Okay, so I'm late posting again. What can I say? Yesterday was the eclipse; I was busy. But I promise I have a wonderful hairstyle to help make up for it.
Lovely, isn't it? Let me assure you it's not that hard, and it really is dream hair material. And comfortable. Did I mention comfortable? Just choose how you cross side and middle carefully in step 8.
A friend of mine wore this to her formal (similar to Prom). So it lasts too. Pretty much everything you want in a hairstyle. Now take a deep breath, and let's do this!
The Mermaid Waterfall Braid
- Brush hair and make a middle part or a slight side part.
- On the left side, start a rope waterfall braid. (There's a link to a tutorial below if you need it.)
- Continue the braid all the way to the back middle of the head.
- Stop adding hair and finish with a rope braid. Temporarily secure braid.
- Repeat steps 2-4 on the right side of head.
- Remove the temporary ponytail holders.
- Pick up three of the four pieces from the rope braids at the base where they meet. You should have right, middle, and left pieces.
- Cross a side piece over the middle. This gives you a new middle and a new side.
- Cross the other side (from the original positions) over the new middle. This again gives you new middle and side pieces.
- Pick up the remaining piece from the four rope braid pieces and add it to the new side from step 8 where you crossed pieces for the first time.
- Cross the entire piece including the added hair over the middle, giving you a new middle and side.
- Pick up the closest loose section from the waterfall rope braid and add it to the new side.
- Repeat step 11.
- Repeat steps 12 &1 3 alternating sides until you use all the loose pieces from the rope waterfall braids.
- Either ponytail right then, or finish with a regular braid and then ponytail.
Curly Hair Care Mini-talk
Let's face it. Curly hair is a pain, y'all. Yes, it's pretty and has great grip. But it's also fussy and knotty. Very, very knotty. So what do you do?
- Don't brush. That just leaves you with a head full of frizz.
- Don't over-wash. That leaves it dry and frizzy.
- Don't touch. That puts oil and dirt from your hands on your hair and makes it, you guessed it, frizzy.
- Do wash twice over a week. This leaves your hair time to recover from the chemicals in shampoo.
- Do be carefully with products. Choose all-natural when you can and be carefully how much you use.
- Do let it be curly. It's tempting to straighten or braid wet, but the more your hair curls, the better it curls.
Hope some of this helps. Want any more? Let me know.
RhoXie
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