About Fishbone Hair Braids

Series Summary

Since the dawn of time, women have sought the perfect hairstyle. That elusive blend of volume, smoothness, and style has created frustration in many women who seek to express their personalities and creativity through their locks. In fact, hairstyles often represent the cultural, social, and ethnic identity for many individuals, and it can also represent a certain social status. While hair density, texture and length are all factors in a persons hairstyle, fashion trends tend to play the biggest role in women's hairstyles.

Braiding is a classic hairstyle that can add class to your updo or just keep hair out of your eyes. Braids have evolved from their once humble beginnings. Now, there are all sorts of braid hairstyles! One of the most popular, and arguably the most difficult, is the fishbone. The fishbone braid take a good deal of time, but it is one of the most unique braid styles out there. In this free video series, learn how to braid a fishbone hairstyle. Our expert, Axis Knox, shows you the step by step process of braiding your hair. So, what are you waiting for? Start braiding fishbones today!

Video Transcript

"What we're getting ready to do right now is the fishbone braid, and it's called that because it looks like a fishbone. What we're going to do is we're going to take the head and feed in a bunch of tiny micro-braids into one big braid to go down the middle. This braid takes a lot of preparation and a lot of starting and stopping over again because of the several braids that feed into the middle one to get the middle one to go all the way down. So before we do this, you really want to make sure that you pick out the hair very well, and you want to make sure it's good and oiled, good and moisturized. That way it can stay ready until you get all the way through to get all the way down to the bottom of the braid. This is very time consuming. But it's a great look. It's a very popular style, and I like it a lot."