Overhand vs. Underhand Knotless Box Braids | There Is A Difference In Techniques 

I’ve always braided over hand and I notice most people braid under hand. I tried under hand and almost got carpal tunnel 😩

My brain only allows overhand

Thank you so much. I, too, was taught how to braid overhead not underhand but most videos are underhand. Thank you for teaching both methods!

Thank you for showing us that it's possible to do box braids for an overhand braider like myself 🥰🥰🥰

I naturally braid overhanded and it’s hard to find someone who shows this way thank you!

Thank you sooooo very much for this! I’m a single mom with a 16 year old and can’t afford to pay the money to get her hair braided so I normally do pretty good with keeping her hair up and watching RU-vid videos for the latest styles. I’m an underhand braided and I’ve succeeded in butterfly locs, faux locs and even knotted box braids. I just could not get the knotless braids or feed in together since I braid underhanded. I was in the middle of trying out the knotless braids but all the RU-vid tutorials only showed me over hand and I just couldn’t get it and the braids looked horrible. After telling my baby, I’m sorry I just can’t get it, she started taking the braids down. As she was taking them down I kept looking for underhand videos and came across yours. Long story short I was able to keep going and the braids looked great! Your video was sooo helpful! I did take down the ones I initially did wrong and fixed them but needless to say my daughter is very pleased and looks beautiful and feel very confident. In fact many of her friends ask her who fixed her hair and is now requesting me to braid theirs

The under hand method roots look better than the over hand, but the over hands actual braid looks better 😩 I’m so torn. This would be my first time braiding someone else’s hair and I wanna do my friend justice 🥰

THIS WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL Tutorial I ever seen , the camera positioned, and all Like I been watching Knotless plaits box braids videos but this is far by the best! Truly thank you so much wow.

omg thank you been braiding underhanded for 26 years...I needed this video bc I took a hiatus and came back to everyone wanting these feed in individuals when all I've done was damn near micros. gotta learn get back the game and learn something new, I can see why I was having trouble now thank you

I naturally braid underhanded, lol

I have watched alot Of overhand & underhand videos & I never seen anyone braid overhand like that.. I braid overhand & my braids look like your underhand braids & they come out neat..

This was really helpful. I know how to braid but I learned from this two things: one I naturally braid overhand two I appreciated the explanation of how to braid the hair in. I am not good with adding braiding hair to my own hair. I am going to practice now that I understand how I naturally braid. Thanks!

Your video helped me understand what I’ve been doing wrong all my life of knowing how to braid. I’ve been starting my braid out “underhanded” and then gradually without knowing, I’ve been finishing the braid over handed. Now I know how to be consistent with doing one or the other. OMG !

Yessssss!! The best video and description of each handed technique. I think you may be the only one to get the difference correct. I’ve watched several videos and the person is doing underhanded for both.

I have been watching tutorials on how to do knotless braids for months and none of them have ever made any sense to me. This is the only one out of 30+ videos that have helped me even the slightest. Thank you sooooooooo much.

You did the braids so well & I don't see any difference in them. Thanks for the tutorial.

Girl you are EVERYTHING!! You hear me lol...I braid underhanded and have been trying to learn the 'Knotless Technique' for I can't tell you for how long. Thank You for this video!!! You just don't know, I can finally do my daughter's hair now :-)

Thank you. I've been braiding since I was five but doesn't mean I can't learn to perfect my craft. Thank you so much for the time you took out to demonstrate. Each one teach one. ❤️

THANK YOU SO MUCH IM LEARNING HOW TO DO MY OWN HAIR AND I TAUGHT MYSELF HOW TO BRAID BY WATCHING MY OLDER SISTER AND SHE DID OVERHAND SO I NATRUALLY DO OVERHAND AND EVERY VIDEO SHOWS UNDERHAND YOU ARE A LIFESAVER

Thank you for this video. Never realized the difference, it explains why my braids were all over the place. One was up the other down and all mixed up. You are greatly appreciated. 🤗

you just saved my family thousands. Thank you for this - my baby girl will finally get what she wants!

The underhand method is so hard to me, I braid overhand where my braids are so perfect & neat. My mom try sitting me down to teach how to braid underhand it’s just get harder & hard. 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

I naturally plait underhand and every other tutorial on how to do knotless braids that I've come across was the overhand method....thank you so much for this video😍😍😍❤

Underhand is SO difficult for me! Raised with the overhand way, but I see the difference and been wanting to learn underhand ever since! I think it's prettier... Neater looking. Anyway, I'll keep trying!❤ Thank you for sharing this

I’ve watched tons of knotless braids tutorials. This is def the best one I’ve seen, thank you!

Girl! THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH!!! I’m left handed and i have been trying to figure out a way! I’m a overhand braider! This has helped me so much!

I am a underhanded braider and i love this method. Thank you!!

You really help me like out of ALLLLLL THE VIDEO'S!!!! I thought I was slow at first 😭 but I gave it another try the next day and now I got a whole head on knotlwss braids and it was my first time doing braids on myself I was SHOOK but thank you so much for this video it was honestly a life saver!!! 💖

Omg! This was soooo helpful. I absolutely did not understand what was meant by overhand and underhand in braiding. I braid underhand but when watching other videos the hand movement looked the same, but with this video I see the hand movement is different. With this video not only do I get it I am now able to do both and grip the roots tightly. This is the first video I can actually see what you are doing and believe me I have watched tons. Great video! Thank you so much!

