How To: Extra Flat Knotless Braids

Posted on 20 July, 2020
Curly Hairstyles
By Anonymous

Here is my new and improved tutorial on knotless braids! This is still one of my favorite hairstyles to do in the summer time because of how lightweight, artistic, and slick it is. Hopefully, some of you can use these tips and products to perfect your own braids and try these at home :)

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Rat Tail Comb

Murray's Pomade

Xpression Prestretched Hair Color 1B

Bronner Bros. Pump it Up! Styling Spritz

Not Your Mothers High Gloss Top Coat

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Hi guys, my name is natasha and welcome to my channel today, i'm going to show you how i do knotless braids on myself, using several tips that i've learned throughout the years to make them extremely neat, lightweight and natural. Looking in this video i'll be showing how i prep my hair for braids how to part with precision my unique knotless braiding technique, which products to use and ultimately how to save 300 on this hairstyle? Okay. So this is what i'm going to be using to straighten my hair. It'S a straightening comb from teemo. They sent it to me a couple of weeks ago, so i'm super excited to try it honestly. Personally, i would not buy this, i'm just being honest because i i feel like this would not work on my texture. So that's the only reason i haven't got it, but my sister used it the other day and she said it worked amazing on her hair and we have really similar textures. So we got ta see this thing talking about. Oh, it came with a little detangling brush too cute and then the only tips that i've really gotten so far. It works best on detangled, hair and dry hair. So i'll, try and brush it out a little bit. The brush works pretty good too. This is convenient. Actually, this is very convenient. I keep trying to skip the detangling and i think i can get away with it and then i get to the end, and i realize i didn't get away with it. So that's a tip, i can say, detangle your hair. Oh, i just remembered it comes with a glove. Oh, this is nice, so i'm thinking with the glove it'll move a lot faster because my hair won't be like hot to the touch. So we'll see. Also, it's really nice that this part's, not hot, because i can like put it on my face - you know and get really close. So this is the side that's straight, and then this is the side. That'S curly! I'M very satisfied though this is. This is more than enough straightening. I need for braids so, but i would i would consider just using this to straighten my hair. I like it i'm pleased it's cute and it got this straight from this. So i retract my last statement: if i had tried like a friends or something, and that like i saw it, worked like this, i would definitely buy it. So this is nice. I just i always see girls with very loose textures trying it out. So i'm like. Okay, that's not gon na work on on this, but it does and i like it. Oh again, i also got really curious. I was just wondering like why i haven't seen you know more videos on it and apparently this brush works on all types of hair. Not just wavy textures like i thought before, but it actually works on my type very well as you can see, and i've also seen videos on like the thickest type of 4c hair. So, if you're interested and if it will work for you, i would suggest just looking up videos of your exact hair texture and then seeing it, because if i would have done that, i would have bought it myself. I had just only seen people with like wavy or loose curls using it. She did what she had to do here, though yeah this is nice, so the one con with this is that if you don't detangle your hair before it can end up like pulling out your strands so just keep in mind. This is a straightening comb, not a detangling comb, so don't get too comfortable trust me. I did, and i was quickly humbled because it started pulling out my hair, so detangle your hair and it comes with its own detangler, so you literally have no excuse. I have no excuse this. Is me, don't be like me all in all, though this was awesome. I like it. The glove, definitely helped. You know just like move it along faster, so i could hold the pieces that were hot and i think it would have taken me twice as long to get these results if i use the blow dryer or just a plain flat iron. So i like it, i like it, i like it, i would use it again. I would buy it too, but this is perfect. This is just as straight as i need it to go ahead and start braiding, my hair, so now that my hair is flat and ready to be braided, i'm just going to make things a lot easier for myself by parting it first i use a rat tail Comb with a metal point on the ends to get the parts just as precise as possible, and i watch what i'm doing through the reflection in the mirror behind me. It'S very important that i take my time on these parts since they're, going to be extra noticeable and with knotless braids attention to detail is really what makes the difference in quality once i part a section, and it looks perfectly straight - i just put it in a Rubber band to keep the hair out of the way, and then i start parting, another large section on top of it until the back of my head is covered, and now that my hair is already pre-sectioned, it should go by a lot faster, because i can just Part it as i go and knock a section out at a time. So these are the first two sections that i braided and now that i have my system down, i'm going to show you up close exactly how i feed in the hair to make the braids look as flat as possible. So there are a couple steps that i do out of the ordinary just to make my braids extra flat, and the first step that i do