A hairstyle that does not lose its relevance never in any country in the world - braids for long hair. With them, the female head looks well-groomed, neat, stylish and playful. There are such variations of hairstyles that can be easily done on your own in 5 minutes. For others, you need a mirror and half an hour of time. Well, there are braids for which you can’t do without a specialist (even a girlfriend).
Benefits
Lush braids thrown over the head from the forehead, or small beautiful braids for long hair - all the variety of this type of hairstyles has the same advantages. Let's consider them in more detail:
- Practicality. Once braided and no longer think about how the head looks. Spit is not afraid of the wind, bad weather. So it gives a kind of confidence in any situation.
- Well maintained view. Since the hair is fixed in a braid, the female head in such a hairstyle acquires a well-groomed and neat appearance.
- Originality. Scythes catch your eye. Particularly unusual: double, triple, launched on the contrary. Both men and women stare at such hairstyles.
- Hair Care Hair taken in braids more resistant to harmful ecology and external influences. They are as if united and thus protected. This is especially true for girls who grow hair length: so that the tips do not split for as long as possible, they need to be braided.
- The beauty of the head. Braids can adjust the shape of the head as you wish. Lift up from the back of the head, than visually lengthen the face and neck, for example. Or let the cross braid from temple to temple and with your fingers pull up the hair on the top of the head, causing the effect of fleece.
- Stresses hair coloring. Due to the weaving structure, the braid collects hair from different levels. It kind of mixes the hair between each other, so it looks “striped” on burnt hair, and on dyed hair it shows the beauty of the selected tones. Mixing all the shades of hair, it seems to make the overall color of the head uniform. The patterns obtained in braids after staining are also beautiful.
Surely you can find other benefits of braids for long hair, as well as medium, and even short.
Classic
A simple Russian braid looks feminine and neat. Plaited from the back, it looks simple, but it is worth it to lead from either side of the head, and now we have a stylish image. One simple braid is braided in two minutes and gives its owner a neat well-groomed look for the whole day.
To braid the long hair with your own hands, you need to divide the entire hair into three equal parts. Pick up the two extreme ones, then transfer the right one over the central one under the left one and leave it there. Leave the left over the central strand under the right and leave there. And so on, three parts are alternately intertwined, and the tail is fixed with an elastic band or a hairpin. Such a braid can be lifted up and twisted from it a bundle at the base of the head. It will look very original and feminine.
French
A relative of the classic braid is French. It is done exactly the opposite. Hair is also divided into three parts, but they need to be thrown not over the central strand, but under it.
The resulting braid is flatter, wider. It is ideal for girls with thin hair, because it will visually add volume to them. You can start it from the area of the bangs, as in the picture above. It is possible from free curls, as in the first photo.
Flat
A very stylish version of the classic braid is flat. Sometimes it is called "fish", because weaving it resembles the skeleton of a fish. To create it, you need to take a wide (!) Part of the hair, divide it into three strands and bind, as in the classical version, but only thin strands of each wide one.
This hairstyle takes much more time, but also looks more original, stylish and interesting. Most often, this braid is made slightly disheveled, for which the resulting pigtail is slightly torn apart by the fingers. A flat variation refers to light pigtails on long hair, it is well suited for any event, and you can not worry about the condition of the head and appearance.
Creeping
It only seems difficult, in fact, making it is as easy and fast as classic. To do this, divide the hair into three parts in the place where the braid will go. It can be a forehead or a nape. The first two strands are classic.
Next, along with the leftmost strand, you need to grab another lock of hair at the head and throw them together to the left, as usual. Then repeat this on the right side: take the outermost strand, grab the closest curl to it from the head and toss it all to the left together. And so on until the end. The photo shows a pigtail on long hair on its side. It may be easier to start with if there is little experience.
This type of braid is braided on medium hair! Which is very convenient when there is no time to fit, but you do not want to collect hair in a bun. Also in the photo above, you can see that there is no elastic at the end of the braid. In this case, it actually is, just one of the strands covers it, leaving a look of a complete independent braid. It is very stylish. A small detail, but thanks to it, a creeping braid can be made to go out to a party or a party and look great.
Bezel
Often, a creeping braid is not allowed along the entire length of the hair, but only along the part of the head. As shown in the photo below, the braid goes from temple to temple through the head.
This option is good when you want to "pacify" the hair on your face, give it a neat appearance, but leave it to your hair. This braid beautifully emphasizes the oval of the face and is a popular hairstyle from braids for long hair.
