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Summary: French braid hairstyles can be easier than you think! Learn how to divide the hair for French braiding in this free hair care video.
Liz Muller is the owner of Liz's Hair Design in Hollywood, Florida. As a professional hair designer and color specialist since 1985, she is one of the top Internet gurus on hair care,...read more
" A beautiful style for young ladies would be a French braid, you can start with a single French braid and what we like to do with a French braid is we want to use a rat-tail comb. A rat-tail comb helps you divide the hair as you go ahead and proceed to do the French braid. So if you are going to do a single French braid, you want to go ahead and make a V in the center of the hair, an actual V. when you make that V, make sure that it is in the center again like I said and this will help you. The reason why we make a V is because it helps you divide the hair in angles. It makes it easier for you to pick up the hair and get a French braid, a really nice even French braid. And it goes like I said in an angle on each side. So you do that V, you divide the hair in three pieces, so you divide the hair in three simply like this – three simple pieces."
eHow Article: Dividing Hair for French Braids