Here's today:
First, part the hair straight down the middle.
Next, part the hair in half. Pull two opposite sides up & secure with elastic. You are going to be french braiding at an angle with what is left out.
Start your braid, start at an angle.
It really is easier than what you think - you just don't grab any of the hair in the elastics & that keeps it easy.
Let down the rest of the hair & start braiding that side at an angle, also. If I were to do this again, I would try to make where they meet in the middle & cross just a little higher. That has to do with the way you part the hair in half.
Let down the rest of the hair & start braiding that side at an angle, also. If I were to do this again, I would try to make where they meet in the middle & cross just a little higher. That has to do with the way you part the hair in half.
When I was crossing over, I had no more hair to grab until I got to the other side, so I did a few braids without pulling hair up into it & then continued doing a normal french braid once there was hair to pull up again. It may not make sense until you try it yourself.
front view:
Take a comb to the side & smooth out any bumps. Spray to hold. I dried the ends of her hair & curled them under. Where her cross over was lower than what I would have liked - I didn't add bows so it didn't cover the cross-over. If it was higher, I would have added some.
front view:
Take a comb to the side & smooth out any bumps. Spray to hold. I dried the ends of her hair & curled them under. Where her cross over was lower than what I would have liked - I didn't add bows so it didn't cover the cross-over. If it was higher, I would have added some.
5 comments:
This is so SO cute! I can't wait for my daughters hair to get longer so I can try some of these. Thanks for all the cute ideas, this is my new favorite blog:)
I LOVE this do!! I did it on the little girl I baby sit yesterday and as she was walking into school a mom of another kiddo told me how cute it was!! It wasn't hard and was really pretty quick which was great! Thanks for the fabulous idea!
I did this hairdo to my daughter's hair yesterday and it turned out so cute! We had a dentist appt. at my work after school and everyone thought it was darling. Thanks for the idea!
Kari
I was so excited to find your blog!!! I just happened upon it from another friend's blog. I tried this criss cross braid and it turned out great! My 4 year-old daughter got so many compliments on her hair! We're sitting down together right now picking out a hairdo for tomorrow! Thanks so much for the great ideas...you are so creative! Lindsay
Very cool! I love it. We are waiting On my daughters hair to grow back out again. But I think we can manage this one. I am adding a link to your blog. What a neat Idea. Thanks for sharing your talents!
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