African braids (brady) - a very practical and comfortable hairstyle. It not only looks original, but also for a long time eliminates the daily styling and burdensome care.
Preliminary information
Removing braids. To begin with it is necessary to find out what to do with the brady after the expiration of the allotted period. How to untwist African braids at home:
- Cut off the braid with scissors at the level of the tips of the native hair;
- gently untwine the pigtail with a thin needle;
- near the roots of hair smoothly pull the pigtail so that it slides easily from the hair;
- untwist the knuckle with your fingers;
- wash hair with a nutritious shampoo after weaving all braids, apply a vitamin mask.
For the process to proceed quickly and qualitatively, you can take advantage of outside help or resort to the services of a specialist.
Monotony. You should also prepare for the fact that for about three months you will look the same, and this can quickly get bored. To avoid monotony, you can make hair from African braids:
- braid one or more large braids out of them;
- collect pigtails in a pony tail;
- lay brady in a shell or a bun;
- tint pigtails;
- wear african pigtails with bangs.
In fact, the options are not limited, the main thing is fantasy. Especially, hairdos from African braids do conveniently, they are flexible enough and well fixed.
Technique of weaving African plaits
What will be required. Brady at home is simple enough, it takes a lot of patience and a small set of tools:
- Comb with sparse denticles.
- Special threads.
- Small silicone rubber bands or device for braiding. Also suitable glue for Breud.
The braiding of African braids occurs with threads from a light synthetic material called kanekalon. It does not damage the hair and does not burden them, it exists in several versions for different types of hair.
Sequencing. How to make African pigtails:
- on the eve of weaving, do not wash your hair;
- carefully comb your hair and gently part it;
- near the parting in the nape of the neck to separate the rhomboid small segment and pull out the strand of the desired thickness;
- it is good to comb this strand and fix the kanekalon thread as close as possible to the roots in the form of a coil;
- divide the hair with a kanecon into 3 equal parts and braid a tight pigtail. It should be remembered that, adding the pigtail to the level of the tips of your own hair, you need to add a little kanekolonovoy thread. This will help to give the braid a uniform thickness along the entire length;
- the end of the pigtail can be designed in different ways. Most often it is sealed with a special device or glue. Also use silicone rubber bands, decorated with beads;
- braid the rest of the hair on the above instructions, moving from the back of the head to the temples;
- in the last turn the crown of the head is braided. Here the number of brades should be the maximum.
Know how the African plaits are weaving, not enough for a quality work. This process is simple enough, but time-consuming and lengthy, it takes about 7 hours. It is recommended that you practice your braiding in advance and train someone else to get help.
Types of African braids
There are several varieties of brades:
- Pigtails with an even tip.
- Ponytails ponytail - long wavy tip.
- Wavy afrokosichki.
- Senegalese ropes - are made by twisting two parts of hair.
- French patterned pigtails.
- Thai pigtails.
- Piglets with large curls.
- Pigtails zizi - interlacing of ready braids.
Proper care
Special care courts do not require brady, they are easy enough to keep clean. African braids - how to wash:
- the procedure should be maximum once a week;
- use a small amount of shampoo and apply it only to the scalp;
- Piglets themselves should be rinsed with warm water.
It is undesirable to apply balms and hair masks, because they are heavily removed from Breudov and make their subsequent weaving difficult.
disadvantages
Specialists-braders and masters in the elephants of beauty deny the harm of African braids. On the contrary, this procedure does not damage the hair and protects it from harmful external influences. The only reason for the deterioration of hair after removing braids is their improper weaving using poor-quality materials.