Braiding 101: How To Prep Your Braiding Hair (Detailed Tutorial)
- Posted on 08 December, 2016
- Sew-In Hair Extensions
- By Anonymous
Braiding 101: How to prep your braiding hair (DETAILED TUTORIAL)
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Hey guys welcome back to my channel so before we start, I just want to tell you guys the reason why my makeup looks so dramatic. It'S because I was doing the live video on YouTube, so I just figured you know why not just do this tutorial and get it out of the way. That'S why it looks like this anyways um. So today's tutorial is going to be on how to prep hair for braiding. You know like size and making sure not size and I'm sorry like how to stretch the hair to make sure that the ends are neat and clean. And you know skinny and it's not going to Ravel um, basically how I stretch and prep my hair before I start to braid. I did get a request accidentally to do a tutorial on that. So I figured that I'll. Do it in steps I'll do this tutorial and then in the next tutorial I will do I guess, like pardon and stuff like that and then in the following tutorial. I will do like actually braiding, so you guys can see the steps and how to do it. There'S no point in me showing you how to braid it if you don't know how to get the hair ready. So that's what today's tutorial is about. It'S about prepping, the hair, the hair that I will be using that I love to use. Also, I have a video in mind. I have a video that shows you guys, you know, tells you guys about the hair, the different types of braiding hair and the ones that I like to use. I will leave the link to that in the description box. So you guys can check that out so yeah the hair that I'm using, of course, is the super X braid friend. This is for my actual hair. So, of course, you know that the tutorial I'm gon na have to do a tutorial on that to how to braid your own hair, a slower version. We don't want ones that you guys can actually follow, because I haven't getting some negative comments about how fast my videos are, and I didn't know you know, I'm new to the whole YouTube thing. So I didn't. I thought you had like a limit, a timing that you couldn't that's why I made the videos fast, but if you guys have a question that I slowed it down, so you guys can see exactly what I'm doing. I will do that in my you know. From now on, so there's no need to be negative about that um. So yeah, that's that if you guys want to see how I prep my hair before I braid, then please keep on watching again don't forget to like subscribe comment. Let me know what you think, and I will see you beautiful ladies and gents in my next tutorial. So, to start, what you're going to need, of course, is a pair of scissors you're going to need that to cut the hair and then you're going you're going to need a puddle brush like this or something like this either one will work perfectly fine um and Then, of course, your hair, so the silligans hair, depending depending on the lid that you're going for like right now with the braids that I'm getting. I want my braids pretty long, so I am going to cut it into two now. Keep in mind that the hair is really long. Expression is very, very long, that's the length. So what I'm going to do, because I want my braids along - is - I am going to just cut it into two, so this is the actual foliage. This is one side, and this is the other side so because I want my braids really really long like I said I am going to cut the hair into two, which will be in the middle right here so once the hair is cut. This will be it. This is will be how long it will be, but when I stretch it, I'm going to get some more length. If so, I'm going to take the scissors and I'm going to UM cut it into two like that. It'S cut into two, and this is once the ends will look like, so it's cut into two, and this is what the ends will look like um. What you want to do is you want to hold onto it, but you don't want to hold it too tight. Just just a little grip, a firm little grip um, and then you start to pull like this. You don't want to pull it too much out like if this was cut into four. You wouldn't want to pull it too much out, because then you end up pulling the hair all the way out and that's why you don't want to hold, and you don't want to go too too tight, because you actually want to be able to pull something when You'Re pulling so just little bit tight, but not too tight, give yourself some breathing room and you just want to keep pulling it just keep pulling it like. So, of course, there's not this slow once you get the hang of it, I actually do it faster, but because I'm showing you guys, that's why I'm doing it so slow, but you just want to keep pulling the hair, keep pulling keep pulling I'm going to do It faster, so you guys get the point, you know as you get, you know it does, and it doesn't have to be like one strand at the time. It could be a couple you just keep pulling and this is it you're done. You are done now after you you're done on pulling. It will look like this at the end that you are pulling and the hair will be pretty messy like this sorry, I dropped my phone, but the hair will be pretty messy. Looking like exactly like this, so with that what you want to do now is you want to hold it in the middle but hold it really tight like you want to hold it like really really tight, you're going to take your brush. I will be using this one and you're going to brush it, but you're going to brush it. Don'T start from here you're going to brush it, starting from the end. You want to hold it really tight because you don't want to get you know, you don't want the hair to pull out while you're brushing it you're going to brush your really really tight. I mean sorry hold it really tight and just brush it from the bottom. Up, as you can see, it's coming together is neat. It'S clean it's gorgeous, so you want to make sure that is really brushed through and it's not tangle because right now, even though it looks really nice, it's still tangled up here. So what you do now is you move your hands down a bit again, holding it really firm, really really tight and you're going to brush that part out now you're going to do the same for the other side, you're going to hold it really