How To Do Box Braids On Yourself (Super Easy To Follow Tutorial For Beginners)
- Posted on 12 May, 2020
- Hair Knowledge
- By Anonymous
do you want to look like you got your hair done without leaving your house?!? well, look no further. in this tutorial i show a really easy way to do very cute box braids on yourself.
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Outre Jumbo Braid from the beauty supply
How Many Braids?
60
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Hey y'all, it's lana welcome to my channel today, i'm about to do a really easy, beginner friendly box spray tutorial um. I think i'm about to do some small, medium, medium ones. I'Ve done big ones before, but i'm doing small ones today. Um make sure you like subscribe and comment under the video thanks for watching okay. So, let's get into what i'm using i'm using these um 500 rubber bands. I don't think it's 500 in here anymore, but i got it from the dollar store and because i'm using the rubber band method and then a rat tail comb out. You know jumbo braid in the color sticks and patience, because you need a little bit of patience. It doesn't always work out right away and then a good show or some good music, because it takes a second i'm gon na start off by parting, my whole head, which is the hardest part, but i'm gon na start in the back. Well, first, i'm going to kind of like break off an area with my hands and my hair is blow dried detangled like seven times and uh deep conditioned shampooed all that my least favorite part. But when i part the back of my hair, i use the comb and i kind of just try and go as straight as possible. Then i clean it up with a mirror afterwards. I hear struggling like it's it's easy, but it just takes me some time for the parts for each individual braid. I just take the end of the comb find where it is, go straight down. Take the piece, get a band and take the band make sure. There'S no hair around it so that it stays crisp and then wrap it as if you would a normal okay. So one cup of coffee and two hours later, i'm finished parting. My hair um, i'm not gon na lie to you. It takes a minute, but it's worth it, it makes the actual braiding go way back and i separate all the hair from the braiding package before i start braiding in my hair at least one pack at a time, but one advantage to parting your hair before you Start braiding it is. You can count exactly how many braids they're about to be so you can separate the hair accordingly so that you don't run out so after cutting mine, i have about 60 braids, so i'm gon na have to get ten braids out of each pattern. Quick mats, i personally separate it. I just take it and spread it out a whole bunch like a whole lot of that left and then i just start breaking the pieces off and holding it real tight at the top to try and lose as little hair as possible. Then i just lay it out now for the main event which you're all here for, but we all want to see what we all need to know how to braid so and don't mind the split hairs. So i have my handy dandy, piece of hair that i've separated from the rest it's about the same size as this piece of hair, like the two sides are the same size as the middle piece of hair. I'M gon na take the two wrap it over the piece of hair. I have in the middle, pull it tight down, so i'm going to pull this piece up, pull these two back and then braid it like i'm normally braiding, but really make sure. I keep an even pressure as i go then, when i get to like here, i start to mix the braiding hair in with my hair. So i take a little bit from this one start braiding with it. Then the next braid i go. I take it from the other piece shoot and then, as i go down, i kind of make sure the bottom doesn't get tangled like it is, and to do that, you have to like drag down with your braid. So like drag down like that, and then just let me get to the end, okay, tight. In a little note, why did i it's not using my british accent? Another question is your favorite album right now or song? I want to know. I was thinking about that because i parted my hair forever. Okay, that's two done. I'M gon na hit you with the time lapse as i complete my head, i'm going to show again when i get to the front, but for the middle just hit you with the timeline the center of the back. I reach my hands like directly behind my head and start it and then pull it to the side to finish the braid. So i got like 10 of them done probably like 11.. Oh my brother, i'm standing right there. You can't see them hey my brother fish, but yeah um, they're, looking cute making me a long time, but it'll be worth it even though nobody can see them. I don't know what i saw say: hi, oh hey! You wan na youtube, put your face in it. I look rusty rusty, not crusty, not dusty, but rusty tell them to subscribe james, subscribe and turn the bell on turn the bell on okay, so i have to go. Do something shout out lindsay when i get back, the lighting might be a little different, but i'm gon na finish them. When i get back your girl is back, try to get back into it. It'S all day thing y'all. This is all they think the grind does not stop. So, let's go okay, so i'm going to show you how i do each and individual one again enough with the timelapse you take this one piece of hair. These two sides are pretty much equal. Well, not really, but pretty close to the size of this one right here you take it up at the top i kind of