How To Box Braid Like A Pro | Protective Style | Mariaantoinettetv
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Hey Guys!!! Today is all about learning how to box braid like a professional! I will take you step by step on how to prep your braiding hair, your natural hair and installing your box braids. I will even break down how to get your braid size right! Comment below if you would rock these, also don't forget to subscribe and thumbs up this video!!! If you're feeling really froggy share it with your peeps!!!
The hair I used in this video is from www.Catface.me I used 8 bags of Black, Lilac and Grey braiding hair. Use checkout code MATV on your order. * While installing the dye did stain my nails polish. I haven't had any further transfer since installing the braids. :)
What I used:
8 bags of Catface ombre braiding hair - Black, Lilac and Grey
Cantu Coconut Curling Cream
Cantu Edge Stay Gel
Giovanni Gel
Rat Tail Comb
Brush
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Lashes: House of lashes - Noir Fairy BLK
Lippie: MAC Lipliner Bittersweet with NYX Liquid Suede - Sandstorm / Colorpop StingRaye
Nail Polish: OPI Gel polish - Taupless Beach
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MA
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Hey guys today is all about how to install your own box braids. Yes, I mean like a pro when I get done with you guys in this tutorial. You too will be doing your own box braids like a pro. Alright, let's get right into it! Here'S a snapshot of a couple of things, you're going to need to complete this tutorial everything I'm using will be listed in the description bar below this video. Ok, let's get into this amazing on braids hair, I used eight packs of the black lilac and gray ombre hair from catface dot. Me machee. You guys use checkout code MATV to save some money. Now. What I'm going to do is prep my hair, I'm gon na stop up the sink and I'm going to start filling it with a warm lukewarm water. You do not want the water to be hot. I'M gon na use one cup of apple cider, vinegar. I like to use Bragg's you can use whatever you like and I'll just pour it into that blue form water. Next, I'm just gon na take the tips, the part that's going to be braided and closest to my scalp, I'm just gon na soak that for about 20 minutes, as you can see there, you saw the little white residue. That'S alkaline! You definitely want to make sure that that comes off. It takes about 20 minutes and when that's all done, I'm going to simply rinse all of the braiding hair, the whole entire package, and I'm going to set it aside and let that air dry overnight. Alright, I am starting with freshly deep conditioned all of that good stuff on my natural hair. That'S blown out right now, I'm applying my moisturizing cream because my hair will be rated for about four weeks. So I want to make sure that I am locking in the most moisture at this point. I am now going to part my hair into three working quadrants. This allows me to work through each one of these sections quickly and effectively. Now I'm gon na take my braiding hair. That is completely dry, see it's all good and I'm going to start measuring out the size I want from my braids. I am going to be measuring my hair one finger size, so I'm think I'm using my ring finger as my measurement. I really really want to stress that you guys want to make sure that the hair is thick enough with one side of the braid not folded over. Okay, that's how you're going to ensure that your braid size will be the same. Each time now, you're, just seeing me stretch the hair, I'm taking away that blunt in that's at the bottom of the hair, and I'm just this also will give you more length and it will take away those blunt ends when you go to braid. I have my first pack set up and I'm getting ready to dive in alright guys. So I have, I would say, 3/4 of my hair day, and these are super long there's no way I'm going to be able to get it all on camera. Well, let's see alright so they're super long. I just did straight across partying in the back like so, and I did Bri clean so everywhere that there's a space in my original row, I laid a braid in between it, so that gives it a fuller appearance. When I got up here, I had this section parted out. You guys saw that this section was parted out. I did diamond parting up here at the top and it's basically where you part the hair on a slant and then you come down and it makes a perfect diamond part. I like doing that on the front perimeter, because it allows the hair to fall in between the spaces, and it gives a very full illusion. As you can see, this is my thinner side as far as density, because I did not do a middle part, I don't where middle parts really. So I wanted to do a side part and then just have all the hair be. Even so. That'S where I'm at right now and I'm about to walk you through how to put the extensions in and do it so easy like seriously. My first step is to part out