Little Girl's Curled Box Braids

I already shared how I remove box braids, but I thought I'd take a moment to show one of the ways Hope wore her 130+ braids recently.  I love the versatility of having Hope's hair in box braids, as I can quickly put her hair in pigtails or a high ponytail or she can throw in a headband.  But one of my favorite things to do with her braids is actually to braid them (these are probably my beginner's versions of cornrows, actually...maybe someday I'll be able to cornrow Hope's loose hair).  I did this twice during the last couple of weeks Hope was wearing the box braids.  After conditioning her hair in the bath, I would braid the braids while they were still wet.  That was a cute look all on its own, and I left the hair like that for several days.  But the style really looked cute after removing those cornrowed braids because it left the braids curly.

I really loved the look of Hope's curly braids, and she really did too!  This is another style that she receives a lot of compliments on.  I was amused by the lady who asked me if I had a special curling iron to curl all those braids.  In my mind I was thinking, "Do I look that crazy?"  I didn't actually say that, though.  I just gave her a quick response that explained how the braids were curled (without the use of a curling iron).

Blessings,
Nikki