How To Do A French Braid!
- Posted on 13 May, 2014
- Braids Hairstyles
- By Anonymous
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Learn how to do a basic French Braid--the first and most important braid! Master this EASY french braid and you will be able to do just about anything with your hair! We hope this video makes learning the french braid easy and fun! We've updated our old video from a long time ago, making it more complete and a little more clear. Check out our older version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRhfil...
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Hey it's Shaunell from Pretty Hair is Fun, and this week's hairstyle tutorial is going to be a redo of an old video. We did a long time ago when this one was three., So we reviewed it and thought we could probably update it a little bit and make it a little more complete.. She was getting a little restless when we shot the video, so we thought we'd finish it off and show you again how to do a basic French Braid.. I get a lot of requests for it, so I thought I'd shoot another video and hopefully it will be a good help for you that are learning how to do braids for the first time and for Dads and whoever is learning how to master this basic braid.. We hope you like it To begin your French Braid comb. All the hair back from the face. Then grab hair from the front by the temples and bring it back.. I like to begin with the braid starting farther back on the head to avoid any poofiness at the front., I'm adding in a little more hair to give it a softer look., Don't pull it too tight.. She has some flyaways, so I'm spraying it with water. A little. Beginning right is the best way to make a hairstyle look good.. If you get this all taken care of, then you are ready to go.. So now we are ready to begin Split the hair in three sections evenly as possible and begin by crossing the right side over and then the left side like a regular braid., Then bring the right side over hold it and then pull hair from the right side. Add it to your first section, then: do your left side. Bring it over part off hair? Add it to it smooth out the hair and continue on down the head.. You want to make your hair sections, the same. Add in the hair, switch hands., Bring it over., Get hair. Add it in. Pick up the hair. Add it to it. Switch hands.. You can see how I have my middle finger holding the piece. I am adding hair to and then I'm using my thumb on top to hold the one underneath tight. Getting your fingers placed is half the battle.. I reach, through with my three bottom fingers and use my two pinchers up here, to hold the hair and then switch to use my middle finger to hold the section brought over.. This is how I do it not how you have to. ). Do whatever feels the best., I'm hoping that some of you that have been emailing me and requesting lessons on how to do a french braid that this will help you more. I've done a french braid already, but this video will hopefully be more clear., I'm to the Last bit of hair, so I'll add it in. One tip when you are doing a french braid., Don't add in the hair, far down on her neck, as that hair tends to get loose and doesn't stay in as well. Now I've added in all my hair and Then I will finish: braiding the rest. If your hair gets a lot of tangles. While you are doing this comb it out before you braid it in it will eliminate a lot of bubbles and will make it look. Neat.. Her hair is straight today, so we aren't having too much of that. When you are to the end put in your elastic, And that is a French Braid.
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Troy Battles: Dad here, I braid my daughter's hair before bed to stop it from tangling so bad in her sleep (she's 12, I've done it her entire life). Decided to try something new and this looks pretty straightforward. Great video, thanks for posting!
Brianne: Ahhhh thank you for this up close and detailed video. Can't wait to try it on my daughter's hair!
Sreerenjini Surendran: this helped me so much thank you!! ive had so much difficulty doing a french braid and this video is the reason why i can do it now!
Alex O: Fantastic! I've watched tons of videos before this and this is the first one I saw where it gave easy to follow directions for hand placement while braiding. Thank you. I was finally able to do it after a couple of tries! I subscribed because of it. Keep it up!
Isabella Butterworth: Thank you so so much for explaining this with such detail. So easy and simple to me now and I am so grateful!
M B: Thank you so much for this tutorial! I finally have a better understanding of how to do this braid. Its far from perfect but its the first time I've got anywhere with it. I'll keep practicing!
Matt Markivee: Thank you so much for this. My wife recently left me and my kids, and now I need to learn to be mom and dad for them. I've never had to do my daughter's hair before because her mom always did. This was very easy to follow.
Liss C: I have been wanting to learn how to french braid for quite awhile. Great video! Clear quality video and explained very well. Thank you for making this. I will be trying this on my daughter today.
