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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Evolving Mohawk

I knew we were going to have a busy week last week. In preparation for the craziness, I decided to go with a style that would last a while, but have potential for quick changes.

washed, detangled, ready for stylin'
I started with a "mohawk" style: cornrows towards the top/back of JJ's head. I gathered the cornrows in the centre of her head with ouchless bands, twisted the ends, and added spring-coloured beads and snaps.

from the side

from the back - having a cuddle with Daddy

Later in the week I took out the beads for a simpler look.

But the look was too simple according to JJ. So we went to the opposite end of the spectrum. I added in a bunch of colourful clip-on braids (okay, so I am not a fan of "extensions" on young children, but these are more about fun). I gathered the twists and clip-on braids into a ponytail at the back of her head with some matching bands. The daycare teachers called it her "Avatar" hair. This lasted 2 days.



Then I took out the ouchless bands, added star ballies, took out the twists and planned to leave the ends as puffs.





JJ was not in agreement however, so I quickly did some 2-strand twists and finished with star beads. She loved the star theme, as did everyone in her daycare class.




Then came swimming lessons, and I wanted to take the beads out. I sometimes leave beads in for lessons, but I'm always wondering if a bead falls out - will it block up the pool or something? So when I think of it/have time, I take out beads for swimming.

The cornrows were pretty fuzzy by this point (Day 8) so I decided to embrace the fuzziness (no use re-doing right before swimming). I gathered the cornrows into a few piggyback ponytails right at the front to bring JJ's hair out of her face. I then detangled the once-twisted hair with conditioner, added a little product, and made small ponytails down the back of her head. I tried to work the hair from the smaller ponytails together so they looked like one long ponytail in the back.





I was very happy to get a lot of mileage from this mohawk, and JJ was happy with all the variations!

4 comments:

  1. Loved all the different variations of the mohawk style!



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  2. Oh my goodness!! I myself love mohawks and these ones are just so cute!!
    You are one creative MOM!


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  3. So many cute looks to this mohawk! The puffs with star ballies may be my favorite, though. (BTW, where did you get those star ballies? Cuteness!)

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  4. Thanks everyone!!

    The star ballies are from Snapaholics. So much cute stuff!!! Kimberly, you've ordered from there too right? What did you get?

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