I thinkyouguysmightknowhowtodo a Dutchbraid, butwe'regonnastartwith a littlesectioninthefront.
Ifyoustartwith a reallybigchunkwhenyoutakethebraidsout, yourfaceframingcurlwon't beasniceandtight.
Sowereallywanttostartwithsmallsectionshere.
I don't knowifyouguyscanseewhat's goingonhere, but I'm crossingeachoutsidepieceunderneaththeinsidepieceinsteadofoveritlikeyouwouldin a normalbraidor a Frenchbraid.
I'm readingthisfrontsectionliketwoorthreetimesbefore I startaddinginlittlepiecesofhairfromtheside.
I'm alsotrying, as I dothis, tokeeptheDutchbraidasclosetomyhairlineaspossiblebecausethatwillhelpthecurlpatternlookniceanddefinedrightbyyourhairlineinsteadofhavingthisawkwardstraightbitandthenstartingtogetcurly, ifyouknowwhat I'm saying.
I'm alsodoingthisbreakrelativelytightlybecause I wantthatreallycurlydefinedpattern.
Ifyouwantmoreof a relaxedway, youcouldalsotoselyourbrains a littlebitsothatyouendupwith a loosercurlintheend.
And I amgoingrightdowntothebottom, causeifpossible, I wanttoavoidandheawkwardstraightbitsattheend.
Then I'm goingtosecurethis.
I don't haveenoughhandsforthis.
I'm usingthesesmallonesinsteadof a traditionalbigelasticlikethisbecausethesecankindofleave a bigstraightsectionattheendofyourhairbecausetheytakeupsomuchspace.
Butthesetinyonesdon't takeupmuchhairrealestateatall, sothey'renotgonnaleaveyourhairas a dented.
No, I'm justgettingWe'regonnatakeouttheothersidenow, allright?
Wealreadyhavesomuchtexturegoingon.
I'm gonnatake a littlebitmoreofthedamageremedyandkind.
Justuseitas a littlefinishingcream.
I justrub a littlebitonmyhandsand I'm gonnagentlycurlthebottomsofmyhairandmoveditaround a littlebit.
Andyoucouldtotallystophereifyouwantedtogofor a morevoluminouslook.
But I honestlyhavetoomuchhairformyowngood.
MyhairIt's sothick.
Sototamedownthisvolume a littlebit, I'm gonnataketwolittlesectionsthererightbehindmyfaceframingsections, cause I'm gonnaleavethoseout, twisthimbackandsecurethemwithtwobobbypinsin a simplelittlecross.
There's reallynottoomuchof a rhymeorreasontothiswholemethod.
I'm takingpiecesofhairthatairaboutyea, big.
I wouldsayThat's aboutaninchaninchand 1/2 andwrappingitaroundthecurrentlyiron.
Andafter I letoutbyCarl.
I alwaysliketogiveit a nicelittlecuddlebecauseyouknowyougirlsneed a littlebitofloveto, butalsoforthepracticalreasonthatyourhairformsitsstructurewhileit's coolingdownandnotwhileit's heatingup.
Soholdingitwhileit's coolingdowndefinitelyhelpsyourcurlsstayinglongertoexplainmysuperadvancedmethod a littlebitmore.
I'm curlingawayfrommyfaceandas I goaround, I'm notlayingmyhairsuperribbonflat.
I'm keepingmygripattheend, soitkindoftwistsaroundthebarrel a littlebit, andthatwillhelpyouget a muchmorenatural, beachylookinggirlsratherthanthosetightribboncurlsthatlook a littlebitfaker.
Timetounleashthesections.
Once I gettothetopsections, thefirstpartsthat I alwayscurlaretheselittlefaceframingbits.
Honestly, therestofyourhaircanlookprejink, butaslongasyourfaceframingbitslook a good, you'regoodtogo.
I don't holdthesefrontsectionsinthecurlingirontoolongbecause I don't wantthemtobesuperdupertightcurls.
I kindofwantthemmorerelaxedontherestofmyhair, andwe'rejustgonnafinishuptakingrandomsectionsaroundthetopofmyhead, waitingformyhaircurl.
Yeah, andyouknow, ifyoumessup a curllikethisoneturnedout a littlebitstrange.
Nextup, I'm gonnaspreadinsomeofthevagostexturetonicwhichwillhelpmeget a littlebitmoreofthatbeachytexture.
Andnow I'm justgonnafingercombthroughmyhairtotrytogetthoseCarl's a littlebitmorelooseandbecheese.
Thatisthefinishedlook.
Thisisprettymuchwhat I wearwhenever I'm filmingvideostakinginstagramposts, generallytryingtonotlooklike a potatobefore I go.
I wantedtoshowyouguys a coupledifferentwaysthat I stylethesecurlsintosomething a littlebitlessbasic.
Asyouguysknow, I loveme a goodscrunchieor a goodhairbow.
Sothisisverysimple, but I'm literallyjustpullingthetwosectionsofmyhairback, leavingoutthosephraseframingsectionsandthensecuringtheminthebackwith a littlehairscrunchies.