like to have it equal on both sides. I don't i'm not. I haven't been doing any fanning, they're still kind of tapering. Somehow i don't really know, but when i boil them i think it'll look, fine um, so you take it. I put my hands like this blow. My nails hold it over top of this. One then use my middle finger to grab it and pull it on top. Now i'm holding this here like this, i'm gon na wrap and pull and pretty much braid as normal, but really as tight as i can like. The rubber band is being pushed up at this point because that's how tight i grabbed it. The rubber band really helps you with your grip, especially when you're like learning to braid and twists and everything. But once you kind of have the grip, you don't really need them as much. I like them, because it helps keep the part clean and then just keep all the way. Until my piece of hair is short, i mean it's gone, not short. Now my piece of hair is almost gone, so i'm gon na put it in the middle of these two pieces and pull from one i'm gon na pull from this one and see i just please ignore my nails, i'm so sorry i should have done my polytop. Just pull it and break it, and i kind of just keep changing the size of it until it's knotted at the bottom. From the way i'm braiding see this is i struggle a little bit don't be concerned? If you struggle a little bit, it's the end that matters, and now i have a good one, not a good one, like a good separation between all of them and that's when i just start to breathe like normal, just really keep going under under and listening to. My frank ocean and my drake and my kind of creator, my r linux and my my clothing, my juice world alexa's, been putting everything. I'Ve done my hair for a long time. This underhand braiding is what gives you this look right here. This look and keeping it the same pressure. All the way down. Just consistency is key. Braids teach you life, lessons, hair, teaches you life lessons. Everything teaches you life life is a lesson honestly. Is this a chitchat braid, my hair with me, because i'm really talking now here - i am you can't really see at the end and where i would like to stop so i'm going to do my gosh. This accident is a bad habit. What i'm going to do is see this. It'S three pieces right here: three pieces, i'm gon na make it two pieces. I'M gon na put this piece over here. Put this piece over here and then i'm gon na make a cannot or a knot, as some people would say and then make the loop put it the rabbit through the hole, try your best, just pull it out put top and then now you've got it like This ready to be boiled now come back to you when i'm doing it's literally 10 11. I started at one. I was gone for some hours, though so i mean that makes a difference, but i have eight left, i'm finally, on the home stretch, i have these and then i'll literally be done. This is the finished look. The moment has finally gone. I shouldn't be this excited, but you know look at this. We are done with the braiding just time for finishing touches and as soon as i finish, the song. Oh my gosh, i love drake and i can't tell you what the name of the song is. Are you stupid? Are you dumb? Oh it's like you fancy huh. You fancy that nails. The hair does everything that nail's done everything yeah, but my nails aren't done, but my hair, okay, look looky hold up hold up this and when i boiled the ends they kind of like waved up so now i got like a goddess braid vibe going on. I don't really know, but i'm digging the official. Also. Let me tell you some pros of doing your own hair if you haven't started it yet, it's not tight, like my head's not about to be hurting, but also i can do the movie thing like right now, like we're getting side part now. Look at that and you don't have to pay extra for tailbone length, so go order, your hair on amazon or try and figure out how to find a beauty supply store and go. Do them right now. I know you want to and comment and like and subscribe, and thank you for watching you
Comments
Gon and killua's father: Box braiding guide to success: 1. Time. It takes a lot of time so if u want it to turn out good and fast, don’t watch tv while braiding. The best thing to do is vibe to music or a podcast, or talk on the phone. U need to be looking at the mirror and ur hair, or ur tv. 2. Be patient. If it doesn’t work out the first time, try again. I’ve tried doing box braids 3 times before I got it to look good and stay on. It takes practice. 3. Don’t be buying no cheap hair. Go to sally and buy the good hair. I’m not talking bout the real human hair, but the kind that she has in the video. Try getting some that’s already feathered and ready to go besides the separating 4. Parting is hard, so if u can ask ur mom or whatever, do so. If u need help don’t be scared to ask. I look up videos on how to part better and they really help. 5. Keeping your braids straight down is very important because u don’t want no crusty braids that aren’t laying down flat. U can make them lay down buy taking some hot water in a big cup or something similar and dipping you braid in all the way to ur head, but don’t burn ur scalp. Leave it in for a few seconds and then take it out and move on. A lot of people forget to do the boil heating thing at the end but it’s super important for flat beautiful braids. Rock ur hair bby♀️
