Let's Twist Again

Before I start my twisted hair tutorial, I just thought I'd share an interesting quote from the creator of "The Twist", Chubby Checker:

"...Dick Clark once said that the three biggest influences ever to come into music were Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Chubby Checker. I [Chubby Checker] thought about that for a while. I am Christopher Columbus, Alexander Graham Bell, Dr. George Washington Carver. Since I recorded 'The Twist,' people have never danced (close) together again, whether it was to my music or somebody else's...That, to me, is as important in the world of music as electricity is in the world of lighting. I'm the tires the cars roll on."

That's a pretty big statement right there. I do applaud his high self-regard, but whoa man. 

Twisty twists:

Step 1: Separate a small section of hair next to your part, split that section in half and twist together. To get the twist to stay tightly twisted, secure the end of the twisty hair to a section of untwisted hair to prevent it from untwisting.

Step 2: Repeat Step 1 two more times so that you have three twists. All three twists should be secured with a hair tie to a neighboring chunk of hair to stop it from untwisting, as explained in Step 1.

Step 3: Now, braid together the three twists. Since it's difficult to keep the strands twisted tightly, I kept all three anchored to untwisted hair until I approached the bottom of my hair and needed to untie the anchored strands and then complete the braid.

I thought it looked really cool when I took out the twisty braids:

Getting excited about Baseball and Braids

I don't know about everyone else, but it's been a crazy few weeks for me. We have been celebrating my son's birthday for the past few weeks...it's more like, happy birthmonth, Jonas! He deserves it though, he makes life worth living. Then came Easter, which we had a lot of pressure to make an awesome Easter Basket thanks to those viral Surprise Egg videos on YouTube that our son loves. 

And that's my excuse for not posting anything for so long, okay people. J/k

Well, here is my hairstyle for today!!

Triple Play Braid (my tribute to the commencement of baseball season):

Step 1: Part hair to the side and separate a section in the front, clipping/tying back the rest of your hair. Complete a French Braid down to your ear.

Step 2: Separate section of hair directly behind the French Braid, and clip/tie back rest of your hair to keep it out of the way. Complete the second French Braid.

Step 3: Separate another section of hair and complete the third French Braid.

Step 4: Braid together the three French Braids. You can finish the style right here or you can take it a step further and complete another braid combining the triple French braid with the rest of your hair. So many options!!!