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How do you micro braid?

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16y ago

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you put one piece over the other as if doing a regular braid.

take three small pieces of hair, and do a normal braid. Switch the left hand piece with the middle, then the right hand piece with the middle (that used to be the left). Repeat until you are half way through the natural hair and extensions being used. Upon reaching your desired amount of coverage (meaning the amount of hair you want in the braid and the amount you want hanging), the suggested amount of coverage is after your natural hair ends. Then knot it off with a slip knot and move on to the next braid.

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2 methods:
1st method- part off the amount of your own hair you want in a braid. make sure your bulk hair (human or synthetic) is laid out nice and neat or have the person whose head you are braiding be in charge of handing you pieces of bulk hair. the hair you parted out is section 1, bend the bulk hair in the middle (or at any point if you want longer or layered hair) and the 2 parts of the bulk hair make 3 total parts. hold the "head" hair in one hand and drape the bulk hair over it. It may take a few times to get the hang of it but once you do you will know exactly what Im talking about. Make sure to keep things tight and for an underhand braid, take part 1 of bulk hair and cross it under part 2 of bulk hair (holding "head" hair tight) then cross "head" hair under part 1 of bulk hair, cross part 2 of bulk hair under "head" hair, cross part 1 of bulk under part 2 of bulk hair and keep going as a normal braid.
2nd method- more difficult but some prefer this method. Start the same way by parting off the amount of your own hair you want in the braid. Take the bulk hair and fold in the middle (just like 1st method and make sure to keep your finger under the fold to keep 2 halves separate. Now, separate 1 part of the bulk hair into 2 parts so you have 3 parts of bulk hair. Lay it over the "head" hair where the middle part of bulk hair is on top of the "head" hair. You need to practice quite a bit but eventually will get the hang of it. Now you just start braiding the same as method 1. Each individual will invent their own little method that works best for them regarding finger placement and holding the hair.
To seal the braid:
If you are working with short hair and braid just past the "head" hair, you can do a slopknot technique taking 2 VERY thin pieces of hair and tying them. That simple. You can also use nail glue and dab a very small amount where you stopped braiding. This works good because you cant see it and really holds the braid. If you want more of a individual braid style and want the braid to go all the way to the end, you can burn it (synthetic hair only) or use a nifty little invention called the braid sealer. It is a little tool that you basicly just clamp onto where you want the braid sealed and it cuts it and seals it all in one step for nice neat ends. If your braids are really small you can just leave them be and they usually stay put nicely but be sure to braid quite a ways past the "head" hair to make sure they don't unravel completely off.
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You take a little lane of hair, depending on how thick you want it to be, then part it into two. With both hands having one half-twist each half at the same time and criss-cross them (put one on top the other) repeat that till the end. Its a little hard, so just practice and you'll get very good at it.

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Cut braids down to your own hair length and slather with conditioner. Section the hair off and comb out sections with a tiny toothed combed. The synthetic hair will slide off.

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