What you'll need:
Hair Kit
Dolly Head
Clamp
Techniques covered:
Heart shaped French braid
Fish tail French braids
10 strand low side braid
So I didn't find anything on YouTube that I wanted to try but I found a picture of a heart shaped French braid so I attempted it just by copying the picture!
I decided to use my classmate Molly as my hair model as she has such long straight hair, which is perfect for braiding, as my dolly head hair gets really thin making it really hard to achieve an even braid.
Here is the picture:
| 1. Heart shaped French braid |
So I just did the normal French braid technique until I was reaching the end of the section, I then moved from the front of my model to the side to alter the direction of my braid.
Next I unclipped my lower section, and continued the French braid until I reached the bottom of the head and secured with a hair band.
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| 2. My version right side |
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| 3. My version left side |
So I did this style last week but only a small section, so I decided to do the entire style this lesson as I had Molly's lovely hair to work with. To see how to create this see my last post on braiding techniques.
Here is my version of fishtail French braids:
Here is my version of fishtail French braids:
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| 4. My French fishtail braid |
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| 5. My French fishtail braid |
11 Strand braid:
So last lesson I did an 11 strand braid on my dolly head but as because of the length and thickness of the hair I couldn't do a l;ong one, so I decided to redo it on Molly as it would far more achievable with her hair:
It's not as daunting as it sounds really its one 5 strand plait with two 3 strand plaits woven into either side of it, therefore creating an 11 strand plait.
So to start I brushed through my models hair and tied it into a low side pony.
I then took a strand of hair from the pony and wrapped it around the hair band to hide it I secured it using a grip concealed on the underside of the pony out of eye view.
To start you have to split the pony into 3 sections, the middle being the largest, the side sections being smaller and the same size as each other.
Clip the two side sections out of the way to avoid confusion.
Next split your remaining section into 5 strands, the technique is just like weaving. I started on the right hand side, so I took the outer most section took it over the section next to it, then under the middle. Stop.
Now take the outer most section from the left take it over the section next to it, then under the middle section. Stop.
Back to the right hand side. Continue technique until you reach the bottom of the pony. Secure with a hair-band.
Now for the next part; Release one of your two side sections from the clip. Split into 3 strands. This is just the same as doing a normal 3 strand plait, with one exception; every time you go to take the left strand over the middle, take it under and through an outer loop of the 5 strand plait before. Obviously starting at the top loop, then the next and so on.
When you reach the bottom, take the hair band off the 5 strand plait and re-tie including your 3 strand into it.
Repeat this technique with the final section, but instead of looping the left hand section, you'll be looping the right hand strand through as this section is on the opposite side of the 5 strand plait.
Here is what the result should look like:
Lesson Evaluation:
I really enjoyed the lesson today, especially working on real hair as its much easier to work with. Also the quality and length allowed me to do styles that I wouldn't have been able to do if I was using my dolly head. I'm really happy with everything I did in my lesson today.
References:
So last lesson I did an 11 strand braid on my dolly head but as because of the length and thickness of the hair I couldn't do a l;ong one, so I decided to redo it on Molly as it would far more achievable with her hair:
It's not as daunting as it sounds really its one 5 strand plait with two 3 strand plaits woven into either side of it, therefore creating an 11 strand plait.
So to start I brushed through my models hair and tied it into a low side pony.
I then took a strand of hair from the pony and wrapped it around the hair band to hide it I secured it using a grip concealed on the underside of the pony out of eye view.
To start you have to split the pony into 3 sections, the middle being the largest, the side sections being smaller and the same size as each other.
Clip the two side sections out of the way to avoid confusion.
Next split your remaining section into 5 strands, the technique is just like weaving. I started on the right hand side, so I took the outer most section took it over the section next to it, then under the middle. Stop.
Now take the outer most section from the left take it over the section next to it, then under the middle section. Stop.
Back to the right hand side. Continue technique until you reach the bottom of the pony. Secure with a hair-band.
Now for the next part; Release one of your two side sections from the clip. Split into 3 strands. This is just the same as doing a normal 3 strand plait, with one exception; every time you go to take the left strand over the middle, take it under and through an outer loop of the 5 strand plait before. Obviously starting at the top loop, then the next and so on.
When you reach the bottom, take the hair band off the 5 strand plait and re-tie including your 3 strand into it.
Repeat this technique with the final section, but instead of looping the left hand section, you'll be looping the right hand strand through as this section is on the opposite side of the 5 strand plait.
Here is what the result should look like:
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| 6. My 11 strand plait |
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| 7. My 11 strand plait |
Lesson Evaluation:
I really enjoyed the lesson today, especially working on real hair as its much easier to work with. Also the quality and length allowed me to do styles that I wouldn't have been able to do if I was using my dolly head. I'm really happy with everything I did in my lesson today.
References:
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