How To French Braid For Beginners!
- Posted on 05 February, 2020
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So Glamfam, as a cosmetology instructor, I see areas where people tend to struggle on a regular. One of those areas is braiding, especially french braiding. I find that often people want to jump right into french braiding, without first learning the basics. That is why I made this in depth tutorial for beginners to help them learn how to french braid, better! As always, please feel free to leave your thoughts and requests in the comment section down below.
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Hey Glenn family Linwood here today, I'm gon na be showing you how to do a French braid for absolute beginners, which means we're gon na be starting with the basics. So I'm going to start off showing you how to do a standard, overhand, braid and then we're gon na work our way into a French braid. If you already know how to do an overhand braid in your well-skilled with that I'll buy the time stamp, so you can skip forward okay. So I'm choosing to begin on an overhand braid in just a singular ponytail, because it'll make it easier for you to see and manage. I would recommend doing this at least a minimum of ten times, so you get comfortable with it before you start trying to do a French braid in this hair. So in order to do this, we're going to go ahead and begin by placing our fingers in here. Just like this, so taking my index finger and my middle finger, and I just want to place it directly into that hair and they'll, give me three proportionate pieces, like so from there. I'M gon na go ahead and separate those pieces out using those same fingers. On the opposite hand, it'll just kind of help me keep things separated now. The key to overhand braiding is that we're going to always be bringing the outside strand over whatever strand is in the middle and I'll show you exactly what I mean so I'm right-handed, so I'm gon na start with the Strand on the right. You can start with either right or left it's totally up to you. We'Re gon na go ahead and pull that strand on over the middle strand, and that means our middle strand has not swap places with it. It'S become our right strand, then I'm going to come over to the left. We'Re gon na do the same thing. So this has now become my new middle. You can see it's in the middle, so I'm going to come from my left and pull it over the middle strand, which makes it my new middle strand, as you can see from there we're gon na come back to the right and pull right over the middle. Just like so then left over the middle when you're first learning this, it can be a bit hard to kind of control all of his hair. So if you're still finding it, you have some difficulty with keeping this braid symmetrical with keeping it tight or with getting. It even feel free to continue to practice this until it gets comfortable and begins to look a bit more neat so again left over middle right over middle. A few important things to note is that my hands are incredibly close to the area that I'm braiding. This makes the braid look significantly tighter, so see how tight the braid looks here. Versatile, tied it looked at the beginning of my hands, were slid further down the shaft of the hair. If your hands are further away from the earlier braiding, the whole braid looks looser if your hands are closer to the braid. The whole braid looks tighter and will actually feel significantly tighter, also so things to keep in mind, so we're just continuing that was leftover middle now we go to right over middle and just keep in mind whenever you're pulling from that outside strand. It is now becoming your new middle strand, so let me move her over a bit and that way you can continue to see. We'Ve got here, my left strand will come over the middle and my right strand will come over the middle and you'll just continue this. So once you have your overhand braiding down we're ready to go ahead and move into your French braiding, so practice this until you get comfortable and then move into the next step with us. Remember this is YouTube. You can pause you've more wine. You can even change the speed in your settings to wear it slower if you need it to be, I'm gon na take this down and that I'm gon na separate down the middle. This is because it's easier for you to control half of the head versus the hole hit when you're first learning, so I always teach on half of a head or in quarter sections. Okay, so I've dropped half of the head and I've detangled it well and, of course, you'll want to make sure that you really well de tangled to here the other half is just lightly pinned to the side here now, of course, if the client or if you Have curly, hair or kinky hair? It does help to blow this hair out with a blow-dryer and possibly even use a little bit of a pomade to help get some control, as I'm braiding with this texture here. I'Ll also give you some techniques on how to control silky or hair and smoother hair textures as well. Just so there's not a ton of