The Bow Braid | Popular Hairstyles | Cute Girls Hairstyles
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A fan of ours emailed us a photo of this hairstyle the other day, and I thought the idea was so fun and unique! It was probably the most unique and cute hairstyle I have seen since the Waterfall Braid! So... I sat down to figure it out, but after many attempts I wasn't having any luck.
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As another fan knew I was looking into the braid technique, she posted a picture on our Facebook page with a link to a Russian YouTube video showing the exact technique. The video is not very good quality and at times difficult to follow, but it gave me just enough information to be able to master the braid! Now it is time to share with you all everything I learned!
There are endless possibilities with this bow braid hairstyle... short hair, medium hair, long hair, layered hair, hair with bangs, combos, etc. I show you in the video finished hairstyles using the bow braid and adapting it to a braided headband, diagonal braid, lace braid, or even ponytails. Any style that contains a regular 3 strand French braid could be transformed with bows to become "The Bow Braid" version!!! {What a unique and super cute way to spice up a traditional French Braid!}
Items Needed: A brush, rat-tail comb, spray bottle, hairspray or pomade, a hairpin (not a bobby pin), and a few hair elastics.
Time Requirement: 10-15 minutes, depending on the hairstyle you choose.
In the video you see that I mixed in the tails of the bows back into the next strand. You may find it easier and less "messy" to simply lay the tail alongside the French Braid and then bring down the next section of hair for the next loop. As you finish the braid, most of the tails will be covered by the hair from the top. It all depends on how you want the bow braid to look.
Enjoy!
-Hey everyone. I'm Mindy from Cute Girls Hairstyles. And today I'm going to show you how to do the bow braid.. You guys are going to love this one., So I'm going to show you several variations of it, but this one that I'm going to do. This is what it will look like when it's finished. I'll flip her around, so you can see. Ta da., It's so so fun. OK.. But to begin with, I have started by parting, her hair down the middle as though you were going to do two French braids. And then once I had her hair parted down the middle. I parted off about a half an inch section of hair.. Can you see that On either side of her part. Now this one I've already done., Now you're going to use this hair to create the bow, which is why you have to part it off different. And then I went ahead and French braided her hair.. So now I'm going to teach you how to do the bows.. The one thing you are going to need is this: a hair pin.. This is not a bobby pin.. There'S a difference.. This is a bobby pin.. This is a hairpin., So a bobby pin comes all collapsed in and looks like that. And you can open it up and stretch it out, but the curve at the top isn't as large as a hairpin and the hairpin one works. A lot better. So go get some hairpins., They're, really cheap. And use a hairpin., And what you're going to do you're going to take your hairpin and decide where you want the first bow to be.. So I'm just going to thread it through right here and then I'm going to pick up a little section of hair. And just for her hair, I'm going to wet it down.. If you don't want to use water use, hairspray or pomade., Either one works fine., And what you're going to do just make a little loop., Just like you're, tying a shoelace. And then you're going to slip the loop through the hairpin.. Can you see the loop' through there now Stick your finger through the loop so that you have a hold of it. And then gently tug, the hairpin back through the hair. And while you're doing that just work it back and forth. And that's going to create the Bow look. Now, depending on the length of your daughter's hair --, and yes, this does work on all lengths.. It may be long like hers. Is. Hers is way long., So we're going to have little endies we're going to work into the next bow down. Or it may end up perfect. Or you might have little shorties that you need to tuck in.. So pick up the next section of hair. Again wet it down. Take your hairpin. Again. This is personal choice.. You can go right to the next section of braid and stick your pin through and bow right. There. I'm actually going to go down just a little bit and do like one and a half. So it's just a little bit further spread apart., I'm going to take these ends and just gently tuck them in. Make my loop. The smaller the loop, the easier it's going to go through the hairpin. And then just gently go back and forth again until you get That pulled where you want it. Take the hairpin out and you've formed your second little bow. And you go on down so on and so forth. We're just going to keep going. So some tricks I learned by practicing.. It is easier to do this hairdo if you've braided this tightly.. If you do it loose these end up, not staying in tight., They stay in loose and then they are more likely to fall. Out. So make sure when you do this, that you do tight French braid., The other thing is make