I am super proud of myself! I went out of my comfort zone and did something completely different with Miss J's hair. I have been wanting to put it back in twists, but that would require us to shampoo it, and I have had too much anxiety lately for us to do our wash routine. Its coming though... the lint balls tell me so. Anyhoo... I was looking at Joyful Mom's latest Hair Day post over at Happy Girl Hair, and loved the styles that she did on her Little R and Little B, as always. Then I noticed, what looked like, a post featuring a veil style so I clicked on it. It was indeed a veil style... two veil styles, on Little R and Little B. I think the style is so cute and intricate. Anything that doesn't require simple parts or simple plaits is intricate to me. Without thinking twice, I propped the laptop up, got out all the beauty supplies and called Miss J upstairs for some hair time. She is always open to different styles, but the process of getting there almost always includes tears, and requests for breaks. We made it through though with huge smiles at the end.

Her hair was already in some nice sections so I just tried to pay close attention to where I was suppose to be connecting the braids that were coming from the sections. I got it!

And look!! I even put beads on the end! Never done that one before either. I've always let my sister in-law handle the french braids and the beads (those aren't french braids by the way, they are criss-cross ponytails... or... kinda... just see Joyful Mom's pictures in her post and you'll see what I'm talking about). I am so proud of myself for stepping outside the box. Miss J loves it too. But then, she always loves the outcome of the styles that we try, so I will be looking forward to stepping outside the box more often.

Have you tried any "outta the box" hairstyles lately?