flyaways, but I will ahead and get into this here. So I'm gon na move your angle a bit because I want you to be able to see it from right up front okay. So when I'm picking up a section of hair to braid, I usually like to start off with a triangle section, I'm gon na start off with a slightly bigger section here, even though honestly, the smaller sections are the more professional they look. This is a tutorial for beginners, so I don't want to give you extremely professional ways of doing this when you're trying to get down to basics but I'll give you those tips as we go along as well. So I'm gon na start off with a triangle section like this here. It honestly just makes it a bit easier for you to control and manipulate so from there I'm going to go ahead and just separate these into. It feels like three equal strands like so now from here. We'Re gon na do the same as we did before, bringing our outside strands over the middle again, I'm going to start with the right strand, because I'm right-handed so right over the middle and we're not picking up any hair just yet, then, from there we're gon na Go to left over middle as well now, if you'll notice on both of those there was hair from the outside sections that was coming over with us on this third one, there's no hair from the outside section coming with so we're going to have to add that Here, so I'm just going to take my finger and slide right across the scalp to the center of where I want that braid to be I'm going to go ahead and close. My fingers on that and we're going to slide my hands through to separate that hair out detangling and smoothing it nicely, and then I'm going to pass that over the middle strand like so now. If you'll notice, I'm not trying to keep this strand here on the right meat, so I'm just going to fall into my fist. Basically, as I grabbed that middle strand with my right hand, and I'm going to grab the left strand with my index finger and thumb, as I slide across the scalp on the other side, to add into that strand now, you'll want to make sure you try to Keep your size is pretty proportionate because if you're, adding super small and super big, it just looks lumpy and a mess but yeah. You want to keep this in mind every single step, so we're adding that here on over the center. Now, if you don't have fingernails to be able to cleanly part, you can use a comb for this step as well. Also, if you feel more comfortable doing this with your pinkies, you can do it with that. So as we added that in we went ahead and passed that left strand over the middle making it my new middle strand, now we're coming back to the right side, picking up here, you can also do it this way, picking up here, adding it to that right. Strand and bring it over the center - and this is essentially the pattern that you're going to do. The whole way down is pick up here on the left. Add it to the Strand on the left, smooth it out, bring it over the middle strand, pick up here on the right. Add it to the Strand on the right, smooth it out, bring it over the middle strand and just continuing that back and forth. Now, if you'll notice, I always smooth out the hair, as we go part of the reason for why it smooth out is because it helps to prevent any lumps in the braids here and if you'll also notice. My hands are constantly on the head. If I'm pulling away like this, it makes the whole grate loosen when you drop it see how loose it makes it. So you want to keep your hands pretty nice and snug nice and tight close to the base of the head here or honestly, like resting on the head just like this here. So we're gon na go back to the left side. Pick up. Some hair. Add it into the outside strand on the Left, let's just clean that up a little bit and then we will go ahead and bring it over the middle. Now I can see there's some bubbles in there. I don't know if you can catch it on camera, so I'm just going to lightly smooth a bit more and then pull it over the strands I'm working with. I can just kind of ball up in my fist, so I can easily control with my three fingers here when I'm finished, I can just go ahead and give that strand to my index and thumb and begin to work with that section up here as the other Ones are balled up in my hand as well just like so so we're going to continue this pattern all the way down now, as you're working on this you'll want to keep in mind if you're working with smaller sections, the entire braid is going to look tighter. So if you're taking really big sections, your whole braids gon na look more loose. If you take smaller sections in this, the whole braid is going to look more tight. It does not mean that you have to pull extremely tight in order to get the braids tight. Also, if your knuckles seem like they're hurting, your grip is a little too tight. So loosen up your grip, you'll notice that your knuckles feel much better and they won't be hurting when you're finished with the braid. So, just to give you an example on these next view, I'm going to go ahead and pick up smaller pieces, so you can see how the