is feed in the braiding hair. Only after i've braided my natural hair down about an inch and a half away from my head. The second step is to feed in several tiny pieces, the smaller the piece that you feed in the less noticeable. It is so you don't want to take shortcuts or get lazy, because it will definitely show constantly picking up. Hair pieces can definitely get tedious. So a helpful tip that i use to speed up the process is just setting up the braiding hair on a counter or a cabinet like this, so that i can just easily grab and go so again. I braid my natural hair down about six or seven times. Take a small piece of hair and place it behind the braid, since i'm braiding underhand. I attach those sections on the outside add a little bit of edge control and then braid it down a few times before adding in another piece for each braid. I add about six strands of hair, then braid the rest of it down and trim any loose hairs that may stick out at the end. This is the final look of the braid and, as you can see, following those two steps of braiding, your natural hair down. First and then adding multiple small pieces makes the transition invisible and keeps your braids as light and natural looking as possible. These are micro braids, which are the smallest i've ever done knotless. So, if you're having a hard time, you know seeing what my fingers are doing. I have a beginner friendly tutorial on my channel that shows two different feeded methods in detail, so if this is your first time learning how to feed in hair, that would be a great place to start. So again i add a piece of hair from the back hold the outside pieces together and then continue braiding down before adding in another piece. Okay, so here's what i finished yesterday these and then today, i'm going to finish this row here and then i'll probably split. This one in two or i don't know we'll just figure out when we get there, so this is my first time straightening my hair before braiding - and this is this - is game changer. I feel, like my braids, have never looked this flat um in any of the other videos i've done or even on clients like when i braid their hair. I don't know i just i have never seen braids like this, so straighten your hair. First, that's the key. It'S looking good, i don't think that's small enough, i don't know. Actually, no, i think, that's too big yeah, that's too big, so i can't figure out how to part it in the middle without it looking just like weird and lopsided, so i'm gon na do something different this time and just do a side part and i've never Done that before first time for everything, though someone's got to do it, so i'm going to make this my part and then just braid all of these sideways, i think that'll be cute. It better be cute, we'll see also as i get to the top to make everything look more perfect and precise. I part everything with a little toothpick to make sure that it's like perfectly straight down to the hair. Okay, so now that i finished actually braiding the last two steps are just to set my natural hair, that's on top and then dip the ends in hot water. So normally i would use mousse, but this time i straighten my hair and mousse has water in it. So i don't want to make my hair frizzy or curly with mousse, so today i'm going to try this pump it up. Styling spritz. It says it freezes hair in place, so we'll see what this is talking about and then, while the top sets i'm going to dip my ends in my hot water. Also, i like to put a little bit of baby oil in my hot water um, because it makes my braids shiny and it like rubs off on my skin. It'S just great just trust me on this one, it's great and then the last step, as well as my daily routine, is to just oil, my scalp. So i use this hair growth oil by pull care organics, it's plant-based, 100 natural and every ingredient in it is directly related to hair growth. I started using it a year ago. The first time i had knotless braids - and i just noticed my hair - grew out a ton as long as i was remembering to use it daily. So this is key to making sure my hair grows out. My roots stay healthy and my new growth comes in fast, while it's in these braids and it's black owned and it's fema owned, so pool care organics and then the very last step that i do just to add shine to everything. And i really do this on all my hairstyles, like straight curly, braids everything. Is this high gloss top coat by not your mothers all right? So these are the final results and even though i planned to do a middle part, i really like how the side part turned out it's different. It'S classy and i've never tried it before so cheers to new things. Really quick. Just to answer some frequently asked questions from some of my other braiding videos. This is the third time doing these braids. On myself, i have a total of 55 braids on my head, but i only use less than one pack of hair, which should tell you how light it is. It took me a total of three days to finish the first of which i just spent parting, because that's the most difficult part about doing this style on yourself and then for upkeep. I just sleep in my scarf at night and then use only oil on my roots to avoid product buildup. If you enjoyed this tutorial and want to try it out for yourself, i would love to see pictures and you can send them to my curly hair page on instagram at curly.strands. Let me know if you have any extra questions in the comments and i'll leave links to all the products that i used in the description. Thank you again for watching and i'll see you in the next video

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Tayah Price: These are THE cleanest knotless braids I’ve ever seen. You did that.

