How to Do a French Braid

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Do a French Braid

How to Do a French Braid

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Brush your hair out really good-no tangles!

Brush your hair out really good-no tangles!

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Grab about that amount of hair from the top of your head.

Grab about that amount of hair from the top of your head.

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Split that hair into three pieces like a regular braid.

Split that hair into three pieces like a regular braid.

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Cross the right piece over the left and then the left over the right just like a regular braid.

Cross the right piece over the left and then the left over the right just like a regular braid.

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Add a little piece of hair to the right piece and then cross over.

Add a little piece of hair to the right piece and then cross over.

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Then add a little piece of hair to the left side then cross over.

Then add a little piece of hair to the left side then cross over.

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Keep doing it.

Keep doing it.

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And doing it…

And doing it…

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Almost done!

Almost done!

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Finished product!

Finished product!

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Thanks for viewing this guide! Check out my other guide on a fishtail braid! :) I hope it works!

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Valeria Melendez

ive been looking for an easier way to french braid and you made it easy thanks ! (:

Valeria Melendez 4 months ago

Kaitlyn Chesser

Thank you! :)

(author) 10 months ago

Karen Morison

I've always loved French braid but never knew how to do them. Now I'll have to convince my daughter to let me try it on her. Great job!

Karen Morison 10 months ago

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