braid begins to change. So I'm going to take small sections on these and begin to add that, in over the center small section here add that in over the center now for French braiding, as well as Dutch braiding, the most important things you really want to focus on is keeping these Partings very clean, very precise. It'S what makes things look incredibly neat. So if you are sticking with a certain size parting, stick with that majority of the way through your design and make sure that you're being consistent, also keep in mind the direction of your hands and your body is going to determine which way that braid goes. So if you're noticing that on one side your braid goes down and on the other side it goes up and back there's a high likelihood. The angle of your hand is different, so your hands might be up here, causing it to go up more, whereas right now my hands are coming down a bit more, causing that braid to travel downward. So the braid is just following where you lead. So if you notice, you tend to favor a certain side and it tends to go downward just keep in mind, to keep your hand either towards the center of where you want that braid to go, or just slightly shift over in the direction that you want. That hair to flow as you braid, hopefully you can already see how much tighter the braid is looking here versus here, that's just off of using smaller pieces, so the size section that you pick up is going to make all of the difference when it comes down To how neat this braid looks now when you're starting out honestly, I would encourage you to take bigger sections. This is so you can find your rhythm and get accustomed to what you're doing. If you are more advanced and you want your braids to look neater pick up, smaller sections and they'll begin to tighten up and look even neater, also just a quick tip that will help out any new brighter or anyone trying to learn this braid. That is maybe accustomed to doing a different type of braid is talk your way through it. Like I talked you through it, it helps to appeal to the side of the brain that processes information. Instead of trying to appeal to the artistic side of the brain, you have to find a pattern and a flow before you can get artsy with this. You'Ve got to learn the rules before you can kind of just low in the rhythm or the pattern of what you're doing so. That being said, when you're braiding talk to yourself, just like I'm talking to you, even if you have to do, is lightly or quietly it'll make you feel crazy. But if your braids are not great, knowing things you're, actually crazy, just think you're a great waiter. So I would say pick up here on the right side. Add it to the right strand and smooth it out, bring it over the center strand and now to the left pick up here from the left side. Add it to the left strand, smooth it out and bring it over the middle strand. I see how, as I'm taking bigger pieces, you saw this braid is infinitely beginning to look like it's a bit looser and softer. So depending on the way you want that hair to fall. That'S how you're going to do it add hair to the right hand, side smooth it out, bring it over the center. Now as you get behind the ear. This is really important. You always want to make sure that, if you're working on yourself or on someone else that you begin to tilt that head forward the reason why is because the skin in the back of the neck is really stretchy and if you have them with their head up Of the whole time, it ends up being a really nice tight braid, but when they look down later, it can actually cause a bit of discomfort and some pooling under here that creates like bumps in the nape. You don't want to see that after it's pulling like that and it's causing bumps, it can actually lead to hair loss over time. So we want to make sure we're not pulling extremely tight, as we get back here. One of the ways that we can do that, while making sure that our braids still stay looking tight, is to have your client or have yourself tilt your head down once you get behind the ear, this is going to help ensure the things stay. Looking nice and tight, while not pulling too tight when you tilt your head down at the end of that service, I hope that makes sense if it does please. Let me know in the comment section down below so adding from the right bringing it right on over. Also, as you get down here, make it a point to tighten up your grip. You have more hair in your hands. The further you go so now is a good time to begin to tighten the grip of your hands, not of those fingers individually. That way, you're able to grip and hold this hair a bit more tight and it doesn't just become a mess back here from there. You also want to make it a point to get in there really well and rest your hands on the head. That way, you don't end up with that saggy butt in the back of the head. If you know what I'm talking about, where you can kind of push the bottom of the braid and it just kind of bounces back there, no one likes a baggy, but so from there we're gon na go ahead and just cross on