How To Create A Diy Waterfall Braid | Cute Girls Hairstyles
- Posted on 11 July, 2010
- Easy Hairstyles
- By Anonymous
This 2-minute tutorial is the most-popular Waterfall Braid tutorial on YouTube! It's a follow-up to our original tutorial, the first on YouTube, after fans said it was impossible to create on yourself!
This video was filmed back in 2010, before the craze of the Waterfall Braid hit the world, with all its many hair tutorials. We filmed the original tutorial on KamriNoel, but the comment section was ablaze with many viewers saying that this Waterfall braid was IMPOSSIBLE to do as a DIY. I knew this wasn't true.
So, I had been doing it on myself for about a year now, so I asked Shaun to grab the camera and quickly film me showing how to do this on yourself.
As you can see, if you can get the braid stranding down, it is fairly easy to do on yourself. If you can braid a french braid on your own, you can do this braid!
My little girl Kamri was the one who coined the term "Waterfall Braid", since the strands look like water falling through the rocks at the top of waterfall.
This plait makes for a perfect base for homecoming, Prom, a wedding, dance, or any other formal or informal occasion!
Where would you wear this beautiful braided hairstyle?
Enjoy!
❤️'s -Mindy
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So many of you have asked if this hairstyle can be done on yourself without any help. The quick answer, is yes... you can!
Here are our other Waterfall Braid {Cascade Braid} variations that you can try once you master this!
Feel free to tag your own photos of this hairstyle with: #CGHWaterfallBraidDIY
Waterfall Braid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkUo6JQ...
Waterfall Braid with Crimped Strands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lf68ML...
Waterfall Braid with Spiral Curls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP6Xso6...
Double Waterfall Braid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5afbMIR...
Enjoy!
Ok. We get a ton of emails about the waterfall French braid and people asking if they can do it on their own hair instead of having somebody do it for them. So I am going to demo the waterfall French braid on my hair. Now granted. You can see my hair is super super short and I have it cut A-line. So I have not a ton to work with, but I will show you how you can do it.. Let'S do it., So I'm just going to start by --. I have some bangs.. I'M going to grab a little section of bangs and I'm just going to start a normal braid.. Ok, now at the top, you pick up a piece and add it in just like a regular French braid and at the bottom. Instead of picking up a piece and adding in you're just going to drop that piece and then you're going to pick up from behind that piece and add it in and at the top pick up, hair and add it in regular. At the bottom drop that piece. Go right behind it pick up And you just keep doing that. You can see. I can just kind of tug it out of the way and pick up behind it. Until you get all the way. Back. I'll do one more. And you of course, can go back as far as or as little as you want., And then you just secure that with an elastic and there you have the waterfall French braid, but done on yourself.
Comments
Lena: I remember 10 years ago my mom and I were watching this when I was 6 bc i really wanted my hair like this lol
Siri: I swear Mindy has just gotten younger and younger over the last decade ♥️
Joe Joseph: anyone watching this a whole decade later or is it just me
Maylebaby 715: I love how she explains so well and its so simple to do .LOVE IT!!
Lilster: Thank you for doing a video where you do it on yourself! Please make more like this because it is so helpful! I'm the only one in my family interested in braids (and with long enough hair to do braids) so it is really helpful when you do videos like this(:
Sarah Edwards: Thank you for making a tutorial that had clear directions now I actually understand how to waterfall braid I've been trying to master this braid but it never quite turns out right this tutorial was wonderful :)
Rumena Begum: Thank you so much that looks beautiful I can do it now and I will do it tomorrow when I go out! Thanks a bunch <3333
Courtney Norton: This is the only video I have found that actually helped me learn how to do a waterfall braid on my own hair! Amazing video! Thank you so much!!
fruitsforlife1: It's absolutely insane to me how much has changed for this family since I first watched this video. I've been a fan for a decade now <3
lexi brown: thank you so much for doing it on short hair! it looks amazing.
Rosa Carballo: This is soooo easy I tried it on myself and with each strand brought down I braided and I got so many compliments at school!!! :)
Monica Melgar: Thank you so much for sharing! This is soooooo beautiful! Gonna try this tomorrow!
Ren Mager: OMG I DIDNT KNOW YOUR HAIR WAS THIS SHORT AT ONE TIME!!! Great tutorial btw I love all of your guys' videos!!
Thivya: I remember watching this video about 7 years ago when i was 8. I'm back here 7 years later to see that this video was posted 10 years ago omaigosh! I rarely find YT channels that have been around this long & still active! Good job to the whole family for creating content for the past 10 years till now!
