Tuesday 28 July 2015

Top 4 Hair Styles That Stay In All Day!

As I've said in a previous post, my little girl will be starting nursery soon! So I've been testing out hair styles which stay in all day, well let's just say most the day:)


1. 2 French plaits
2. Upside down French plait with bun
3. French braided head band
4. French plait and bun

These are the styles which generally stay in all day, unless your toddler decides to pull it all out, yes my daughters done that many times haha!

I haven't actually wrote instructions up for any of these styles yet but I will, just want to write a blog post about how to do the plaits first:)

Which ones is you favourite style out of the 4?


Monday 27 July 2015

Darcie Says...

Saw this idea on 'lived with love' blog and thought it was such a good idea, so in years to come I can remember some of the sayings darcie used to come out with! Toddlers are so funny, and Darcie makes me laugh everyday with the things she comes out with, so I thought why not share with everyone!

I am a big cousin because I have a big tummy.

Mommy, jack frosts outside. (because it's cold)

We are having a pretend party for my birthday, but it's my real birthday soon, isn't it mom?

Me: What time is it Darcie?
Darcie: 6 o'clock, time to wake up

Darcie: Sing a song
(I sing a song)
Darcie: Bravo Bravo

When I'm bigger I want an orange car so I can drive to school.

She really does make us laugh bless her, such a character.

What's your favourite saying your child's said? I'd love to know:)
 


Sunday 26 July 2015

Fisher Price Little People Disney Princess Klip Klop Stable Review


Hi everyone,
I'm going to do a review on this toy I recently brought for Darcie.
It's called Little People Disney Princess Klip Klop Stable by fisher price.
It's actually on offer in most toy shops now for around £25, normally £50!!

So first setting the toy up...
I found it really easy to set up and it only took me around 10-15 mins max. The instructions they gave was all pictured so it was so easy to follow.
The most fiddly part was putting all the stickers on, but again there was pictures to show where each sticker went.

Impressions once set up...
Once it was all set up, I thought it was a lot bigger than I expected which was good. I really liked how the it lit up and made sounds on a certain part, which again I wasn't expecting!

Darcie's first impressions...
Darcie absolutely loved it as soon as it was set up, well she loved it before I even got it out the box haha. She immediately started playing with it and played with it for ages, normally she only plays with toys for a little while and then gets bored.
She loved how the horses galloped down the slides on there own and how she could but them in their stables to sleep.

Overall opinion...
Overall, I think this product is well worth the money, I wouldn't of paid the original price of £50, I think that's too much for what it is, but I feel £25 is very reasonable for it. With most toys like I said darcie gets bored, but she plays with this on most days, so Darcie definitely enjoys playing with it:)

Let me know what you think of this review and whether you would like any more:) 

Saturday 25 July 2015

Messy styled hair

You know when your child's got freshly washed hair and you can't do anything with it?!
Well that's what happened today, Darcie's hair was so soft I couldn't do anything with it! 
So I came up with this messy but styled hair.



For this you will need
3 small elastics
Small hair clip
Hair bow 
Hair spray

And that's all!!

1. First simply take a section of hair, wherever your child's parting is and begin a lose Dutch braid, plait it until your happy and then finish with a normal plait, and secure with a small elastic.

2. Grab all the hair towards the ear on the same side as the plait, and tie with a small elastic. 

3. Carefully tease the hair with your fingers to gain some volume and texture.

4. Position the hair into a bun shape, by gathering all the hair and once your happy, secure in place with another small elastic.

5. On the opposite side of the bun, there will more than likely be hair which didn't reach the bun, so just gather the hair together and pin to the side of the head with a hair bow.

6. Add a small clip where you can see the elastic from from the plait.

7. Add a small about of hair spray to  keep everything in place!

And there you have it!

Perfect style for freshly washed hair, also through the day hair may fall out but this just adds to the messy style:)

Hope you like it, let me know what you think.

Half up French plait


Today's hair instructions are going to be for this very simple hair style!

Would work well with both straight or curly hair.

