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Summary: Finish the first side of a French braid by continuing to braid the hair off the head. Finish the first French braid with tips from a hair braider in this free video on hairstyles.
Jeanette Herrera loves to use her hands. She has been doing hair for more than 20 years. Herrera demonstrates step-by-step two simple French braids on her daughter, Alexa. Follow along...read more
"We're finishing up Alexa's braid, her first braid on the right hand side. Alright, so, I've got my three strands of hair, and I'm still working my way down her head. Alright. Remember, sensitive part of the head. Okay, I've got this strand, and I'm adding this hair to it here, grab some more hair over here, I'm going to add it and cross. Okay, so it's just add and cross. So, add and cross. Alright (Alexa, no te muevas por favor; please don't move your head). Okay, so to make hair look sleek, we're going to talk about in the next segment. So just go ahead and braid until you get kind of close to the bottom, and then I'm going to show you how to add some hair in there and make it look sleek here. In just a second, we're going to get to the bottom. Alright, so in the next segment, I'm going to show you how to add some of this hair to make it look even."
eHow Article: French Braids: Finishing 1st Side