mercredi 30 avril 2014

Styles In African Hair Braiding

By Darren Hartley


The traditional hair braiding styles involve detangling the hair with a brush or wide-toothed comb. A hair that is knot free is braided a lot faster. The comb that should be used is one that pulls easily through the length of the hair.

The creation of a secure base is an optional step in hair braiding styles. When the hair is tied into a ponytail or half ponytail with a hair tie, braiding is easier to handle. An additional benefit from this technique is the assurance of a neater braiding. Once a woman gets the hang of this technique, she can start to braid loose hair at the nape of the neck.

The next step in hair braiding styles is the division of the hair into three even sections. These sections must be made as even as possible because they are to become the three strands of the braid. Over the middle section, the left section must be crossed, i.e., the strands should end up as B A C, if they started out as A B C.

From the B A C order of the strands resulting from the previous step, the strands are reordered into B C A. This is done by crossing the right section over the middle section. The execution of African hair braiding styles continues with the grabbing of the back section of the hair from one hand using the free index finger and thumb of the other hand.

With the use of a non-rubber elastic to tie off the end of the braid, the braid is secured. There may be instances that wrapping the elastic around the hair need to be done several times to complete these African hair braiding styles. The optional step of setting the braid with a hairspray can help in the avoidance of hair flying away from the braid as the day goes on.




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