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Hi! My name is Lauren and on behalf of Expert Village, I'm here to show you how to achieve
various styles for using regular braids. There are 2 basic products that you're going to
need in order to engage in braiding your hair. One of them would probably be pomade or a
mud. Depending on the coarseness of your hair and the thickness of your hair, you're going
to want to intrude something that's a little heavier. Fiber based products are a little
bit on the heavier side. Ashley has rather fine hair, so I'm going to use something that's
a little bit more lightweight just in order to give myself a little bit more manageability
with her hair. You see how it just kind of tames the frizz and it just kind of smooths
her hair down. That way when I actually am braiding, her hair will fall a little flatter
and it will be easier to work with and more manageable. Another product that you're going
to need is some sort of hairspray. Hairspray you usually find in your light hold, medium
hold, and your heavy. If you were spraying your hair before you do the braid, I definitely
recommend using a light hold hairspray. Anything too heavy is going to set your style before
you have your style in. You want your hair to pliable. You want to be able to move it.
You want to be able to create that smoothness and do everything you need to, but you want
to make it easier on yourself. Braiding can be a little bit harder with hand coordination
because of the movements of the hair. You only have 2 hands and at times you're holding
more than 4 sections of hair. You do want your hair to still remain soft and pliable,
so that way you're not harming what you have already done. It's not going to make it harder
for you to actually use.