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  brightning member

  May 2011

  I'll try my best to explain ... I hope it makes sense! This site has a lot of braiding videos: https://www.princesshairstyles.com/

  First, I have to do a braid like this with "dirty" hair - it doesn't hold on freshly washed hair. And I always spray her hair down with water so it's pretty damp.

  This type of braid is an "inside out" French braid. Here's a link on how to do it: https://www.princesshairstyles.com/2008/12/inside-outdutch-french-braid-video.html

  So I just do this braid, starting on one side of her head (hair is parted and I always start on the side with the least hair) and moving around to the other side of her hair until I run out of hair. I braid I all the way to the end and then just bobbypin it across the top of her head, or else pin it into a little circle (kind of making a rosette). Or, when I run out of hair, I just make it into a side ponytail.

  I taught myself to braid when I was little so I'm pretty fast at it, but my DD definitely doesn't stay still. Even when the braid isn't perfect, I love to do it and it keeps DD's hair out of her face and off her neck. When this picture was taken, she had already been to the park - it really stays all.day.long.

  GL and HTH!

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  Pesky member

  May 2011

  Thanks!  I had never french-braided hair in my life and despite DD's howls, managed to do a decent job.  Hopefully we'll get into more of a groove, especially after I get her hair trimmed so fewer tangles.

  
  
  DD -- 5YO
  DS -- 3YO
  

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