Friday’s Find – My Favorite Fine Hair Helpers

Posted by on Oct 1, 2010 in Popular Posts: Parenting Hacks | 4 comments I’ve been blessed with a lot of things in my life.  Unfortunately, a gorgeous head of hair was not one of them.  My hair is fine, thin, stick straight and completely devoid of natural volume.  It’s so thin that I can fit my entire head of hair into a rubber band the size of my finger.  I’ve tried tons of different products with little success.  It doesn’t seem to...
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My Favorite Tool for Cutting Baby Hair

Posted by on Mar 26, 2010 in Popular Posts: Parenting Hacks | 4 comments All five of my kids were born with gobs and gobs of hair.  With my girls it was wonderful because they got to skip the bald phase and go straight to clips and pixie flips.  My boys however just looked shaggy – adorable, but shaggy.  The long, ultra-fine baby hair just wasn’t very manly in my opinion so I decided to give them haircuts.  I was a bit nervous to hold scissors or sharp...
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3 Must-Have Tools for Easier Kid Hair Styling

Posted by on Nov 15, 2008 in Popular Posts: Parenting Hacks | 15 comments If you’ve got daughters, chances are you’ve done your fair share of last-minute hairstyles.  Both of my beautiful daughters were born with gobs of hair so I’ve been whipping out cute-but-quick hairstyles for almost 10 years.  Along the way I’ve found a few tools that come in very handy when you’re trying to create a hairstyle in a hurry. A Sewing Magnet: I...
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Quick & Easy Hair Accessory Solution

Posted by on Sep 9, 2008 in Popular Posts: Organizing | 8 comments If you’ve got girls then chances are you’ve got a ton of hair accessories.  Bows, barrettes, headbands, clips – it’s amazing how many hair doodads we buy.  I used to store all their hair stuff in a plastic bin under the bathroom sink but I hated digging through it.  I could never find what I was looking for quickly.  And, because it was out of sight, my two...
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Adorable, Easy Hair: Pixie Flips

Posted by on Jul 22, 2007 in Popular Posts: Parenting Hacks | 10 comments When it comes to summer hairstyles for my kids…I’m all about simplicity. For my son, that means a buzz cut and a lot of baseball hats. For my girls, it means a summer full of pixie flips. I’m sure there’s a more official name for these inside-out pony tails, but when my daughter wore these as a two-year old (yes, that means I’ve been doing them for 6 years now) she thought they made...
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