over with the right strand. Come back to the left, if you'll notice, I'm running out of here on this right side, so I'm gradually taking bigger pieces on the left side, adding it in and crossing over. While I take smaller pieces on the right side and add in to cross over. This allows me to gradually balance out rather than running out of here on one side and still having here on the other. So I mean turn her a bit, so you can see exactly what I'm talking about here. We'Re going to go ahead and take a pretty good-sized section here. Add it into the outside strand and cross over okay and pick up a small section here and add into the outside strand and cross over on the opposite side. Keep in mind the first time that you do this is going to be difficult. I'Ve been doing this for over 20 years, I'm a bit more skilled, the more you do it the more easy it becomes for you to do so. Don'T stress or sweat the small stuff go through the motions and when you feel like you're, messing up continue braiding you're learning when you get it down, that's when you begin perfecting right now, don't worry about perfecting worry about getting your rhythm talk, your way through it. So you don't forget, there's a lot of times if you're accustomed to going right over middle left over middle right over middle, the issue becomes now you start adding in hair and it breaks your pattern, so it becomes add hair on the right right. Over a middle, add hair on the left left over middle, and you begin forgetting, where you add it in here and when you should go over the middle and it messes people once you get off of the scalp, you can just braid as normal and go all The way down to the ends of the hair as you've got that you now have a French braid down to the scalp. Now, if you're needing more control over that here, because it's too silky for you lightly mist it with water, don't get it soaking wet just lightly mist. It will help you to control that hair much better as you braid, and that way, you're able to work with that hair and if you need a bit of hold, you can either use a light amount of gel or a pomade as you braid, and that way. You'Re able to better control the hair without causing it to be a huge mess or having like hairspray and being sticky, and all that it still gives you a little bit of texture without making it hard to work with. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please be sure to leave them in the comment section down below and until next time you guys take care, god bless and stay clam. You know we love people and don't forget to subscribe. Bye.
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Aaron Burt: I don’t braid or have hair to braid. Watching during self quarantine, so I can braid my lady’s hair. Great instructional video.
I LOVE BTS _: This is just too underrated, he explained the whole process so well I see these YouTubers just making the french braids and getting views instead of explaining the process throughout
Aaron C: As a father of a 5yr old who asked me to braid her hair while mommy is at work. How can you tell your princess no? Thank you sir for this..... I’m now a super hero
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Abbiee Hulme: I’ve been trying to learn to french braid my hair for about a year and watched endless videos and never been able to do it, after watching your video once I can FINALLY do it!! so happy thank you!! x
Jaime Macintyre: As an adult woman I always felt like I was missing something not knowing how the French braid. So when my gf asked me to do one for her I had to look it up, and this video was perfect for teaching it to me so thank you!!!
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Greeny Green: My problem is sometimes my 'finger' get confused about which one is the center hair, all messed
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Luke Aldred: I just braided my daughter’s hair for the first time! Thanks so much for your clear instructions. Not tried the french braid yet tho
Brave Little Bambi: Finally, a French braiding video that actually makes sense. Thank you!!!
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Josephine Clark: Thank you so much for making this video! I tend to be a visual/hands on learner and my daughter has been begging me to french braid her hair. Your video was exactly what I needed to finally grasp how to french braid. The slow pace and soothing voice kept me calm when I was feeling frustrated and a tad clumsy.
Shelby Cross: Thank you so much for this tutorial! I’ve been trying forever and with your help I realized I was always going an extra step ahead of myself. Now I can finally do a French braid!!!
Kimberley Cooper: Thank you very much! My daughter has been asking me to french braid her hair like Elsa and I feel I can now give it a try. Great tutorial and I will be practicing on her often and watching this again until perfected.
Jlaire_Forever: Very clear instructions, very easy to understand. Great job you’re amazing at hair! Now I’m going to try this on my friends.
