After all these years I still get regular requests for a video on how we French braid. I’ll let you in on a little secret … when I first started this blog, I really didn’t know how to French braid and my girls wouldn’t sit still long enough for me to practice. So I bought one of those big Barbie doll heads that is just shoulders & a head with hair – just so I could practice! Yup – it’s true. I knew the general idea of it, but felt I needed 6 hands to make one. If you feel like that, know that you aren’t alone & I was right there with you! I still don’t consider myself a French braiding queen, but after plenty of practice I finally figured it out and the rest is history!
I realize everyone has their own technique for what works best for them, but this is what works best for us. I found learning to do a half-French braid (where you only add hair to one side of the braid) was easier to handle in the beginning, so if you find you are really struggling, try starting with that. You can watch our half-French braid video HERE. Obviously this is just the technique of French braiding, but you can add any size or quantity of these to different hairstyles.
You can check out styles we’ve done in the past using French braids HERE. Hopefully what I do makes sense and will help you a bit. Let me know if you have any questions. Remember, if I can learn how to do these – you can too! Practice makes perfect! Be sure to share this with anyone you know that might need French braiding help! 🙂
Thank you for this video! I finally attempted a french braid on my daughter’s hair last week. I did 2 pigtail braids, and the funniest thing happened. 1 was a normal french braid, and the other was dutch!!!! I didn’t even know how to do dutch, but because I was so confused with where to put the hair, I accidentally did 2 different braids! Each braid looked TERRIBLE but I was so proud I even completed it! haha I will have to watch this video again and again until I memorize it! It really isn’t rocket science, but man! I can’t seem to get it! =)
WOW! Total “ah ha!” moment watching your video. I was putting the new section in with the wrong strand. Thank you for posting!
Glad I could help. I find adding hair to the piece that becomes the middle section is easiest for me so I’m glad it helped you!
I have to admit, even though it was pretty messy, and I only did the half frenchie, I was very proud of myself. Thank you very much. I may send you a pic of it on instagram 🙂
I did it!!!! Thank you so much!!! I had to watch the video 3 times, not because of you but I’m OCD. lol The left side was a little tricky but I just watched one more time and I got it. I wish I could send pics I’m so proud. lol Thanks again!!!
Awesome! So so happy it helped you! You can send us pix via e-mail, on our facebook page, or if you’re on Instagram you can tag us @babesinhairlandblog. Thanks again for letting us know you were able to master it. We always love hearing from our readers. 🙂