New 'Do

I know this will come as a shock, but I was perusing through Pinterest today and came across braid that I absolutely love! It is called the Waterfall Braid. Those of you that know me, know that I never do anything cool with my hair. It is pretty much the most boring hair there is. I've tried to do fun things in the past, but it never really works. I've just come to grips that I will forever have boring hair.

I showed D this braid, and she, too, thought it was really neat. I went to the blog and saw that there was a link to the YouTube video showing us how to do this braid. We watched it, and D said she thought she could do it. Since D has braided my hair in the past, we thought we'd give it a shot.

Before I show you any pics, you must know that this was a progressive hair-do. We couldn't leave it plain. We had to add some D and Reb magic to the mix.

This is the original pic of the braid. Obviously, my hair isn't this pretty, but you can see why we liked it.

This was D's final braid. We thought it was really good for her first time. I know it could have been better if we had more hair accessories to work with, but we were limited at the office.

This is the view from the side. Please excuse the bright purple pony tail holder. That was all we had to work with.

And this is the view from the front. Not too bad, eh?!?

And here is when it started getting interesting ...

We found some beads, and D added them to the strands that were hanging. This was a lengthy process since we could only use tiny portions of my hair, so we didn't get to add many beads.

Here is a close up of the beads.

D decided that the beads weren't good enough, so she braided what was left hanging creating a double braid.

To answer the question that all of you are probably wondering, Yes, I did wear it like this the entire afternoon. I only received stares from a few people, but really, with all the feathers and crazy hair styles that people have these days, this isn't that bad!! I also received a few compliments which made D and I laugh!!