Pockets and Posies: Fun up-do with braids

Here at Pockets & Posies, we love anything creative and funky - but more importantly FAST!!! So, naturally one of our favorite places to find ideas is Pinterest (click here to follow us on Pinterest). I found a link to this really fun hairstyle and decided to give it a try for church this morning. Since I had so many people ask me how I did it, I decided to it would make a great post for the blog :)

To start, here's the original link:

I looove this blog!

Source: thebeautydepartment.com via Kayla on Pinterest

Since I don't have her awesome bangs, I had to get a little creative. I divided my hair from ear to ear and then I parted the front half in it's normal spot and the pinned two halves out of the way. (Also, instead of curling all my hair, I only curled the ends after I had braided them. WAY faster.) See where it's parted? I have a ridiculous cowlick that keeps me from having fabulous bangs, so I have to keep them long.

Earrings by Lia Sophia, lip color is CoverGirl Outlast Lip Color in Burgundy.

I followed most of the instructions, dividing the back hair into three, separate, loose braids, each with the tiny plastic bands around the bottom - they're much easier to hide. Then I arranged and pinned them as well as I could without a hand mirror (no idea where I put it...). Once I'd pinned those pieces, I braided the two side pieces but THERE'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT I DID WHILE BRAIDING that might prove helpful! To avoid major bumps when I pulled the front/side braids back, I braided the hair in the direction I wanted to pin it instead of straight down. (Clear as mud? Good.) Anyway, this helps provide that polished look. Not having a hand mirror, I took random photos of the back with my handy dandy iPhone until I could see it pretty well, then I brandished it with my favorite flower clip to spruce it up a little.

Voila!