Little Girl Hairdos: Cornrow Pigtails

Today I am going to teach you how to create a simple yet very cute hairstyle for little girls. We will be focusing on Cornrow pigtails. The perfect hairdo for young girls for parks, parties, etc. It will keep their hair out of their face and still keep their innocent charm.

Please note that the cornrow pigtails survive best in African American hair. African American hair holds best with a good grip and enables the cornrows longer livability. Other hair types can still have this hairdo completed on them, but they are more apt to loose a grip and fall apart. This problem may be solved with a little hairspray and mousse.

You will need:

Hairbrush

Tangle spray (optional)

Ponytail holders

Hairspray and/or mousse

Small rubber band hair holders

Step 1 - You will need to make a straight part or semi-off center if you wish. Either way, you need a part. This will show you all where exactly to start off.

Step 2 - On one side of the part, brush the hair out nice and good. Do this until there are no tangles left. Now would be a good time to use the tangle spray if needed. Do not drench the hair because this will cause excessive moisture and possible frizzing later when dry.

Step 3 - Now that you have one side of the part brushed out well, start to make small-tight cornrow braids starting from the top of the head (by the part) and beginning of the face (by the forehead). Do not make the cornrows so that they are connected to the head all the way down. Just do it do the cornrows are connected at top and separate from the scalp once off the top of the head. Braid the rest of the non-connected hair until there is no more hair to braid on that strand. Continue this throughout the rest of the side of the part you are working on all the way down to the neck. Braid the cornrows in at a horizontal angle.

Repeat steps 2 and 3 on the other side of the part you have not worked with yet.

Step 4 - Once you have added all the cornrows to the head and there is no stray strands of hair left standing alone, take your hairspray and spray the cornrows lightly for extra hold.

Step 5 - Pick a side of the part to work with once again. Look at the persons' ear. Separate the hair so that you have two parts on one side of the head. One part should start at the beginning of the forehead and end right after the curve of the ear. The other part should start at the curve of the ear and end at the neck. Hold the separate parts with a hair clip to keep them from joining together again.

Do this to the other side of the part as well.

Step 5 - You should have 4 separate parts by now (2 on each side of the original center part). Pick a side of the center part, once again, to work with. Undo one of the hairclips holding a separate hair group. Pull that set of braid together and band up with a ponytail holder. Now undo the other hair group and pull those braids up by the banded together group, and band this braid group together by the first banded group but separate from that group. You should now have two banded together groups on one side of the center part.

Do the same to the other side of the center part.

Step 6 - You should have 4 banded groups of braided hair now (2 on each side of the center part). Go to one side of the center part, again, and join together the two separated groups of braids by a single large ponytail holder. Leave in the other ponytail holders that are separating the hair groups because this allows better hold.

Do this to the other side of the center part.

Step 7 - Now you should have a single pigtail on each side of the center part. Go to the very end of the pigtail (where the hair is hanging down and ends) and join together the end of the pigtails with another ponytail.

Do this to the other side of the center part.

Step 8 - Now you can do whatever finishing touches you want: add bows, ribbons, etc. Spray with hairspray and let sit without touching it for about 2 minutes.

And that is all for the Cornrow Pigtails!