OK, this hair-do is sort of like a French braid.
We're going to start on the left side of her head, which
is the side with the least amount of hair.
I've parted her hair on the left.
You can part it on the right and reverse the process,
if you need to.
And I've wet her hair down, just slightly wet.
I just think it holds the hair in tighter and better
throughout the day, if it starts out a little bit damp.
So if you just take a comb and kind of straighten out
any bumps or lumps, this kind of ensures
that things will go in straighter too.
So you start by just getting a little section of hair.
There's no rhyme or reason to how much or anything tricky.
And divide it into three sections,
as though you're going to start a French braid.
Cross those two, and then cross that.
So you're just starting a French braid.
The only tricky thing about this braid
is, I only pick up from the bottom, which
makes the braid stick out just a little more than normal,
and I like that.
Since I have a bottom piece I'm working with,
I'm going to pick up some hair and twist it in.
C Now, normally in a French braid,
you'd come up here near the top and pick up hair and add it
into this top piece.
I'm not going to do that.
So I just bring that back into the braid.
And again, now I'm at the bottom,
so I'm going to pick up hair and add it in.
Again, I'm not going to pick up anything on the top,
just switch those two pieces and continue doing that,
as you work your way around the head.
On this braid, I kind of like to follow
the back curve of their head.
So I try to stay not up too high, like it's a crown.
I try to follow the bottom baseline of their head.
So just keep braiding.
And you'll see as we go along that what
happens is, because the top part isn't being secured down
by hair, it ends up popping out just a little bit
and kind of shows up more than a normal brain, which I like.
But if you don't like it, add the hair in.
Turn your head this way a little.
And you can see why right here I've
almost got little bumps going on.
That's just because I didn't comb the hair down tight enough
to begin with.
So you want to kind of watch for that as you're going along.
Turn.
And I just go all the way around her head,
until I start running out of hair.
Then I pull that last section, kind of the big one.
Pull it.
When you get to about the ear, kind of pull down.
And I take an elastic.
Do I have a big one?
And secure it behind your ear.
It's tight, sorry.
There we go-- into just a side ponytail right by her ear.
And then you can fluff this anyway you
want or add a ribbon right here or a flower.
And then I just secure with some hairspray.
And you have the wrap-around French braid.
So here's a flower.