Directions:
- Part the hair straight down the middle and straight down the back.
- Clip off half the hair with a hair clip.
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- Pick up a section of hair perhaps 2-3 inches wide, parallel to the
part.
- Separate the hair into the requisite number of strands - in this
example, three.
- Cross over the strand nearest the back of the head going towards the
front of the head first. This makes it easier when adding in
sections later.
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- Pick up a section of hair starting under the braid and going to the
part, and add it to the strand nearest the back of the head. I
like to do this with my pinkie, especially when I'm still near the
front of the head.
- Continue on as for the type of braid you're doing - in this case,
Dutch.
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- Continue the braid, laying a pleasing distance between part and
ear. This is largely a matter of taste.
- Begin to angle the sections you pick up downward, so that the lines
formed by adding on top remain parallel with those formed by adding
hair on the bottom.
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- Finish adding all the hair from one side of the head into the braid,
ending with picking up hair from the bottom and adding it to the
bottom-most strand.
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- Braid out as for a basic braid.
- Tie off the end with a rubber band.
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- Repeat instructions 4-12 on other side of the head, making sure the
braid lays along a mirror path to the first braid. This takes
more practice than you might think. If you have done so, the
braids should look nearly identical, and they should be next to each
other at the back of the head as they are in the picture.
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- Starting with the rubber band, roll one braid from the end inwards.
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- Move the other braid out of the way so that there is room to put the
bun in the middle of the head.
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- Place the bun on the back of the head, and tuck the tail end under.
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- Pin the bun to the head. I recommend starting where
shown.
Note: To pin, stick the bobby pin down through the edge of the braid,
beneath the hair on head so it runs along the scalp, then back up into the
braid.
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- Pin in several places, enough to secure the braid.
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- Pin next to the other braid, without actually catching the other
braid with the bobby pin.
- Pin the middle of the bun to itself, if necessary.
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Note: This is what your pinned bun should look like at this point.
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- Wrap the second braid under the bun, then up and around.
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- Check to see if the second braid is long enough to cross over itself
and then tuck under the bun. In this case, it's NOT.
Instead, you . . .
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- Make the second braid into a loop, with the tail tucked under the
root of the braid.
- Slide the loop over the bun, as shown in the picture.
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- Pin the braid, first on the opposite side from the root, to support
the braid's position.
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- Pin the tail of the braid to make sure it stays under the root.
- Pin other locations, such as the top and bottom sides of the
bun. I usually use 4 pins on the inner bun and four on the
outer.
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Voila, a pinned-up classic braid.
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