Catwalks and Confetti

Every Thursday Chris and I play softball in a co-ed league with a team made up of his family and my brother. I really try to avoid wearing my hair in a pony tail because of my little baby hairs that fly up when my hair is pulled back. I usually wear my hair in a braid of some sorts and just pin back any loose hairs. Last week I tried out this hairstyle and really liked the look of it. The tightened topsy tail kind of reminds me of a fishtail braid but different, if that makes any sense? Anyway, I thought I would share. It's quick and easy so give it a try this weekend.

Pull hair to one side and loosely rubber band.

Place another rubber band about 2 inches down from first rubber band to create the first "bubble".

Start doing a topsy tail by splitting hair into two sections.

Pull hair through the hole.

Pull on hair to tighten your topsy tail.

Rubber band hair a little further down again and repeat steps.

Keep going until you have a bunch of bubbles.

xoxo erica

I"m a big fan of hairstyles that take up almost no time at all. I'm guilty of hitting the snooze button once or twice...okay maybe even three times so fast and easy are key to my morning routine. This style is ridiculously easy, super cute, and it looks like it takes more effort than really needed.

1. Pull hair to one side. Grab about 1/3 of a section from underneath and rubber band the rest.

2. With the section that is rubber banded, separate hair into two sections right above the rubber band.

3. Pull your pony tail through the hole created by the separated sections.

You should now have a topsy tail.

4. Braid the remaining 1/3 section from earlier and rubber band.

5. Wrap braid around topsy tail.

6. Rubber band the braid to your topsy tail and remove the rubber band from when you braided the 1/3 section.

All done!! I just went with a regular braid but I think a fishtail braid wrapped around your topsy tail would look just as cute. Don't know how to do a fishtail?? Check out the tutorial here.

xoxo erica