Banding

Tried out banding for the first time tonight with Gs hair, which I learned from one of the sites I like, Beads Braids & Beyond.    Or here is her link on facebook.

Miss A's amazing hair!

The kids got playing in a sandbox at the playground today, which is a nightmare for Gs hair!  Luckily her braids weren't too fresh so I didn't mind the fact that I was going to have to scrub her scalp, and it gave me a chance to try out this natural, heat-free, stretching technique.  This is also a great solution to going to bed with wet hair, or if it's too late to style it that night and you just want to prevent it from getting re-tangled in her sleep.  Since her hair is so thin I only did four sections and used a total of 16 bands, which was the exact number I could locate!  My plan was to try 2-4 french/dutch style braids with the stretched hair to give it more "hang-time" in the back, although I'm not sure if that's the most efficient use of the stretch or not.  She keeps saying how she wants Rapunzel's hair, which I told her is a bad idea because it's magic hair and if she had that then bad guys will want to come after her!  If that doesn't work I'll just buy her this hat.