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Plait each section like this and tie the ends. You might need to experiment with plaiting overhand and underhand to see what looks best in the finished product because it can affect the way the plait sits on your head. I find that overhand works best on me.
Now take one plait and pull it upwards.
And over the side of your head:
Hold it very securely with your fingers and remove the hair tie.
Roughly pin it in place using the bobby pins. It doesn’t need to be perfect because this is just to hold it while we work with the rest ^_^
Now grab your other plait and pull it upwards too:
Hold it over the top so it crossed over and covers the end of the first plait. You probably won’t be able to get this one as far over your head as the first one because it has to go over a lump. As long as it reaches the half way point it’s fine though.
Hold it in place and remove the hair tie.
Now using a pin catch a small amount of the first plait:
Pull the pin over the end of the second plait (still holding the little bit of the first one) and push it back the way it came but underneath. Kind of like you’re following the line of a “U”. This is the most secure way to use bobby pins and they won’t just slide back out!
So when you’re done it will look a little like this and most of the ends of the plait will be hidden.
You should repeat this in a couple of the bumps of the plaits on both sides and front and back. If you do that then the ends will all be incased and nothing will be going anywhere :D
Decoration is the key to not looking like a milk maid so I generally choose flowers and cover the back ^_^ The extra pins always help keep everything in place too. If you don’t want to use flowers then I also like pining pearls or little diamantes etc. Very cute!
Lastly it’s time to straighten your fringe or whatever you want to do with it!
From the side it looks a little messy because I didn’t push the flower pins in far enough but you get the general idea!
Finished!
Nice and cool for Summer and very versatile for different styles!
Hope you enjoyed and found it useful ^_^ |
Gosh you make it look so easy, so much so that I’m actually thinking of attempting it myself, nice work :D
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:D DO IT!! Seriously it’s really easy once you get the hang of it!
That is so cute! Makes me long for long hair lol. I am wowed by the pink color gradient more and more everytime I see it.
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:D You were the one that convinced me to do it! Thanks so much for helping me make the leap!
Adorable! I absolutely love your hair tutorials because the photos are so clean, clear and very easy to follow :)
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I’m so glad you think they’re useful!
BEAUTIFUL I Adore the colour of your hair so pretty xx
Thanks so much!
I need something for my short hair…. now seeing this, I want to have my long hair back!
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I should think of some cute short styles too!
OMG Princess! That is so cute(*ﾟ▽ﾟ)ﾉ Wish I got long and beautiful hair like yours…(‘-’*)
Have a wonderful day☆
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Squee thank you Princess! I think your hair is so pretty anyway!
That is adorable, totally going to give this a go today. I’d love to see more hair and beauty tutorials, your new hair looks excellent, I very much love blonde + pink hair and wish I could pull it off myself :D
Thanks so much Lauren! I will most definitely be doing more hair and beauty stuff now that I like my hair again ^_^ I’m really glad this is helpful!
Your hair looks even cuter braided! That gradient is seriously awesome.
Thanks Caro! I am so loving the gradient!
omg i love the plaits especially with the pink gradients!
really pretty :D
you look just like a princess ^^
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Aww! Lissy you are so lovely! I am so glad you enjoyed it!
Awww this looks so cute ^^
especially because your hair is pinkish at the bottom :)
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I’m glad you enjoyed it!
It looks so nice!! :D
It’s funny, whereas your preparing for summer, in the UK we have 4 inches of snow falling nightly!! ^__^
Alice x
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Ugh I wish it would snow here ;_;
almost wish I didn’t get a short bob couple of days ago!
Aww bad timing! I’ll try to do some short styles too ^_^
awh it looks so great and i love ur hair!!! i need to try this ^^
Thanks Naka!!
Aww that’s too cute!! Makes me wish my hair would just hurry up and grow already so I can try it out :-P Also, your new hair color is absolutely lovely!! That peachy pastelly pink is so pretty on you <3
Thanks so much Kari!
I’m planning on doing this hairdo tomorrow, veen got the outfit for it layed out on the sofa already! How funny you had the tutorial up for it! Looks lovely on you, you have such amazing hair!
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Yay! I’m very glad you found it helpful :D
Its very beautiful!!
