Extra post today... I realized I better get this out right away if you all were going to see it before the 4th. ;)
Sis asked me for fireworks hair and this is what I came up with...
I originally wanted a flag look, but Alex fell asleep and then asked for the fireworks. Anyway, I started, as always, by parting the hair into sections and pulling back the ones I wasn't using.
I did one french twist braid and switched to traditional french braids, not sure why. ;)
On the other side of the hair in front, I made puff braids with lots of sections. Pretty simple really. I didn't have white elastics, but considered using some white ribbon to do stripes. 
I haven't had this problem before, but a few of the elastics broke. You can see the places they should be... Anyway, there is a third row here. I thought it would look neat to make rows all the way across the back and then pull it all together into a low side ponytail/bun. We ended up tossing everything up into a messy bun and then I stuck a few pipe cleaners randomly into it. They stayed on their own just fine!
In the end, it looked really adorable and fun. And we got quite a few compliments at the Wet'n'Wild days at our Zoo. ;)
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4 comments:
I have had a problem with elastics breaking in puff braids as well and i have found most often it is usually caused by one of two things. First of all if the band is too tight, if just one twist around is too tight it can snap even if the rest of the band isn't tight. And when i spray in any kind of leave in spray other than water (such as detangling spray) it can often cause the bands to break. I am not sure why it makes them break, but if i do the hair wet without detangler or any other spray (other than hairspray at the end) than i find that they don't break. Just a thought.
Thanks Vera! I think it might just be the elastics. I have been fixing Alex's hair for 3 years- and I've always used a conditioning spray because her hair is so dry. In fact I've done styles almost exactly like this and never had elastics break. Well, maybe one throughout the whole thing, and usually while I'm putting it in... Anyway, I've always used the slightly clear elastics before, so maybe that's it... or maybe it's just this brand. I certainly felt like the clear ones stretched farther! ;)
I love your blog!!!
Just a thought, but I have found that I have more elastics break during the summer months because of the sunscreen.
Thank you Jaylynn! ;)
I hadn't thought of sunscreen. I use it pretty heavily on Alex because of her fair skin! I actually ran to the store earlier and bought some more of my "old" elastics. lol, I'm a creature of habit I guess. ;)
@Vera: I felt I should mention that they changed the bottle and maybe the formula for her spray. I just thought that maybe that is the culprit after all... I'll have to run some tests I guess. ;)
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