my section of hair, I'm going to work with and apply some edge control. Next, I'm going to take those section pieces that I already showed you in the beginning of the video and I'm going to split that in 3/4, in 1/4, 1/4 is going to equal one leg of the braid and the other two are going to equal. The other two legs of the braid, I'm removing all tangles and I now have three evenly distributed sections which will give me the most equal and even looking braid. I'M gon na put that to the back of my head. I'M gon na split my section braids part in half, see that I got one leg of the synthetic hair attached to that half a section and then I'm going to loop through and grab the other section as well as another leg of the braiding here. Let'S watch that again split my real hair in half as I'm splitting. You can see that I add that synthetic hair into that one - half okay, you see that so I got two legs and then the one in the middle is with the hair. I'M gon na grip, the other leg from the back. It'S very loose: it's okay, because when you go to slide your hand back and grip it from the other side, you now have a tight braid with all of your edges, snatched, but in a good way, not in a bad way. We are all about keeping edges around here and you can just proceed to braid as you normally would I like to take the braid and pull it to the front of me, so I can under hand braid it, which gives me a ton, a tighter braid. It allows my real hair to stay in and not separate from the synthetic hair and, of course, it's a quicker way to braid. Okay, let's see it again from a different angle, edge control on the root, so you can have good friction. You'Re gon na grab your section of hair. You already have sectioned out, so you know that it's going to be the right size, you're gon na split it in 3/4 in one force, you're gon na loop that and then you're going to put the hair behind you. I find that when I place the hair behind me, I work better. I always have the two open sides in my right hand, in the one leg. In my left hand, if that helps so, I have one two legs: I'm gon na split the hair in half and I'm going to hold that with one of the legs of the synthetic hair and then I'm going to proceed to just braid and this technique allows You to just braid effortlessly without having to worry about evenly distributing the hair so that the braid turns out even in the long-run. There are other techniques you can use, but they tend to not look as uniform and as professional of a braid as this technique. In my opinion, I could be wrong, but you know this is how I do it now, I'm adding a little bit of hair gel to assure that my hair is going to stay within the brain and I am going to proceed to braid down word like forever. It literally took like four minutes to brilliant one braid, because it's so long, this hair comes down to the middle of my bottom. Like you guys, it's that ridiculously long like I almost couldn't finish braiding, because I ran out of arm space so yeah twelve hours later, and it was well worth it. Look at these braids they're, absolutely beautiful. There'S such a statement with the ombre hair. I didn't have to do the hombres manually. It was a blessing to have this cat face hair. All I had to do was just braid my hair. I have about 70 something braids in my head and you guys they are absolutely gorgeous. So make sure you guys are subscribed, make sure you thumbs up comment into sections down below. Is this something you can see yourself doing? Maybe you can get a friend to come over and help you and it'd be a lot quicker, but I hope you guys enjoyed this tutorial and I'll see you in the next one bye.
Comments
Ambrosia Malbrough: This turned out so beautifully!
GlamFam Hair & Beauty: I love that you deep conditioned and moisturized prior to braiding, That way the natural hair is more protected!
jordan valdez: So cute! Funny story when I was younger I thought black womens hair grew into braids. I was so confused to as why I had to braid my own hair but theirs was already braided.
Green eggs & ham: Quarantine got me out here trying to do my own hair, after 4 weeks of just twists, Im happy this exists.
Nandi Majola: This tutorial is everything I actually got my practice braid right on the first try. You are so good at explaining. I’m looking forward to doing my whole head soon. It’ll take time but I’m up for the challenge.
Deb Smith: I love it!! My daughter loves when I braid her up and we just picked up some ombré purple and pink so we about to try this technique tmw thanks for posting!!
HD Wellness: I'm so late but this was amazing. I just discovered braiding by splitting my hair in half and weaving it in that way. I'm inspired to do another set after seeing this slanted parts.
Cassie Preedom: This looks stunning. The braids, the color, the length, the model. All beautiful! I have always been such a huge fan of the box braid style!
GlamFam Hair & Beauty: Your braids look gorgeous! Excellent video!!
