Texture - Braidwaves

Today's post is a pic overload of heatless braidwaves, from 2011 to now. I generally get the most defined braidwaves when braiding my mostly-dry post-shower hair (with or without a paranda) and wearing the braid overnight. My hair, being so straight and stubborn about texture, usually doesn't keep them defined for long, but loose waves usually  stay for the day.  

These braidwaves were mostly achieved with a simple three-strand, but any kind of braid goes, from French/Dutch-braiding (with these you get more waves in the crown area), to rope-braiding, multi-braiding (I'll leave that for another post) or other kind of braids. 

Also, for a full wavy look, I'd recommend taking the tassel into account, which can be something easily forgotten - I'm often lazy and then end up with braidwaves in my length and pin-straight ends, and I personally don't like that look on me that much xD. One option is to braid all the way to the ends, leaving the shortest tassel possible; another  option is to use a paranda that's longer than your hair so that all the ends are braided in. Other kind of heatless curls can also be used on the ends: I usually use bendy rollers or rag curl my ends, keeping the rest of the hair in the braid. 

2015-2017

-Cosplay braidwaves. Braidwaves with bendy roller curls on the ends:

                          

Non-cosplay braidwaves with bendy roller curls on the ends:

-French braid braidwaves with pin-straight ends (xD):

 2011-4

-Tight braidwaves from multi-braided hairstyle (Celtic-inspired style with lots of small three-strand braids):

The central multibraid resulted in crimpled braidwaves:

-Very loose braidwaves:

-Once again, braidwaves with straight ends (out of the frame in the first pair of pics):

-Here I tried to leave the shortest tassel possible, so the ends also got some texture:

-Braidwaves with rag curl ends:

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Hairstyles - Multibraids

Pic overload today! Multibraided styles, featuring side braids (lace, French and three-strand) braided into a simple three-strand; and smaller three-strand braids braided into a bigger one:

• Lace side braids braided into a three-strand braid:

• French side braids braided into a three-strand braid:

• Three-strand side braids braided into another three-strand braid:

• 3+ three-strand braids braided into another three-strand braid:

-Three braids (one at the back of the head, one at each side) braided into another braid:

-Left: Two accent braids at each side forming one braid at the back of the head, plus four braids at nape-level (total of four accent braids and five braids), all braided together into one braid (might do a tutorial of this one in the future).

-Right: Three braids at nape-level braided into another braid.

• Two three-strand side braids looped around a fishtail braid (Elrond cosplay):

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Lighsaber hairsticks!

They're technically 'chopsticks', but all I could see was 'geeky lightsaber hairsticks' :D

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Casual updo with out-of-the-bun ends

Today's post is about a 'casual-messy' updo with loose heatless curls on the ends that I tried a few years ago, following the video tutorial below (it's in Spanish):

My (quick) take on this style:

• I used:

-A metal-free elastic for the initial ponytail

-Lots of open and closed bobby pins

-A couple of decorative hair clips

• Steps and variations:

I followed the tutorial for the most part, with a couple of variations (also, I wasn't looking at the video on the morning when I tried it, so I didn't really remember everything xD): I left my ears uncovered (I find hair over the ears uncomfortable), I hardly twisted the side sections, and I left the out-of-the-bun ends on the side instead of in the middle of the bun. I also ignored any heat styling or teasing. For this style I didn't use any hair fixator, and the style stayed for most of the day.

• Final thoughts (and pros and cons):

The result was messy, with lots of flyaways, but it suited the casual idea of the style, so I didn't mind that :). Styles such as these take longer than my usual updos, and can leave my hair more tangly at the end of the day, but I really like how they look, so they're absolutely in my list, if a more sporadical option :)

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Cosplay hair - Noldorin Elf cosplay: Beribboned half-up with braidwaves and heatless curls

Noldorin Elf OC cosplay from a professional photoshoot by Javier de Cos Lara from February 2015, featuring a half-up with two beribboned 3-strand side braids, braidwaves and heatless bendy roller curls ( More posts about my bendy rollers experiments here):

 

 

 

Also this cosplay, but from 2013:

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