Favor Mulalira: So I attempted to do this and braid my hair for the first time so let me just share my experience: 1- She was 100% correct, parting was the hardest part. Even if you have all the mirrors in the world, there are still some blind spots that you’ll just have to guess on. Let your mama help you cuz that’s what I had to do 2- The rubber bands made the gripping a lot easier. I attempted to do it without and I failed. Because it is my first time, it helped me a lot. 3- The top of my braids are really really tight because I took the pressure tip wayyy too far. The braids looked uneven because I was applying too much pressure when I should have eased up as I went further down. 4- I didn’t put any product in my hair before braiding. It would have made my hair slick and impossible to grip because I’m a beginner. 5- The more braids I did, the better they looked. My first braid is hideous but my last braid is my favorite. 6- Buy a LOT of braiding hair. I overestimated the packs and almost ran out because I didn’t buy enough. Don’t make the same mistake as me. 7- It takes time!!! The parting alone took around 2 hours because I wanted it to be PERFECT. (Spoiler alert: I still couldn’t get it to be perfect.) I started everything at 6pm and finished at 3 in the morning. But again, it was my first time. Hopefully this helps you guys
moon: I’m fine with the actual braiding but I find it so hard to part my own hair
milu: girl you are GORGEOUS. i did knotless braids like a month ago but i want to do another color so ive been searching for a good tutorial
Jasmine Paris: My mom is white and I never had a relationship with my father. I finally get to connect to my roots by following this video and not having to pay for someone to pull on my scalp. This video is a godsend! I thank you so much❤
Khadijih Gore: Yes! Finally a method that doesn't make me want to cry! I'm combing out my locs and I wanted to do this when I was done. Love this, and I'm definitely subscribing
Connor Overstreet: I've just recently decided that I want to try box braids on myself soon. And your vid really helped me to do them! Also your hair looks really good !
bellefairydust: These are the clearest instructions I’ve seen!
Kimberly Harris: Omg you saved me today. I've been stressing all day trying to do these braids and every other video I watched had some crazy method that I just was NOT getting. Thank you so much for making it so simple!
ZHARIA: watched this last night and today i did braids for the first time and was successful thank you so much
Mya Sallis: i’m going to the beauty supply tomorrow with my sister so i can attempt to do my braids by myself for the first time. watching this video (this is like my 5th time watching) i can honestly say that i think i’m prepared for this so thank you. (i will probably watch it again as i start brading)
kyle xxx: This really helped me thank you so much ❤
Shae: This literally help me do my own braids when I thought I was never going to be able to and it helped me do it without the rubber bands too. Thank you
Abreyona Wilson: just because of you i’m going to do my own box braids
Chi Chi: Ah yes, this looks so easy, the other ones I've seen are so complicated, they split it in 3 or 4 and it's so confusing. Thank you
Justin and Staci React: I am going to attempt your method this week! Thank you for posting this. You did a great job and I hope your channel continues to grow!
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Yolanda L Cheek: I may start on mine tonight. I'm tired of looking raggaly. I look like somebody's ex girlfriend that gave up on herself
Rosangela Acosta: Love it! Super simple, instructions clear! I already have the hair package so I was just looking for a tutorial of this and mannnn you nailed it!
dede a: I braided my hair with this video and it came out so good, thank you!!
Masika Jenniffer: This is so beautiful. Thanks for the video. I’m actually doing braiding my hair now. I Got stuck a little bit and thankfully I found this video. Thanks ❤️
Alexandria: Okay so like I’m doing my own braids for the first time & you really just helped w the patience part . I know how to do it just too scared I’ll get frustrated and quit and it’ll look a mess but thank you girl for the motivation ❤️
allyalleybooboo: This just have me courage to go ahead and do my braids. Your tutorial was super straight forward. I do love you did the rubber band method. I think that will definitely help me when I do my braids. Thank you good sis! ❤️
Veronica Adamson: I’m about to do my own braids in quarantine this is gonna help soooo much thank you!!! Best video I’ve seen so far!!!
Beautiful Nique: Loveeee You just made this look super simple and easy Thank youuuu. Going to do me some today hopefully! Lol
Kimberley Dorand: Thank you! This is turning out really nice and it’s my first time doing it and for so far it looks pretty neat
ULTAmateAry: This is one of the clearest guides I’ve seen yet and you give really good tips too!
Ange-Chadia Uwamahoro: So nobody is gonna talk about how beautiful her natural hair is?! Goals!
Janiah Hines Brown: Thx for making this video. I've never been good at styling my hair and this actually looks like something I can do. I'm gonna order some hair now and try this out!
Chiquita: Good job!!! Thank you for the tutorial I am going to have my sister try the box braids for me!!!
Candrice Ross: By far the BEST tutorial I’ve seen. I tried after watching this video and my braids came out perfect!!! Thank you!