MsFredericks: My first attempt to do box braids was a total fail, the braids were different sizes, parting was a mess. etc. But after watching this video, my second attempt came out 10 times better!! I'm not a pro but I saved $200!! Thank you mam!
Leah Demali: Dang girl you did soo good , I’ll be trying this method on my back to school hairstyle! Thank you ❤️
Jazz: This is so beautiful and exactly how I want my box braids, love the purple. But I don't have the patience to do this, only two strand twists without adding hair. But I have to get this done soon. I'm 5 years late lol, but great job!
beryl wheaten: Thank you for the tutorial! I started doing my own hair like 3yrs ago and it was the best decision I made myself. Thanks again
Jamie Harrison: I’m a hairstylist. My children are mixed and so I had to learn to do their hair. My daughters are 17 and 18 now and I’m still out here working on my skill set. Thank you for the tutorial and ACV tip!! I honestly never knew
MsNellW10: This was my first time trying box braids. The method was so easy! I am getting many compliments.
Hallie Harmon: Wow! These look amazing! I'm preparing for two trips and needed this tutorial, thanks
Yoli 858: Your natural hair is so beautiful! You can tell it’s healthy and soft. Thank you for the tutorial!
TheOddUnikorn: These braids turned out soo beautiful!! I'm def giving these a try!!
Zareefah Khan: I don’t even have black hair I just watched this vid because the finished product looks gorgeous, she a whole queen. Also you gotta admire the skill. EDIT: yikes, I’m sorry for offending y’all, this is the way I intended my comment: I wasn’t trynna say that all African hair is the same, obviously, just like any other race, African hair is diverse with hair type. I said “Black hair” as in “African hair” not to invalidate the fact that there are many different hair types, but to give credit to black people. These are black hairstyles, not Asian, not white, not brown, BLACK hairstyles, I wasn’t trying to say that all black people have the same hair type, I was trying to say that these hairstyles belong to black people. Hope that cleared things up, sorry for my offensive comment !! Stay safe guys
DonNaReD2269: Girl this is PERFECTION! You slayed this and you look stunning I soooooo wish I could find a hair braider to do this exact technique because this is looks BOMB! I stopped getting box braids because, 1. I couldn’t find hair that wouldn’t have my scalp itch like crazy ( I have sensitive skin) and 2. all the women in my area always had my braids different sizes. Smh the braids just never laid right and would always be so damn heavy! Ughhh
Sito Eshiet: Also, thanks for the tip on soaking the hair in ACV. I noticed that everytime I braid my hair, it starts itching within days
Robin Kelly: This is exactly what I'm hoping to do. I saw this hair a couple of years ago and knew I wanted to braid with this soon. I'm hoping to do this in about a month's time. Thank you for the tutorial. I'm going to try to do it myself but I may just have someone help me out.
Audrey G: thank you SOOOO much for sharing your technique. I am currently braiding my hair and I couldn't understand why my braids didn't looks as tight. So I tried this method and it looks a lot better! :) yaas and the hair colour in here is so beautiful. The slow mo also really helped!!!!
LokiReaper: Loved this tutorial helped me so much to do my few box braids for my cosplay ❤❤❤ thank you
Rachel Toney: This tutorial was excellent! Really helped me out!
Kay Seminomadic: Great tutorial. I've done my hair for years but it takes a while. I like the idea of dividing it into three sections.
T T: Thank you for the close ups! It can be difficult to see how to start braiding in tutorials. You did a really great job! Thank you so much. I like that color too. They should call it purple smoke. ^^
Reanna: Thank you so much for the tutorial.Also I have the exact same with my hair.I have proper afro underneath and my mum's friends does it for me...You have inspired me to go the shop you have brought your hair from...Thankyou
Jose G.: Absolutely stunning! I love your tutorial! Very informative and fun
Jacqueline Davie: The end product, WOW! Let me just say though, your natural hair is gorgeous too! Thanks for sharing.
Chasity Marrero: I can't wait to do it on my own hair. Saves me money and I can feel how tight I want it. And by the way love the color. I'm going to get some ombre hair. I'm gonna get black, noen green, and black, blue, light blue bundles.