really tight down Here and you're going to brush this side, make sure you get all the nuts and everything out. Then you go back and hold it in the middle and you just brush it out one more time and that's that you're done see how beautiful the ends are see. How nice the ends like it's, not it's not all straight like it was before so with this one I prayed. If I want it to be longer, I can just take the hair like so and stretch it out, some more so give it a little bit a little bit more lint, which that's what I'm gon na do so that, like my braids, really long um. So let's compare the two. This is what the one that's not stretch looked like like is you know it's not stretch if I was to do a braid with this. Let me put this down if I was to do a braid with this. When I got to the end of the braid it was gon na it will unravel it's not going to stay because it's so bulky at the end. But if I was to do a braid with this one, since its stretched and the ends are nice and literally like beautiful, my braids will stay. You know my braids are not gon na unravel a lot of people are like my breads are all unraveling, because your ends look like this and they don't look like this there's other ways of stretching it, but even when you do it like that, your braids are Not as neat and the chances of them still unraveling is pretty high because the ends are nozzoli stretched out like they should be stretched up. So I hope you guys understood this video. I try to be more. You know detailed as I could. I hope you guys understand it if you guys have any more questions, leave them in the comments bar below, and I will so them again. I will leave the links to the hair that I, like my life's on my dislikes when it comes to braiding hair. I will leave that in the description box below and you guys can check that out also, so I'm going to go ahead and finish these on off camera, because if I said I was going to sit here and do it on camera, it's gon na take forever. So we're trying to keep the video as short as you can possibly keep it. So this is how your braids and hair should be. This is how it shouldn't be. The ends should not look like this. They should look like that. See like this not like this. So that is that, thank you guys so much for watching. Thank you guys for tuning in and for watching, don't forget to like subscribe share, and I will see you guys in my next tutorial. Bye.
Comments
DEZAREE JOHNSON: This was an excellent video.... I'm an excellent braider but I've never added hair before and I'm doing my daughter's for the time. It was good to get the scoop from the very beginning. Also, very beautiful young lady.... Keep up the good work!
whyisgamora: This was such a good tutorial! The last time I tried stretching hair I had to throw out the whole pack because the whole things was a tangled mess! Thank you for this helpful video!
Casa: thank you, I'm doing my first diy quarantine braids, today. this really helps
Natasha Whatman: This is such a great tutorial! I swear every time I've done this method I always lose a ton of hair at the brush out stage, I knew I was doing something wrong
M Reid: Thank you for the tutorial! Did a great job explaining and made it soooo much easier than what i was doing. Glad to have caught this video. Thanks!
Ayana Morris: Great video, very detailed & to the point. Thanks ❤️
Gabriela Antunes: Thank you thank you thank you!!! I want to do box breads in my daughter’s hair and I had no idea how people get the ends uneven to a point it won’t unravel and I come across you. Awesome video. I appreciate it so much
melohelo5: Thank you so so much! Your instructions are precise and take the stress away of feathering ( Cuz i tangled hair badly in the past!). Thanks
Kitan's Corner: Thank you so much doing my own braids because of quarantine and this was very useful
Nerine Edwards: Thank you sweetie I just did my first braid and realize that I need to learn how to stretch .you were very helpful
Anita B. Sarpong: Thanks sis, exactly what I wanted to learn
Kojo Friends: Thank you for this amazing tips. I used to loose so much hair on this step, now you saved me.
MsMisslady2011: This was so helpful, takes the mystique out of making those ends feathered! I agree, you do an excellent job of explaining. Much success to you and thank you for your video! .
seithati m: Thank you so much, I was really struggling but your video helped me a lot!
Naa: Thanks my sis for this tutorial. Haven't braided hair in a couple of years, so this is a good refresher.
Tenese Forh: thank you so much for this tutorial. it's really helpful to me
KIMMY RAW-CHAT PODCAST: You make it so easy my first try was amazing thanks much ❤❤
Lo N'BeholdBeauty: i love braiding and doing hair but i HATE feathering the hair! how long do it take u for 4 sections instead of 2?
Clenasma VanKlompenberg: You explained it really well. Thank you this hair tutorial will be really helpful. when I start doing my boxbraid
Sandra Djouma Gálvez: I appreciate you so much for this. LOVE YOU SIS! KEEP IT UP
Ann Randle: Thank you for the tutorial! I'm a little older and did not want 24 inches of hair down my back! (plus I teach children w behavioral issues no pulling please)
Mrzgigglez20 hayes: I'm still trying to learn how to braid an braid all the way to the end I love your videos thank you ❤️️
The Vlog Life: Thank you for this video. My first time cutting the hair in half and using this method. Instead of doing the stretch method. Excited to do my clients hair tomorrow.
Marvette: Girl you Made that look like some Brazilian I love this tutorial very detailed
Fati: Thank you I just bought the hair and I didnt know what to do. Im going to do short braids so I still have no idea how to cut it but thanks EDIT : OMGGGGG its so uneven and there is hair everywhere !!!! Ugh im so bad
vivian muka: thank you girl finally after many attempts your video really helped
Monique Wilson: Hi. This is my first time watching. I recently braided my hair in bix braids for the first time and my braids were unraveling even after i put them in hot water. Next time i braid my hair now i know what to do. Ty
Stacy Ovenseri: Thank u. Really slow and I was able to prepare really nice hair... pulling and combing as u recommended . Brava !!
