Multilevel Hair Braiding: Parting the Hair

Series Summary

For centuries haircuts have been a distinctive form of cultural markers and self-expression. From the white wigs of the British political elite in the 17th and 18th centuries to the mohawk wearing teenagers of today, the way we wear and style our hair speaks to who we are as individuals and in society. Whether you're a man or woman, boy or girl, conservative or liberal, there's a hairstyle for you and whatever you happen to be into. Changing a hairstyle can drastically change the way we look, but all this must be taken with a grain of salt; for once cut, it'll grow back, and at the end of the day, it's just hair!

One unique and stylish hairdo is found in the creation of hair braids. In this free video series, a hair stylist will teach you how to expand upon the idea of hair braids by creating a crisscross pattern with multilevel hair braiding. With these tips and techniques, you'll be able to overlap braids into a beautiful pattern. You'll learn about creating parts for the top and bottom levels, how to braids underlying and overlapping braids, and how to cross a number of braids into a specific pattern. Spice things up and enhance your style and look with crisscross, multilevel hair braids.

Video Transcript

"What we're going to do now is multilevel braiding and, when it comes to this, you can add as many different levels as you would like. I prefer to just stick with two. I think it looks really clean and it's not too busy. So, what we're going to do is start to split the hair in half and just kind of use, I like to use, natural body parts for my guide. I was going to use the ear, but I think I'm going to go for the eye line, right here and just use that as my part. And we're going to go ahead and comb this hair up so we can make sure we're getting a nice straight line. Go ahead and grab my clip. Hold this out the way. And when you come around the back of the head, it's important to remember that this is a round head, so it's not going to be a perfect straight line, it needs to curve at some point. And right about there is going to be where my little bend is, just around the crown. We're just going to keep working the comb around and just kind of check to see how you're doing. Pull that out. That's really good. I'm going to take this little clip out, make sure I grab all of this hair and turn it around and just follow your line all the way around to the other side of the head. And, make sure when you get to the other side that you're also even with the eye line over there because we could have gotten a little bit out of whack anywhere along the way. We'll just grab all these little pieces of hair, keep everything nice and separate. We'll clip this up and we'll be ready to start."