sure you get all the hair through the hairpin. There. You go. I'll, show you what I mean right. Here. Got a little loose hair., So we're going to continue. Down., So when I make my loop just make sure you get all of that hair. Like you, don't do that like halfway through.. That makes a nightmare. So make sure you get all the way through and then give it a tug to form your next loop.. So on and so forth., So you can do it as tight or as loose as you want.. You can do it on short hair.. You can do it. Layered hair., Hair, with bangs. Hair on yourself.. Anything will work. Turn you back this way. Just a smidgen. And tug it through. OK., Sorry babe. There we go., Depending on how many bows you want you can determine how far down you keep going. I've got hair for one more. It looks like., So I'm going to go right through here., Again, wetting it down or pomade, is going to help. Hairspray. Any of those. Slide that through. Pull it back and forth. Just takes a sec to get that hairpin through.. And then you can even just stick your finger in and tug it. And then what I'm going to do, since I have little endies at the very bottom right here, I'm just going to put those right into her brain like so.. So again, you have many many choices here on how you want to finish the braid. This one I have just pancake braided the end.. You could do that on this one as well and just have two package braids at the bottom., But another fun idea would be to pull all of the hair to the side and do a side, ponytail or a side. Braid would look really adorable. On my hair. I'Ll show you really fast. Finish this one. On my hair. You can see that I did a half of a headband braid and then did bows on the front., And I did that on myself.. So yes, this hairdo is possible to do on your own hair.. Next one, let me see. Come here.. This is a full hair headband and then we just did like four or five on the very far side.. So we thought it almost looks like a feather headband.. It was so cute. And looks adorable.. The possibilities are really endless. For this hairdo., So you love this one. This one. I did like a Katniss braid type, diagonal French braid on her hair, and then I did a bow through every loop instead of every other, so that they look a little tighter.. You can see that it has a really fun look to it. That one's a really fun one. And last but not least, this one. I wrapped a lace braid all the way around her head and I left half of her hair down, which is why I did the lace braid version, so that we could still have hair down that I curled. And then we did bows on the top half and Just braided the bottom half., So it looks really fun.. You can see all the different variations of this super super fun. -- come in, -- bow, braid. Whoa. Switch, so they can see you. And how cute they are. And I'm sure that you'll get a million compliments.. Even just wearing this one today I bet I had 30 people. Stop me and ask me: what did you do to your hair? So I'm sure you'll, love, it., We'll see you next time.. You can find us on Facebook from the link on our channel. -Bye
Comments
Marie Askjaer: Loved the ones she made on the twins!!!!!
Leodemol: The Katniss braid one is amazing! Can't wait to try it! I have 4 sisters so I always get to try out these awesome braids :)
Farah Omar: Hi!My mom tired to do the diagonal bow braid on me.I have medium hair its only to my shoulders but it looks fine.Thanks and love your creations!
Brandi: Your daughters are so adorable! I'm wearing the diagonal braid right now and my friends love it. Thank you soooo much! =)
Heather M: So cute! Thank you, I can't wait to try on my daughter!
boujee starr: The twins were so little i love the katness braid
Fly by Family: This is a super cute hair style. I'll have to remember to do this when my daughter gets old enough!
pnehme: I love all the versions of the bow braid but my favorite is the side bow braid! I love it!
yoopergal76: This one is so awesome! I will be practicing this one on Lila on Saturday:) Thank you:)
Ava Grant: Could you do a really detailed updated tutorial on two french braids? Thanks Mindy! :)
Em Shab: I did the hairstyle GREAT results!!
Michelle Yang: Your daughters are absolutely gorgeously beautiful. :) Thank you for posting all of these tutorial videos!
Kayla Tala: I absolutely love this I'm gonna try this on my daughter today! !!
misslechateau: That is so GORGEOUS! I am gonna to do that on my niece! Thank you!
FIVE COLORS - فايف كلرز: OMG! That is soooo cute!!! Thanks so much for sharing! I can't believe how easy it is!
Florencia Corbella: i loved bow braid
Amber Greer: awesome! amazing! I love the bow braid that is inspired by katniss' braid!! can you do a tutuorial on how you did it?
Thea Cook: I tried this hairstyle and it worked amazingly !! it looks amazing !!
CCBunE: Super cute!! And I was blown away by how easy it is. Love it!!!
Liberty Lockhart: Omg I tried this on my older sister and it looked sooo coool!! We both loved it. And you don't need a hair pin you can even use ribbon
natalie chapman: ive been watching lots of these videos and thought wow she has grown up so beautifuly and now I realise that its 3 girls lol. Silly me <3
Amanda Simeone: I LOVE the Katniss Bow Braid, it's so pretty!!!
