Another twist on Triple Heart Hair

This is another twist on this hairdo from another blog - http://www.princesshairstyles.com/2010/02/triple-heart-for-short-hair-too.html

This time, what I did was make both rows... the top row for the hearts, and the row below for anchoring...

After making the three hearts and connecting them to the anchoring row, I then connected the ends of the hearts puffy-braid style, and pulled everything back into a pony with a really cute decorated elastic.

Triple Heart Pigtails - another twist on the same hairdo, this one is already a favorite... it stayed so well in her hair last night that all I had to do was take out the bottom tails, run a brush through them, and secure them again with fresh ties... the key, of course - HAIR SPRAY... on the hearts... tames the fly aways and helps it stay through sleep.  Tomorrow, I'm going to do this hairdo fresh, but add a new little twist on it.

Instructions 

First - start like you would for the original do... make a section for the top knot of the head... do the upside down pull through, twist, and make the heart.. using an elastic to keep it together...

Second - part down the middle of the back of the head, just as you would for any set of pig tails - you'll use the side next to the end of the heart first, so just use a clip or cloth-covered elastic to hold the other side out of the way (in our case, it was the left, but you could do it the other way if you have a child with a part on the right side.

Third - now that you have your first heart and the rest of the hair on one side (in our case, the right side) , use your rattail comb to make another section close to the end of the first heart and secure it and the tail from that first heart with an elastic.  Do an upside down pull through, divide the hair, twist it, and make a heart, securing the ends with an elastic.

Now, you could repeat this if you wanted further down the head, but my daughter was adament that we do THREE hearts, so I went to the next step... but you could repeat the third step as much as you want or as much as your daughter's head will allow on that side.

Fourth - now take the tail from the second heart, the remainder of the hair on that half, and secure with an elastic to make your first pigtail

Fifth - going to the other side, take down the hair and hold it in one hand and use your rattail comb.  Start where you see the scalp where you made your section for your second heart on the first side... and run it across (so that it will match and look symmetric)... making a section for the heart... drop the rest of the hair in that side and just take up the section. - secure with elastic, upside down pull through, twist, make heart, and secure with another elastic.

Last - repeat the Fourth Step, unless you want to do more hearts first. - your finished product should look like this