Avocat: I love your braids, your positivity, and your vibes ! Thanks for sharing hella helped me with my braids
T B: I truly loved how you didn’t use any edge control or gel on your roots ! Looks great!
Mercedie Clark: I love your method and it came out beautiful. I cannot do the looping method that other tutorials demonstrate so I have always done my box braids how you do yours. You look beautiful Queen . And your brother is so adorable. My heart just smiled when he showed up on camera. Gotta love and protect our black kings and queens. ✊
seprwnity: i love this...i’m about to do mines soon....thanks for showing us how to braid
Konstantina :: this actually looks so easy
Hey it's Edith.: Love it ! I will use this method next time I do my braids
Daisy-Amanda: Love this video! Very helpful!! started my braids today!! Also subscribed xoxo
The Real Mars Gaming: I feel like I would be able to do this but my mom thinks I will mess it up. But she loses because she has to pay 80-100 dollars every two months when I could do this for like 10-30 dollars. But anyways you did your thing
Stephanie Curiel: Okayyy girl. You gave me confidence to try on my own... Im about to try this on myself. Commentary on point. And i like how simple this video is .. "patience" lol
Glenn L: Men, who’s here learning to braid their girls hair lol
Prudence Lukhele: Oh my God I'm doing this for the first time and I nailed it. Thank you so much. ❤️❤️❤️ You really know how to explain.
Adiya Beard: That was super helpful thank you! I was struggling last week
key: this tutorial is amazing thank you so much!
blessing: Literally life saver I wanted to do my own hair without my mum helping I was super confused thank you so much!!
Bria Headen: Okay thank you sm, you broke it down soooo easy and now I’m going to start doing my own!
Trend Forecast: VIEWING LOVE LANNA'S BEGINNERS TUTORIAL ENABLED ME TO SUCCESSFULLY START & COMPLETE MY DAUGHTER'S MEDIUM SIZED BACK LENGTH BRAIDS!!! EVERYONE THINKS THEY'RE PROFESSIONALLY DONE. THANK YOU LOVE LANNA!
Naila Thrower: Beatuful. Love love your method. Been searching YouTube all nite trying to encourage myself to try the feed in method knowing how stressed I'd be but this morning I clicked your video . I can't use rubber bands tho so i'm going to part and then partially braid each section. It should still give the same effect as the rubber bands. Also, love your bond with your brother . Never lose that, Always stay close!!
Khalani Armstrong: I’ve been trying to do my braids for an hour now and it just wasn’t working. This method actually works and it’s tight in my head. Thank you so much you’re a lifesaver !!!
briana mohammed: thanks so much !!! I just did my hair watching this video and it was my first time and u helped so much ! ❤️
Curly Gabie: Super clear, super useful, thank youuu
flawless: GIRL WHEN I TELL U IM LIKE 22 & been trying to learn how to braid but it never clicked until now!!! Just know u helped change at least one persons life lol
Patricia Terry: You are so pretty! Thank you for sharing and making it look so easy! I love the hair color you chose!
CallMeKeeesh: Thank you thank you thank you for this video - I have uploaded my results video to this. It was so easy to do and it was my first time doing it i need to work on perfecting the ends though. Thanks Lanna!
Deann Noel: You’re so cute! Love your brother jumping in on the video and your response. Beautiful job, girl! Will def be doing this on my 12 year old daughter. ☺️
T #DeterminedB: Yo, I'm so inspired. Gonna try this! I do my own hair all the time, but never tried to do my own braids. Now I really think I can
teasia: this is the best tutorial ever! Four minutes in i already knew what to do, thank uuu
Béné Daily: GIRL YOU ARE SO PRETTY !! and this made me feel like I could do ANYTHING I want to do.
sarah: This was so so helpful, i was able to do it my first try. Tysm <3
Nikki Smith: Love your video! Good job keeping the watcher engaged while your braiding :)
Calista: Alrighty- I’m gonna try this hope I don’t waste any hair
Riana Grace: Nice video quality I hope I can do my braids like this sometime!! My braids always be going wrong♀️
Michelle Mhandu: This is amazing, thank you so much ❤
zala anderson: love this video - - an easy breakdown to learn how to braid
G Spencer: you did these braids my girl! Thanks
ZyonnaLovey Burris: Thank you if I didn’t click on this video I don’t think I would’ve knew how to do box braids!! Thank you
ayania timara: definitely the clearest video i’ve seen on here. i’m trying my braids on myself for the first time later and this really helped me, thank you!!
Tasnim: im definitely gonna try this bc it looks so easy and you killed it
Faith Ashu: Queeeennn, these looked amazing! I'm trying to learn how to do box braids and these really helped!
