Half-up Messy Rope Twist

Difficulty level: Easy
Hair length: Medium - Long

Step 1:Create two rope twists and secure them together at the back of your head with an elastic.
Step 2: Pull up on each section of the braid to loosen and soften the twist (method called pancaking).

Tip: This style done more easily with curly or curled hair.

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Braided Tangle Bun

Difficulty level: Easy-Medium
Hair length: Medium - Long

Step 1: Section off and braid lots of braids- small, medium and at least onde larger one to make the base of the bun.
Step 2: Wrap the braids around eachother to create a messy bun -start with the larger braides and work to the smaller ones securing with bobby pins as you go.



Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Zipper Braid-Weave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TEBfvmH2f0
Cute Girls Hairstyles youtube tutorial link above

Difficulty level: Hard
Hair length: Medium - Long

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Three Braids into Lace Braided Bun

Difficulty level: Easy-Medium
Hair length: Medium - Long

Step 1: Split into three sections top and sides then braid( you can french or dutch braid these).
Step 2: Gather all hair including braides in to a ponytail.
Step 3: Create a Lace braided bun (also can be done both french or dutch style).

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Zig-Zag Twist flips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzqsct1FaB8
Cute Girls Hairstyles youtube tutorial link above

Difficulty level: Medium
Hair length: Medium - Long

This is what happens if you make a mistake on the zig-zag twist.

Step 1: Start by following the directions for zig-zag twist then hold the twist to loosely and allow it to flip over while moving to the other side.
Step 2: Repeat.
Step 3: twist end into bun and secure.

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Zig-Zag Twist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzqsct1FaB8
Cute Girls Hairstyles youtube tutorial link above

Difficulty level: Medium
Hair length: Medium - Long

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

One-sided Waterfall braided into Mermaid Braid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc7p8IVVzbM

Cute girls hairstyles link above

Difficulty level: Easy-medium

Hair length: Medium-Long

This is a version of the cute girls style - they use the waterfall twist - I used the waterfall braid and added a few steps. You can also do bothsides.

Step 1: Create one waterfall braid one side of you head.

Step 2:Braid each strand that you left out of the waterfall.

Step 3: Start a braid on the opposite side of your head- braid in the end of the waterfall.

Step 4: Add hair like a Lace braid using only the small braids from the waterfall strands starting with the closest braid, and secure with an elastic.

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Waterfall into Mermaid Braid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc7p8IVVzbM

Cute girls hairstyles link above

Difficulty level: Easy-medium

Hair length: Medium-Long

This is a version of the cute girls style - they use the waterfall twist - I used the waterfall braid.

Step 1: Create two waterfall braids on either side of you head.

Step 2: Braid the two waterfall ends together.

Step 3: Add hair like a french braid using only the same strands you let fall out of the waterfall and secure with an elastic.

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Crown Braid Bun

Difficulty level: Medium
Hair length: Medium - Long

This is a modified crown braid. Instead of staying close to the edge of your hair, you start in the middle and try to stay as close to where you want the bun as you can dutch braiding in a circle.


Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

3 Strand Slide-up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2n5XkFh88A
Cute Girls Hairstyles youtube tutorial link above

Difficulty level: Medium-Hard
Hair length: Short - Long

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Twisted Braides

Difficulty level: Medium
Hair length: Short - Long

Step 1: Seperate a 1 inch section  at the front by your face. Slpit this section into 2 equal pieces.
Step 2: Three strand braid each piece.
Step 3: Repeat on the other side.
Step 4: Twist the 2 braides together on each side.
Step 5: Bring the two braides together in the back and secure with an elastic.


Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Braided Braides

Difficulty level: Medium-Hard
Hair length: Medium - Long

Picture 1
Step 1: Seperate a 1 inch section  at the front by your face. Slpit this section into three equal pieces.
Step 2: Three strand braid each piece.
Step 3: Repeat on the other side.
Step 4: Braid the three braides together on each side.
Step 5: Bring the two braides together in the back and secure with an elastic.
Picture 2
Step 6: Seperate a section from behind each ear and 3 strand braid.
Step 7: Bring them together in the back an combine them with the end of the top part..
Step 8: 3 strand braid down desired length secure with elastic.
Step 9: (optional) About 1yd of string or leather per side wraped around braides for effect.


Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Crown Braid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_gQsa5Nd-c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZB9Ugq5U8U

Cute Girls Hairstyles youtube tutorial links above

Difficulty level: Medium
Hair length: Medium - Long

In the links above they show two ways to where this the first is the full crown braid the other is 3/4 of a crown braid with the end left down. Both look cool and are fun.

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

French Fishtail Bun

Difficulty level: Medium
Hair length: Medium - Long

Step 1: French fishtail a little bit off center on the side away from where you want the bun to sit.
Step 2: Fishtail all the way to the end of your hair.
Step 3: Roll up the fishtail and bobby pin in place.

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Celtic Knot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlII8bOW_Ow
Cute Girls Hairstyles youtube tutorial link above

Difficulty level: Medium-Hard
Hair length: Short - Long

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Textured Braids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVX_7Qq_y6s
Cute Girls Hairstyles youtube tutorial link above

Difficulty level: Medium
Hair length: Medium - Long

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Knotted Ponytail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGIJBd38La4
Cute Girls Hairstyles youtube tutorial link above

Difficulty level: Medium
Hair length: Medium - Long

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Winding Lace Braid Ponytail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxo2A8SGYdY
Cute Girls Hairstyles youtube tutorial link above

Difficulty level: Medium
Hair length: Medium - Long

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Dutch Flower Braid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbz-na--8mg
Cute Girls Hairstyles youtube tutorial link above

Difficulty level: Medium
Hair length: Medium - Long

Hair modeling by Maddie and myself

Lace Braids to Fishtail

Difficulty level: Medium

Hair length: Medium - Long

Step 1: Make a lace braid taking the hair from around the face and adding to the bottom section of the braid only.
Step 2: Repeat on the other side of head.
Step 3: Cross the braids over each other in the back and use them to start a low French Fishtail.
Step 4: Fishtail until you reach desired length or you run out of hair. Secure with an elastic.

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

French Braided Rope Twist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYc8rJe7kTo
Cute Girls Hairstyles youtube tutorial link above

Difficulty level: Medium
Hair length: Medium - Long

Adjustment Steps:
The only difference is that you twist each of the added strands together with the original before adding to the twist.

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Lace Braided Buns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK0pZxcQn60
Cute Girls Hairstyles youtube tutorial link above
This style can be done both french or dutch lace braided. In the tutorial she used a doughnut bun maker but you can do this style without it.
(pictures shown without doughnut)

 

Difficulty level: Medium
Hair length: Medium - Long

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Now the fun can begin!!!
We can use these beginning braids and buns in many different combinations mixing braids and buns and layering different braids together to make new ones. I will be referring to earlier posts and braids so if you don't know them then you can find how.

Buns

There are a million and one ways to make a bun...I will not go in to all of them but a few include: messy buns, ballet buns, knot buns, twist buns, and bubble buns.





Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Waterfall Braid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y90s6neUKEY
Cute Girls Hairstyles youtube tutorial link above

Difficulty level: Easy Medium

Hair length: Short - Long

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Waterfall Twist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEuS6Sc22_E
Cute Girls Hairstyles youtube tutorial link above

Difficulty level: Easy Medium

Hair length: Short - Long

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Feather Waterfall and Ladder Braid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU1pEtcQxHk
Cute Girls Hairstyles youtube tutorial above
This is a combined tutorial. You need to know how to do the first look to make the second.

 

Difficult level: Easy Medium
Hair length: Short - Long

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Lace Braid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK73QK2XchY
Cute Girls Hairstyles youtube tutorial link above
This is a one sided french braid.

Difficulty level: Easy Medium

Hair length: Short - Long

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Mermaid Fishtail

Difficulty level: Easy Medium

Hair length: Medium -  Long

Step 1: It is the same as a mermaid braid you just want to start higher and start your fishtail with a section at the crown on your head because the fishtail braid tends to settle more and the braid falls out.