Hailee Nigro: this was actually the best video I've watched on how to French braid! I watched 7 videos before this and was still clueless, now I understand and Im about to attempt to do a French braid on my sisters hair. thank you for this inspirational video! (:
Lena Anderson: Oh this is awesome! I've been trying to french braid my kids hair forever and could just not figure out what I was doing wrong. You're video clarified it for me. Thankyou!
Deborah Buss: I love how you were able to take your time with this. I am now excited to try French braiding my youngest daughters hair. Never was able to learn how before, which is why I am glad to come across your video
Ashley Dockery: Wow!! This video was so helpful. I successfully did my first French braid!! Thank you!
Rulyon: This video was very helpful, thank you! I was FINALLY able to braid my daughter’s hair. She gave me the same look of love that yours gave you. Warmed this dad’s heart!
Lila Miljovska: Thank you so much! Without this video I would never learn how to make a french braid.Great job girls.
gizel: i did this on my mom and i did it! thanks for the clear directions! it helped alot
sayra owen: Thank you so very much, have watched other videos in the past . This one was so clear and just the right speed for me to catch up. For the first time ever I did a french braid on my twin 7 year old daughters and they are beyond happy and proud of their mommy. You and your daughter make a great team!! :)
Patricia Cuevas: OMG!!! This video helped me out so much with french braiding my teenage daughters hair. Thank you so much. I am much appreciated for your video!
Blessed Life, Love, and Faith.: Thank you, thank you and THANK YOU. My mom and my aunt taught me, but I end up forgetting since it's been a while. I look here, and this helped a lot! I can't wait to start doing it. One of my favorite braids ever! I subscribed! :)
Callum Thatcher: thank you so much! Your tutorial is so much easier to follow than others I have viewed. I like how you stop and show how to hold the hair and where to place your fingers as you do the braid. You have been very helpful.
M R: This is such a great tutorial. I am 35 and have never been able to French braid my own hair. After watching your video, I was able to do it really well the first time I tried! For some reason I think it helped that I did not look in the mirror.
Unicorn _66: Omg yay!!! My Mum can finally do a French braid!! Thank you so much I have subscribed and liked the video
Carolyn Stewart: Thank you for this! My mum just had two major surgeries, one of which was a shoulder replacement, so this was nice to see for me. Now I can do her hair!
becky munns: Thank you so much for this video. I never learned how to French braid when I was younger and must of my friends knew how. I am a preschool teacher and I occasionally have to fix and if my girls hair and I usually do a quick ponytail. But now I have a 3 year old daughter and figure it's about time I learn how to French braid! Her hair had gotten long and she is always requesting princess Anna and Elsa braids..lol..thank you this video had been very helpful :-)
Anna Lehman: Beautiful! I have been re-watching this over and over to figure out the finger placement. Thank you for posting this! I am struggling with my daughter’s hair which is fine and curly. Any tips on hair type?
Benjamin Wheelock: Wonderful video, clear and straightforward! Can’t wait to impress someone with this new skill!
Lakeisha Macer Llerena: Thank you so much. I've been wanting to french braid my daughter's hair for ages. I've watched alot of video but yours was the easiest to follow. I did it fir the first time today and though it wasn't as neat as you made it, I think it came out pretty well. The only thing I realized for me is my daughter's hair is so thick, it's better for me to do it while it's still wet. Thank you again for helping me learn to do this.
Ashleigh Wragg: this is the first video I've watched that's actually been able to teach me how to do a French plait! thank you! haha. my first attempt wasn't too shabby either :) x
rianna wendol: Thank you this helped me I actually tried this for the first time on my own hair and it worked thank you again!!
Stacy Langston: This was super fun and easy I love it
Nia Brown: Thank you soooo much I did it all by myself for the first time and did it!!☺️
Kay Singer: I finally know how to french braid!! thanks so much! i taught my little sister as well! now we both know how! woohoo!
