Check out some basic steps to get the look without afflict your hair:
In all match the hair with volume and movement they show healthy and give the look of vitality. You too can accomplish such a look with simple steps and a little time. Read some tips:
Dry your hair with a time from the bottom up, after the first drop your head forward. Make a parting in the middle and divide your hair in layers. Place large rolef hair. Wrap tufts inwardly. Leave rolef for about half an hour. Remove and toss your hair with your fingers. If you want extra volume, backcomb the top and sprinkle with spray grip.
A few weeks ago we did this hairstyle as one of our weekly hairstyles for Beans. I've had so many people ask for a tutorial on this one. So I happily have made you a video tutorial to help you with this one. You will be using the waterfall braid on this one, so refresh on that one and give this one a try.
Beans has really been loving having a side ponytail. If you've followed my blog for a while you know that I am not a big fan of side ponytails. Low ones I can (kind of) handle, but I can not handle high ones. I am just not a fan. So when we have to do one out of a "Beans Request," I like to add something nice like a beautiful braid like this. It makes me feel better about the whole side ponytail thing.
I have no desire to make you think this is uniquely me--- LOL. But in order to move on to my hair do you need to learn this hair do. I first saw this kind of braid idea over at Story of a Princess, but Beans hair is to fine for her way of doing this braid. Her way is different than the way I saw it done at Adopt A Do Hairstyles. Mindy's is more the way I knew to do this kind of braid and how I have always done this. Both are great tutorials and the video's are far more helpful than my week tutorial, but ya get what ya get :D. And tomorrow I have a new do that you need to be able to do this one for. So check out my tutorial and when you are left clueless go watch the video by Mindy on this one--- LOL. Tomorrow you will get the add on for this one that I have.
The BIGGEST difference between mine and the others is that I am working with fine hair that tends to find its way out of this one. It is kind of loose and fine hair falls out easily. So I have to start by really securing the bangs. Especially while they are growing out. So I start with parting out the bang area for a real braid that is not part of the waterfall braid.
This is just a regular braid down the front bang section. Once I get down to the side and angle it back I will start leaving down strands of hair.
Start adding hair now angling the hair back towards the back of the head.
Add like normal on the top.
And when you are on the bottom you drop out the bottom strand and add a new strand that works into the braid as if the bottom strand didn't go anywhere.
You can either have your little one hold that down hair that was left out or you can use a clip to keep it separate from the other hair you are still working with.
Continue by adding like normal on the top and incorporating it into the braid.
Drop out the bottom and part in a new bottom piece. This would normally be what you add to that bottom strand, but it is the NEW piece in this hairstyle.
Continue using that pattern all the way to the middle back of the head and repeat on the other side. You won't have to do the bang section like before for the other side. just start from the waterfall braid.
You should have a finished look that looks something like this. See you tomorrow with my little twist on this hair do. Because the problem is... Beans hair usually comes loose with this braid and falls out in only a few hours. Unless I CAKE IT with hair spray-- then it doesn't look as loose as it is supposed too look, so that defeats the purpose. So... I've come up with a few different ways to hold it tight and make it last.
This is just likeTHIShairstyle, with only 1/2 of the hair. That is the nice thing about hair, you can change one style by just doing it on half the hair or doing the same style on either side of the hair.
Start by parting the hair in the middle and pulling each side into a ponytail. Braid down the hair, now here is my tip. When I am braiding, I pull the braid over to the other ponytail to see where I need to end my braid. I don't like having to redo things. Secure the braid with an elastic.
Now, take the braid and flip it over so the end is by the opposite base of the ponytail. Pull a section of the elastic up and slip the end of the braid under the elastic.
Do the same with the remaining braid.
Now you just curl the ends, or make them spikey. If I did spikey ends, I would have done the hair that was left down straight. Since I curled them, I curled the ends. I like consistency.
