How much do you know about how to make sewn braids? Having the perfect hair is something that all women would like, but it is not always possible because our hair is rebellious or because we do not respect its own nature.
For example, when our hair is curly and we straighten it, or when it is straight and we curl it, many times in these cases we end up ruining our hair. That is why sometimes opting for hairstyles that do not require heat or harmful products, is a good way to have our hair careful. Sewn braids are an excellent way to take care of our hair.
For our luck, it is not necessary to subject our hair to chemicals and intense heat to have it cute, since these methods to stylize the hair in the end end up affecting it and making that beauty last little and get worse over time. To tell the truth, in fact, it was common for our grandmothers to advise that if we wanted to take care of our hair we would make braids.
For those kinds of reasons is that today I want to teach you how to make some hairstyles that will surely not only protect your hair from the damage it would be subjected to if you used heat or chemicals, but it will also look spectacular and very cute.
The nice thing about braids is that no matter what era we are in, they are always eye-catching. In fact, recently they have become very fashionable. This is something that we can check if we enter Instagram, Pinterest or Tumblr, where many women post images of their hair combed with beautiful braids. Also, one of the things I really like about braids is that they are very dynamic. That is, we can make casual hairstyles or elegant hairstyles depending on our tastes or desires.
It is a myth to say that people with medium or short hair cannot make sewn braids, in fact, for the simple fact that they are braids stuck to the scalp, even when it is short hair it is possible to make the braids, so do not be discouraged if you want to make these braids, since they are suitable for almost all types of woman or man.
But unfortunately not all women know how to make them, that’s why here I will be telling you in detail how to make cooked braids so that you can make the hairstyles you want at home, without chemicals, without spending money and without damaging your hair. Since a beautiful hair, it is not a damaged hair.
What do you need to make sewn braids?
- Hair brush
- Comb
- Moisturizer or styling oils
- Elastic hair garters
Instructions for making sewn braids
- When we see the braids sewn, we possibly think that it is something difficult to do or that we do not all have left, but this is a mistake. Actually, we all have the braids sewn, even no matter how curly or straight your hair is, if you know how to make them they will look great. The first thing we must take into account are two aspects, one is the type of hairstyle we want to perform and the number of braids we are going to do, so we will know the amount of hair we have available for each braid. On the other hand, it is important to have the hair perfectly detangled and prepared to make the braids.
- To make your hair easier to handle you can always choose to use styling cream, oils or mix in a spray with water a little cream to comb, so you can keep your hair hydrated and manageable throughout the process. Remember also that hydrated hair is not the same as wet hair. Combing your hair with damp hair can be really harmful to your hair, as it can break, especially if you’re doing braids. That is why we will try to prepare our hair well. You can also practice with someone or with a doll so that you get practice and by doing it in yourself, it looks better. Knowing all this, we can already make the braids, since the method to make sewn braids is practically the same on each occasion.
- We will take a part of hair, the size we want, it can be more quantity if you want a larger braid or less if you want it smaller. Keep in mind that when we talk about a three-part sewn braid, it can be seen in two ways; one is inward and the other is outward. The appearance of the braid will change a lot depending on whether you do it inward or outward, but the technique is the same, you just have to reverse the order.
- This strand will be divided into 3 parts, each part will be called A, B and C, to be able to distinguish them. We will put strand A on strand B and strand C on strand A. When it comes to getting to mecho B, instead of putting it on A, which would be the common way to make a simple braid, we are going to take a little more hair from one side and join it to strand B, after this we can cross this strand on strand A. So we will do with all the strands, so that every time we are about to cross them, we join them a little more hair. In this way we will achieve that the braid is stuck to the head and, therefore, is a sewn braid.
- With the above method, the braid will look inside, but if you want the braid to be seen on the outside, then you just have to reverse the order in which you make the braid. So instead of joining the parts with the strands of hair that you are collecting in the braid, you just have to make sure that the strands are from the inside out and not from the outside in as in the previous method.
- When we talk about hairstyles in which we want the braids to be made with a certain amount of hair or that they are symmetrical, it is recommended that we previously divide the hair into the amount or quantities that we are going to use and have them separated so that it is not complicated to perform the hairstyle, since it happens frequently that the braids sewn, when the hair is not well controlled or we grab an inadequate amount, the hairstyle can look bad, tangle the hair or get rid of it. Using small tweezers and garters to push your hair away will make it easier.
- In people with very long or rough hair, the ideal is to comb or brush the strands as we are combing the hair, so we prevent it from tangling while we make the braid sewn, since when we are braiding the hair, without realizing the bottom can become tangled, so it is necessary to be careful in how the hair behaves while we handle it.
- Now you know how to make sewn braids and you can make the hairstyle you want most and whenever you want.
Tips for making sewn braids
- As you may have seen, making sewn braids is really easy. There are other variants of these braids, but the “French” or basic sewn braid, is as easy as we have mentioned here. So I hope you really enjoyed seeing these instructions. We hope you manage to make all the hairstyles you want.
- You can use elastic garters to keep your hair still while you start making the braid, so you will prevent the hair from moving and ruining the hairstyle.
- Although usually if the hair is healthy, having stitched braids does not represent any problem. However, if your hair is very thin, fragile or you make the braids very tight, you will most likely end up breaking your hair or shedding some follicles from your head which will be counterproductive for you, so that is why it is important that you avoid as much as possible to make the braids tight, because in addition to damaging your hair, they also detract from the volume of the hairstyle.
