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- Hi guys, I'm Mindy from Cute Girls Hairstyles,
I'm here today with Kamri.
- Hey guys.
- And her very swollen cheeks
from having her wisdoms taken out.
- This one especially.
- But today we are gonna show you guys
how to hack the waterfall twist.
So if you guys are struggling with waterfalls in general,
especially waterfall twists,
this is the video for you.
So let's get to it.
Okay to begin this hairstyle I've straighten her hair
and divided it down the middle.
Her hair is just naturally straight
so we're pretty much just working with her same texture.
You pick up a little section of hair
right here in the front.
I don't wanna go too deep,
so maybe not like deeper than an inch.
And I want some hair down by her ears
just to make it look a little more grown up.
So I'm gonna just kinda pick up this section right in here.
I do need enough hair that when I divide it into half
the twist will still be a good size.
So make sure you get just big enough to do that.
I'm gonna divide the two pieces in half,
and when I get them sectioned evenly,
then I'm gonna take the twist
and I'm gonna twist them upward.
So you take this piece,
you can do one at a time or two,
whichever easiest.
Just twist it, then take this piece, twist it.
So we're twisting going upward.
And then you wanna take the two
and cross them over going downward.
Can you see that, so I'm twisting them downward.
And then you just continue to repeat this action.
So we're just kinda giving them a twist,
as we're twisting them over each other.
And that becomes essentially a rope twist.
So when you twist them two different directions like that
it makes the twist tighter and more secure,
than if you're moving in the same direction.
So, just working this down the strand.
Like this, and then I'm gonna have her hang on to this one.
I'm gonna repeat on the other side.
So pick up a section,
just try to get it pretty much even with the other side.
And again same thing here.
We're gonna twist up first,
and then over each other going downward.
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Okay and when we get that done,
we're gonna take the two pieces,
we're gonna secure them with an elastic in the back.
Like this.
So it sits like this nice little twist
on either side of her head.
Now this is where the little cheat comes in
that makes it so much easier for those of you
that can't figure out how to the waterfall portion.
So what we're going to do is take this little piece of hair,
just reach in a pick up this little section of hair.
The only trick here is you just kinda have to
hold the rest of it down,
until you get one little section of hair like this.
And then you reach inside this first twist,
and you just pull it through.
So easy and simple.
And we're gonna keep repeating that step
all the way along
'til we have all of these twists filled in.
So just pick up a little section of hair.
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Then go to the next little section of twists,
reach it through, pull it through.
This is really so simple
anybody could do this on themselves,
this is accessible and easy for young girls
that are learning so new fun hairstyles.
Certainly something you could dress up,
if you wanted to wear to homecoming.
And we're just gonna keep going.
For her she has a little tendency
to almost get like little flyways going
so you can use a little spray wax
to help hold that down as you're going along.
Or a little texturizing powder would do the trick too.
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Okay, now before I finish going the rest of the way back,
I'm gonna just switch
since I have like four or five done on this side,
repeat on the other side,
and then come back and finish the back.
This just helps ensure that the braid,
that the twists stay kinda level on her head,
and don't like get skewed onto one side or the other.
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Now that I finished this side,
I'm just gonna keep working my way
along the back and repeating the same steps basically.
And how many strands you end up with
will just depend on how tightly you twisted the hair too.
I twisted mine pretty tight,
so we're gonna have more strands coming through.
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Okay and when you finished
all the stranding then you're done.
You can hair wrap that, you could add a little scrunchie,
you could add a little clip to hide that elastic
is that's bothering you.
But essentially you're all finished.
Okay you guys so I'm gonna show you the finished look.
What I love the most about this
is that it ends up being identical
to an actual waterfall twist,
except that I just feel like it's way easier
for those of us that can't always master the waterfall.
So there yah go.
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And we'll see you guys next time.
- Bye guys.
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