Here are some pictures of the cornrows I put in my middle daughter’s hair a couple of weeks ago.  I was really pleased with this effort and think these are my best cornrows so far.  I asked an African American friend who is an “expert” to please critique them for me and she said there was nothing to critique because they were great! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This style looks really good on Claudine and she loves it because the positioning of the part makes her hair seem long and “glamorous”.  Before I was even finished with the braiding, she was sweeping it back dramatically from her face, proclaiming “I LOVE my hair!  It is BEEEEAAAUUTIFUL!”

 

This is a shot of the back.  I was not completely satisfied with it.  I think the rows are a bit to thick and some of the parts are a little crooked.  The back is hard for me because I have to depend on her to hold her head down and she usually wants to sneak a peek at whichever princess movie is playing on the TV.  Also, I did the back last and I was pretty tired by then.

 

I was thrilled with the cornrows on top.  Not bad for a girl who struggled to even do a French braid before she became the mother to two Haitian daughters, huh? 

 

 

Okay, the next two shots are of Claudine “swinging” her braids back and forth.  She loves to do this and I think that is pretty common for little girls blessed with beads and braids!

 

 

Watch out, girl!  You are going to put someone’s eye out with those beads!

By the way, these beads are terrific.  They are shaped like little stars.

 

That is all of the shots for this time.  I have a new style of which I found a picture on the internet that I am looking forward to trying soon, but not too soon because this set of cornrows is holding up great!  They have been in for two weeks now and I can get at least one more week out of them. 

Have a blessed day!