As they say a little bit of success goes a long way and I had a little success this week that made me feel like I got this!  This week I went back to using a video to learn by, so  I took to YouTube and this is the one I decided to go with.

My daughter let me braid her hair again this week, thank goodness as my mannequin head looks like it has seen better days.  I took a tip from a video I used before to put the unbraiding side of hair into a ponytail, I thought this might help me when I get to the bottom as that seems to be my trouble area.  Unfortunately it didn’t help a ton with that.  I was super successful at getting the braid tight at the top and to start at the top of her forehead on both sides which has been a goal since the beginning of this journey.  I was able to keep most of it together as I moved down her head this week.  It wasn’t super tight on the sides, but I was able to gather and add it to the braid.  Once again it got to be a big mess at the bottom, again I think that I leave too much and then I can’t get it add properly.

This week I also managed to do the left side of her head better than I have ever got it, which is success too! It got to be a hot mess at the bottom too, that seems to be the main issue now.  I told her this the best one yet and she could almost leave the house with the way it looks. Hopefully next week I will be able to figure that out, as it’s the last week and I haven’t successfully nailed this yet!  Check back next week and see if I can get this figured out on the last kick at the can.