Curlyhead_ Nati: I know how to do box braids, but sometimes I struggle on some parts, so thank you for this tutorial!! Also, you’re really pretty, and you had me dying at the end of the video. You’re funny!!❤️
Balla Lo: girl thank you for instructing me i'm doing it for the first time thanks
Sup Tarot Angel: Thank you ! I wasn’t sure if it was possible to use rubber bands but girl I need it thank you so much for the video they look bomb on you
Tikeya Winston: Finally a realistic box braid tutorial you just inspired my next hair color love
A. D.: I love this method❤
Gabriela M: That was amazing, seriously you are a pro. I very much liked the tip for the sections.. looks very helpful. I will try to do it myself without extensions first so I don't waste hair lol
TakeitfromMeira : love it!! they look great!
amirah lol: i just did my braids last night , parts are kinda messed up but I love them ! This is the only method that worked for me.
Kaelah McIntosh: never knew it was this easy. thanks girlie!
Katlego Semong: I can't believe I'm only seeing this video now, you explained and did it better than most videos I've seen. Thank you so much
Jazmine Lashe: I love it I’m going to try again I messed up the first time.
Hi I'm Leloh: I know how to braid but I've never braided my own hair before. I wanna try it so this was really helpful
Itzyolanda: Thank you !! Your the first person who actually successfully taught me how to do braids
Ebeezee: The one thing that helped me when I first started doing my own box braids is I did yarn braids first. Let me explain.... Yarn braids is like training wheels for box braids. First off it's really cheap. 1 bundle of yarn is like $2-4 dollars. Also it's easy to separate and even easier when figuring out the braid size. If you want micros use 2 strands...if you want medium used 4-6 strands and for jumbo use 8-12 strands. If you mess up you are not out any money because it will normally take 1-2 bundles to do your hair. I myself practice first with a few strands. I practice my grip and different parting techniques and finally I attempt to do my entire head. It came out ok but I knew I could do better. What finally help and made it easier is I started treating the yarn like braiding hair. I watched a bunch a videos and came up with methods to make the yarn look more natural. Finally after getting good results I switch over to regular braiding hair. After switching I discovered I'm sensitive to synthetic hair. It causes me to break out. I switched back to yarn which is another benefit...it doesn't break you out. I love my yarn braids. Especially after 2 weeks. They look more natural as they age...they mimic locs.
Lady Luchu: Love this method. Especially for my hair. I have straight hair and I’ve had my hair done w/o the rubber bands and it ddnt stay as long as it did when I did my hair with the rubber bands. perfect method for straight hair thank you for sharing and your hair is fire girrrrlllll
Celina Anglemyer: Yes these are so beautiful I tried doing mines on my channel ✨
Daisy Lopez: Love this, I will try this, I’ve never done box braids on myself only in the salon, but I will attempt.
kiki- drawer26: Everyone always says parting is the hardest part and at least I know im not the only one struggling thank you! You help so many young black people doing wonders!
Skelovetonn: You got me more motivated to do my own hair and I’m like 13 and I’m really good at braiding and I have school today so I’m braiding my hair after school ❤️
Evon Nove: Thank you this helped me so much!
Jovis This and That: How long does it take to do by yourself?? Its looks amaazing!!
Isnaïda Louissaint: L’ll do it next week thank you love ❤️
710 Szns: youre so freaking pretty & ur skin is sooo clear thank you for this video!!!
Andrea Cárdenas: Love it!!!♀️
Cera Howell: in love with this video , first tutorial that makes me feel like i can actually do it
Elite Nails: U did a great Job I never did my hair I’m my life and I followed ur steps and I’m in love thank u so much ☺️ much support over here !
Ew_it’s Adidi: wow thank you so much..you've really simplified it for me....♥♥
Keirah Barnor: Thanks pretty for the tips, I’m about to do this for the first time
Bethany Lyla Russell: Your so pretty! I deleted my original comment as a white girl I didn’t understand the culture, roots and what these braids mean. I think these braided hair styles are stunning. I would love to braid my hair like this I don’t know if I will as I don’t want to overstep boundaries in anyway. I have been educating myself on the history and will continue to educate myself further. I’m sorry to anyone who saw my original comment as was offended. this videos amazing and I’ve rewatched it a lot of times xx
smh: I've been searching up videos on how to do box braids and this one is the best one <3
perpetua Jude: I have been helping my sis and auntie with their hair without been able to do mine but today after seeing this video i made it myself and am ready to rock it to work tomorrow. thanks so much