Oh to be young again and looking forward to my prom!  I wouldn’t put myself through high school again for anything though.  I do however get to live vicariously through my cousin Hannah sometimes!

This Saturday is her prom and after deciding on a hairstyle that included french braids she thought of me – I was truly honored!  So Wednesday night on my semi-regular visit we did a practice run of hair styles to make sure she could get the look she wanted.  It was also a good chance to mark her dress for hemming.

First up we tried the inside out french braids:

inside out french braid - hair style 1

Wispy back - hairstyle 1

It was really hard to decide what to do with the back but we really liked a casual look which just worked out first try.

Then we switched it to regular french braids (pulling from only one side after the top was done) so more hair was left for the back.

Regular french braid - hairstyle 2

Other side - hair style 2

This time I tried a neater back, using more braids, we didn’t like it too much however, it was too tight, made the rest of her hair look weird.

Braided back - hairstyle 2

Then after we decided to go with regular french braids (hairstyle 2) with the back (wispy) from hairstyle 1 I got to play around a bit.  I curled Hannah’s hair – which is no small feat let me tell you – that girl has thick hair!  It sure is a beautiful texture and length.  Then I put it up, it was touch and go, we thought it would look really bad at certain parts but in the end I think it came out really cute.  It doesn’t go with her dress style for prom but it’s very becoming.

Updo - Hairstyle 3 (just for fun)

back of hairstyle 3

A princess!

And look she survived – no burns and no permanent knots 🙂  I can’t wait for the real thing on Saturday – I promise there will be more pictures.  Tomorrow night I’m going to hem up her dress really quickly so I’m ready to go!