Poppy Bridgeport: I have watched endless tutorials for this braid and never have I come across such a beautifully detailed and truly helpful tutorial. Thank you so much for sharing your incredibly skillful talent! ♥️
Kim Branton: This video is amazing! I'm currently on a hairdressing course...change in direction seen as I'm a qualified nurse. I always found braids confusing but this just made it so simple! Thank you x
Carolina: Love love love how easy you make this!! Going to try this tomorrow with my daughter
cookie rat: I like the way you explained it! I've been trying to nail the French braid for my cosmetology class for days. Your tutorial made it seem far less intimidating than my cosmo teacher had so thank you! Definitely helped me get to a point where i at least understood what was going on! You're fantastic! :)
Shayla Kelley: This is perfect! Love all of your tips and encouragement! I have CP so one of my biggest challenges is the way I hold my hands. I appreciate the way you pointed out the tips on all of this and the link to get a mannequin. I'm determined to learn how to french braid for my daughter's hair!
Frances Ross: This was a fantastic instructional video. I did a pretty decent job on my daughter's hair first crack. Still need lots of practice but now I am very inspired to perfect my technique! Thanks a million!!
𝚂𝚠𝚊𝚐𝚐𝚢𝙰𝚡𝚘𝚕𝚝𝚕: This was such a challenge! You definitely helped me a lot!!! I new to the channel and I have done half of the head, it definitely doesn’t look a great as yours, but I’m super proud of myself! This tutorial was extremely helpful! I am definitely going to keep practicing and thanks so much, you just got yourself a new subscriber! ♥️♥️♥️
Platinum Branch: Linwood, you are definitely an anointed instructor. Thank you so much for this easy, yet detailed hair braiding tutorial. Can hardly wait to try this.
Megan Rasey: This video is so helpful. I have 3 daughters and they're getting tired of overhand braids. Thank you so much for making this!
Amy Garza: Thank you I really want to learn for my lil girl after seeing a niece do this for her and how beautiful it was I will be watching this over and over you did a great job explaining the process . My daughter has girl mix girl hair and I struggle with the curl but I will definitely be trying this over and over
Ardazen: Thank you! I’ve been growing my hair out ever since quarantine and my hair goes near my shoulders now and I’ve been falling in love with braiding my hair! Thanks for this amazing tutorial!
tljohn24: You’re a great teacher. I tend to want to start over when I mess up. I teach drums and in music you can’t fix mistakes because something else is coming next. You can only focus on what’s next. You make fewer mistakes the more you practice. So there you have it: braiding hair is like music— keep going if you make a mistake or miss a strand
Shaveta Verma: Thank you for actually going over it so slowly, finally, after months of watching videos trying to figure out how to do French Braid— got it!!! Brilliant video
Farah Alam: I’ve seen soooo many videos on how to french braid and this has got to be the clearest one so far, so easy to follow, thank you for this video x
Smarties Forever: This was a great tutorial!! I am a very artistic person, so this was so much fun to try!!
Barrett: You are a fantastic teacher! Thank you for your calming & reassuring method of teaching. I can’t wait to see what other types of braids you’ll walk me through. Thank you so much! Love you ❤️♀️
•Errør_ sm0king•: This is amazing! This gives me a basic reference of what I’m need to do. I always wanted to be that “cool” big sister and, braid my sisters hair. This helped a lot thank you!
UedaFamily711: Thank you so much. I got it down. My first braid wasn't the cleanest but oh my goodness. I know how to braid now. Your video compared to others is so easy to follow and you explain thoroughly. Thanks again ❤
Miranda J. Healey: Thank you so much!!! I have been trying to learn to do a French braid for my daughter for months and I finally got it after watching you. It’s not completely perfect but I actually did it. Thank you again!
Laura-Lee Normandeau: Great video! My daughter will be so pleased. Thank you GlamFam for all the tips and great teaching If there was one thing I would add is a full view of the final braid at the end of the video. Amazing thank you so much
Samantha: I really appreciate the clear instructions in this video! I’ve never been able to french braid and now I do because of you! Thank you so much!!
Gale Lynne Wilson: I so appreciated how you taught in this video!!!! Great job!!! I am trying to learn to French braid my own hair. I have never been able to do it! So I hope I am finally able to French braid my own hair!! Thank You!!
