Hey, everyone.
I'm Mindy from Cute Girls Hairstyles.
And today I'm going to show you how
to do the Side French Twist.
So this is a very fun style that's
kind of edgy and slightly punk.
It looks like you kind of shaved your head on one side when you
really didn't.
So bonus, you don't have to shave your head.
I'll tell you more about it as I get doing the twist.
But I have started on her hair by just parting where
she normally parts, which for her is the left.
And we have the heavy side, which
is where the majority of her hair
falls, and then the light side.
We're going to be working with the light side today.
So I'm going to take just kind of from the back of her part
about down to her ear.
And I'll turn her so you can see.
So we're just going right behind her ear.
It doesn't have to be exact.
You can just do whatever you feel comfortable with.
And that's going to be our little segment
that we're going to use.
So when you've got that all parted off,
then pull the rest of the hair over to the side
so that it just stays out of the way.
And I should have grabbed a clip but I didn't, so be advised.
You'll need a clip as well.
OK, now from this point what we're going to do
is tip-tip-tip her head.
And I'm going to just divide a small section.
I'm roughly going for about four twists,
so if you keep that in mind.
This is where you would normally lay that over and clip it,
but I'm just going to have her hold it
since I didn't grab a clip.
So to start the twist--
OK, so I first-- let me explain.
I saw this originally on Kendall Genners' hair.
And it looked really cute, but she had corn rows in.
And corn rows are great.
They look great, but they are just a little bit slower.
So I'm actually going to do a French twist.
So you're going to take a little piece at the beginning
and divide into two sections.
And just remember that you're always
twisting upwards towards the top of the head.
So once you've twisted once, add a little piece of hair
to the bottom and twist upward again.
Add a little piece of hair to the bottom, twist upward.
You can see that we're only adding hair
to the bottom strand.
Twist upward.
And continue to do that until you run out of hair
or you kind of hit that back part that we originally
sectioned.
And then stop.
I learned how to do these little twists,
because on my little black daughter's hair--
OK, so take a bobby pin, and you're
going to just put the bobby pin over that section.
Whoops.
Sorry.
And then just push it down in.
My hands are funny.
OK.
Take it, and tuck it in.
That's much better.
And that's just going to hold that whole twist into place.
So we're going to section off our next piece.
Remember, we're going for about four.
You can do more or less.
You can do three.
You can do five, just whatever you want depending
on the thickness of your hair or how high up
your part goes-- all that stuff.
And so on my black daughter-- of course,
you know their hair's really different.
And lots of braids and twists are involved in doing her hair.
And I learned how to do these, because they
look so much like corn rows from far away
that people often mistake them for corn rows.
So they're kind of like a secret thing
that the moms of little black girls
use when they don't want to do corn rows.
They just do these cute little twists
and then they look just as good.
So, OK.
We're twisting upwards still.
Twisting, twisting.
And, again, when we run out of hair from that section
then just grab a bobby pin.
For some reason I actually think these bobby pins
are easier to do on yourself.
OK.
Put it over that little twist and then just
push the bobby pin down inside that twist.
And that's going to hold it really
tight for the rest of the day.
Head up just a little please.
We'll divide off our last section.
So get it where you want it.
I like that ending right there.
OK, that's better.
And, again, take a small piece at the beginning.
Remember, just always twisting upward, only
adding hair to the bottom.
What I like about these twists versus just
a regular flat twist is that it adds a little texture because
of the bumpiness when you're pulling the strands in.
I'll show you what I mean in just a second.
OK, so here.
Can you see how it's just a little texture where
you're pulling the strands in?
That's what makes it look deceiving like a corn row is
that little added texture to it.
So, if you did a regular twist-- for instance,
on a normal twist, you would just grab the hair
and roll it all like this backwards.
And it just wouldn't look quite as jagged
on the top as a French twist.
OK, tip your head back, please.
Last section-- twist, twist.
Her bangs tend to go off sort of on a diagonal,
so this top twist on her might be slightly diagonal.
That's OK.
OK.
And when you're done with that top twist, again, bobby.
Push it down into the twist.
And it'll be secure.
Then simply undo the hair Grab a brush
and re-brush the rest of the hair.
And then we're going to comb all the rest of the hair
over to this side.
And of course, add a little hairspray
to hold any little flyways or anything
that we need to in place.
And you're ready to go.
It's a really quick hairdo.
It doesn't take much time.
It's simple to do on yourself.
I did these on myself this morning.
So it's very easy, because you're just
working right here by your ear.
So it's great, and I think you'll love it.
Hey, tell me what you think you would rather
see next-- another back to school hairdo,
or I know with school starting, people
are already starting to worry about homecoming.
So go to my Twitter.
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telling me if you'd rather see homecoming hair
or back to school styles.
We'll see you guys later.
Bye bye!
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