3 Quick Summer Pigtail Styles | Q's Hairdos

These are such cute styles for summer. Keep the hair off the neck and still looking cute during summer activities including swimming! Low pigtails with elastics are great for swimming because they stay in well and don't get in the way of goggles. We hope you enjoy these three styles. They each took us about 5-7 minutes!

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Style #1 Rope Braided Pigtails

1. For this first style we started with slightly damp hair in the crown section and a deep side part.
2. Part off the crown section and clip out of the way.
3. Part the hair down the center back.
4. Secure each side in an elastic to form the pigtails.
5. Take the top section and starting with a diagonal one inch section, you will split the hair in two.
6. Cross the front section over top of the back.
7. Add a new one inch section to the front section and cross over top of the back section.
8. Continue adding hair to the front and crossing over the back until you have no more hair to add.
9. Now we will simply twist the sections to the right and cross to the left.
10. Continue twisting and crossing until the rope braid reaches the right pigtail.
11. Secure with an elastic to the pigtail.
12. Add bows and curl the pigtails if desired.
13. Here we used a flat iron which I will link below.
14. These bows are from Ellas Beau Shop which I will also link below.

Style #2 Pigtails with Twists

1. Starting with slightly damp hair and a center part all the way back to the nape of the neck.
2. Section off the hair from the crown down to the back of the ear.
3. Secure with an elastic and repeat on the opposite side.
4. Secure the rest of the hair on the right side in and elastic to form the first pigtail, repeat on the left side.
5. Take the left top ponytail and split in two.
6. Add water and spray gel to tame flyaways.
7. Twist the hair to the right and cross to the left.
8. Continue to twist to the right and cross to the left until the twist reaches the pigtail on the opposite side.
9. Secure the twist to the pigtail on the right side with and elastic.
10. Repeat on the right side.
11. Add water and spray gel, split the hair in half and twist to the right and cross to the left.
12. Secure with an elastic to the left pigtail.
13. Curl pigtails if desired. Bows are from Labelle Baby.

Style #3 Pigtails Crossed

1. Again starting with slightly damp hair and a center part all the way back to the nape of the neck.
2. Section off the hair from the crown down to the back of the ear.
3. Secure with an elastic and repeat on the opposite side just as we did in the last style.
4. Now we will be splitting the right side into 3 sections. So about 3 inches down we will part off the hair and secure with an elastic.
5. Secure the rest of the hair in an elastic to form the pigtail.
6. Repeat on the left side adding two more sections to make 6 sections total.
7. Taking the top pony on the right side we will add water and spray gel.
8. Comb the spray gel in and pull it towards the second pony on the left hand side.
9. Secure this hair to the second pony with an elastic.
10. Repeat on the left side. 
11. Secure the top left pony to the second pony on the right.
12. Secure the second pony on the right to the bottom pony on the left.
13. Secure the second pony on the left to the bottom pony on the right.
14. Add more spray gel if needed and curl the pigtails if desired.
15. These cute bows are also from Ellas Beau Shop.

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Bows:

www.labellebabybows.etsy.com

www.ellasbeaushop.etsy.com