This week I was going to use the tutorial video that the dance club has posted on their website, but unfortunately the link was not working.  So I found myself back on you tube searching for new videos to use.  I came across this one that was based on making 2 dutch braids so I thought I would use it this week.  As at the end I need to be able to have 2 tightly braided dutch braids.

My goal this week was to start the braid at the top of the forehead instead of farther back.  I convinced my daughter to be my model again as I found her hair easier to work with than the mannequin last week.  I started off by splitting her hair down the middle and working on the right side.  I was able to start off more at the top of her forehead was a plus! I didn’t find adding more hair so troublesome this week and then it all went downhill….when I got close to the bottom of her head I took too big of a chunk of her hair and in reality most of it was supposed to be for the other side.  This made it look bulky and well to be honest not very good.

 

Next I moved to the left side, this was my bad side last week and this week it proved to be the same.  I couldn’t get it started at the top of her forehead and I actually started more to the side, which made the whole thing a helter skelter mess!!  Once I got half way down her head it got way better and I ended off strong, but the damage was already done.

Today was not such a success, and the end result is definitely not stage worthy.  I am running out of time to perfect this braid as class is running out.  I was hoping to have more success stories to write about, but that hasn’t been the case.  This experience is teaching me to persevere when things are hard-which is not like me, I often throw in the towel and give up.  You’ll have to check back in next week to see if I have success again.