Amy: The quarantine will be over by the time I finish those braids.‍♀️

Caterina: No Natasha, i will not let you convince me to attempt braiding my hair again i tried following the knotless braids tutorial 4 months ago and boy... my heart still aches... i cried for 3 days in a row

Maya: This kinda made me feel confident to try them... but my lazy self would have seen my straight hair and left that as a style for a week .

Faith: Somebody on IG said that girls who can braid their own hair and make it look like they came out of a salon chair are really superior. I have to agree.

Zara: Yes I need to learn this asap cuz these salon people lying saying they can do knotless and overcharging folks but still doing knots smh I am over itttttttt let me take notes Thanks girl

Lovely Mukisa: This is honestly one of the best tutorials I’ve seen in a loooooong timmeee. You made it look so simple, and the zoom ins really helped.

Beatrice Chidi: Natasha! I’ve watched this video 3 times and finally did them! They’re so FLAT! Thank you!!

Cici: I did this a few months ago on a whim because I had a spare pack of hair and I LOVED IT. I was nervous because of my head shape but it looked beautiful on me. I am going to do it again today, sis you are a LIFE SAVER I LOVE YOU.

Brianna Inez: I’ve tried this twice on myself. My best knotless braids yet. I love how flat they lay! Definitely takes a little more time but at least parting is easier since I do it on straight hair as well

Nattalie Gordon: I’m here because I braided my own hair for the first time ever a week ago!!!!!! If I of all people can do it then it’s possible for ANYBODY!! I’m so proud rn, I can do my own knotless braids. ‍♀️

Body And Soul Yoga 333: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.❤️

SunQueen: Not sure which one I'm more impressed with...the straightening brush or your parts They both the bomb

LonnieB: I've been doing this method for years & people always ask me how it looks so real. Regular braiders add too much hair, it's just not practical or comfortable.

DaisiesandPandas: This is such a good idea for people with thin and fine hair if they absolutely want to use extensions. We are often trying to make our hair fuller not realising that making our fragile strands carry the weight and lengths of extensions that are several times bigger and longer than our own hair is thinning and breaking our hair further.

AngelicRosee: Yeah it’s a no for me on the straightening comb but omg the braids are flawless!!!! If I had the energy and patience I would do it lol my hair is too much

Icy Girl: I love how neat it looks and how you parted your hair, I struggle with parting my hair but your video kinda help me you did a great job❤️

Peaceful Ass Chic: Girl you are literally Gorgeous with or without makeup & single handedly inspired me to do my own knotless braids.

Sandy: This was really amazing Good job❤️

HairByPierre: Girl these are beautiful! I always love someone who does nice parts! So neat and clean! New subbie!!

MB: I tried these knotless braids and followed your every step, they came out great!! Thank you so much for this tutorial, you turned me into a braiding master, so thrilled I'll definitely be doing this style again!!

Dianna Archibald: This method works. I tried it and its definitely worth the time and effort. Super light weight and great for protective styling. Would 100% recommend

Indera: These are beautiful and you did a great job! At first I saw how long the video was and was like “I’m not going to watch this whole thing”, but every minute was worth it! You did a great job explaining. I’m going to try this soon!

Katrece Aka Special K: I’m so glad that I came across your channel I’m not a braid wearer but the neatness of your braids plus your beauty made me click on your video! My daughters and I have long curly hair but I will definitely be ordering the straightener plus the glisten up and thank you so much for sharing that growth hair oil ✅

INDIVIDUALLY TIMBERS: She’s braiding underhand (stated at 7:40) which also has a lot to do with the flatness. It basically means if it was connected to her scalp it would be a French braid vs overhand being a cornrow. I’m definitely trying it this way, look how flat it gets even in her jumbo video! Her goddess braid tutorial is overhand if you wanted to see what I was talking about.

Ladeeluc7: I absolutely love these braids. This is the width I have been searching years for!!!! Beautiful

Marie C: just finished my braids (yes, they were *even* smaller than hers). it’s my first time and this was the only video that helped! never paying again!

Tia: The only way I can get my partings to look any kind of decent is to have double mirrors...I was literally crying into my cornflakes before I realized I need eyes in the back of my head... you make it look so easy!

