Hair How-To: Rope Braids

Monday, November 5, 2012

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1) Brush Hair to Side

Step one is pretty simple- brush your hair to the side (or to wherever you want your braid to be. It can totally be at the back of your head; no judgements!)

2) Divide hair into two parts

Divide your hair into two equal parts.

3) Twist the separate sections of hair

Take one of your two sections of hair and twirl it around your finger. It will twist together, rope-like. Then take the other section of hair and twirl it around your finger. You can twirl the hair in a clockwise or counter-clockwise manner, just make sure you twirl both sections in the same direction! You will have two separate twisted sections of hair.

4) Twist hair sections around each other

You will twist the two section around each in the OPPOSITE direction that you twisted the invidual sections of hair in. That is, if, in step three, you twirl hair around your finger in a clockwise manner, wrap the two strands together in a counter-clockwise manner, and vice-versa. This will keep things from untwisting.

5) Tie end

Tie the end of the braid off and you're done! Enjoy you're super-easy rope-braid.


P.S. Here's Rope Braids pinned up on my head in "Milkmaid Braid" style, or try some of Other Hair Tutorials.

17 comments

  1. pretty and creative like always Kristian!

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  2. I love this do! Too bad it always seems like my hair isn't long enough for things like this :( x

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    1. Thanks!
      And, actually, judging by your last outfit shoot, you're hair is the about the same length as mine, and definitely long enough to try it, if you like it! And, so long as your hair is shoulder length you should be able to do any of my tutorials- the braid just might need to be at the back of your head instead of to the side....

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  3. ugh! i want long hair again wwhen i see stuff like this. have you ever done dutch braids? i love them

    <3 katherine
    of corgis and cocktails

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    1. I'd never heard of dutch braids before so went to look it up just now- might be a really fun one to learn!Thanks

      PS I love your cute short hair, but now am super curious what you looked like with longer hair...

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  4. That's cool!!!! Looks so good on you!

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  5. awesome tutorial! ill have to try that!
    love your blog!
    following you now & would love if you checked mine out and followed if you liked!
    <3
    nailvarnishvixen.blogspot.com

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  6. I used to do that too :)

    xo Jennifer

    http://seekingstyleblog.wordpress.com

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  7. Will have to try this next. Although I suspect that because I have lots of layers it won't work too well.

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  8. I wish my hair turned out as cute as yours always does... Adorable as always!

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  9. I love rope braids!! they're so simple and cute :)

    xx
    smudged-fingerprints.blogspot.com

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  10. They look so cool! Making me miss my long hair..

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  11. who crazy... your blog pages just went back & forth from here to diff posts w/out me touching anything, hope i dont have a virus!! so it think that last comment is gone but what I said was I love your pictures of all the steps so I can actually follow it, usually i'm just like that looks awesome but how the heck did that happen on most blogs haha.
    http://dusanabotswana.com

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  12. this is motivating to grow my hair out. I love all your fun ideas!

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  13. It really looks beautiful n my hair! thanks :)

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    1. I'd love to see your hair with this. Feel free to email or tweet me a pic! (Twitter handle is @withoutastyle)

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  14. Superb! I really look cute with this! :)

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