Medium length hairstyle ideas
French braids: perfect hair style for medium to long hair
It is easy for those of us who have medium length hair and long hair to fall into routines and go too long before trying something different. I have medium length hair and I know I am as guilty of this as everyone else. I need to keep reminding myself to change things around more often. Today I ran across an article that reminded me of what a great hair design the French braid is for those of us with medium length and long length hair. Braids are a quick and easy way to add some variety to our everyday hair dos. I’ll try a French braid on myself in the next few days. Here courtesy of HairBotique.com is a wonderful article on French braiding with step by steps and plenty of resources and links.
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Just because you have long hair doesn’t mean that you are limited in the way that you can wear it. If your hair is long enough to braid, the French Braid is easy, beautiful and very versatile.
If you have long to super long hair you can play with a basic French braid and create a variety of looks from tucking the ends of the braid underneath the braid to wrapping the leftover tail into a soft bun. You are only limited by your imagination. The French Braid The French Braid is deceptively complex in appearance. It is, in fact, simply an English braid with an additional step. Instead of beginning with three strands that incorporate all your hair, the French braid begins with a thin pExperiment to find the look you like best.onytail skimmed from the top layer of hair. As you braid, you gather additional thin sections of hair and add them to the strands of the ponytail, resulting in gracefully draped hair on either side of the braid. The appearance of the drape varies with the amount of hair you add with each step and the tension you keep on each strand. Experiment to find the look you like best. Instructions These steps were taken from the books, Beautiful Braids & More Beautiful Braids by Patricia Coen. Fortunately, these great books are just back in print after being temporarily out of print for the past year. This excellent classic braiding book from Patricia Coen actually includes detailed illustrations that I am not able to include because of copyright restrictions. Place your thumbs above |
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