How to Braid Hair for Beginners
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How to braid hair for beginners, some men and women struggle with braiding hair so I have made a little step-by-step instructions on how to do so.
Supplies
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The tools you will need are a comb, oil, clip and rubber bands (optional)
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Section your hair if you are doing a straight back braid, you will need to section your hair down the middle into two sections, if you are doing individual braids, you will need four sections.
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Clip or tie the rest of the hair back and out of the way.
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Comb the section so there are no knots and add a little oil.
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Create three sections of hair, you will have two sections in your dominate hand and one section in your other hand.
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Now begin to braid take the 1 section in your left hand and cross it under the second section into the third section making sure not to mix the hair.
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Now the middle section you will cross over to the right section
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You should now have 2 pieces of hair in your right hand and 1 piece of hair in your left.
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Take the 1 piece in your left hand and go under the middle section and grab the right section.
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Now take The section that is dangling and cross it over to the right.
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Next, you will cross the next dangling section to the left and repeat step 5-11 until you have a completed braid.