Braided Hair: Instructions For 3 Easy Braided Hairstyles

Whether as an elegant look on the holidays, for a wedding, or as a rescue on bad hair days: braided hair is just always possible. We'll show you three simple looks for re-styling and reveal the best tricks for braiding your hair.

Braided hair: 3 simple instructions for trendy braided hairstyles

We love braided hairstyles! Twisted and braided hair is not only real eye-catchers, they are also styled a lot faster than most people think. We'll tell you professional tricks on the subject of braided hair and show you step-by-step instructions with which you can transform your mane into trendy braided hairstyles.

Braided hair: With these tips, you will become a braided queen!

1. Practice, practice, practice!

Even if you initially feel like you have two left hands, you shouldn't give up right away. Braiding hair is purely a matter of practice. Are you still an absolute beginner in braiding? Then start with a light hairstyle and only gradually increase the level of difficulty. No master has just fallen from the sky!

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2. Use styling products!

Even if you mostly do without hairspray, hair mousse, etc. in everyday life, styling products can be real beauty savers for braided hairstyles. Mousse or salt spray makes thin, flattened hair more grippy before braiding, for example, while spray or varnish ensures that your finished styling lasts as long as possible.

3. Get matching elastic bands!

Are you wondering why your finished braided hairstyle doesn't look like it does with the stars and beauty bloggers? This could be due to the wrong accessories. Natural looks, for example with wreaths of flowers, work best with transparent, thin elastic bands that attract as little attention as possible. On the other hand, it becomes elegant with beautiful hair ornaments and accessories such as simple hairbands or clips.

Easy braided hairstyle: fast cord braid

Expenditure: approx. 5 minutes
You will need: hairspray and a thin hair tie

Do you prefer to have your hair tied up in a braid? Then replace your normal ponytail with a trendy cord braid. So you don't have any annoying hair hanging on your face and still have a real eye-catcher hairstyle. Another plus point: the cord braid can be styled in just five minutes.

Step-by-step: This is how you style the slim cord braid

Tie your hair in a ponytail - you decide whether you want to top or lower your neck.
Divide your braid in two and spray them with some hairspray.
Twist the two sections of hair around their own axis until they become two tight cords.
Finally, interweave the two cords and fix them at the bottom with the elastic band.

Romantic and elegant: braided hair crown

Effort: 5 minutes
You will need: hairspray and bobby pins (hairpins)

Are you invited to a wedding as a guest or the next company party is just around the corner? Perfect, with the braided hair crown you can give your look the finishing touch. And don't panic, this look is definitely one of those braided hairstyles that look more complicated than they are.

Step-by-step: This is how you style the braided hair crown

Part your hair in half, then part it in half.
Start with the left half and braid the hair in the usual 3-strand principle.
Put the finished braid like a headband over your head from left to right. Secure the end of the braid with bobby pins.
Repeat with the section of hair on the right side and place the braid over the first. This creates a thick, braided wreath on the head.
Here, too, you fix the end with bobby pins.
Finally, put some hairspray on the braided hair crown.

Excitingly braided hair: the surprise braid

Effort: 10 minutes
You need: volume spray, hairspray, a thin elastic band, and bobby pins

Even an ordinary ponytail can be turned into a stylish hairstyle with a few braiding tricks. You don't have to be a braiding professional for this look - all you have to master is the normal 3-strand braiding principle.

Step-by-step: this is how you style the surprise braid

This look needs volume. So put some volumizing spray into your hair after washing and blow-dry it upside down.
Then tie your hair in a high ponytail and secure it with a thin elastic band.
Braid a strand of hair from the braid and then tie it around the elastic.
Finally, fix the strand with bobby pins and some hairspray.