Veil and Twist

This past week I tried out two new styles on C. I'm always trying out different looks for a few reasons. One, practice makes perfect for mom and baby - I need to practice doing her hair and she needs to practice letting me. Two, I want to find a couple of styles that are both easy to put in AND to take out. You might be surprised to know that the removal of a style is almost as challenging as doing it in the first place because those little rubber bands are stubborn and I don't want to compromise her hair while removing them. So this in and of itself is a big to do. And three, we need go-to styles that will last a while before having to redo them (some get fuzzy really quickly, while some last several days).

The "veil" style I attempted failed to meet my aforementioned needs...

Strike one: It took forever to put in.
Strike two: It took forever to take out.
Strike three: It lasted less than a day before getting extremely fuzzy.

It was pretty cute while it lasted, but not cute enough to make it worth the effort. I will definitely try it again when her hair is longer.

So today I took out the veil and my fingers finally figured out rope twists. It just clicked in my brain and made sense, so if this style lasts a few days it will definitely be going into a regular rotation. It was super fast, only required a few rubber bands and is super cute. Only time will tell if it will last, but I have high hopes!

And since it's always fun to see "before" pictures, I took a few of those too. I parted her hair on the side and it stayed like that while it was wet. These just crack me up. I feel like she looks like a woman, rather than an 8 month old baby. Ha :)