Half Up Braided Hairstyle
The plait is back with in 2010, so much so that if formed the basis for this year’s hairstyle: the side braid. Yet many celebrities are still fascinated with the braid and with the beauty its structure holds. So in summer 2011 and autumn / fall 2011′s fashions on the horizons we take the opportunity to look at the other plaited and braided hairstyles which are fresh, effortless, and simple to create.
Here’s one of those styles that comes straight from an autumn / winter 2011 / 2012 catwalk. One whose ‘how to’ guide you can experiment with and add to one of your 2011 hairstyles. Seen on the runway at Nanette Lepore’s showing, this half up style with two braids works for either long hair or a longish bob.
In order to do this style, you need to be able to do a regular or french braid. Otherwise, it is very simple and elegant for shoulder length and longer hair. Your sides do need to be long enough
Instuments you’ll need
To style the half up and braided hairstyle you’ll need to have on hand some styling product (preferably a mousse and a hairspray), a hair straightener or curling wand, a comb, and a handful of bobby pins.
How to style half up braided hair
1. Detangle hair. Part two sections on both sides of your hair to the back of your ears. Be somewhat picky about these two sections, since these will be your braids. Take the sectioned parts on both sides of your hair and temporarily clip to the side.
2. Pull the rest of your hair back and put in a low ponytail out of the way.
3. Take one of the clipped side sections out now and keep one out of the way
4. Take the section and start a basic braid or a French braid. I’ll have to write another article on how to do that.
5. Once you have braided about halfway down your head, put in a ponytail holder and let it go. Repeat step 4 on the other side.
6. Take both braids in your hands, take the ponytail holders out, and put a ponytail holder over the ending braid area. Adjust the placement on your head a bit by tightening or pulling the ponytail holder down. There you go. And enjoy-very pretty and elegant.
What to wear with the half up braided hair
You could wear this double braid hairstyle with a wide variety of clothing styles and looks ranging from the very classic (a la Lepore) to the very fashionable. It can lean to sporty, tomboy cool if worn with pared back makeup.But where the half up braided hairstyle really comes into its element is when you drape it in the gauzy layers of spring’s 70s flower-child chic fashions, and rock it with careless abandon.