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That hairstyle looks so great on you! I can’t wait for my hair to be long enough to attempt this style!
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I bet your hair would be long enough now, you would just need to start the plaits up a bit higher, with your blue this could look awesome!
aaah my dream hair, blonde and pink love!!! and with a super awesome hairstyle <3 I suddenly hate my hair for being so layered.
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:D Thanks! Aww layers are good!
I’ve always wanted to try this but my hair has only just grown back long enough to do it. I think I’ll have to give it a go! I really like your top too, I’m a bit obsessed with fair isle patterns right now!
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Thanks so much Polly! I would love to see pics if you try it ^_^ I love fair isle too, I really want to do more knitting but now that it’s hot I don’t have the motivation XD
The colour of your hair is lurve!! The pink gradient is too pretty, and I love how you braid up your hair! More hair tutorials coming our way? ;)
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:D Thanks Lizzy! Definitely more tutorials coming you way, I’m all inspired again!
I adore your new hair (l) suits so sweet with all your pink outfits and hair pins.
xxx
Thank you so much!
So cute! I may just try that ^_^ It would be great for christmas as well.
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Oh yes! You could put some pretty ribbons in it!
I wish my hair was long enough to do this! DDDDDDDD:
Aww You could try with extensions maybe?
I put pink in my hair too (about 2 weeks ago) :D I love this hairstyle1 xoxo
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Oh that’s awesome! Thanks for commenting!
I wear my hair like this all the time in summer. I call it my “Frida Kahlo Hairdo”. It’s so cool and if you do it right, it’s practically indiscructable
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Ahahaha How did I not think of Frida Kahlo?! You are so right about indestructible, I’ve gone to sleep in it before and woken up picture perfect :D
your hair looks soooo much better without the brassy tips! the pink is cute! good tutorial :)
XD I liked the brassy tips! Glad you enjoyed the tutorial :)
Aw, it’s such a cute style! For years I kept wearing my hair for exams similarly – only that I pulled the braids back, instead of putting them on the top of my head. People were always amazed how could I do it (even without mirrors later, haha! :D) but it’s really easy once you get the hang of it, and it looks so pretty!! ^^
And all those years it never occured to me that I could pin the braids the other way… :D
We had a casual shot a couple of weeks ago where I was mainly to help with the hairdos but we ended up with far less models than expected, so I kind of quickly made this ‘do for myself and jumped in. They loved it! :D
That sounds really cute! Your shoot sounds like lots of fun too :D
Thanks! I’ve been wanting to do this to my hair ever since I saw Harold and Maude. lol :)
Hahahaha! Awesome :D
Woah! So gorgeous! Really good job. I feel slightly ashamed of commenting for the first time only now even though it has been years that i have been lurking around your site…Eumh…So…Say,do you mind sharing with us your hair dying secrets? Like how to do it like you do,how to keep your hair healthy and such… Because,now that i’ve seen you with your new (well,at least it seems it is) platinium blonde/pink hair…I’m so jealous. Your beautiful.
Thanks for commenting! That is so lovely of you to visit the site for so long, I really appreciate it :D I honestly don’t know how to explain my hair dying, I kind of just apply dye where I want it and blend it in XD Maybe I’ll just make a video and that will be easier for people to understand!
I stumbled across your website while looking for cute loli ideas, and I must say, yours has the best tutorials by far! You’re really pretty, and you always look like a princess! Good luck~
Thank you so much for your lovely comment SiSi! I’m really glad you found my site useful :D I hope you come back soon!
This style looks absolutely awesome with the touch of color on the braided sections. really brings out the band.
Thanks Elli!
u got so many idea dear violet
love ur blog very much
Thank you so much Princess Momoy, you are so sweet to leave all these lovely comments!
this is my first time here, but i gotta say i love everything on here! i really like this tutorial, i tried it out for my friends graduation today and it looked great! it was a little hard to do at first but i got it to work even though i didn’t have hairspray. keep up the good work and lots of love!
Hi Jessamine! Thanks so much for visiting and commenting :D I’m so glad that the tutorial worked out for you and your friend, contrats on graduating too. Thanks so much again and I hope you come back soon <3