4-Strand Braid

Today I am going to teach you how to do a four strand braided hairstyle. Again, it goes along with all of the other simple hairstyles I've posted, to teach the basics. This one looks better as a side French braid, than just as a side braid, but do with it what you like/what you're capable of.

To start, make sure your hair is parted to one side, then sweep all of your hair onto your shoulder where the majority of the hair on your part falls (the heavy side). Pick up a tiny section of hair right at the top of the part line, and divide it into 4 even sections. I usually do this by poking 3 of my fingers into the large section of hair. 

Now, we can get onto the braid. Take the piece of hair farthest from the hairline and cross it under the strand next to it, than over the next strand. Hold it there, while you take the piece of hair closest to the hairline over the strand closest to it, than under the next one. Repeat these steps, except add hair into one strand before you cross it around the others, each time, to the side that you will be maneuvering. 

Continue this down. You will notice as you go further that one strand in the middle never gets hair added into it, which adds a cool effect of lacing it through the braid. On the other hand, it makes the piece significantly thinner than the others, which is why you can't go all the way down, making it simply an accent braid. If you decide to not do it as a French braid, and just do a side braid, it won't look the same because all strands will be the same size. 

This is a really easy braid and I suggest you try it. I did this hairstyle on request, so if you want to see some hairstyles you don't know how to do, let me know. AND... I just got out of school for the Summer so hopefully I'll have more interesting blog posts!