Margo McClintock: This is much a great tutorial. You explain your method so clearly. I'm going to try these. Thanks for tutorial.
Ambi B: Best braiding tutorial I’ve seen! Gorgeous outcome
merve su bener: Amazing job! You are both beautiful and talented! I'm going to try and hope to get it done like you did!
Kyra Chantel: I have been watching various tutorials today and I can honestly say this is the best and most detailed one I have come across. Thanks I will be trying this method later!
MoniFaithMusic: This is so beautiful, the colors are gorgeous! Thank you for your video.
Adriana Sisk: I have watched numerous hair braiding tutorials and this is by far the best ! And perfect camera angles too!
Jennifer Rangel: I’m scared, but definitely want to practice on my niece, great tutorial. Very pretty
Nicci S: this was the best video I found on box braiding, so clear and clean. love it
Jo-Gianna Hall: Hands down. The best hair stylist I've seen on YouTube. I'm in awe. So informative
Alexandra Norah: i love all your videos. you always know how to explain your tutorials well. thanks a lot now I can do my hair perfectly
Miss BeeBee: This is my first time braiding because of quarantine! This is the BEST method I’ve seen so far! Thank you! Is there a video on how to section your own hair when doing box braids?
CeeCee Black: That looks magnificent!!! You make it look so easy! Wow! Love it!
SAM: I’ve been trying to get a proper view of the T split holding the braid and you came through....THANK YOU
Dorian Aronson: Amazing and beautiful! Thank so much for creating this video.
Katt Guzman: GIIIIIRL! This is a piece of cake the way you explain it! THANK YOU! I'm running to the beauty supply to buy me some hair ♥️♥️♥️‼️
Lú mg: El mejor tutorial de box braids, gracias
Viviana Taylor: This is the best tutorial I have found so far. The pattern looks great and the sizes look professional/consistent. Did you find with the method any tugging on the hair line? Wouldn't want to snatch the edges
DiscoveringNatural: Can you come over and do my hair? LOL! You look amazing!
Herrica T.: You saved my life with this tutorial. THANK YOU!!!
Abigail Griffin: Wow. I love this. Matches perfectly. Lots of fun!
Jamaica Aguilar: This looks freaken awesome girl !!!! Im so gonna try this technique!! I am Hispanic with shoulder straight hair so I hope it works out for me!!!!!
Lia Lifeart: Can't wait to try !!! Easy instruction ....looks FABULOUS!!!
Marilyn: I love how light it looks and not loaded with braids, very pretty.
Rachael: Wow! 2 years later and this video was very helpful for me!! Thank you for sharing!!!!
Amandat170: I can't tell you how many videos I've watched to learn how to box braid my hair. I've tried and failed (always uneven or fall out) and have never really understood the technique until now. I'm going to try tomorrow! Thanks!!!
Ms Chantaé: wow it's 2018..and i'm JUST seeing this. I love how you presented this video!! very professional. i dind't even know ppl washed braiding hair...and i really like the slant method u did on the hair, it was layed beautifully!! I'm adding this to my Hair Styling playlist :) :) :) Have a Wonderful Day !! :)
Desiree Ivegbuna: You are stunning, your hair is beautiful and thank you for this video. I’m going to give it a try!
Rachel Olaleye: This video is the reason I started doing my own hair a while back. Funny to run into it again years later!
Marvelous horse: Очень красиво! Спасибо за видео!
Darlene Mitchell: That is awesome, love the color and the process with conditioning.
Rosemary Williams: I'm going to keep practicing until I can do this on myself and have it look as good as yours. thank you so much for uploading.
Aberteenie Millford: This is so helpful a couple months ago I had watched the tutorial and it actually worked! This is very good try it out guys.
