Braids

I found the perfect site to get you started braiding.If you have already started braiding there are more types of braids to look at on this website.

 For starters, work on the first two. They are the basics, one will become very natural to you and the other will be uncomfortable for awhile because you're doing it backwards. Most people find the inverted braid to be the uncomfortable one but for me it was the opposite. Do what is comfortable for you.

For braiding, I always find gel to be very helpful. For one, it holds the hair in place while I grab more. It also holds the fly-away's down to make a more clean and finished look. My personal favorite is from Redken, its called Redken Rewind 06. With this product you will only want to use a little bit. Just dab one finger in by barely touching the surface, it will be a little stringy but that's good. Take that finger and dab it together with the other fingers you braid with. Again, it will be stringy, it's supposed to do that. It can be fun to get distracted and just start playing with it. After that just braid normally, you may need to get more product while in the middle of braiding but that's to be expected. If it's easier, then you can put some product directly onto the hair that you're about to braid, place it midway through the strand that way you wont need to stop braiding for more product. You can also use this product for short hair styles if you wanted to spike up the hair a bit or use it to curl your hair. Put just a pea sized amount of product onto the strand right before curling it and then curl. It makes great texture and provides great hold.

They recently came out with a new product specifically for braiding that is called Redken Braid aid 03. Now to be perfectly honest, I haven't used this product too much but it works the same as the redken rewind. You will only want to use a small amount of product. It is also meant to help twist the hair while braiding and I have heard great things about it.

Feel free to send me pictures of your braids and please don't hesitate to ask me questions by emailing me.