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Mermaid Half Braid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_drvG1d3tak
Cute Girls Hairstyles youtube tutorial link above

Difficulty level: Easy Medium
Hair length: Medium - Long

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

French Fishtail

Difficulty level: Easy
Hair length: Short - Long

Step 1: Make a section of hair at the crown of your head a few inches higher than where you want the braid to start. This braid tends to slid down a bit as you start that is fine.
Step 2: Split that section in 2
Step 3: Start like a basic fishtail taking a small piece from one side and crossing it over to the other section and repeating for the other side.
Step 4: Now we are going to start adding hair. Take a small piece from the first side and add hair to this piece crossing over to continue like a basic fishtail. Repeat for the opposite side.
Step 5: Repeat step 4  until you can not add any more hair.
Step 6: End with a basic fishtail. Secure with an elastic.

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Rope Twist

Difficulty level: Easy
Hair length: Medium - Long

Step 1: Split the hair into 2 sections.
Step 2: Twist both sections the same way. you can twist either way in ht e picture above I twisted them to the left.
Step 3: twist the twists together the opposite way you twisted the 2 sections. in the picture above since I twisted the sections to the left I then twisted them together to the right.
Step 4: Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you run out of hair. Remember to continue to twist the same way you started for the 2 sections and the opposite when you twist the sections together. Secure with and elastic.

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Dutch Braid

Difficulty level: Easy

Hair length: Short - Long

Step 1: Take a section of hair from the crown of your head where you want the braid to start and split it into 3 sections.

Step 2: Make the first stitch of a basic braid under instead of over.

Step 3: Add hair to the bottom strand and cross under center section and bring other side under then add hair. 

Step 4: Repeat placing the added hair under every time.

Step 5: End with a basic braid. Secure with elastic.

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

French Braid

I will start a step up from there, still beginner and easy to do. The french braid.

Difficulty level: Easy

Hair length: Short - Long

Step 1: Take a section of hair from the crown of your head where you want the braid to start and split it into 3 sections.

Step 2: Make the first stitch of a basic braid.

Step 3: Add hair to the top strand and cross over center section and bring other side on top then add hair. 

Step 4: Repeat placing the added hair on top every time.

Step 5: End with a basic braid.

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

Basic Braids

Lets start with the basics. You can find a tutorial on how to do a basic braid or three strand braid almost anywhere. Fishtails, and twists are also very simple and easy to find.They are the major braids that go into building other styles and you need to know how to make them but I will not be going in depth on them.

Hair modeling by Maddie, my best friend and roommate

About

My college roommate and I started experimenting with hairstyles last year at the start of our college school year. We were between classes with our homework done and had nothing to do and no where to go... we were bored. So we started to take up time doing each others' hair and searching Youtube for tutorials. It was a great way to spend the time and we ended up with a wonderful supply of hairstyles for school, parties, and just wearing around. This supply we would like to share. Our favorite Youtube tutorial is Cute Girls Hairstyles a lot of the hairstyles we show are variations or recreations of looks from them so instead of telling the steps of those I will post the link to the Youtube with the variation steps added.

First post

Post Number One!!!
Since Valentine's Day is this week I thought it was fitting to start with the hairstyle:

Double Heart Lace Braid

Difficulty level: Medium Hard
Hair length: Medium - Long

Tools:
2 small elastics
rat-tail comb
curling iron
clip

Step 1: Part the hair so you have a two inch section of hair all the way around your head shaped like a heart with a point in the front and a point at the base of the neck. Use the clip to keep the middle out of the way.
Step 2: Lace braid from the outside starting at the front and moving to the back of the head. Adding hair from the outside of the braid to the bottom strand keeping the braid pulled toward the inside covering the parted heart outline.
Step 3: Repeat on other side.
Step 4: Secure with elastic at base of neck trying to keep the point shape.
Step 5: Part middle section so that you have a one inch section around the outside shaped like a heart on the inside of the outer braid heart. Use clip to keep the middle out of the way.
Step 6: Lace braid from the outside starting at the front and moving to the back of the head. Adding hair from the outside of the braid to the bottom strand keeping the braid pulled toward the inside covering the parted heart outline.
Step 7: Repeat on the other side
Step 8: Take down the middle hair and smooth down the middle between the two sides of the lace braids we just made.
Step 9: Secure all of the middle hair with the lace braids and tuck the ends under the outer heart lace braid ends.
Step 10: Curl the ends.


Hair modeling by Maddie my BFF and roommate.