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So, I wanted to show you today how to waterfall braid short hair. You should air dry your
hair or put a little beach spray, something to texturize the hair, texture balm, something
to give you a little grip. So, we did that. Now I'm just going to brush it out so it's
less tangled.
Waterfall braid is a great style. It is just a French braid where you drop a section out
and I am going to show you how to do that. Just deciding and our case I want to leave
the bangs out. I think I am going to. So, I'm just going to pin them up and over to
the other side. Get them out of your way. So, what I am going to do is I am going to
start my French braid up at the top. When you are doing this, especially if you don't
have bangs, you want to consider as you get toward the side of the head, when you want
to start to dropping your pieces out. Some people like to drop them right away. I don't
like to do that if you are a little sparser throughout your hairline, because I do not
ever want to see too much skin pulling through.
So, generally I French braid for about three sections and then I will start dropping them
out. And as we are French braiding, we are going to pull from the top, almost from the
top point. So, all of our sections will come from the top. So we get a nice smooth section.
We're not trying to create too aggressive of a braid. And then all of our spots on the
bottom are going to come from right below our braid. So we will be leaving all of this
hair out.
So starting a little lower on the head, you want to take a section. You want to separate
it into three sections. And I'm going to braid a couple before I start incorporating. So
now I have done like two sections. So I'm going to go ahead and start incorporating
hair from the top.
Just want to pull a section into the top, cross it over the center. And then now I said
to be careful around this area. So you have to decide, do you want to leave a space out?
Do you want to incorporate some in? So, I am going to incorporate some in. So, I'm going
to drop my first section. So what was the lowest part of my three strands, I'm going
to leave out. And I'm just going to grab a little bit of hair from right underneath our
braid. And that'll become our new section. Where it is in this top section, keeping it
tight. Cross it over the center. Now, I have this piece again, I'm just going to just drop
it out. I'm going to pick up a piece underneath it and cross that over my center, incorporating
it in.
Remember you can always loosen it up afterwards. I'll show you how. Incorporate a little hair
in this top section here. Cross it over the top. Now I'm at the bottom, so remember I
am going to leave that section down and I'm actually going to grab a section from right
underneath it and incorporate it in. You are just going to continue like this as far as
you want to. I'm just going to do it kind of middle of the back of the head and then
stop. So, it will just be a half style. I'll stop there.
So I'm just going to continue braiding a regular braid and then I will just take a rubber band.
You can use a clear rubber band, the tinier the better. This one matches her hair so we're
going to use it. And just close up that end. I always like to kind of pull all the hair
away from that section and then we're going to bobby pin it in place. And I just slip
the bobby pin going in the opposite direction in with our rubber band here. And then I am
going to take this hair from the top section and cover my section.
Now, I'm just going to loosen everything up. So, I'm just going to take the edges of my
waterfall braid and just section them a little fuller. This is a great style for short hair.
It just adds a little extra interest to your normal hairstyle. Then remember if you ever
need any more stability anywhere else you can always bobby pin it in place. Her hair
actually feels good. Now, I'm just going to drop the bangs and swoop them over to the
side. And that's how you do a waterfall braid on short hair.