Ella Shea: Awesome Video. I did it on my sisters hair and turned out pretty okay. My hair's short and is extremely hard to do a french braid on but my sisters frizzy hair let me put it into one. Really helped! :)
kayleigh Little: looks easy can't wait to try it
143wookie: Thank you for doing this video! It's the first one I've seen that went slow enough & showed how to handle the hair well enough that I think I finally get it!
Mamadukes88: Literally I have waited a very long time to finally be able to do French braids! I could never get it or understand the technique until your video! Thank you so much!! You have no idea!
Adriana Calazans: ficou linda❤
rumination: easy to follow. thanks so much!
Hahnsol Kim: You helped me a lot I can do it now!
seapalm *: just did my first french braid for a friend learning from your video. thank you!!! love.
Jasmine Kilburn: Awesome post! Thanks for sharing! I have been trying to learn how to do this for years haha! Who knew it was so easy?!
Hussain: Hey!I love your hairstyles they're so pretty and easy to do on meI've watched all your videos and now the hair styles ain't so complicated
A R: Thanks for posting! I was finally able to do a french braid on my daughter! Kind of wonky the first time around but will practice :) FYI to the beautiful curlies out there, my daughter has long thick curly hair and this tutorial worked for us
Tiff Honey: Easiest tutorial to follow ❤️
girls hairstyles easy back to school: This looks really easy I'll try it on my sister thanks for the tutorials
rose kyle: So I had watched this video back in 2015, and I cannot thank you enough for this tutorial. Yours is the best for beginners, so easy to understand. YouTube has helped me become a pro in hairstyles and your video was the first one I watched. Even my friends used to ask me to braid their hair lol
Play time with Sheru Gsd: Thanks I can finally do a perfect French braid. (After 4-5 months of practice)
19PurposebyDesgn81: I did finally did it! I watched so many other videos and still couldn’t get it. Now I know what to do. My daughters hair is very long down her back and curly so I had the brush and smooth every strand as I added it to the braid. I can finally do it after finding your video . It was seeing your hands up close and how you hold the hair with it that helped me. Thank you sooo much.
FoxFacedNinja3: That little girl is really luck for her mom to be able braid this well.
Isabella's Fate: The best French braid tutorial I have seen yet! Thanks so much!!
Channeary Sim: Thank you for sharing this video. Now I can't wait to try it on my sister :) hopefully I can do it.
Handan Lamaon: I'm trying very hard to learn this style of braiding, and Im enjoying it. Thanks for the informative tutorials
Kacey Brooke05: I love this kind of braid and your daughter has beautiful hair as well
Tiffany A: Thank you so much for your easy to learn video! <3
Rachel Riner: Thank you! You made that so simple and easy to understand!
vanillabean777: you helped me to get it RIGHT! Great job! I'm looking forward to learning more from you!
Polly Cunningham: This video is awesome!!!! I already knew how to do just the basic braid. I didn't really know how to do a French braid. This video helped a lot!
Labiba Rahman: Her hair is literally GOALS
Marilene Silva: perfeito ficou lindaaa
Tasnima Ahmed: I'm going to try this hairstyle on my sister tomorrow thanks for showing me it's a really good and understandable video
Lea Miller: Yes! I just needed a refresher on French braiding. This is the perfect video. Thanks.
Phil Ballesteros: going to try this for my girls lol I just learned how to braid. thank you for the tutorial! great video!
Deonicia Ruiz: her hair is sooooo pretty i wish i had that kind of hair!
Michelle Crundwell: Thank you for this video, you make it look so easy, eveytime I watch it, then do my daughters hair, it's getting easier. She starts school in September so I need to get this done quickly without fuss, we are getting there thanks to your simple film. X
Sylvia Schwartz: Thank you so much! Thanks to your video I can actually do a French braid now, it's the clearest one I've ever seen :)
brenna: Thanks a lot. This helped me so much!!
Neide De Gouvea: Beautiful!! Thank you for such a great video!!
