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Summary: Braiding the bottom will set the tone for the size on the top. Learn how to braid the lower half in multilevel hair braiding with techniques from this free hair styling video.
"Ok. We're on our last braid for our lower half. And, if you're wondering why I did the lower half before I did the top it is strictly for this reason. If you try to braid the top first and you've got your braids put up here, you can bend them and really you can just really do some damage to the work that you just got done doing. So, I always highly recommend doing your bottom braids first. And, plus it really makes it easy to set the tone for your size. Or, if you want to do more braids on the top you can really find middles so you can do two braids for every one bottom braid. And, have the braids hanging like right here over your little parts. It's completely up to you and it's up to your client. Do what you want to do, braids are very easy. You can have a lot of fun with them and be very creative. But, always as I said on these bottom ones make sure you pull them really tight. So, that this wrap under here can get all of that hair. And, just keep working all of this braid. Work it all the way down. And, you can see we've got a lovely set of braids down here that just goes straight down. Nothing too busy. We save all the creative work for the top. Because, that's what's going to be seen. Braids are fun and they're creative. But, don't do too much. It can be distracting for one particular thing and take away from the whole complete hairstyle."