French Lace

Hi everyone,

I saw an idea for a new hairstyle on Instagram, combining lace braids and a French braid in a way I had not tried before.  First, I sectioned off small sections of hair on each side of my head then I made the center French braid.  Then I started with the left section of loose hair and lace braided it down to just above my ear.  Then I stopped adding hair from that side, continued the braid without adding hair long enough to reach the right side where I continued lace braiding while adding hair from that side for a change.  I criss-crossed back to the left side and finished gathering the rest of my loose hair, and finally crossed back to the right side once more and finished gathering all the loose hair on that side.  I wove the smaller end of my lace braid through the end of my French braid, then folded my braid up to about waist length and clipped it in place with tiny hair clips.  Hopefully pictures will explain much more clearly :-)  All day long, wherever I went, people would randomly come up and tell me how much they loved this hairstyle~ so kind of them, and always a nice thing to hear!

 

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(My new shirt has "London" and a picture of Big Ben on it...how amazing that I actually got to go there in person not too long ago!)

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Side bun~ my look for today

Hello everybody,

I washed my hair last night, and used coconut oil first.  I absolutely love using coconut oil on my hair!  I put it mostly on the ends, all the way up the length of hair but not actually near the top of my head.  Then I put my hair in a bun and leave it alone for an hour or so, and finally I wash my hair using the C-W-C method with Herbal Essences shampoo and conditioner.
     Today to fix my hair, I made several small English braids and brought them all together with the rest of my loose hair into a side bun, which I held in place with a variety of hair clips and a few bobby pins.  Thank you so much for coming to check out my new post <3

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Ponytail length pictures

Hi everybody,

Today I took advantage of the beautiful afternoon sun and took some length pictures while my hair was in a low ponytail.  I'm new to Instagram, but noticed a long-hair friend had asked people to post pictures of their long hair in motion.  I think I'm too late for the actual contest, but the idea is still a fun one to try!  Of course the hardest part is deciding which pictures NOT to post~ a problem you will probably think I solved by simply posting them all, but I actually did leave out a few :-)
     Thank you so much for following, viewing, commenting and sharing.  I hope you have a lovely week.

   

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