Sophia Felicetti: Every time I attempt to do this on myself the following things happen- • the blood drains out of my arms • I give up • I get frustrated and angry
Gloria Basaldua: wow I did it on my daughter as I watched this video and when I finish the braid it looked really good this video really helped me I like it
Ashley Arce: Your video thought me how to do a French braid after 2 minutes of watching! Thank you so much
Aoife Kerr: I got a hair doll for christmas and i have been practicing so much and so far this is the only video that actually helped! Thank you so much!
Mel C: Great video and I love the girls hair!! So pretty! I subscribed instantly! :)
For The Naps ASMR: Your video was the first I could follow and actually get the braid correct! Thank you so much. :)
MKJ: This is the best tutorial I have seen so far.. This has helped me so much. Thank you
Rachel Whitney: Thank you so much for posting this video! Very clear details. Love how you covered finger placement as well as a bunch of tips to have the best French braid! A++++++ =)
k: I've watched sooo many french braiding videos and THIS is the one that got me over the "hump" and really taught me the right way to do it! Thank you!!
nikki lundstrom: Great tutorial! I'll try this on my daughter when I get home. Thanks,
John Smith: I can replace a toilet, change car brakes, and build a deck. I just tried to do this with my daughter and my head exploded.
Teagan Brownlee: Thank you so much! Now I know how to french braid!!
Evie Mcloughlin: Thank you for helping my mum learn how to do French braids in mine and my sisters hair
Meliesa Rubio: thank you so much you finally taught me how to do a French braid I've been trying to do it for like 2 years now but I never can do it right and this time I finally didn't write it wasn't perfect but I got the top part right I thank you so much
Lindsay Burgess: wow this was the most straight forward video I've watched about french braids. Typically when people do it on themselves in tutorials and ti looks very confusing so watching this video with a different vantage point really helped me.
Victor Aguilar: thank you!! now I can French braid my girlfriends hair :)
Kym Bartley: Wow, you make it look soooo easy! I wonder why French braiding is so hard for me! I’m trying my best to learn how so that when my granddaughter comes over, I can do it myself instead of asking my sister in law to do it! Lol! She’s says it could be the way I am holding it when switching sides to add hair! Could be!! Lol!!
CrayXCat: Thanks soo much! This finally taught me how to do it!
Jason and Amanda Potton: Wow this helped me so much, I finally learned how to French braid for the first time ever!!!!
кαуlα: Your daughter is so lucky to have a mom that knows how to do many different hairstyles! ;)
Ana Hernandez: I'm jealous of your daughters natural highlights :)
Jess: I have never been able to French braid. This is the best tutorial I've seen. I'm going to try this for my daughter today. Thank you!
Happy times:): tysm for this! my aunt wanted me to french braid her hair but i only knew how to do a braid but now i can do both!!:D
sayra owen: BTW I must add my twins are opposites, one has long straight very silky hair and the other shorter curly & a bit coarse type of hair, I just made sure the hair was well saturated and it came out just as well and stayed in place once dried. Thanks a bunch!!!
Anagha priyadarshani dileep Dileep: I practiced it over and over now I can do a perfect French plait
Victoria Rodrigues: Thank you so much! this really helped. And is that your daughter? Her hair is beautiful!!!!
Emily Mason: This was so helpful I can do a really good French braid now. This video was so easy to follow and was very useful. Thank you so much ❤️
Angeline Tan: Your daughter's got really beautiful hair! Love it so much! And u make French braiding look too easy! I am still trying to perfect the skill... :)
mister somewhat: I found this helpful!! After trying for 20 years unsuccessfully I finally got it! Ty!
Polly Cunningham: It took me like three times, and I got the hang of it! I also tried to French braid on my American girl doll. It turned out to be amazing!!! :)
Swara Kalariya: If that's your daughter , I wanted to tell you that your hair is very very very very very very very very very Pretty and her natural highlights look so beautiful ...
Vianey Aguirre: I did this successfully on my little sister shortly after I watched this. Its hard to do it on myself
Fawnia Erickson: just wanted to say thankyou!! just did my first french braid in my daughters hair! she's feeling fabulous! !
L-D楹: It is very helpful.Thanks a lot!