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- Hey, everyone. Kayley here.
And today I'm showing you how to
do a fishtail braid.
I've got a couple different methods
to appeal to anyone and everyone,
whether you're great at braiding
or maybe not so great.
I got you covered.
This is part of my new braid encyclopedia series,
where I'm going to be doing
just basic braid how-tos
so that you could follow my videos.
Whatever the video is,
you will know how to do all the different braids
that I am showing you in the video.
We're starting off with this one.
Tell me which one you want to see next
in the comments below.
And that being said, I think it's time
to get to this tutorial.
So, let's get started.
I'm actually going to give you guys
three different explanations for the same braid
because all of our braids work differently.
The first one is basically big picture.
It's for those of you guys who need to
get it in your head and then
your fingers do the rest.
The other is literally the opposite.
I'm going to teach you exactly what to do
with your fingers while you head
just catches on to what's happening.
And then the final one,
I'm going to call "The Confidence-Builder."
You don't need to have really great like, finger dexterity.
You don't need to be great at braiding.
So, if you really get confused by the first two,
stick around.
I got you on that third one.
Alright, "Big Picture," peeps.
Here we go.
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We're going to start with two sections.
So, go ahead and get that ready to go.
Then, Step 1 is to pick up a small piece of hair
from one side.
It will look a little something like this.
Step 2 is to put it into the other section.
You repeat that on the other side.
Step 1 is to pick up a section of hair,
like so.
And Step 2 is to transfer it to the other side.
Once again, Step 1: Pick up a section.
Step 2: Transfer it to the other side.
Then, you switch sides.
Step 1: Pick up a section.
Step 2: Transfer it to the other side.
I kind of think of this as like,
throwing a ball.
Like, you throw the ball to the other side and then,
that side throws the ball back.
And then, you throw the ball again and
it's just like a game of catch
all the way down your hair.
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And there is your fishtail braid.
Now, let's move on to how to
actually move your fingers while you're doing this braid.
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This entire braid works off of two sections.
And you want to hold your sections
like you're holding a pole or a flag.
So, you want to wrap your entire hand around it
and then you want your hand up as close as possible
to the top of the braid as you can get.
So, step 1 is to pierce and
by doing that, we're going to create
the small section that transfer over later.
You can either piece with you index or with your thumb.
You're going to do that on the outside of your section.
The outside is these sides,
furthest away from the center of the braid.
So, as though it was like a target,
the center would be right here
and then, like, the outer rings,
where you barely get any points for being out here,
that's where you want to pierce.
If you use your index finger,
you're going to go in from the front, like so.
If you use your thumb,
you're going to come through the back, like so.
Whichever one works for you.
I like using my index finger.
So, index finger through and that
separates a little tiny section
from the side you're working on.
So, you've now successfully made
a little tiny section that is ready to go off
and live on its new home on the other side.
So, step 2 is to grab,
so that it can live in its little house over here.
And grab with this hand
because your little section is now going over
into the other section.
Step 2: Grab.
Step 3, you got to cut the umbilical cord
with the mother section.
So, you're going to slide your left hand down
because we're working on the left side right now.
Slide your left hand down.
Cut that umbilical cord.
Step 4: Reset back where you were at the beginning
with your two flag poles that are touching
the base of your braid.
Alright, so now we're going to transition to the other side.
So, you're going to pierce, again,
on the outside of your sections,
out there where there's like, no points are on the target.
Pierce.
You've got your little baby section.
It's all grown up.
It's ready to go off to its new home over here.
You're going to grab
and then you're going to cut that umbilical cord
by sliding your right hand down
because that way,
it gets all these hairs that are
kind of tangled up down here at the bottom to let go.
So, slide to cut that umbilical cord.
And step 4: Reset.
Grab both sections like flag poles
and hold it really tight at the base of the braid.
And now you have successfully done two sections.
You just have to do like, 20 more.
You got this.
Now, without my weird analogy,
you're just pierce,
grab,
slide,
reset.
Pierce.
Grab.
Slide.
Reset.
Another thing that I noticed that I do is after I pierce,
I kind of like use my thumb and twist my wrist
so that I can grab it more easily.
And then I slide.
So, once you kind of get the hang of it,
you could try that.
You pierce and then, you know
like, an extra step in there,
twist, grab, slide.
Pierce.
Twist.
Grab.
Slide.
It'll just make you faster.
If you're still working on the basics,
don't worry about that.
You just pierce,
twist,
grab,
slide.
Pierce.
Twist.
Grab.
Slide.
And there you go.
Fishtail braid.
And, as promised, I have a confidence-builder
for those of you guys who might still feel
a tiny bit lost.
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OK, so, you still have to start with two sections.
That's part of the rules.
But here's what you get to do for the confidence-builder.
You get to drop one.
So, you only have to hold one section at a time.
Step 1, you're going to pick up a little piece of hair.
Step 2, you're going to put it in the hand
that's holding your section.
Bam.
And then, Step 3: Switch hands.
So, pick up the section that's chilling out.
Drop the other section.
And then you start over again.
Step 1: Pick up a section of hair.
Step 2: Put it in the hand that's holding on to the section.
Step 3: Switch hands.
And again, that just means that you pick up
the section that's just hanging down
and you drop the one that you're holding.
Step 1: Pick up a little bit of hair.
Step 2: Put it in your other hand.
Switch hands.
And one more time.
Step 1: Pick up a little bit of hair.
Step 2: Put it in the other hand.
Step 3: Switch sides.
So, the key to keeping this from falling apart
and like, destroying your confidence,
is to keep your hand that's holding your section
up as close to the base of the braid
as you possibly can.
You need to feel that braid on your index finger
because if you start dropping it,
you're going to end up with a mess very quickly.
I don't think this is really faster
than the method that I just showed you guys.
But it is so much easier,
just as far as what like, your fingers have to do
because if you just had like, pinchers,
you could do this.
A crab can do this. That's it.
It's so easy a crab could do it.
Pinchers.
(imitates a crab)
It's a little harder down here.
Crabs would have a little bit of harder time down here.
It's a little bit less perfect and
a little looser than the last methods that I showed you.
But it is a lot easier in the sense that
you don't have to be able to articulate your fingers a lot.
You could have like, lobster pinchers
and it would still work.
So, if you're not that great at braiding,
this braid could be your lobster.
Hashtag: "Friends" reference.
And that is how to do a fishtail braid.
I hope you enjoy having your new braiding skills.
If you want to try out
some more fishtail braided hairstyles,
I'm going to link a playlist somewhere around here
and in the description box,
where you can see all my different tutorials
that have fishtail braids.
So that now you can just be a
fishtail aficiando.
I hope that you enjoyed this video.
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and I'll see you in my next video.
(blows a kiss)
Bye!
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