I took to you tube this week to find a video to help me get started. I put “How to dutch braid for beginners” and I picked this video first. This video is really awesome! The guy that is speaking/teaching talks slow and ensures that he explains the exact steps. I decided to concentrate on the first part of the video before moving on too far. The beginning is learning to do underhand braiding-this was tricky for me. As a only one type of braiding girl, trying to train myself to do it backwards was hard. I decided that I would stick with this step and perfect before moving on. I did it multiple times, some turned out really good and some were a hot mess. This week I am learning to have patience and perseverance, if things to don’t come to me easily I’m quick to bail usually. But I kept going and I am hoping that when I move on to the next step this week I will be prepared to move on because I stuck it out.
My biggest struggle still is to get a tight ponytail to stay in so the front doesn’t look so lumpy and like its falling out, I may have to find different hair elastics. This mannequin has super thick hair, which I wasn’t expecting, but it is also helpful as my daughter has thick, natural curly/wavy hair-so it is similar. Now I’m gearing up for the next step on this journey.
Hi Angela,
I think it’s so cool that you’re learning how to do different hairstyles. I was thinking of doing that for my learning project too! It’s tough to practice a skill differently than you normally do it, but I think the braid looks awesome! Practice makes perfect 🙂
Best wishes,
Amie
Hi Angela! Thanks for sharing your braiding journey! Try to make sure you have 3 paragraphs on all of your blog posts, but overall this is a good post.
Hi Angela! I love Dutch braids so much but have never been able to learn it myself. I completely agree with you that once you learn to braid a certain way, it is so hard to re-train your brain to do it backwards. Good luck in the rest of your journey!
Hi Angela. Great learning experience you are having here. You have an interesting link you are learning from. It actually takes patience as you have rightly admitted here to get better as you keep practicing and doing this braiding. Keep on !