Aline Gusmão: Lindo trabalho, perfeito!
basicNolla: I have watched several of your videos and loved all of them. The braids are creative, fun, and I could see how they would cause random comments from strangers in the line of stores and such, especially if you and your daughters all are there with fantastic hair do's. Beautiful. Thank your for sharing.
Matilda O: I absolutely love the Katniss/Bow braid!!
Jenna Jordan: That is so neat
Leah Chaimov: Absolutely gorges , great job on the tutorial thank you so much .
StaciSch75: I did this on my daughter over the weekend for her Birthday party. It turned out sooo adorable! THANK YOU!!! She loved it and really loved all the compliments she received!
Twacka1: I love this one and the sock curls, you're clever, thank you!
Queen Neffatri: This is beautiful :D I can't wait to try it!
Jodie: I don't have any hair pins could I use a paper clip?
wihappycow: Beautiful little daughters!! I have 2 boys and 1 girl. I'm not very girly myself so I've been struggling to come up with cute hairstyles for my daughter. This is fantastic, thanks for sharing!
slane: I did this on my sister, and it looked adorable! But I find it easier to thread the hair pin into the braid if its a dutch braid
ionagoboom: Your videos are soooo helpful, I thank you so much for teaching me!!
Elizabeth Raasch: Love this!! And all your videos! Thank you for the tutorials !
Sheva Shaquiffa: I'm here from Willam's Beatdown.
Roslyn: Awwwww(: you have such a beautiful family! And those braids are really beautiful! I'll have to do it on myself!
mealc84: I absolutely love your videos... you're so talented!! And it's great that you share those great ideas with us!! Blessings to you and your beautiful family.. :-)
Vivianne Marques: Parabéns! Muito Lindo!
Kylie Patrikis: Such an elegant twist to a normal braid .. absolutely gorgeous
jasmine poulos: wow if love this video the share and if you want thisbrads then like
Me & My life Living My Life: WOW! You'r really talented, and good at coming up with great hair styles that are not hard, but easy to do and following, with some practice that is. Your girl's must love having there hair done.
johannasofie: your daughters are so cute! I would love to have a mom who could braid braids like that on my hair, but in my family I'm the only person who know how to do it :) You are so talented!! (Sorry for my english, I'm from Norway :P)
RealQueen T: this is so cute & easy !! i got it on the first try .
danie girl: Hair pins and bobby's are the exact SAME so just u don't have to go out and buy hair pins that work exactly like bobby pins
BeBa Castro: Muy lindos peinados, buena tecnica, y que hermosas tus hijas.. felicidades :)
keisha hubbard: Wow what a beautiful family this is a cool way to spice up a regular braid you are truly inspirational thank you
bradburyd35: You do amazing hair. So pretty! I am having a REAL problem with my daughters very long and fine hair. I have tried several means to keep her hair from making knots when she comes out of the bath. I actually keep her hair tied and braided all the time so I have less problem. But she goes into the bath and I get big knots and some all the way to the scalp. HELP!
emily bryyson: Those styles are absolutely gorgeous/beautiful.You are impressing the heck outta me! WOW!!! Those really need to be gelled or sprayed heavily in order to stay tho.These are perfect for weddings.Little bow-ee flower girls! Very nice!!
Magical Flying Rat: Dat look nasty
Olivia L.: this helped me so much! Thank you!
Steffany Hightower: I watch a lot of your videos. I love all the hairstyles you post. And surprisingly enough after watching them, I try them and I'm most of the time successful in copying them on my daughter. Thanks.
1specialsnowflake1: Those girls are TOO cute. I love this style, definitely going to try it out.
Kenzie R.: You make it look soooo easy!
LCMSuperMoM: I have been a licensed Cosmetologists for many years now... I love THIS! You should be a "platform artist" with your awesome creativity!! ;)
kasidy Del Valle: muy hermoso.. el trabajo lo puse en practica!! muchas gracias por compartir su arte!!! MAESTRA..
Kathy rivera: I absolutely love this tutorial
Taylor Archibald: Your girls are so cute!!! I love looking at the fun ideas you do. It gives me inspiration to expand my own skill
Be Water My Friend: i love the family bond and connections msg spread through the videos, only a family with love and teamwork can make the cute girls hairstyles work! Mom the queen of creations, even she created the cute girls~~ Dad the camera man, the steady support of the team. and the model daughters~~!
CrafterBella: Awesome tutorial! Thanks for sharing!
lis ramirez: That's so cool , adorable & a fantastic hairstyle to go out or for school
MaryKate Heaney: your daughters are so beautiful and adorable!!! the braids are AMAZING!
lazybrowneyes: This so cute for like a wedding or a flower girl... Love it.
