![]() You will repeat this sequence all the way down the ponytail (make sure you’re using equal sections) and then add a hair elastic on the bottom.Then you’re going to repeat this on the right section, too.You’re going to take the right or left section and grab a small section of hair from the back and cross it over the front to the other side.It only involves 2 sections of hair and it’s easy to work down the sections as you get the hang of the braid.Ī post shared by Audrey McClelland For the Fishtail Braid Ponytail, start with a ponytail. To be honest with you, I feel like the fishtail braid is MUCH easier than a regular three-stand braid. I promise it will look adorable and cute wherever you place it! □ Step Guide for a Fishtail Braid PonytailĪs you will see, a fishtail braid is not like a regular braid. I prefer to do the high ponytail on the top of your head, but you could do this hairstyle on the right side or the left side of your head. The good thing is that its simple steps that are just repeated all the way down the ponytail. This braided hairstyle is a simple one to do if you follow along with the steps. There are just so many fun and cute ways to one, but doing a fishtail braid done on the back of a high ponytail is just a really pretty style. I’ve done fishtail braids on my hair when it’s styled off to the side. I’ve done a small fishtail as a half-up hairstyle to get the hair out of my face. You can do a fishtail braid on long hair or short hair, depending on how you’re styling it. I finally had a friend teach me in-person how to fishtail braid (thank goodness!) and now I could do it without looking! Everyone seemed to have different ways to teach it and I just couldn’t follow along. When I first started to learn how to braid, the fishtail braid was one I just couldn’t seem to figure out from watching hair tutorials online. I think it looks so pretty and so cute, and it’s easily one of my favorite hairstyles to do on her. When you move your head during your sleep to lay in another position, the hair robs onto the cotton pillowcase which causes friction and friction leads to hair breakage.I’m obsessed with a fishtail braid ponytail for my daughter. Another reason to use a satin hair tie/ bonnet/ pillowcase is to avoid friction while sleeping. If you don’t tie your hair at night when you go to sleep on a cotton pillowcase, all of the moisture you added to your hair absorbs into that cotton pillowcase. This depends of course if you use a satin bonnet, a satin hair tie, or a satin pillowcase when you go to sleep. The goal of using this method is to keep the moisture in the hair for a few days. This method is a way to moisturize the hair. The LOC-Method is a method used to layer products on your natural hair. First I start with a Leave-In, followed up by an Oil and the last layer is a Cream. ![]() I apply the products to my hair according to this method. This is called the LOC method and stands for Liquid or Leave-In, Oil, and Cream. The selected products are based on the method I use to moisturize my hair after a wash. These are the products that I’ve used to prep my natural hair to create this Jump ponytail braid hairstyle. Products used to prep my natural hair for the Jumbo Ponytail Braid That is why I create six braids and I leave my hair like this overnight to dry down and to stretch naturally. I have to use alternative ways to stretch my hair as much as possible. The second reason why I wash my hair the day before creating this hairstyle is that I don’t use any form of heat to dry and straighten my hair. I leave my hair to air dry and it dries better when I leave it overnight. I wash my hair the day before creating this hairstyle, mainly because I don’t use heat to blow dry or straighten my hair. If I don’t wash the flakes out they’ll come off while I style my hair and they will be visible as tiny clomps and flakes in the sleek back look (which is the base of this hairstyle) and it just looks nasty (to me at least). I have to wash these flakes out of my hair. Sometimes there are a lot of flakes, especially during the transition from one season to another. I had to wash my natural hair because I’m dealing with scalp issues (it’s still a medical mystery and I wrote about this already, you can read about it here).Įvery now and then my scalp flakes. The first thing I did was wash my natural hair. Step one: Prepping my natural hair for the Jumbo Ponytail Braid Creating this hairstyle will not give you any heat damage at all. No heat of any form was used to achieve this hairstyle. There are many ways to create this hairstyle, but I’ll share step by step, two methods that worked for me below. Today’s blog post is aboout how to create a jumbo ponytail braid on my natural hair.
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