TqqMuffiN: You made it look so simple! I love the tutorial! & I think it's cute how your husband is recording (:
Lauren A: I love this tutorial, I think people just can't see it well compared to the other videos because it's harder to see intricate braids in dark hair :)
Rae3642: This is one of the hairstyles that I really want to learn when my hair finally grows out, but I just know it's going to go like this: Before braiding: right, I can do this, the video made it look really easy... ten seconds later: nevermind, I'll just wear it down.
Valerie Steffen: Just learned how to do this by watching this video! Thanks :) All your videos are wonderful.
Purvi Patel: I love this way can't wait to try it out. Thanks! :)
Danielle P: Thank you for your tutorial...now I can braid my own hair...and my daughter hair:)
Lilo S.: Ahh so simple now. So pretty much when you start the French braid, you keep adding on the top. The bottom, instead of adding the section back into the braid, you let it drop. Then grab a new section of hair, which is then added into the braid, while leaving the "waterfall" alone. It is great! Thanks for sharing!
Des Crossing: This made it sound so much easier for me thanks so much!!
alli bugga: Omg this helped me so much I'm 11 turning 12 and love doing my hair and you showed me an easy way to do my hair
stephany rodriguez: Thanks for this tutorial! You made it simple and didn't add a lot of chatter!:)
k-dawg: Awesome! Thanks! Now I know how to do a water fall braid!
Nidhi Vaidya: Love watching your old vids and seeing how far you've come since!
greeneyedgirl32065: Adorable! Thank you for showing us :)
taylor marie: this hairstyle rocks i tried it for school and my classmates totally loved it
Kay Palos: This is great, thanks! Need a new 'do for work today, let's hope I can pull it off!
betty mayfield: thank you for this tutorial ,this one really gave me the right idea on how to do this properly!
Nei Mulipola: I bloody love you. I literally watched at least 5/6 maybe more videos on how to do a water braid. And yours is by far the most simplest and easiest to understand thank you so much.
Angela Barker: Can't wait to try this on my daughter !
Beatriz & Angelina: This hairstyle actually worked on me!!! I’m so bad with hair and I’ve been trying easier hairstyles and this one WORKED!!!! 9 years later and it’s still great
Bev Mitchell: This is rediculously difficult! I've tried, tried, tried, and I've been doing hair, crafts of all sorts including the most difficult of string patterns... PLEASE! Make a s l o w e r version! I speak for the masses, really I do!
Nathalie M: This is really easy. I never thought it worked if i did it by myself, but I was wrong. This is GREAT!!!
Natalie: You're the only person who taught me how to actually do a waterfall braid so thank you!!
Simone van der Merwe: This helped me so much, thank you :)
dave1kara: I love CGH so much! I can't do any of the stuff that they can do!
davjilsum dajisu: I find it so hard to do and you make it look so easy haha
Molly renee: This is the best tutorial I've seen so far!thank you!
cupcaker33: great video! so helpful you make it look so easy so now I think im ready! :))
bumble bee: You're perfect with hair! On the other hand, I've tried doing SOO many things with my hair and nothing ever works. I am horrible with everything that has anything to do with "hair"... And my hair can literally do nothing except stay flat against my head and stay straight down. :'(
Allison Laprad: Love the look thanks!!!
potter_love: 2010 : We get tons of emails 2019 : We get tons of comments
Carly Peniwel: I love this. I am doing this right now!
Bigtimerush Fan: This was THE ONLY tutorial that helped me!! LOVE IT!!
CandyHeartz Wzw: This is easier than I thought! Thanks!
Adele Smith: You make it look so easy. I don't seem to have enough control of my fingers! Lol. Practice obviously makes perfect. X
Dani Gonzalez: you do it, it's perfect. I do it, and then there's an unexplainable not on my head and pain in my arms
Isabella Peredo: That was awesome! Can you make a really big bun hairstyle for medium hair to long hair? I really wanna know how!
hania: i love how you can do this on any type and length of hair
Wendy DelaRosa: YOU MAKE IT LOOK SOOOO EASY!
emily_11: This helped a lot bc I just got my hair cut short thank u
sparkymoo: As a guy, I think this hairstyle is very beautiful looking.
Gracie Pelsue: wanted to do this for something I'm going to, thank you!;) easier than I thought!
