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Hey, everyone.
I'm Mindy from Cute Girls Hairstyles.
And Brooklyn's helping me today.
Hey, guys.
And we're going to show you how to do what we're calling
the CGH faux French braid.
Now this one is-- kind of looks like a French braid when
we're done.
But for those of you that are French braid challenged,
this is a great solution.
Also, it just is a really new technique
that I've never played with before.
So I thought you guys would love it, too.
Now to begin, I have just pulled out a few whispies
near the front of her face.
This is an optional step.
It just depends on what you're looking for
and the age of your daughter.
I'm going to take a section just right here at the top.
So not too much hair, but we still
want a decent sized little section.
And I'm going to smooth it out so we don't have any crazies.
And get it placed how I want it.
Then I'm just going to take it and divide it
into three sections.
So one, two, and three.
And I'm going to do just a regular three
strand braid here.
And I'm doing this sort of loose,
and you'll see why in a minute.
We don't want it super tight, because we're
going to be working with the different stitching
inside this braid.
Take this as far down as we can.
And you can do this hairstyle with layers,
but you just have to be aware you might have some start
popping out like I'm going to in just a minute on Brooklyn's.
It's not a big deal.
Messy braids right now are really in.
And I'm just going to secure it with an elastic
to hold it for now.
So we're going to go back up, and on this right side,
I'm going to pick up a little piece.
I'm going to take it all the way over.
And this left most stitch, this very first one,
I'm going to loosen it up, put my fingers through.
I'm going to take this section of hair.
And pull it through just like that.
And you can see why we left this semi-loose at this point.
I'm going to take a piece from this left side, smooth it out.
And I'm going to go up here to this rightmost stitch.
And pull it through.
We're going to continue this pattern all the way down.
So I'm picking up hair, smoothing it out,
going to the left edge loop and pulling it through,
going back to the left side-- I'm
going to make sure to leave my whispies down.
Pull this piece.
Go to the next loop down from where I was working before.
And just go ahead and pull it through.
Pick up the piece.
Cross it over.
Pull it through.
When you get down here to the bottom
where your pieces from the top are falling,
you can see that I just picked those up.
And go ahead and add them into the rest of the hairstyle
as well.
So now you may have pieces that have
gone through more than once, and that's totally fine.
So we're definitely done.
I can't do anymore.
So now I'm just going to release that elastic,
and go ahead and re-secure all of it together.
And then you can go back and just loosen these up a little
bit.
And you can loosen these pieces up here a little bit,
so that these show just a little more.
And there you have this really fun braid
that isn't really a fish tail.
So those of you that have a hard time holding all the hair
or fishtailing, what you're working with
is just a basic braid, and then you're
just lacing pieces through.
But it also has little bit of a mermaid effect.
And it's a very soft, flowy look, I think.
So it's really pretty for a little bit older,
especially like teenager plus.
So there you go.
Let's do the final spin.
Ta da.
And back around.
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Bye, you guys.
Bye.
What you're doing by doing it this way
is creating it where it's attached
to the braid underneath.
So there will be no movement throughout the day.
$1,000,000.
Do you even know what that's from?
No.
You're my Mini-Me.
What's that?
Dr. Evil.
Austin Powers.
Nothing?
You got nothing.
I know what this is.
What?
Like the guy says this, right?
$1,000,000.
Yeah, Dr. Evil.
That's all I know.
Is it a movie?
Have you ever seen Austin Powers?
No.
Oh, well, there you go.
You're too old.
You've seen it.
I'm too old?
You're my Mini-Me.
Doesn't she look like a Mini-Me?
A Mini-Me.
I think so.