Creating a French Lace Braid

Hey guys, Hanna again!

So my last set was requested by one of our dear followers and it inspired me to make this set as well!

Here is how to make a French lace braid:

✿ Prep your hair. Make sure that your locks are smooth and have no rats or tangles in them. A French lace braid will be done down either one or both sides of your head, so your hair must be parted. You can use a center or side part depending on what look you prefer.

✿ Start with a small section. Grab a piece of your hair near your part, around one inch thick. You can alter the size of this strand to your liking, as the starting strand does determine the overall size of the braid. For a larger braid, you can use a hefty section of hair. If you want a dainty braid, take a smaller piece.

✿ Split your section into thirds. As with the aforementioned French braiding directions, divide your section into three even pieces. Your strands of hair should be facing downwards framing your face, rather than being pulled back towards the back of your head.

✿ Begin braiding. Take your three sections of hair and start a traditional braid by bringing the right strand over the center piece, and then the left strand over the center piece. As you braid, begin incorporating more hair into the braid. However, unlike a regular French braid, only add strands of hair to one side of your braid.
✿ You can choose to take small sections from above, and then incorporate those sections in with the strands of braid being taken from the same side (the top part of the braid only).
✿ If you have three strands, this means you will only incorporate hair into the braid when the left strand is being crossed over the center. The opposite could also occur, in which you only incorporate hair with the right strands as they are crossed over the center.
✿ Only adding strands of hair to a single side of your braid makes it one-sided. This is why it must be done down the side of your head, rather than over the top and down the center.

✿ Continue braiding around your head. As you move further and further along with your braid, it will begin to form a crown or halo shape around your head. You can choose to go braid over the top of your ear, or under it.
✿ If you are doing a single braid, you will have to wrap it all the way around your head until you run out of hair likely near the ear opposite to where you started.
✿ If you wanted to create two braids for this, then when you get the center of the nape of your neck, tie off your first braid with an elastic and then use the same process to create the second braid.

✿ Finish your braid. Eventually, you will run out of hair to incorporate. At this point, continue braiding your hair with a traditional braid until you reach the ends of your strands. Tie off your hair with a ponytail to secure your French lace braid.

Enjoy your new hair style!

xoxo
-Hanna

Creating a French Lace Braid by summer-tip-team on Polyvore