Three 5 Minute Back To School Pigtail Styles | Q's Hairdos

Quincy is starting first grade in a few weeks and now we will have limited time to do hair each day! I wanted to come up with a few new 5 minute styles. I love pigtails for school because they stay in better than a ponytail and the hair doesn't get as tangled as when we just do it half up.

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Style #1- Rope Braid Pigtails

1. Start with a side part
2. Place a finger at the nape of the neck. 
3. Put the comb at the top of the crown and bring it down to the finger at the nap of the neck.
4. This helps get the part line straight.
5. Clip the left side out of the way.
6. Start at the part line with a two inch diagonal section.
7. Split into two
8. Cross the front piece over top of the back piece
9. Add a one inch section to the front piece and cross over top of the back piece.
10. Continue adding a one inch section to the front piece and cross over the top until you have added all of the hair in one section.
11. Secure with an elastic to form the pigtail.
12. On the opposite side take another two inch section
13. Split in half and then cross the front piece over top of the back piece
14. It will go the opposite way with your hands.
15. Add to the front piece and continue to cross over top of the back piece.
16. Secure with an elastic at the base of the rope braid.
17. Add bows 

Style #2- Bubble Braid Pigtails

1. Section the hair into pigtails.
2. Secure the left pigtail with an elastic
3. Secure the crown section with an elastic at the back corner of the section.
4. Part off a two inch section just below the crown section and secure both together with an elastic at the bottom of the section about two inches under the first elastic.
5. Gently pull at the hair between the two elastics.
6. Repeat with another two inch section.
7. Secure with an elastic two inches below the second elastic.
8. Gently pulling at the hair as you go to form the bubbles between the elastics.
9. Continue until all of the hair on the right side is secured in elastics.
10. Now take an elastic and wrap the elastic around the ponytail about two inches from the last elastic.
11. Gently form the bubble.
12. Repeat until the end of the ponytail.
13. Repeat on the opposite ponytail.
14. Add bows!

Style #3- Topsy Tail Rope Twists

1. Section the hair into pigtails.
2. Secure the left pigtail with an elastic
3. Secure the crown section with an elastic at the back corner of the section.
4. Take the Topsy Tail tool and put the pointed end downwards through the elastic.
5. Pull the ponytail through the loop and pull downwards until the looped end comes through.
6. Secure the ponytail into the right side pigtail.
7. Split the pigtail into two.
8. Twist both sections to the right and cross to the left.
9. Twist to the right, cross to the left.
10. Continue until you reach the end then secure with an elastic.
11. Repeat on the opposite pigtail.
12. Gently tug at each section of the rope twist to get a fuller look.
13. Add bows!

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