Manny Aroha: I’m inspired to try this! I’ve been missing my protective styling braids and this looks beginner friendly,might take me longer than three days though

Reina Carroll: i have two packs of hair that need some love, i’ll be doing this soon. also parting the hair before hand made SO MUCH SENSE, and the straightening made them so neat, I can’t wait to try and i hope mine turn out like yours

TheRealJazzyAli: im definitely going to try straightening my hair before braiding bc this looks sooo amazing

Sien Cee: Had knotless braid done for the first and I’m in love, will definitely be getting them done again ✅

altovise14: These knotless braid are exactly what I need with growing my fine hair.

Victoria Onuigbo: I honestly love this so much your giving me the reason to try this on myself one day lol it looks so flat and natural amazing job girl

Madeleine Bihina: Girl, you just helped me do much with your feed-in method. I've watched so many tutorials on knotless braids and was always left confused on how to feed-in the hair extension. Your method is the simplest I found so far.

EuqinaD: Literally perfect Ugh I wish I had the patience to do this on myself.

Queen Jear: You make it look so easy. Love the detail tutorial too

robin acoff: Beautifully done lady ❤️

Jade Sweeney: 1. Love the ear piercings! I want to get my ears jazzed up like that within the next year or so 2. Your hair is gorgeous! Also you sold me on that straightener 3. The braids look great! Next time I braid my hair, I’ll definitely be straightening it first and using your technique. Having all this extra hair and weight on my head causes headaches plus big braids are harder to manipulate. Thanks for sharing!

Ipeleng Valentia Nyatlo: I've been so nervous to try knotless braids but you've convinced me. Looks super easy. And beautiful too. Thank you.

sMORGAN'Sbored: I've been struggling all day to get this it's literally never been so frustrating for me to braid some hair (& I actually do other ppl's hair sometimes SMH)! BUT for some reason, something you said finally made things click for me, so I'm reattempting tmrthank you for this video!

babydoll242: This is the best video I’ve seen for light weight knotless braids. Great job hun.

Panini529: Love love love this, I will be trying this this weekend. Great tutorial!

Rebecca Blair: So excited after watching your video that I just ordered my hair and I will be following your steps. Thanks for being so clear in the tutorial!

SetApart RDB: Girl....your hair before the braids is beautiful!! Braids were banging too!! Great job and thanks for sharing ☺️

Catherine O'Shea: Great explanation, great detail, overall great video!! 3 days scares me but I’m going to try this. Thank you.

Nena: Definitely gonna attempt this next weekend cause your braids look so good ❤️

Markierra: Your braids look soooo good and you did a very good job on the details

Ix: THISSSS. When I say I want braids I want them this thin. I’ll definitely try this soon

Abigail Adu: It's simply beautiful, I'm definitely trying this soon. ♥

Hinted by Marina: Thank you for these tips, your parting is just SO clean and precise

Vanessa mmm: This is great! I have yarn locs in right now but this just sounds so nice Great job!

honeychick4ever: Wow! That straightening comb is awesome! Beautiful braids!!

neshamazing: Flat ironing my hair was a game changer! Looks so much or sleek and boho ✨

jayjay tr: This is so well done it looks satisfying to look at Also props for your patience to do this

Shanika Talley: Love the results. From start to finish ‍♀️

Peace A: The result is so beautiful. I love it. You did sich a great job!

Alexa: Honey, you have a gift! I’ve done my own box braids before but this is on a whole other level

Jessica Mcneil: Great job, I'm definitely going to check out these products and this style on the weekend so I have a couple days . Also I love that spritz, its also great for top ponytails.

Angela: Wow! You're so talented and beautiful. The braids look great. I want to try it now on myself. Thanks for sharing.

Felicia Hlongwane: These braids are so sleek & beautiful

Hazo Oora: Yaaay.. I love this tutorial so much.. It does look classy thank you

Zee: Girl, this is amazing. And your parts are completely perfect - It is just so satisfying, omg

Keys Open Doors: Less than one pack of hair? ... I’m sold. I’ve had one pack of hair that I haven’t known what to do with since forever. So now I’m going to put it to use. Wish me luck.