Double
And one more kind of a creeping scythe, beaten originally: double with a bunch. At first glance, the braids simply lie on top of the hair, but in fact they are motionlessly woven and spread along the head, giving it a very spectacular look.
A lush, slightly messy bunch at the base of the head gives elegance to the back of the head. You can also notice that the hair on the crown is raised. This can be a pile, which is often combined with beautiful braids for long hair to visually make the girl more fragile and elegant.
Loose curls
A fairly rare braided hairstyle for long hair, where the classic or creeping weave is combined with released strands.
Unlike loose curls, this option fixes the hair on the head, although the total length looks like a full styling. Hair divided into curls looks very well-groomed and stylish. You can pay attention to how the color of the hair in such a hairstyle plays in the photo on the left: the strands perfectly emphasize it.
Upwards
One of the girls' favorite types of weaving: two pigtails on long hair from bottom to top. Again, there is nothing complicated, just a couple of trainings. And the mirror here will be more likely to bring down than to help. But all individually.
It is most convenient to perform this weaving, bending forward and freeing the neck and nape of the head of hair. You need to take three strands of hair, starting from the neck, and lead the creeping braid up. The weaving mechanism is the same as in the ordinary creeping. only this one is executed in the opposite direction.
Most often, such a braid ends in a bundle, as in the photo above. But often a free braid is launched by a snake creeping over its head: it dives under the braid on the right, goes out on the left and starts up again under the braid on the left, but lower. And so on, until it ends. Universal hairstyle is very convenient for sports and evening outings.
Creeping with a tail
As the name implies, this braid from the head does not go into a bundle and not into a continuation of weaving, but into a tail. It turns out a beautiful combination of loose hair and braided.
Again, you can braid a few braids, vary their thickness. The base of the tail is decorated not with an elastic band, but with twisted hair, which gives the hairstyle elegance. In this version, there are elements of African braids - due to several dense weaving on the head. Therefore, the overall style can be described as "a little rock and roll." And this is not the only option for combining a braid and a tail.
Twisted
An elegant braid similar to the hairstyle of the heroine of a fairy tale. With your own hands, a pigtail for long hair is made simple. It is necessary to collect the tail and divide it into two equal parts. Twist each one well. Tight, but not too tight so that the hair does not spring in a twisted bun. Further, the right and left parts are simply intertwined, as if twisted. Everything, the scythe is ready.
She looks very original. The hair is carefully collected and does not tangle, thus they are protected from external influences and the ends section. This variation of the braid can be diversified by dividing the hair into two, not two, but 4-6 parts. The result is a very interesting cone-shaped tail.
In fact, each hairstyle gives new ideas on how to make it different, unusual. Women love to look unique, so braid lovers will never translate, and hairstyles will evolve.
Complex
Like a creeping, but more intricate braid on its side, it looks stunning on hair, especially dyed. To create it, you will need hairpins and hairpins.
Hair is divided into four parts: the upper layer is attached to the crown, the lower layer is also separated and remains on the back. It is necessary to weave an ordinary creeping scythe, in the course of adding to it either the upper strand from the corresponding level (where the weaving is at the moment), then the lower.
This is somewhat reminiscent of knitting. Important: when a strand from the outermost layer is added to the weave, the central (main) braid secures it. It is necessary to conduct it tightly so that the pigtail turns out pronounced and lasts longer.
The tail at the end is just one of the variations. You can “quench” the ending with a bun, a woven bun (if you bring the braid to the end and twist it at the neck), you can make a “bagel” out of it, evenly folding it onto the braided part of your hair, or come up with your own version.
A little more about braids
The best way to learn how to make braids on long hair for yourself is to practice weaving them. You can start on a girlfriend, mannequin, wig, and then on yourself. Very helpful in this video tutorial, which shows step by step braids on long hair. And with detailed explanations. Exactly the same as for women, braids for long hair are braided for girls. Neat braids woven in the morning in 5-7 minutes will attract the attention of classmates, and the removed hair will not distract from the lessons.
There are nuances, which is not worth doing, constructing a hairstyle with a braid. No need to weave too tight. This applies to all types of braids. The tighter the braid, the more hair is pulled together, and this is stress for them and for the scalp. A dense braid can even lead to headaches.
Do not weave it too lethargic. Such a braid will quickly disintegrate and will look the opposite - an untidy mass. How to understand what degree of force to apply so that the braid is not tight and loose? In fact, this feeling comes with experience, and quickly enough.
Hairstyles with braids have long and firmly settled in fashion houses and on catwalks, social parties, not to mention ordinary life. From braids you can make the perfect hairstyle for travel, picnic, sports.