"It's a sunny sunny morning, sunny all the time!"

The sun was shining bright today and showing the world signs of rejuvenation and growth. However, I did tell the sun that I hated it at some point because it was shining in my eyes, creating traffic on Route 80 and it was messing up my hair photos for this post. Overall, I welcome the sun's mystical powers....it's the glare that I am not fond of. My title is inspired by my Dad, who would wake up my sister and I most mornings by singing his version of a Strawberry Shortcake show song, "Smile a Sunny Morning."

I almost passed on doing a hairstyle for Braidy Blog this morning, then 2 miles from our exit I motivated myself to do this style really quickly. 

Faux Hawk French Braid:

Step 1: Take a decent size chunk of hair from the front of your head and start your braid, keeping the first cycle pretty loose to create a puff.

Step 2: Continue creating a French Braid by adding hair into the braid from each side, one or two times, paying attention to keep it the same width all the way to the back of your head.

Step 3: Finish with a regular braid.

Step 4: Pull up the rest of your hair into a ponytail. Twist the ponytail and make a bun, secure with clip or hair tie.

Step 5: Wrap the braid around the bun. Tuck the end into the bun and secure with bobby pin.

voila-la!!!