Cassidy Billings: Definitely trying, looks gorgeous would love a video on a few hairstyles you do with these braids

Jasmyn Land Ramos: I literally just got done doing these and couldn’t be more proud of myself . I just wish my parts were as clean as yours ❤️

isabel sofia cavadia: i braid hair n can’t WAIT to try this look on clients!! thanks for the tips!! you slayed it

Stephanie Vigile: This looks so good! I’ve tried knotless braids and could never feed in the hair strands properly. I think I’ll add the hair from the back of the braid like you suggested. I can definitely see that making it a lot easier

October King: I love how you make it so easy.. thanks for the video.!!!

Natesha Felton: I WISH I had these skills. My hair is similar to hers so I live seeing my texture with these protective styles. Some styles don’t work well for me, but these are DOPE!

lex: i just want to say, i’ve never been able to do box braids, knotless, anything. i watched this tutorial and they came out SO bomb, obviously not professionally neat but really really good for it to be my first time and done at home. she did her thang on this fr

D'Andrea Davis: This is so dope! I guess I'll take my PTO now so I can work on this all week, this video legit just gave me hope thank you!

lovenspired: Wow, so neat and clean. Love the size of the braids. Forreal, you did that boo!

LuvinLife72395: I watched this last summer and i tried this and failed miserably but thank you for helping me think i could do something i accurately thought would be impossible. Idk when ill try again but in the meantime ill enjoy watching you do a beautiful job

franzabananza: Wow your method seems really quick and easy. I’m definitely gonna try this

AQUIETONE: Love it! It gave me some great ideas. I can’t wait to try something similar

Matty Navarro: Love them! Gotta try this technique.

Jasmine Williams: Amazing job! Thanks for sharing ❤️

Geronimo Elaine: Came through in the clutch!!! Thank you girl I knew I had to braid more then feed in the hair.

Lulu and the Reviews: This was excellent...so resourceful, never thought of parting with a toothpick and the baby oil trick! Brilliant!!! Love the background music. Beautiful inside and out. They turned out BOMB!!!! New subbie.

Ivory-Michelle: these came out super cute!! thanks for the tips too!

Cara Mc: Come on 60K subscribers You did an awesome job I don't have the patience to braid my tailbone length hair right now, so I set up a appt for next month

Blu: Well I did my hair in about 12 hours with one hour breaks in between. This method worked really well for me. I love how well they turned out. This is a game changer. ♥️♥️♥️

Taonga Ngulube: I tried your method only once and I got it right, thank you for making it so easy. I couldn't do box braids to save my life before this

Antoila80: This is beautiful - thank you. I wonder if anyone please knows how it would look like if you work out often? Would the straightened part revert and shrink up, especially if your hair is kinkier/curlier? Or does the weight of the braid, albeit light, somehow stretch the hair down until you take out the braids? Thanks again - everything about your video is beautiful.

karynto: Love it. You make me want to go for it on myself.

Sweetness Shelton: You did your thing gurl!! Beautiful!!

Ai Mei: You made this right on time or more so in my case I found your video right on time cause I literally been setting myself up to do this all week. Thanks for the upload, Imma just get it done and over with..and I mean this exact way is what I was thinking of already, thanks again

Hermela N: hands down the best tutorial I've seen on knotless braids. Just tried them myself, thank youu!!

Alexandria Mares: Oh my god !!! That hair style looks beautiful on you. Pure beauty and perfection !!!

PeacewithSha: These braids are everything! So beautiful.

Jasmine King: I’ve been wanting to do these for a while and this just convinced me to finally go for it! I think I’m going to add human curly hair at the ends so it stays soft feeling and looks super natural as well!

TheWayOf Cailinn: I'm so in love with this hairstyle. So neat. I already know when I get back from deployment they're gonna quarantine us for 2 weeks. I havent put heat on my hair in so long. But that gives me two weeks to stretch my hair with no heat and then do my hair

Nefer Persona: Awesome job. This will work great for fine hair. Self installation of knotless braids are not for the weak, I know that from experience. Keep up the good work.

LadyDi DNaturalLady: This was very helpful. Thanks!

Sayeta Zonen: i like this. these are gorgeous. i’m going to ask my mom to do it like this. thank you!

finley: oh my god at 7:06 you are the only person i see CLEARLY show which strands of your own hair the extensions should go with thank you so much

YellowRose7: The last time I spritz my braids, I ended up with no hair when it was time to take it my braids. Please be careful with that spritz. You did a really great job!!!

Shenae Powell: Beautifully done !!!!!

sister Stina: I have pin straight hair but watched the whole thing. So interesting and also looks amazing!

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