TL George: I watched this video 3 times because I am determined to learn this for myself and my 4 year old little girl. I talked to myself to remind myself what to do and so that I wouldn’t lose confidence half way through and finally a French braid with a little “saggy butt” at the end but I’m so proud nonetheless! Thank you a million times Linwood!
Home with Parris: This was so helpful, your voice made me so at ease and ready to perfect my braid for my kids hair!! Thanks it looks beautiful can’t wait to try it on hair day for our family. My babies have super long curly hair so I hope this helps.
Danielle Scott: This has been my quarantine project and your video was my breakthrough! Your explanation and visuals helped me visualize the technique and in one week I'm really getting comfortable. I just do it every day once or twice and take pics to see where I need to focus on tightening up. Love that you emphasized finding your own comfortable hand placement, I also have been experimenting with wet hair, blow dried hair, straightened hair, dry curly hair (best) to see what is the best hold.
Shera Rodriguez: This was the BEST how to French braid video I’ve come across!! Clear precise instructions for beginners and talking your way through for ppl who have zero experience was just great!! Kudos!
itsdaisy101: I learned how to French braid from your last video and 2+ years later, I still get compliments. We were at my daughter's wrestling tourney last weekend and the women behind me were mesmerized while I was braiding her hair. You are a true Godsend. I tried to braid for years and learned from you in less than 20 minutes. And yes, I did go on to learn other braids from you. Thank you
Tina Tomassetti: That was awesome. I'm a single mom of 2 boys with 2 younger brothers, never learned anything from my youth except pony tails and simple braids. Thanks. I haven't tried it yet, but feel confident. Thanks. Very well explained!
Summer Bummer: Have never in my life even attempted a French braid (though I have badly wanted to learn!) - l thought for sure it was super complicated and difficult, so I was too intimidated to even try. Well my daughter wanted double French braids for her school party tomorrow. One watch thru + rewatch of the start, mission accomplished! Of course they aren’t perfectly neat but a) they match each other in size and curve - yay! and b) kiddo is very happy with the result. I have no basis for comparison here but no matter. Between your thorough explanations and very helpful tips this mid-30s lady was able to fulfill a lifelong dream, so I sincerely appreciate your video. Who knows, maybe with some practice I might give it a go on myself one day!
Matt Moylan: My daughter is 5, has long curly hair, and I’ve been wanting to do this. Thanks for an easy to understand video, can’t wait to make her sit patiently while I practice
Ronnie Ferguson: Oh my goodness! I’ve been putting off French braiding my hair for forever because every time I wanted to do it, I had to watch another dang tutorial on it but with your video, you broke it down to the very basics and you were so dang good from the very BEGINNING that I caught on IMMEDIATELY! You are a marvel, thank you!
Lane Hartwell: I've tried to French braid before and I get so confused. I really appreciated when you told us to talk ourselves through it and explain to ourselves the pattern and the rhythm. I'm going to try this today. I always get lost and then frustrated and quit. Thank you!
Veronica Simmons: Wow, thank you so much! Incredible, yet simple tutorial. You’re so sweet to share your awesome knowledge, with your skill set. It’s beautiful.
Karen Guzman: Absolutely grateful!! You are truly amazing!! You explained the process perfectly!! The dos and the try to prevents! My niece has a Christmas play today and they asked her to wear French braids, your video was the first one to pop up!
Rebecca Robinson: Wow, this is SO helpful! Best breakdown tutorial that I've ever seen for, well, anything! So well done, thank you so much!
Malinda Jones: Your hair videos/tutorials are awesome, and I love listening to you. Your explanations are really clear. What tips can you give those of us who are trying to braid our own hair? Things like dealing with arm fatigue, and how to see what we’re doing! ❤️❤️❤️ Thanks so much for sharing your expertise!