Things you need

Brush
Water spray bottle
Sectioning comb 
Hair bobble 
Small elastic
And hair clip 
Hair spray

1. Wet the hair slightly and brush through

2. Section off the hair from ear to ear as much or as less as you like. I like to do it so there's a decent amount of hair left down.

3. Clip the hair that you have just sectioned off out of the way and use a hair bobble to tie the remaining hair.

4. Unclip the hair at the top of the head and begin a French plait, until you get level to the top of the ear. Once there, carry on doing a normal plait and then tie with the small elastic.

5. Spray a small amount of hair spray all over the hair, to keep it in place.

6. Add a hair clip where the French plait ends and the normal plait begins.

And there you have it!

This hair style stays in all day, which is perfect to keep your little girls hair off their face.

Let me know what you think:) also let me know if you would like a more detailed post on doing different types of plaits as I would happy to try and write that up. 



Friday 24 July 2015

Family Life to Toddler Hair

Hi everyone!
I've come up with a name for my blog!!!

As you will see its now being called 'Family Life to Toddler Hair'



I think this shows exactly what my blogs going to be about in just a few words, which is what I wanted.

I actually found it harder than I thought to think of a suitable name, as I wanted something different but yet still says what the blogs about. I do really like it:) hope you all do to.

How did you come up with your blog name? I'd love to know

Thursday 23 July 2015

Half up, no plaits hair style for toddler girls

So today's style I've done, is this simple yet beautiful style which would be perfect to wear to a party with a 'pretty dress' (as darcie likes to say.) or even just as a day to day style as it has stayed in without moving!



Things I used:
Tangle teaser
Back combing brush(but just the end part to section hair)
Water in a spray bottle
Small elastic
Hair slide 
Hair bow
Hair clip(heart one)
Hair spray

Sounds a lot I know! But it was very simple and only took around 5-10 mins.

1. Start by simply combing through the hair with any brush, I used my tangle teaser. While brushing, add small sprays of water throughout the hair.

2. Section off the front part of the hair, I just used Darcie's fridge as a guide. It's completely up to you how much you section off. Once both sides are sectioned, just clip them out of the way.

3. Section off hair from the Middle of the head, as if you are doing the hair half up, half down. You don't need to take too much hair up, just take enough that the hair left down looks quite thick.
Once your happy, tie a small elastic around the hair.

4. Smooth out the two front parts of hair with a brush/comb, (put the parting whenever your child has there hair).

5. For the thicker section(Darcie's main fridge) I simple twisted it adding hair in as I went and clipped it away from the face.
With the other side, I pulled up towards the elastic and wrapped it around and added a hair slide to secure it in place.

6. Add a bow or any hair clip above the elastic, to hide the bobble.

7. Scrunch you child's hair to add extra curls, and add a small amount of hair spray to keep it all in place.

And there you have it! 

I hope this helps, and I hope you have fun trying it out:) 







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Here are some more styles, I just loveeee doing my daughters hair:) 


Remember I will be writing each style up as best as I can:) just hoping to give other moms ideas.

Love Beth 

Wednesday 22 July 2015

Little girls hair styles

Hi everyone,
Haven't been on here in a very long time, but recently I've been doing many different styles to my daughters hair, and have been looking for ideas/inspiration, and haven't found hardly any! I'm always seeing styles for longer hair and for older girls but not for toddlers. Hence the reason I've decided to start my blog back up again, and I'm hoping to stay this time:)

My daughter is now a little over 2 and and a half, (going on 16!) With her hair now a decent length to do actual hair styles, I have been loving doing her hair in all different styles and also been testing to see which styles stay in , especially with her starting nursery soon!

Im going to start posting pictures of Darcie's hairstyles, hopefully giving other moms ideas! I will also try to explain how I do each style, most are very simple, honestly:)

But first I'm going to leave you with a few styles I've done over the last couple of months, so you have an idea of the hair styles:)




Feel free to ask, if you would want a certain style wrote up in more depth, hopefully I will get them all wrote up soon:)

Love Beth x