Golden Star: That’s is beautifully done sweetie,and it looks good on you .Thank you
Wiktoria Gwozdowska: Wow so beautiful I’ve had my box braids done 3 times and 1 time cornrows all by professionals one time the lady did 170 braids on my heads it took 8 but 2 of ladies been doing the work and later one of ladies husband did seal them with fire next time I had them done in real hair salon and the lady was from Jamaica and she did good job too but she did finish the job different like you did by curling the ends and putting in boiling water it looks really nice but it made them bit shorter for them past 3 years I had no braids and I would love to have them so much I have full bag of hair in my room in so many different colours there are over 10 hair packs if I only would know how hair braiding is like black magic for me and. After watching your vid I still don’t get how you twist them at the start I really wished to know how by the way you did fantastic job with your hair
adira: soo helpful and informative! thank you!! ❤️❤️
Kameron Beaufort: I'm 12 and I really want to learn how to do my own box braids this video was really helpful thanks
Victoria T: So cute and that color I love it. Thanks for this tutorial. I had to share it out
Shadeenah: These are so beautifullll! I plan on doing my own box braids for the first time. Wish me luck.
Jennifer Avilés: Me encantó buen tutorial
Carla: Omg I absolutely love u… easy tutorial. Imma do this tmrrw THANK U SOOOO MUCH SIS
1737183 12: Can we just take a minute to appreciate that perfect make up?
Brittany Brown: My daughter asked for a complete set of braids. I’m not versed with this in the slightest. I thought I was going to have to spend like 200 dollars to get it done. This was so so helpful thank you.
Abbi Hayes: This is amazing! I plan on doing ethnic hair in the future so i am trying to learn all the tips and tricks right now while im still in high school. The braids came out beautifully and i wish i could do this with my hair, but im too broke and i have to stick with clip in extensions. Amazing work!
Edith Daisies: Great tutorial ... l braided my hair with burgundy extensions and they turned out very well
Aaliyah: Btw You're doing it so CLEAN! Love it!
Sovann Nisai: The result is amazing I love your box braid and your natural hair could anyone tell me how long can we keep this box braid?
Francielly Guimarães: Ficou lindo
Mona Lisa: So perfect and so wonderful! Amazing!
Dee Mclaughlin: Thanks so much :) Next braids I'm attempting on my own!
Mercy Neufeld: Well done girl!!! Very very beautiful!
Людмила Фролова: Вам безумно красиво! Очень идёт к лицу, идеальный цвет!
Naomi Abashe: This is amazing I braid but have problems with sectioning box braids this look light and nice
Lisa: That lilac colour! Gorgeous I love box braids
Blooming Rosie: So beautiful I wish I could do it like how you do it. I did my boxbraid from self but wasn't good like yours.
Gudny Åman: This was really helpful since i had to help my son today and i have never done it before. Practice makes perfect they say so i guess i need to carry on practicing :)
Katherine Bryanna: I would definitely recommend you doing that to my hair!!!Love box braids!!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️them.Wish I had them!
اكت ناظزةربتليكتث: This turned outoos beautifullyļ
Vanillou: Omg thank you!! I feel like I can do it by myself now
Maria Clara Beltre Serrano: The best tutorial I have ever seen I will try it, thank you very much!!
зачем это: Thank you, it looks easier than what I was trying to do. I'm a Russian girl with a buzz cut, but my boyfriend a full head of these braids and he hasn't got access to his hairdresser at the moment.
Just Joia: This was a good technique and you explained it well.
Olimpia G: I been having severe braid fever lmao after this video I NEED to do it!!
Alana: Ok why am I STILL not understanding how you wrapped the hair around your real hair! I want to understand it so i can slay like you girl
Reabetswe Seisho: this is beautiful, very neat! I love the color
echoserenade: That instant replay is what I needed in my life! #OnRepeat
zandile khambula: You are an angel I have been struggling with sizing my braids omg!!
S S: I appreciate this art so much. You have talent girl
Edilaine: incrivel!!! mesmo sem entender uma PALAVRA DO SEU IDIOMA , aprendi com vc !!! usarei o que aprendi. OBRIGADA POR COMPARTILHAR!!!
Angela Lopez: I’m about to do my own braids. Have had a lot of help from friends and even strangers. So excited. My friend is on call for when I m done so she can fix it lol