SUMMER DUTCH BRAIDS

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Summertime screams braids to me, especially summer dutch braids. They’re so easy and cute! I love how girly they make any outfit. I could be wearing a simple outfit of shorts and a tshirt and they immediately complete the look without me spending an hour on my hair. They also keep my hair out of my face and off my neck when it’s super hot outside! Now lets get to the step by step of how I do my summer dutch braids

STEP 1 – LETS DO THIS

Now for step 1, you obviously need to start with your hair down. I like doing braids when my hair is a little dirty because then pieces don’t fall out as easily. I have layers so sometimes pieces like to stick out of the braids. Also it’s an easy hairstyle to get me one more day without washing my hair. If necessary, I just put in a little dry shampoo.

STEP 2 – SEPARATE HAIR

Since we are doing two braids, I like to section my hair down my natural part. For this style I like to do a side part so one side is bigger than the other. It’s up to you but that’s what I like. I then just tie up the side I’m not working on. Easy peezy!

STEP 3 – 3 SECTIONS

Now for step 3, a classic braid has three sections and that’s exactly what we’re going to do here. I take a section that goes about three inches back from my hairline and about one inch thick. We want every part of the braid to look full and thick so I take a bigger section to start out. I then split it into three even sections.

STEP 4 – START TO BRAID

Finally we can braid! This is a dutch braid so each strand is going to go beneath the other. I simply take one of the outside pieces and put bring it underneath the middle piece to end up in the middle of the two pieces. If you are confused, make sure to google how to braid hair. It’s really simple, but it takes some getting used to. I like to do a dutch braid because the braid itself really stands out.

STEP 5 – GRAB MORE

Once I do the above step twice, I like to start grabbing more hair to add to strand. I start by taking hair from the back of my head and adding it to the strand furthest from my face. I mainly grab pieces from the back of my head but occasionally grab them from the front too. I want this braid to be really close to my face so by grabbing from the back the look I want will be achieved.

STEP 6 – CONTINUE BRAIDING

Once I grab the big chunk and add it to the strand furthest from my face, I take the piece and put it under the middle. It’s the exact process as when we first started, but now there is more hair to work with. I like to take big chunks of hair so the braid starts getting very thick. The whole goal is to make the braid look very big and bulky.

STEP 6 – CONTINUE BRAIDING

For step 6, I will start grabbing small pieces from the front to add to the braid. Again we want most of the extra hair to come from the back, but we still need to grab small sections from the front. We are simply doing the same step as before, but from the other side.

STEP 7 – BRAID BRAID BRAID

I just repeat this process until I run out of hair to add. Just add more hair to the outside strand and put the whole chunk underneath the middle piece. Switch to the other side and repeat.

STEP 8 – CLASSIC

Once you are done adding hair, just braid to the end of the hair normally but still by going underneath each strand.

STEP 8 – FLUFF

Like I said before, we want this hairstyle to look very thick and like we have a lot of hair. To achieve this, you must pull on the braid to fluff it up. If it is super tight, your hair won’t look as thick. I gently pull on the outside strands to loosen the hair and make it appear fuller and thicker.

STEP 9 – REPEAT

Now all you have to do is repeat the same steps on the other side of the head!

STEP 10 – ALL DONE

You did it!!! Congrats! Now you have beautiful braids for the summertime!

Let me know if you want to see any other braid hair tutorials. 🙂

SUMMER DUTCH BRAIDS