How To Braid Over Locs|Highly Requested| Braid School Ep. 22

Hi guys and welcome back to the channel if you're new, here I'm Vandy and if you're a returning subscriber welcome back fam. Today'S video is going to be highly highly requested. One I've received GM's emails comments requesting this video, so let's jump right into it. So the question of the day is: how do you braid over locs, I'm not really sure why I keep getting this question, but I'm assuming that a lot of you teased out there. I have locked up and are looking for a little change in your life. So what I have here is my girl, Sheila and I have installed a faux lock on her head. I am going with the worst case scenario situation in here, so I have installed a boho lock or a genie lock or distressed lock, whatever you want to call it mmm, that's what we're working with and you guys know I normally use blonde hair so that I Can demonstrate the differences in the rotations? However, I thought I'd change it up a little bit today and do a little bit of purple now. I already have a video on 8 different ways to start a box braid. So if you haven't checked that out, I will link that in the description card above it's very helpful in understanding what method works best for you, but the only difference in installing braids over locs is the block. You cannot split, you cannot change it. That lock has to act as one of the strands of the braid. So taking this into consideration, you can very well make this easy on yourself and I have the lock act as a third strand, so you'll simply just use the synthetic hair as the other two strands wrap it around. The root then continue to braid. However, as you can see, you're going to still see the lock unless of course, you're using hair. That is the same color as the lock, and it also depends on how smooth it is because the lumpier and bumpier and larger the lock is the more inconsistencies. You'Re gon na have within the braid now I know some of you are very fond of splitting the synthetic hair into thirds. However, remember when you do this you're creating three equal strands of hair, this mythology clearly won't work, because you got to still find a way to hide that lock, hair two of the strands will be equal, but one of the strands will be super big and lumpy, And you can't split it off to even it up what I'm going to show you now guys is my way. The way that works for me to get it is aesthetically pleasing as possible, because again you cannot change the lock. So I want you guys to watch very very carefully, I'm going to do this slowly and then I'm going to go back and rewind it in slow motion so that you can really see what I'm doing. But what I did here was I place the hair on top of the lock, and I use the block as my third strand. Now. What I'm going to do is I'm going to split one side of the hair and pull that lock to the left and I'm going to use that top split side of the hair to cover the lock before I loop around and do a rotation. This method is also what you use for tucking, which I already have a video on you're, basically just covering the lock with the synthetic hair, so that you can have a uniform braid. I want you guys to also note that I'm using more than enough hair to cover the strands of the lock. So when you're pulling out like when you're picking out the piece of hair that you want to use, you want to make sure it's the same thickness as the lock that you're getting ready to cover. You can also see, as I move down the braid. I am borrowing from different sections to maintain the consistency in the strands remember to always borrow under your rotations, never over the rotation. So, as you can see, as I'm making progress here, I've got something that looks like a fairly decent braid but again, remember guys, I'm using worst case scenario, and that is a very sick lock with a lot of texture in it. A lot of people who are getting their braids over their locks locks aren't usually this bad, so you can imagine if you're practicing with the worst case scenario, you'll fly right through it in the easiest case scenario, all right, so here's one more look at how I Started this off, so you can see slow motion what I'm doing as far as hand placement go in which direction the rotation needs to go all right. So now that we've got the technique down, let's see what this is going to look like with hair, that closely matches the color of the lock. I'M going to do this in real time so that you can get another look at how I'm doing this technique. So that's a wrap you guys, as you can see. I had that one little pesky lump I couldn't get out, but, as you can see, it can be a very tedious process because it involves a whole lot of tucking and making sure that you get everything covered up in there and also maintaining your grip and security. So it's definitely something that you got to practice practice practice until you feel comfortable with it. If you don't know how to install a lock on the manikin head, you can always use a crochet lock or you can just do a very large box. Braid either will work just fine for practicing for those of you who are anticipating a faux log tutorial. I actually have a very detailed one coming up very soon, so don't forget to hit that subscribe button and hit that notification bell. So you don't miss that upload and in the meantime, head over to Instagram and check out some of these amazing breeders who are actually out here doing this braids overlock look. They are really playing the game and changing lives in these streets. 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