saturday before we went out, and put her hair in 4 big pony tails.  I applied a little bit more of Bee Mine Luscious Moisturizer to each section and added a white flower on each end (optional).  

                                          

All ready to have fun! 

What is Banding?

BANDING:

Is the stretching of the natural curly hair by using several bands (i.e. small scrunchies, ouchless bands or cloth covered bands) at approximately 1/2 " to 1" apart.

Banding is generally done in lieu of blow drying or flat ironing the hair.  

Some people find it easier to style straight or stretched hair, to me its a personal option, you don't have to do it.  I chose to band Ms. Bree's hair for the following reasons:

a.  When it's close to her bedtime and the style I have chosen is too detailed and requires at least two of hrs of styling.  Banding allows me to do the style the next day by keeping her hair free of knots and tangles.   

b.  Banding can also prevent breakage and it can be used as another protective style that she can wear to school.

As you can see on the pictures below, Ms. Bree's hair is parted in four sections then banded ( i chose pink and blue because of the outfit she chose to wear to school the next day).  The more section you do the more stretched the hair will be, I just chose to do four sections this time.  

Banding is very simple, quick and everyone can do it. (Even the daddies!)