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- Hey everyone.
I'm Mindy from Cute Girls Hairstyles
and today I'm gonna show you how to do this
DIY Dutch side braid.
Now I noticed in the trailers
for Hunger Games that are coming out
that Prim wears a hairstyle that's very similar to this,
but like a little bit younger version,
and we actually did that style many years ago.
You can click this link if you wanna see that one,
but today, I'm gonna show you how to do
the grownup, much more pancaked and full version
of the same braid.
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So let's get going on the hairstyle.
Okay, to begin this hairstyle
you can see that I've done kind of a deep part.
It's about maybe halfway,
right where my halfway mark on my eyebrow is
is where I part it.
You can go farther this way
and then the braid will fall farther on your forehead.
That's just not my preference,
so this is where I start it.
Then I'm gonna pick up a good size piece of hair
right here in the front,
and divide it into three sections.
And we're going to begin the Dutch braid.
Now we're gonna be adding in pieces on both sides.
So you can see I'm adding in some right there.
And then I'm just gonna reach back here,
and I'm kind of maintaining this part line for now.
I'm just gonna grab a piece and add it in.
And I'm pretty much working my way
down my hairline right here,
trying to keep the braid
just running right along my hairline.
And I'm just trying to pick up the hair back here.
This is the only trick is this back part.
You just want it to fall smoothly into the braid.
So every time I add it in,
I kind of just move it out.
And so far, I'm not really reaching over here yet,
but I'm about to start.
So right here on this back piece,
this is probably my last one that's just my front hair.
Now you'll see that I'm going to start reaching around
and grabbing the hair on the opposite side of my head.
And again, I just want to make sure
that it's sort of smoothed into the braid
as I go along.
And we want to,
I left a couple little wispies.
Right here, you can see, just out.
But the rest of it, you wanna swoop to the side,
so you make you sure that you're getting
all of this hair back here.
And you just grab a piece,
and keep adding in.
You can see, I'm doing pretty good sized sections
when I'm grabbing my hair.
I'm not being like stingy,
and you can do smaller sections if you'd like to as well.
Grab a little hair back here, add in.
I think I only have about one more add in.
Yup.
And then I finish it out
with a regular braid.
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Now, at the end I'm going to secure with an elastic.
And I left a little bit of tail at the bottom right here.
And now I'm going to go back.
You can leave it like this, and it looks fine.
And this is how Prim wears it in the movie,
is very similar to this tight.
But I'm gonna go back and really puff and pull.
So I'm a grownup,
so I want it to look a little more older, mature,
and the big, giant, puffy braids right now are really in.
So I'm just going back,
I'm really stretching each side of the braid.
Just stretching, stretching, stretching all the way up.
And this is what's gonna give you
that really huge, dynamic braid
that you're seeing in pictures on Instragram,
and that kind of stuff that everyone's loving right now.
So I'm just gonna keep working,
go back and work some more,
go all the way down the braid.
If you have layers,
this is where you might have some popping out.
So I try to gently pull down at the bottom.
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And when you're done stretching the braid
to your desired effect,
you have this giant, fun, puffy braid
that comes onto one side of your head.
And you're good to go.
Brady and I are going to show you the final spin.
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And you end up with this fantastic looking braid.
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