- Hey everyone Kayley here, today I am jumping on one
of the most requested videos of all time,
or at least for me, how to do a Dutch braid.
And no just how to do a Dutch braid but how to do one
for beginners, for people who don't feels like they
know how to braid, I'm gonna break it down
and show you guys how to do your actual finger movements
to make this braid happen.
So if you stick with me in this video you're gonna
be able to do a Dutch braid too
and I'm super excited for that so lets get into it.
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So first of all what takes something from being a
French braid to being a Dutch braid?
I mean basically it just means you braid under
but a lot of times you hear that and you're like,
what does that actually mean, braid under?
I'm gonna show you.
So if you've got your three sections for braiding, when you
do a normal braid it's almost like a game of Leap Frog.
So you're leaping over the middle section and over
and over and when you do that incorporating more hair
into it it creates a French braid because you're going over.
Now to create the Dutch braid, which creates that 3D
look of the braid on your hair,
basically do the exact opposite.
You're gonna go under the middle section,
so it's almost like a game of limbo.
And this sections just gonna go
a li-li-li-limbo under that one.
And then the same thing over here, just underneath
and apparently hair is very skilled in limbo
so it does great every single round.
That was a lame joke, but it's fine.
The best way, if you're kind of like, I don't know
if I'm going under or over, basically just ask yourself
when you braid your section, is it kind of scraping or
sliding by your scalp?
Because when you braid under it is going to slide
by your scalp and when you braid over it doesn't.
So basically just braid under, pretend like you're
playing a game of limbo and last resort, just ask yourself
is the section sliding next to your scalp while it's
going to its new place?
So that's how you braid under, now lets talk about the big
picture of the braid, you guys know I like to talk big
picture and then I like to give you guys specific steps.
Because some people, you hear the big picture,
your fingers do the rest, some of us need a little bit more
and that's totally fine.
So big picture is that you start doing your braid
under like we just established, so you're doing your
little game of limbo under each section
and then when you're ready for it to turn into a
Dutch braid all you do is you take a break
before you limbo under to add in some new hair.
So you pick up a section of hair and you put that
with the section you're about to braid under,
so you kind of bring them together, so now they're just one
piece and then you braid them underneath the middle section.
And then you do the same thing on the other side.
So you pick up a small section of hair, put it with the
section you're about to braid and then braid it under
and you keep doing that over the hair
and that is the big picture, is that you keep doing
your same braid you just take a break and add in more hair.
So you just take pick it up, braid it under
and continue down to create your Dutch braid.
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So there you go, that is your
big picture on the Dutch braid.
So now lets get into some detail, I'm gonna tell you guys
how to actually, like hold the sections with your fingers
and how to move your fingers.
It might feel a little funny at first but it's
gonna get you where you're trying to go,
so stick with me okay.
We're gonna start by practicing our hand motions
just with a normal braid, not adding anymore hair in.
Once you've mastered that you're ready to take
that one additional step and transform a normal
braid into a Dutch braid okay, lets get started.
So you can thank my husband for keeping Star Trek on loop
in my house constantly, we're going to make the
"Live Long and Prosper" sign to create this braid.
Basically you put your index finger and middle finger
together and ring finger and pinky finger together.
These two sections are going to be
holding`sections of the braid.
This one I'm gonna call "The Holding Cell"
because it only holds hair for like two seconds,
I'm telling you guys I've watched way too much Star Trek
but it's gonna help you with this braid.
It's only gonna hold hair for like two seconds.
So normally when you're holding a section it's gonna
be one of these you guys okay.
Keep that in mind, lets get started.
So we have three sections of the braid,
I want you to take your "Live Long and Prosper" sign,
flip it upside down and then with your pinky section
you're gonna pick up the outside piece of hair,
with your index section you're gonna pick up the middle.
And this one is what we're gonna call our free section.
This is the one that's gonna be braided.
So to braid it all you're gonna do is go under
your index section, do that little limbo under
and then you're gonna put it in that holding cell
and now you have your three sections lined up.
One, two, three, we're gonna pick 'em back up in that order.
So you're gonna take your little pinky section,
pick up the outside, take your index, pick up the middle
and then just hold the free section.
And you're gonna keep doing that, limbo under
and put it in the holding cell, then pick it up in
the order next to your hand, pinky outside,
index, middle, free section.
And then do it again, put it in the holding cell and then
pinky to the outside, index to the middle, free section.
Holding cell, pinky, index, free
and you just keep practicing that.
And one thing that I am doing as I do this is
that my thumb is holding against that index finger section.
That way the braid that's right here doesn't end up
going anywhere, 'cause you don't want to lose your braid.
So you can pinch these two fingers together
but you can also use your thumb to stabilize it.
So once you have this pattern down with your hands
you are 75% of the way there my friend to this Dutch braid,
all you really have to do is start adding in one more step.
So keep practicing this method, once you feel like
you have it down we're gonna move on.
So now that you've mastered your Star Trek
hand position you're ready to move on to
that extra step that creates the Dutch braid.
So I'm actually gonna start by braiding a couple
times to get my braid started.
It's just a process that I always like to do
'cause that way you've got the braid there
and your hair isn't just free floating,
the braid's already established.
So step one is to pick up new hair, so all you have
to do is kind of slide your thumb along
and pick up any hair that's over that thumb
and that is the hair that you're going to add in.
Step two, combine it with your free section.
So now this is essentially one section
that we're gonna braid with.
And all you have to do to combine it is just put the
two together, it's very easy, like magnets.
Step three, move it to the holding cell.
So you're gonna limbo under, put it in the holding cell
and you've got your little three lined up.
Now you know what you're doing
'cause you've already practiced.
You're gonna go pinky, index and free section.
So now we're gonna keep going.
Step one, pick up more hair.
Step two, put it with your free section.
Step three, holding cell.
Step four, basically switch your hands.
Pinky, index, free.
Let's do it one more time.
Step one, pic up more hair.
Step two, put it with your free section.
Step three, holding cell.
Step four, switch your hands.
So pinky, index, braid.
Then you just keep going lik that.
Now what I like to do is just drop my free section
while I pick up more hair 'cause I don't usually
have a hard time finding that section
then picking it back up again.
If you have trouble finding that section,
like you drop it and you can't find it again
what you can do is make a bear claw with your hand,
use your fingers to hold on to that section while
your thumb picks up more hair.
So basically your thumb goes back, slides along your scalp
and then you can kinda just make a fist and you're
combining both your free section and the new hair.
And then you can continue to step three,
which is to put your hair in the holding cell
and then step four, switch your hands.
So that's the basic idea of all of this,
now I'm just gonna walk you through it really
quickly a few more times while you
continue to get the hang of it.
So step one, more hair.
Step two, bring the sections together.
Holding cell, switch hands.
Pick up hair, put it with your section,
fold it and switch.
One more time, pick up new, combine it,
holding cell, switch hands and you just keep doing
that for as long as you want your Dutch braid to go.
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So I finished my Dutch braids, pulled them apart
and this too is a style that you can
create now with your new skills.
I hope that you guys really enjoyed this video,
I hope it helped you learn how to do a Dutch braid.
So live long and braid well my braid fam.
I hoped you enjoyed this video.
I will be back on Saturday with another
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See you in my next one, muwah, bye.
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