Fashion plaits & braids

Hair for fashion and beauty

Wiggle plait

Creating a wiggle plait is the simplest plait I have recently learnt how to create. Below is a step by step of how to create this style of plait:

1. Create a standard three strand plait
2. Hold one strand at the bottom of the plait and then push the plait up. 
3. use a hair tie or a hair grip to old the plait in place.

Five strand plait

Creating a five strand plait really dazzled me at first. It look me a while to get the hang of it, but once you have got your head around the five strands of hair it became really simple! I decided to crimp all the hair as i felt that the texture of the hair would make it easier for me to work with. Below is a step by step of how I created this five strand plait:

1. Section the hair into five equal size strands.
2. Begin working with the hair from the right side with one fold of each section - just like the start of a three strand plait.
3. You should then weave the strand from the left hand side over and then under the strand next to it on the right.
4. Weave the strand from the right hand side over and then under the left strand.
5. Repeat this motion until you reach the ends of the hair.

Here is my five strand plait that I created in the studio at uni.

Below is a tutorial I found most helpful on YouTube to visually show the steps of how to create a five strand plait.

Creating of a 5 strand bread in sleek straight hair

Waterfall braid

Below is a step by step of  how to create a waterfall plait in the hair.

1. Take three stands of hair and begin to create a three strand plait.
2. When folding the right strand of hair into the middle of the two other strands.
3. Fold the left hand strand into the middle of the two right hand strands and let this strand fall onto the hair.
4. You should then take a section from underneath the right section of hair and fold it into the left hand section.
5. fold the left section into the middle and then release this strand into the hair.
6. take another section of hair from the underneath of the right section and then fold again into the left hand section.
7. Repeat this until you reach the end of the hair.

On the right is my first attempt of creating a waterfall plait. I found it difficult as this plait looks like a twist in the hair. Lottie (my hair teacher) said that this was because of my positioning while creating the braid  in the hair. I plan to practice this again and hopefully create a normal looking waterfall braid!

Slip tie knot braid

I created a slip knot braid in the hair going from the top of the head down to the bottom of the neck. you can use this technique to create a slip tie knot in any section of the hair. Below is a step by step of how I created this look:

1. Take two equal sections of hair from the hair line and tie them in a knot.
2. Take another two equal sections as the previous sections of hair and tie them in a knot.
3. Once you have two knotted two sections of hair you should then create a third knot -this time taking the ends of the first knot into this knot. You should ensure that the ends of the first knot and going underneath the the end sections of the second knot.
4. You should continue these steps until you have used all of the hair - you can then style the end of the hair as desired. I chose to continue knotting the last section and the fold and pin the hair under at the top of the neck so they could not be seen.

Here is an image of my first attempt of creating a slip tie knot in the hair. I found it difficult to keep all the knots neat as the dolls head hair isn't quite long enough.