Another way to wear the 5 strand textured brad pull back

Hello lovelies!

The 5-strand wavey braid that I showed you yesterday can be re-vamped in a different way! All you have to do is follow the same procedure as yesterday, but instead of just leaving it at that, you can do a loose braid to the side to get it all out of the way or just pull it into a different look!


Hope you liked this hairstyle, please feel free to contact me with questions, comments, requests, or if you just try it yourself!

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5-strand textured braid pull-back!

Hello again, my lovelies! 

Long time, no see! I am very sorry for how long it has been since I have posted, school took over my life for the majority of the year, but I am now free for the summer! No studying for this girl (until the fall that is...)!

Anyway, the hairstyle I have chosen to start the summer off with is a pull back to get that hair out of your face in the heat, with STYLE! 

You will need a comb, a clip or some bobby pins, and an elastic hair tie.

Part your hair to one side, and on the side with the most hair take a chunk from the front, tie the rest back for now. Comb it out to get the tangles out, and then separate the hair into 5 pieces (3 small and 2 large). I recommend the small pieces to be the middle and end pieces. 

Side part in my hair

Once you have your pieces, start braiding down the length of the strands. Start from the outside piece on the right and cross it over the next piece and under the next. Then start at the left side and cross it over the next piece and under the middle piece. Continue down the strand till there is only an inch or so left. (When braiding 5-strand braids I like to say over, under, over , under, over, under, over, under, etc.  to keep track of the strands I am on) Once I reach the end of the braid I tie it off with the elastic and start to tug on the outside of the large pieces of hair to soften the braid and create a textured braid that looks almost like waves.

Hair before tugging out the large sections of hair

Once I get the braid how I want it, pull it back from your face, along the side of your head, and pin with either bobby pins or a clip. For this I chose a bow that I made the other day.

My lacey blue bow

The wavey five strand braid

 I didn't exaggerate the waves as much as you can; however, I like the way it looks simple from a distance, but more complex closer up.

Close up of the braid to see the details

I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial! Please let me know if you have comments, questions, ideas on how to change it, or if you try it yourself.

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The 4 strand braid pull-back

It has been too long my lovelies!
Here is a quick hairstyle to spice up your hair for the day!
This is a 4-strand braid pull back.

Separate out a chunk from the front of your hair and tie the rest back from your face. Take the chunk and separate into four even pieces. Holding the pieces pulling back from your face, start to braid. The braid is taking an outside piece and going over, then under, then the other outside piece going under, then over. Keep repeating this down the strands till you run out of hair.

If that way of thinking about it doesn't work for you, the other way that I have heard it explained is taking one outside piece over, under, over, then flipping the two in the middle and repeat.

Once the strand is done you can tie it off and proceed to mix it into the style. Or, you can do what I did and hold one of the middle strands and push the rest of the braid up to make it a little messier, then tie off.

What I did once I had my braid tied off was pull it into a pony tail to fit what I had to do that day. Or you could pin it with a flower, hide the end under some other hair with pins, or pull back into a bun.

Voila! You are done and ready to head out the door!

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