Karin S: Thanks so much for your clear instructions and demonstrations and most of all your tips! I am a long time braider, maybe 50 years if you count my childhood pigtails. I started French braiding in college by imitating others. I now have long salt and pepper covid hair and French braids restore my dignity and look great. But honestly no one ever showed me what I was doing and my braids are randomly beautiful or messy. I had no clue that I needed to keep my hands close to my head to make the braiding tight. I had no idea that behind the ear I should take less hair to prevent lumpiness. I will incorporate your methods into my braiding. Thank you thank you!
Jessica Alas-Fought: This is literally the best French braid tutorial I've ever seen!!! Not only is your voice so reassuring but you made it so simple. I've been practicing and practicing, I feel like I'm well on my way to being proficient! Love love love this video
Annie Serio: This has helped me make tighter braids!! I never knew what I was missing. Thank you so much!!
Michael Boucher: My girlfriend normally gets her mom to braid her hair and I offered to take over without any prior knowledge or experience. This video is so clean and helpful hopefully now I'll be able to do it for her when she gets out of the shower
Savanna White: My mom was a tomboy and i always loved my long hair...i learned how to braid my own hair doing your first technique but never learned how to french braid. I have watched many videos but yours was the only one that has helped my 35 years of life!! Thank you!
Casie Sandlin: The saggy butt was my worst enemy! I have 3 girls that love me to braid their hair. It took me forever to learn how to french braid but the saggy butt got me everytime. This tutorial definitely helped with that and showed me a new technique. Thank you!! :)
Ashley Hamlin: Holy Smokes! I seriously can't thank you enough! I've always wanted to learn to French braid but I could never figure it out! The way you explained the braid in the beginning and how you eased into it... just incredible! You're a wonderful teacher! 10/10 would highly recommend! I can't wait to try this on my friends!
Gabriela Villagomez: Thank you for sharing your talents and being an excellent teacher! Thank you for teaching me how to braid! ❤
StaciMonster: Thank you so much. You were so clear and easy to follow. I feel like I could actually do this now!
Flash Gordon & Capone: Just want to say thank you. I have 2 daughter's and I've never been comfortable enough to even braid my own hair. I know I can do this since you explained it so well. A++++++
Amy Judy: Thank you for this tutorial! I just successfully completed a french braid for the first time in my life. Very helpful video!
Olivia Reevey Volleyball: Thank you soooo much! I watched your videos yesterday and today I can braid my daughters hair for her volleyball games!!! Your videos and teaching are awesome and I am very grateful I came across your page.
Elizabeth Tillery: Youre so good at this. I used to do French braids, fishtail and regular over hand braids and I didn’t realize how similar French and Dutch braids were until I watched your Dutch braid tutorial. The difference is so small and yet the outcome so difficult. Its so cool. Anyways. Thank you for your Dutch braid tutorial ❤️
Megann Chartier: Love this! Thank you so much definitely helped me learn how to do this so I can do my daughter's hair as my mom was never able to teach me due to her passing away. You have such and awesome voice as well! It was like listening to Bob Ross doing a painting lol.
John Peace: EXCELLENT tutorial! Another father of girls here. Excited to practice and put your wonderful instructions to work! Thank you!
Amanda Esterday: Thank you so much for making this video!! My Mother was a hairdresser for years and, I wanted her to teach me how to braid this way yet she couldn't. You are amazing.... so thank you. I am 41 years old now with a Granddaughter that has a beautiful head of hair. I look forward to braiding her hair.
Sxnset Squad: You explain things so well. I learned how to do a Dutch braid, a fish braid, and a French braid just by watching you! Thank you
rachel seymour: You’re a fantastic teacher! The only video I was able to receive and completely understand. I was watching tutorial after tutorial getting frustrated, I almost gave up. Then I came here and now apparently I’ve mastered this. Very happy with my braids. Took me a couple tries to get them as tight and neat as a I wanted them for an event today, but I used some curl cream and a light hairspray to set and I’m golden. Thank you for your expertise! I owe you my life
Tabitha Hamby: Best broken-down french braid tutorial I have EVER seen. Perfect visuals and description--in other words, I could not get it down until this video. Thank you!
