Ribbon Headband

***Sorry! A lot of the pictures are blurry! I was in a hurry and apparently had a shaky hand today!

Step one- Spray hair with water or detangler so hair is slightly damp. Make a part from ear to ear but make sure its not too far back on the head because you will be doing another row behind this one.

Step two- Part hair and make six ponies across the head. Three on each side.

Step three- Make another part about an inch and a half behind the first row of ponies. Then make six more ponies right behind the front ones. Do not attach the front ponies with the back ones yet!!

Step four- Hair spray the front part of the hair now before you add the ribbon. The hair spray leaves spots on the ribbon. Then have her hold the front six ponies while you place the ribbon on the head in between the two rows of ponies. I like to use 1/2" ribbon.  It seems to look the best.  Skinnier or fatter ribbon doesn't look as good. Just my opinion!

Then have her hold the ribbon ends while you take the front ponies and pull them back over the top of the ribbon and attach them with another elastic to the back ponies.

Step five- Take the extra ribbon and twist it together with the end pony on each side. Use an elastic to hold it together when your done twisting.

Step six- Then part the rest of the hair down the middle and pull up each side into pig tails. You can pull the twisted piece with the ribbon up with the rest or add it to the pony later with another elastic.

Step seven- Twist the hair from one pony all the way down. Wrap the hair around your fingers in a circle and pull the hair through the middle like you would tie a knot. Twist the end of the hair and pull it up. Put an elastic around the bun to hold the end of the hair in the bun. This will leave a little piece sticking out. If you don't like this look you can wrap it around the bun and pin it or clip it down. I just leave it out.

The two buns shown here are different. The one on the right I did the bun with out the piece of hair that was twisted with the ribbon. Then I pulled that piece in at the very end and just wrapped the extra ribbon around the bun.
The bun on the left I pulled the ribbon piece of hair up with the bun and twisted the ribbon right into the bun.

Here is a video that shows how I make a knot bun!



Looks like this when its all finished!

Thanks to hair model Whitney!