Sydnie Smith: This is awesome. Thank you so much!! :)
Wan Likethenumber: Thank you for the tutorial I got it!!! :)
Diana Kandalaft: Bravo. Great demonstration. Thank you. I am going to try it.
tomhulcelover: all these tutorials are by girls/women with really straight, smooth, easily managable hair. my hair is NOT managable at all. i wish girls with really curly hair would do it too or maybe its just impossible to do intricate braids with curly hair
Jasmine Tubbs: Thanks I done it my own hair and it looked fab thanks xx
Emy Perez: Did this in my hair loved it
tina blue: Love this braid
Salissa Tonkin: This was made on my birthday. Plus the hairstyle is sooo cute! 3
marisa liu: It's so hard to braid your own hair I'm horrible at it
Watch my kitten video! ツ: just 2 minutes and it is PERFECT! it would take me hours to do it as good as that...
MamaMiahhh: Your video made more since to me than all the other ones thanks! New sub!!☺️☺️
Talia: She makes it look so easy!
Melanie Chalco: For me at first it looked hard but when I tried it,it was easy :)
meez nation production: 5 years later and I still can't get it #fml
ceyera: Love this thanks sooo much!!!!
Aya Mudwab: Thank you so so soo much mindy that was really helping I now always try it on thank you very much
Kali Holsinger: You make it look so easy!!!! I can’t do any of this… I really wish I could though. That would be awesome. I always try and then give up because i don’t know where or how to start with my long thick tangly hair. ugh
Becky Castaño: Who’s watching 9 years later? 2019 Oh just me?
A Grande Abobora: Wow.. I really loved it !!! xoxo
Jess W: I've always thought this was SO hard, but it's really not that hard if u think about it, just do a normal French braid and just drop the bottom strand and pick up a different one. A big trick is to start the braid by crossing the top over the middle FIRST! It'll help a lot more and hopefully stop the struggling.
Marissa: I did it! So proud of myself!
Charlotte Bøhlerengen: It really helped me, thank u!! :)
Elena Zaitova: hair falls on tehneke three strand braid will always be true, it can be done by yourself quickly and easily on any length of hair. You agree?
liliana ontiveros: I finally did it!!! i was able to do this to my daugther but not to myself. I guess the secret is the way you hold the pieces with your fingers. when i tried adding new hair to the braid i ended up with only 2 strands or 4....it takes only a litttle practice. And we both have curly so that makes it more diffficult because you can not separate the pieces as easy as Ms. Mindy does.
Missy Sue: Love this hairstyle and the tutorial is so easy to follow! Check out my version of this look! How to do a Waterfall Braid
HeyHeyMikaikai: Wow! This is a really old vid! But thanks for the tutorial! Your channel has come so far!
Cali Christmas: Thank you so much for this Mindy!
Richard Padron: This is great but as a single father How do I keep my little girl to sit still and let me do this? You sell shirts but I need you to sell a tranquilizer lol Make a video for toddlers for single fathers
Saskia Parker: Finally this video really made it clear and easy thx
Destiny Rowell: Love this look
Danielle Eaton Hart: thank you so much. It took several times of going through different videos but I think I finally got it.
Jiana H: Whoa, 28 million views!! That must be so cool for you guys!! Also you're so good at doing hair!
Alex Cartwright: Please! CGH I am not much into hair, sorry, but I have a request. Can you please make a tutorial on how to make something like a side cut/faux undercut with braids? (If you don't know what it is and Google Images fails, it looks like one shaves the side of their head, but it is braided back with this braids; a french braid maybe?) Please, I really want to know how to do that with my hair but I need your help!
Cherryy Chauhan: This is the first ever hairstyle i learned from CGH. Thanks!
Renée Chérie Cantu Lima: This is the video I use to show others how to do the braid... even still. :)
REVI PM: she is so good at it and she literally just took 2 minutes for that.I would literally take forever to do it
ibyl: Great tutorial!
hArRyPoTtErLoVeR70: My hair is too sleek for this. Like I have zero texture in my hair so hairstyles like this don't stay :(
Priscilla Ontiveros: Best waterfall french braid tutorial!
Maryam Farooq: it was very helpful thanks :)
Mikayla Reynolds: I stink at braiding my hair but this has helped a little bit! thank you!
Meo Wong: Looks easy enough until you actually do it. =( Seems that I lack the hand-eye coordination and my hair always gets tangled...need to practise this on someone else first
MakeupSisters: Thanks so much! Now I can do a DIY on my channel!
Onyx Jenson: Thank you so much you were so much more help than the other videos...:)
Alexis Parra: So Cute. I love this hairdo.