How To Crochet With Braiding Hair | Half Up Half Down | Kanekalon Crochet Braids

Hey y'all, It's your girl, Sashie E.. Welcome to my channel. In today's video. I am going to be doing a half up, half down protective style for you guys., So this style is going to be super duper, easy y'all and it's not going to be time consuming at all.. So for my channel, I want to start incorporating some easier protective styles and also some less time consuming protective styles, because I do understand that not a lot of you guys have six hours to do passion twist or four hours to do box braids.. I know you guys would really appreciate some easier, less time consuming styles, so that is what I am going to be doing today.. So I am going to be using this epic pre-stretched hair.. I picked this up from my local beauty supply store.. I always featured this hair on my channel because it is the cheapest hair at the beauty supply store.. So I paid $ 1.99 for this.. It is in the color 1 and it is 20 inches long.. So this is it., So I did blow dry my hair.. I had no reason to blow dry it y'all. I was just in the mood to blow dry it., So I just did a light, light light blow dry and I hopped in the shower. So it kind of curled back up but anyways. So I did a light blow dry and what I'm going to do y'all is I'm actually going to part my hair going this way. So I can have this part for my little ponytail.. Oh it's going to be so cute.. I'M going to have this part for the ponytail and then this part is going to be braided up for the crochet., Alright y'all.. So I am going to go ahead and start braiding, my hair.. I am going to be braiding it in a pattern like this. It'S like a snake pattern. I guess., So I'm just going to braid this way, braid that way, braid this way, braid that way, you guys will see it as I do it.. So, as you guys can see, the back of my hair is not perfect, and that is okay, it's perfectly okay, because we are actually going to cover that with the braiding hair.. So let's get started.. So, as I've shown you guys, this is the hair that I'm going to be using.. It'S Epic pre-stretched, hair, 20 inches.. So I'm just going to go ahead and separate the hair and then I'm going to start the crocheting process.. So I'm going to be doing about this size with the hair., Alright y'all., So I am going to take the crochet needle I'm going to insert it. Take the hair and roll it I'm going to attach it close. The hook pull it through and put it in and then we're going to do it one more time just so that we can double that knot. Y'all see that So perfect.! That'S it Just like that. You guys and we're just going to repeat it all over. We're going to take the hair we're going to roll it a little bit we're going to attach it we're going to close the latch hook, we're going to pull it through then we're going to open this Part and we're going to pull this through and pull it through again and then we're just going to tighten it., Let's see and I'm trying to space them out, y'all, because I don't want it to be too thick. I want it to be normal, so I'm spacing it out a little bit., Alright guys.! So for the last section here we're going to be doing the invisible method just so that we can hide the knots.. So we're going to insert the crochet hook we're going to take some hair we're going to roll it we're going to attach it to the hook. We'Re going to close the hook, we're going to pull the latch hook through, but now, instead of putting both pieces through we're only going to put one through and then we're going to put it through one more time and then we're going to tighten it.. So then, when it falls over you get that invisible look., You don't see the knot., So we're going to do the same thing. Again. We're going to insert the hook we're going to take a piece of hair we're going to roll the hair, we're going to put it in the latch hook, we're going to close the latch hook, we're going to pull it through and instead of putting both pieces Through we're only going to put one piece through and we're going to put it through one more time and then we're going to pull it to tighten it and then flip it over, and then you get that invisible knot.. So then we're going to do that. All for this section right here. For this section, I'm going to put the hair the pieces of hair a little bit closer to make sure that it covers everything., Alright guys.. So the back is almost done.. We still have to come back and do a few things to the back.. We do have to cut it.. Let me stand so you guys can see how the ends look. So yeah. We still do have to do a few things with the back, but yeah we're just going to go ahead and work on the ponytail section right now.. So I don't want my hair to get wavy. So I'm not going to be using a gel., I'm just going to go in with a little bit of my edge booster.. So I'm going to add maybe about this much.. So I'm just going to go ahead and I'm going to twist this down and put it in a really small bun. In this clip I decided to add another layer of edge booster to my hair, but you guys I did not brush it in so it did Cause a little bit of flaking, which you guys will see at the end, but after I got done filming, I did realize this and I added a layer of oil on top of it and the flakes did go away., Alright guys. So I am back.. So I am going to show you guys my hair., Alright perfect.. I had to add a little makeup here, because it was looking a little bit too light. So yeah. So what I'm going to do now is I'm going to split this braiding hair in half and we're going to make two ponytails. So we're going to just and pull it through. See perfect and then we're going to do the same for the other perfect. So we have two got two, So I'm just going to go ahead and I'm going to attach these two ponytails to my head.. So I have one coming this direction and then I have one going in the opposite: direction. Just in case, if the wind blows, you know we have coverage everywhere., So I'm actually going to take this hair and I'm just gon na wrap it at the base. Then we're to use a bobby pin to secure it.. Then I'm going to take another piece of hair and I'm going to wrap it, the opposite direction.. So I want the ponytail to be a little bit higher. So I'm going to use this to achieve that. Alright guys., So the ponytail is complete.. So last but not least, we are going to just do a light, blow-dry and a light flat iron just light just slightly.. You can leave it like this. If you want., I think it still looks really good, but I'm just going to do a light blow dry and then I'm going to trim it as well.. I'M actually going to stand up so that you guys can see like how the ends look.. So it does need a small trim, nothing crazy, just a light blow dryer, so stay tuned., Alright y'all! So I have my blow dryer right, here., I'm gon na put it on low heat and I'm just going to run it through the back.. So this is my nano titanium flat iron by Babyliss Pro., So I am going to go ahead and plug this in and I'm going to lightly flatten my hair.. So, as you guys can see, there is a difference between the two sides.. This side has been flat ironed and this side was just lightly blow dry. So if you want it to look fuller, you can definitely opt out of flat ironing, but if you guys want it to look sleeker, you can definitely run the flat iron through at your lowest setting.. My flat iron right now is at 300° Fahrenheit., Alright guys. So I am done flat, ironing my hair., So I'm going to turn around and show you guys how it looks. Can y'all believe this is Kanekalon hair like $ 1.99 braiding hair. It looks so good. You guys., I love it, and this was definitely a nice touch. Y'All., So I'm pretty much just cutting it straight across nothing, major., Alright guys. So I wanted to come back and show you all the final results of using $ 1.99 braiding hair to do crochet.. So this is my half up half down hairdo and it came out so well., So I wanted to give you guys a 360 so that you guys can see the entire look.. So, of course this is the front. This is the first side. The back has movement as well, you guys the other side and, of course, we're back at the front.. So if you guys enjoyed this video go ahead and give me a thumbs, up. Also y'all, don't forget to leave me a comment. Let me know which style you'd like to see me do next. Also don't forget to subscribe and turn on your notifications.. 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