Hair Carnival: Halloween 2011

So it has come time again to share with you a Hair Carnival. We have done quite a few Hair Carnivals this month cause there has been so many great things going on that we had a lot to share. There are lots of other bloggers participating in this Hair Carnival and why not it is for Halloween, how fun, be sure to check out the other links at the bottom of this post. I am sure you will find some wonderful ideas for next year.

Des has had quite an active Halloween season this year. She attended a costume party, a costume contest at school and of course Halloween night itself. Needless to say she definitely wore her costume and wore it well. Well with that comes doing hair "to go with" the costume.

The first time she wore her costume she was going to a party and on this particular day her plate was full. So she had to have a style that would work well with all the events going on on the day of. The first part of the day she wore a twist out and then when we had a chance we did an upside down french braid that we put into a pony tail holder. Des wanted to use two different types of ribbon so we did. The first ribbon I cut into two different lengths and just placed it through the ouchless ponytail holder so that it could just hang down. The second ribbon I used, purple and black zebra print, to do a mummy braid on half of the hair in ponytail. The other half of her hair in the ponytail I put into twist and then twisted them around the mummy braid into a bun. I used hair pins to hold the bun in place. Des of course wanted to wear make up with her costume so we put on some eye shadow, eyeliner, and lip gloss. She look so pretty when she was done.

The night before Halloween we decided we were going to try to do her hair to look like a bat. We braided the edges in the shape of the wings with the different sections of the wing separated with braids which we then wrapped ribbon around. The sections of loose hair we just smoothed out and gathered in to a ponytail at the top of her head were they all met. We took that ponytail and divided it; the loose hair became for the body of the bat and the braids became the head of the bat. We left out a section for a twisted out bang and also a small area for the ears of the bat. I realized after it was all done that you couldn't really tell it was a bat cause it went around her whole head but oh well. Des liked it and it was a good learning experience for me.

The morning of Halloween before school we got up and did makeup again for Des to wear to school off she went. I also to the bantu knot of twists down so she could wear bands.When she got out of school her makeup was pretty much off her eyes, not sure how, LOL.

Oh well, we did makeup again and wet her bangs, cause they got poofy at school. Off we went to "Trunk or Treat" at church followed by trick or treating in the neighborhood. We had fun, her big brothers tagged along with us and although they won't admit it, they had fun too. 

I enjoy these times since Des seems to be growing so fast. I hope that she will only be wearing makeup for Halloween for many more years too come... LOL. 

Hope you enjoyed our Halloween Hair Carnival and please stop by our Facebook page and leave some pics of you or your lil ones dressed up, we would love to see. Don't forget to "LIKE" us while you are there.  Till the next post.... Stay Blessed. 

Hair Carnival: Happy Halloween Hair and Costumes (Picture heavy)

We are at it again. My fellow bloggers and I thought what fun it would be to show you all our Halloween hair of Halloweens past. I have a thing for pictures so I have pics of all but one Halloween Des has taken part in up to the point. Here we go down Memory Lane to the land of witches, fairies, princess and such... hope you enjoy the ride.

I am missing Des' 1st Halloween picture, she was a Lady Bug. Des didn't go out that year cause it was sooo cold and she was little.

For Des' 2nd Halloween, she was a Fairy. I made her flower halo and also her wand. She took the pictures at a photography studio. Des' hair was just moisturized and left in it's natural state.

The 3rd Halloween was a little more laid back. Des picked out her costume for the first time. She wanted to be a witch. We did nothing special to her hair since she was wearing a hat.

Des' dad had a say in her 4th Halloween costume. She was a Green Bay Cheerleader. For this costume we just put her hair in a side pony tail and did finger curls with a bow.

Des' 5th Halloween happened after the stylist did the hack job on her hair. She was Cinderella and I tried my best to make her hair look like Cinderella's did on the medallion of her dress. I put her head band in and made the hump and the back is just finger curls.

The costume for her 6th Halloween was pink and at that time that was Des' color. In the pic you don't see the lil bolero jacket that came with the costume cause Des didn't like the way it felt. Her hair was just put back in the front with a clip and the left alone otherwise. No creativity this year at all.

Tinkerbell was all the rage when Des' 7th Halloween came around so guess who she was. For Tinkerbell we did a bun on her hair, nice and simple.

So you may feel a bit of De Ja Vu going on for Des 8th and 9th Halloweens but it's not. Des wanted to be Belle so Belle she was, twice. LOL. Thankfully we got our fair share of wear in this costume. Her hair the first time was just finger curls with the top part pinned back.

The second year Des wore the Belle costume I put the two ponytails on her, one on the crown of her head and one a little lower, and then did finger curls. The way the ponytails we situated it looked like a mass of curls. The newspaper actually went to her school that year and she ended up in the newspaper the next day.

Well last year, which was Des' 10th Halloween, she wanted to be a Vampiress. We were definitely not in character for this one. We were in a rush so Des had a wash n go with Eco Styler and some makeup.

This year Des already has her costume picked. If you wanna see what it is, you are just going to have to come back. Until then, I really hope you enjoyed your journey down Memory Lane with us and continue to Stay Blessed.