Nayas World: Soo helpful thank you!!
Iffy Blessing: Your tutorial taught me a lot!
Earth As Heaven: Very helpful. Thank you!
Katrina Jefferson: Great video you explain everything good glad I came across your channel. Subscribed ✔✔
Erica R: So THIS is what's been missing from my LIFE! Thank you!!!!
Favour Matthew: This is very helpful, thanks for the tips
Sonita Simelus: Thank you so much. This will be very helpful!
Andrea Adamu-Alamba: thank you so much i’ve watched so many videos and none of them helped me other than this so once again thanks a bunch!
Chubba Hubba: You make this look so easy wow
It's Milly: Thank you for this tutorial sis
OurFOREVER FAMILY: Good Job! Great demonstration
Adrian Oliver: Thank you for this detailed video.
Da'Shza Powell: THANK YOU SO MUCH! I love your videos!
The Royal Family: thank you for showing how to stretch the hair can you do another one showing where to cut if you want to make 4 bundles I hope this makes sense I wanna do some box braids on my daughter and she's 7 so I don't want them to be too long
BillionDollarBaddiy: Thank you this helped a lot
Lily Fede: Great tutorial. Thanks
Allisa Linor: Longer videos more views more money! You can go as long as an hour if you want love. For this one you could've done a whole pack at least u would've watched
Bianca Babe: this was very informative. for bob braids with expressions hair, can I cut it in four?
Kunmi Magnus-Davies: Very good tutorial. Many thanks
milky snooj: thank you so much for your help!!
notnowdean: Great video...I was clueless about the feathering part, lol
Dominique A: So helpful thanks
Roché: Love this ❤️❤️❤️
Life as jojo: Watching after 5 years Your makeup looks so funny Buh I guess it was the trend at the time u did the video Thanks for the video
Seek Truth: Great explanation
KeeKeeNice: Damn thank for this, I REALLY needed it lol wow
Shafa Shimoshili: Very detailed indeed
Sibusisiwe Chirambira: I feel like I've been robbed because the hair that was half for her is a full packet everywhere I buy braiding hair
Stenesha Ross: this video just helped me so much. i love you!
Adetilewa Somade: I need the link to other tutorial. Thanks for this it was very useful
Jamilia Joseph: I tried and it come out perfect thank u sis...
Cool beans: THANKS SIS
Unique Beauty: Love the tip
JAHumanBeing: Also, I found that if you hold the hair tight, you can give it a good "SHAKE" and you won't have to brush it...that just works for me...not a stylist...
Chermera Goins: Thanks for the help
Jennifer Phiri: Great video
Romie: Good job
Tania Mogutnova: I wish that at every step of the hair prep - you would explain why you are doing what you are doing. Like, why pull the hair, why cut it in half (is that necessary?), Etc etc
Kendra Miles: Very detailed.thxs
Ladwin Mutengu: I will keep on watching it .luv it
Jayden Estrict: So if I want the hair shorter I cut it into more times?
Abegail Stewart: Am here because I hate featuring the hair and still don't know how to get it right. But this was very detailed and I know for sure I will do better next time.
A.T. Lovin Life: Very good vid
Akinadewo Fadeke: this really helpt me thanks
2017Newme: Thank you
Gabby: Can you still cut the braiding hair in two if you're using hair that has ombré/blonde ends?
Oh Kay: thank you
nicole pfupa: My hairdresser ask me to do it so thanks for this tutorial
Mpilo-enhle Moyo: can i use a comb instead of a brush?
Tina White: How do you know how much to take piece by piece to braid the hair so it all could be the same size braids like how thick or how thin
JoAnne Thomas: Great video
MsLeelee94: that is why my braids look bad i did not prepare them i'm gonna go buy hair and practice this thank you!
Juliet Boakye Yiadom: Ghanaian sis. Thanks for this video! ♥️
Ladwin Mutengu: Just the tutorial .its detailed thanx dear
Ivetta Epinger: You do an amazing job
Chi Slay: thank you so much!!!!!!!!
abena daffour: This really help
Saya Crosdale: Tysm last time was my first time and I didn’t cut it or feather it ♀️
Kendra Miles: Yyeesss thx u so much!!got it!!
Gloria: Thankyou aaahhhh dis was really helpful
andrea Lorenzana: I really need to learn how to feather the brading hair 'cause I want to look nice and pullish
Marina Oyeoyeoye: Thank you so much for this vídeo
She Personal Hair Studio: I been waiting on this!!!!!!
izia crockett: what about if i want to do shoulder length braids? do I still pull it like you did in the beginning of the video ?
Christ Bella: nice job u did
Lillian Sim: I'm impressed
Adizah Shillingford: Me struggling miserably because I don’t have a good scissors.
Shirley Jones: Thhhhhhaaaaaank you
Raquel Nyra Wilson: Thank you
mengume: Thank you
Kedion Lingard: Thank you
AUDREY manlan: Please must I do same to the 2 ends or prep only one side