Half braid hairstyle
1. Prep your hair
by applying either heat protecting spray or some anti-frizz serum to damp or
half dried hair. This will help give your hair that extra sleek look.
2. Straighten your hair out by
blow drying it using a flat brush. For a sleeker look, take a flat iron and
iron your hair straight in 1 inch sections.
3. Create
a side part. You can pick either side of your head, and this largely comes down
to how your hair sits and what suits you best. However, not that your half
braid / half plait will be created on the same side of the part.
4. Now it’s time to create the
braid / plait. The half braid hairstyle from Herve Leger’s show features a
cornrowed strand. You can create this or you can opt for the (the easier to
style) classic braid. The half braid starts from the ear and works towards the
rear of your head. On the same side of your hair that you created your side
part, start by taking a 1 inch section of hair from the back of your ear and
then braid or cornrow this strand backwards to create a long braid.
5. Secure your braid with a pin
to the opposite side of your nape – if you started the half braid from your
right ear, you should pin it to the left of your nape and vice versa. The trick
here is to pin the half braid / plait over the rear section of your
straightened hair and then under the hair of the
opposite side of the braid’s starting point. It can be pinned as far forwards
as your opposite ear. The picture below shows this with long hair.
6.Section the top half of your hair
opposite your side part. Twist the section to keep it held together, then pin
it backwards hiding it under your remaining half head of hair. It will be
pinned in a similar spot to your half braid.
7. Finish the half braid
hairstyle and hold it firmly in place by using hairspray or by selectively
combing gel into the straightened parts of your hairstyle.