Summit Hellfire: Omg, so I moved away from home and I'm just now trying my own at braiding. Can I just say that you are the first EVER. To be just as informative, and relaxing and your explanations were absolutely perfect. I'm not saying it made me a pro, however I'm much more confident when learning so thank you.
P Collins: Watched this to learn how after my 17-yr old daughter asked me to French braid her hair. Your instructions are legit
Ok: Thanks so much!! I only watch a few second into the “how to Dutch braid” example, and I got it! I did really good for the first try omg I’m being trying to do this for years!!
lasmith625: Thank you so much for the fantastic and calming tutorial. You are like Xanax that is also educational! Watching this actually calmed my anxiety. Let’s hope trying to replicate this on my daughter’s hair doesn’t have the opposite effect. ❤️
Sandy Cioffi: I’ve seen about 100 French braiding videos. This is the best one by far. Great job, thank you for making this task much easier!
Karisa White: Wow. Your tutorial is the only one I’ve been able to get!!! Thank you :) doing my daughters hair tomorrow, thanks to you ♥️♥️
Kerisa: You do it so effortless lol. I always had and still do have a hard time doing a french braid, and thank you for this step-by step video! I'll get it this time!
Georgina Beltre: You're an awesome teacher. I was able to braid my daughter's hair the 1st time. This tutorial was great and helpful. Ty sooo much
Alexandra M: I’ve never come closer to French braids looking as good as they do rn with any other instructional video, you have a gift for teaching, thank you
liv star: I've been trying to french braid for a long time and all the videos I watch I never understand but this one was calming and really helped
Sarah Couch: Thank you for this tutorial. I have a 5 yr old and she's always wanting an Elsa Braid. I had no clue how to start until I found this video. This is the only video that hasn't given me anxiety when trying to learn French braid. Thank you so much!!! I will definitely be having this playing in the background when I try this on my daughter's hair.
Bmunny: I love the tips you add while your teaching. It not only helps with braids but also pretty much anything. Thank you so much. ❤️
Destiney Ward: I’m just learning to French braid. I watched your video and I know how to do it now! Thank you for being so thorough. You seem like a great teacher.
stephanie gonzales: I’ve tried learning how to French braid for years and was never successful until watching your video. Thank you for making it so easy to understand.
Ann V: This was very helpful, very detailed , explained well above and beyond. Thank you so much !
Tawny: Thank you so much for sharing/reminding me I can slow down the playback speed! I have been attempting to do ANY French braid for almost a decade. My goal is to master a Mohawk braid pony tail look. Two weeks ago- all of a sudden out of no where I walked to the mirror and started braiding a face framing braid and I understood how to French braid and did my first one! I was stoked and really thought “hey! I got this!”. I have yet to re create that braid or any French braid for that matter . I have a ton of hope that I will be able to get a French braid by the end of this video.
Practixally: Wow I didn’t know it would be that difficult but you do a good job explaining! I have 2 little girls so I’m constantly looking out for ways to be able to do things with their hair
Sasha Girard: Thank you for this video! ive been trying to learn how to french braid on myself all summer and this video had a lot of tips that helped me out a lot !
purestress2: My fiance had surgery on her hand because of arthritis so I'm watching so I can do her hair better since I've been doing a horrible job so far lol You're explaining it perfectly too thank you for the vid I'll let you know how it goes ♂️ lol
Marissa Turton: I have watched so many French braiding videos and this is the first one that really helped! Thank you. If you haven't already made a French braid your own hair video, you definitely should! I would appreciate that lol anyways have a good day everyone
Britney Duston: Thank you thank you thank you! I've watched I don't know how many tutorials on French braiding and have struggled badly. Your instruction for how to hold your hand and how to hold the strands made a huge difference!