Hair Braiding: Hanging In Braids

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! Braiding hair has been popular for many years and in this free video series our expert will show you how to braid hair in a variety of ways. You will learn how to do hanging in and hanging out braids and learn about the differences between the two. You will also learn how to French braid hair and get tips on braided hair scalp treatments and hair treatments. If you want to learn how to braid hair get these step by step instructions and you'll be braiding hair like a pro in no time.

Video Transcript

"Ok we're going to teach everybody out there how to do a braid. If you can do a basic simple braid you can learn to do any kind of braid. Now there's two ways to braid hair as it's hanging. You can either do it in or out. First we want to make sure that the hair doesn't have any tangles and you can get your fingers through it. Right now we're going to do an in braid, and what you're going to do is you're going to separate the hair into three parts. Go ahead and make sure there is no strands crossing over and get it into three separate parts and make sure you grab all the hair. Ok. Now what you're going to do on an in braid is you're going to cross over the middle piece. So grab all your hair. Whichever hand position is most comfortable for you. I like to go like this with large amounts of hair, and you're going to take this left piece over this middle section, collect your middle and pull it to the side. Now you're going to take this right piece and go over the middle and pull this out to the side. You can make this as loose or as tight as you would like. It just depends on how firm your grip is. Now just keep going down the outside hair over the middle, outside hair over the middle and you just want to alternate sides all the way down. Just outside over, over, over until we get all the way down until we can't braid anymore, and that's how we do an in braid."