TheMsbells: I really love the braid styles I've seen thus far!!! How do you come up with this styles? I'm African American with natural hair, so they may not work for me but I really enjoy your videos with your beautiful daughters.
Madonna Miller: I have been an instuctor for over 30 years, you are a very good teacher! I love these looks. I too have four cute girls.
K. Emily Braun: I tried this and it actually worked for me thank you for making this video
ShelliKittens: This is so stinkin' cute!! Also, I didn't realize you had 4 of your own little models! They are truly wonderful and so very patient! Your hands move so fast, I can't braid that fast or I'll get my fingers braided into the hair! I STRUGGLE with my daughter's near waist length hair. I have neuropathy in both hands (two time cancer survivor) and she really LOVES the cute girl hair styles. I try so hard, they never turn out so awesome, but I LOVE what you do here. I wish I could do more for my girl!
pablo enrique salas peñaillillo: Muy lindo el peinado :)
#proteses Capilar: muito show,parabéns as modelos são lindas como a mamãe...
Lina Abdulwahab: lovely braid, love it !!!!!
Helen Beach: this is great! i'm going to try this for sure!
MzNewHairBeauty13: Omg, gorgeous!! you and your girls are beautiful, and the braided style is genius.
Neat: The hair styles are awesome and you are so creative! The kids are adorable!
Nasima Madbouhina: This is super cute, thanks for the video :)
Ariana Reid: I'm doing this currently on my bff...Thankyou for all of these Awesome hairstyles;)
Hourglas39 aka Fee Fee: OMG! This is so cute! Thanks for sharing. Subbed! :)
Terisa Wright: my mom loves this hairstyle! so do I!
Inglid Toretto: Noooossa sao lindos os seus penteados!Ameii ...
aratrika01: you have such a beautiful family!! love the bow braid :)
Cristal Rincon: I've cried it on my 3yrs old and came out gorgeous. But, as soon as she runs and plays the bows falls out. I did the braid tight as you mention. But my first problem was I separated thin section, then added more hair but still eventually slide back out. So what do you recommend for this bow braid that is loving stay all day in my baby's hair. Thanks
AA: Wow! It's amazing! I love your hairstyles!
Miss MaryAnn: Wow, all the versions are beautiful! I don't have children, but I have nieces and their hair is just about getting long enough to do cute things with. Thanks for the tutrorial.
mayalaabeja1: Me ENCANTÓ tu video, quedaron preciosas.
VEROTIKAA: Omg u never disappoint me I cant believe my Eyes I loved. This braid n yes it can be done to yourself I tried diagonal braid n it rocked thanks
Wilmam Ramos: What beautiful braids! Mom you are to be congratulated!
Audrey Dunn: This is adorable for a little girl. I cannot wait to fix my niece's hair. Oh wait, I guess I need to learn to french braid first!
HorrorCakes: I thought this was going to be insanely hard when I saw the pictures but after you explained it was easy. Thanks! :D now I need a victim to try it on haha
eddysgyrl: you are very creative ive learned so much from your videos in this last week. Great job!!
Analy F R: maravillosas, me encantaron, muchas gracias hermosa, todas tus modelos preciosas.
Arwa AlSaleh: I like your videos there are a lot of creative ideas to do the hair specially for girls. So excited to try it on my lil daughter. Thanks and keep doing such amazing videos
DOOTUS SCOOTUS: I love watching your videos they inspire me soo much on what to do for my little sister!
missy Rodriguez: Wow, how creative! It looks super fun.
Connie Estrada: I llove this, it looks so sweet, does not look to hard, just alot of practice. Your bun french braid looked so nice. Perfect for a flower girl, or picture day. You have inspired me. Thx.
ROSE REIS: muito lindo adorei
Cate Leithauser: Wow! My mom can barely do a french braid to the back!
Krista K.: I just love it it is so cute and I have a question can you make a tutorial how to make this hairstyle on your hair I really want ti learn how to do that on my hair! :)
Bren Montes: gracias x tus videos estan super tus peinados en verdad gracias por tomarte el tiempo de hacerlos!!!
Beautifully Treasured: this is the cutest thing ever! i wish i had a daughter to do this on XD
Daisey Powers: omg I love the katniss braid one!!! I need some of those pins and then im gonna try it! mindy, you are my hair hero! "like" if you feel the same!! :)
Teri Keeler: Love this hairstyle!