Buns and Plaits-Weeks 2

In this lesson we had to cover basic plaits, French Plaits, Fishtail plaits and Buns.

Ive never been that confident in hair but lessons with Lottie make us feel so comfortable and I've learnt so much

Basin plaits

My work and how i achieved this:

Separate the bit of hair that you want plaited form the rest of your hair

 Divide that section of hair into 3 parts

Keep overlap the end strands in the middle

Until you have something that looks like this

This is a more clearer way of shower you how to make a plait:

http://women-hairstyles.net/how-to-make-a-french-braid-step-by-step-instructions.html

Step 1. Prepare the hair.

Brush all the tangles out making the hair soft and easy to style.

Step 2. Separate the hair.

Separate the ponytail into three equal strands. Hold two strands in your right hand. Hold the third strand in your left hand.

Step 3. Start the Plait.

This makes the right strand now in the middle and the middle strand on the right. Then switch hands and hold the right hand in the middle strand and left strand in the left hand. 

Step 4. Carry on with step three until you have no hair left, then put a hair bobble at the end of the plait. this holds the hair in place.

Very please with my first attempt of a french plait:

A step by step guide of how to make a french plait:

women-hairstyles.net

Step by step in more detail.

Step 1. Prepare your hair. 

Make sure you brush out all the tangles. brushing your hair will also make the hair softer and easier to style.

Step 2. Section you hair. 

Take three chunks of hair of the section of hair you are french plaiting. All three sections of hair should be the same size as this will make the plait even and neat.

Step 3. Begin to plait the hair. 

Take your three sections so that two strands are held in one hand and the third strand is in the other hand separate from the other strands. Create a few rows of crosses. So the strand on the right crosses over to the centre, then the strand on the left crosses over to the centre.

Step 4. Incorporate in new hair. 

Continue step 3 but then gradually add other pieces of hair. Every time you go to cross a strand over to the other side grab a different stand of hair from the loose head and include it in the cross over.

-The size of the added in pieces of hair doesn't matter, but the smaller the better the french plait will look.

-Make sure you used the pieces of hair from the front of your head so you not left with loose strands of hair near your face.

Step 5. Incorporate all of your hair into the plait.

Continue step four until you run out of hair and all the extra hair is drawn back into the plait.

Step 6. Finish the French Plait.

You may need to continue into a regular plait towards the end of the french plait depending on the length of the hair. Put a hair bobble in the end of the hair to keep the french plait secure and in place. Avoid using rubber bands as these can break you hair and give you split ends.

Fishtail Plaits

As this picture isn't that clear, this is a step by step guide of how to achieve a Fishtail Plait.

Step 1. Divide the section of hair you are working on into two bits. For a neater look, use a comb to part, for a messy look fishtail use your hands to part.

Step 2. Pull a thin strand of hair from the outside on one of the two sections, pull it over the top of the other section. Make sure that the left strand goes over the right strand and the right strand goes over the let strand.

-try to use the same thickness for each strand for an even look.
-my personal thoughts are that smaller strands the whole way though looks a lot better than if you would use bigger strands.

Step 3. Repeat step 2 but starting with the other strand.

Step 4. Cary on going from each side until you run out of hair at the bottom of your plait.

Step 5. Add a thin bobble to the end of the hair to prevent the hair from falling out. 
-You can alway massage the fishtail plait at the end to loosen the plait if you make it too tight.

Buns

Step 1. Sectioning hair
Section the top of your hair off from the bottom.

Step 2. Make a ponytail from the top hair that you sectioned.

step 3. Take your first section of the ponytail and back comb that section from middle ponytail towards the head. this allowed the section of the ponytail to stand up and gives it depth so you can curl it better (you will need four sections)

Step 4. Smooth the top section of the hair to make this smooth them curl the hair over to make a barrel curl. Make sure the barrel curl is not wonky and is inline with the nose, clip down onto the head with a strength clip, with the flat side of the clip upwards.

Step 5. Apply this method for all four sections then once you have done this blend all of the four sections into each other so there are no gaps.