I braid over hand can you please do a tutorial on how to tuck hair if your are a over hand braider

Omg thank you ! When I was little I would go get my hair braided all the time . sometimes when they would braid my hair I would wonder why it seemed like one was going on one direction and the other was going into the other direction

I'm an overhand braider and overhand plater with natural hair but I struggle a lot with doing upstyle and conrows as an overhander.. plz show me tutorial for overhand cornrows and upstyle👏

When I first started out I only knew how to overhand then I learned how to underhand and felt it was neater but I kind of wanna return back to overhand braiding to see what’s making my quality of work go down

Thos video was very useful. I was having such a hard time understanding how to do this because the videos i watched were braiding under hand when i braid over hand. Thank you for making this.

Thank you for clarifying this I was struggling to understand the concept for a while your video helped me so much i naturally braid underhanded but I’m going to start overhanding it looks crisper and tighter but for flowing looks I would use the underhanded method as it’s more softer look and easy flow vibes😊💯❤️✨

Thank you so much for this tutorial. Ive always plaited overhand and this is the first clear video ive seen of how to box braid overhand😊❤

I love this video because it exposed to me that I start the video under handed and then finish the braid over handed and that’s why I have to flip it over to go fast smh. And it can look twisted and less neat because of that.

This is amazing . I’m naturally over handed so the underhand videos never clicked it to me! I’m going to try today to braid my hair

I was taught overhanded braiding so thank you!!

Omg I’m a overhanded braided and I was watching different videos and was like I got it until I actually tried to do it and couldn’t. I noticed my hands weren’t positioned like the others. I came across your video and was like omg and I’m overhanded braider . Thank you

ahhh I was looking for a video like this but didn’t know how to word it! I’m naturally overhand but was looking for the underhand look I just didn’t know how to word it I didn’t even know these terms existed LMAO 😭😭thank you ma’am you’re a lifesaver❤️

Thank you soo much for this video. The angle of the video is perfect and shows me as a under handed braider exactly how to do knotless. Thanks sis ❤

Thank you soooo much for this video. I naturally braid underhand and struggled with how to add hair. I will definitely be practicing tomorrow. ❤

I’m naturally an overhand braider but I’m gonna try my best to learn underhand

Overhand is how I learned to braid. I have tried the underhand method, and my braids are always too loose. Thank you for sharing this well explained and easy to follow video. ❤

wow this is the best tutorial i've seen on knotless braids!! thank you so much!

I braid my own hair underhanded. I recently braided someone else and my brain was like overhand and i was like really struggling feeding in lol it felt sooooo oddd to feed in in the middle 😂😂 thanks for telling me im not crazy

Thank u so much i learned to braid on my own and i taught myself over hand so its been difficult learning how to braid when all the tutorials are underhand

You explained and showed it perfectly. Thanq 👑

Omg finally someone that actually shows the overhanded method. Everybody claims to show both methods but just show the same braid method twice.

I just started braiding my own hair and I use the underhand method this was really helpful thank u

I braid underhand that's the easiest way for me thank you

I braid overhand thank you! I never see overhead tutorials!

Hey! I just started hair school 3 days ago and I’m struggling with doing both of these i seem to be doing an odd version of the two. Anyway, I just wanted you to know I found your video both helpful and easy to follow along with. Xo

Not confused. The explanation is clear. Thank you.

I remembered my other comment on your other video and then I saw this one with the overhand method. Nice to see another yt’er doing it again. It’s still so rare.

God bless you for this. I braid underhanded and my feed-ins felt like I just grew my hands 😭

I'm a over hand braided I find ot hard to understand braid unless I'm pretending to start a conrow. I found this trying to find the best way to braid a knotless. I want to learn so I can do my daughter hair myself after ever 2 months. Me I will go get it done. Saves me cash for her hair and I can do my hair comfortably and I can design her hair as I want length wise and do whatever decoration I want with the extra cost which I do t mind but I want ro be creative

I braid my own hair underhand but if I braid another's hair I do it overhand

This the best tutorial I seen so far! I feel confident to start my business😍

Omg this just saved me so much error I was placing the extensions part wrong omg this brought so much clarity new sun here ❤

I’m a beginner beginner 😂on the knotless braids and underhanded I’m struggling like a MFKA but imma get it I’m determined to🙌🏾

This was a beautiful job. I braid under buy really want to perfect that over! Thanks for this !

I naturally braid underhand and I can’t help but start from the right because I’m right handed and it always makes me feel like I’m doing it wrong

Can you please do a tutorial on how to do the regular box braids over handed?

Thank you so much. I appreciate that. I normally braid the underhand.

I braid underhanded thanks for sharing. I'm still confused about where actually to put the strands but I'll figure it out lol

I'm overhanded the underhand look so hard I get a headache just looking at it

thanks so much every video was underhand but I'm learning better over hand ❤

Out here doing God's work. Thank you so much!!!

I do both

Thanks for the video love how YU explained the different ways

I naturally braid overhand. I literally taught myself how to do a knotless braids on my own because I couldn’t find a video similar to this. The first braid is the way I braid but I feed in the hair from the bottom of the braid and not the top. It works for me but I’m wondering is it something wrong with this way since I can’t find a video on it.

I start overhand and when I add the hair I add it underneath lol it’s weird but I’m gonna try these techniques thanks

Thank you soooo much although i do you have one question which one do you think looks better for knotless braids?

Thank you, this video is so clear!

I braid overhand and have been trying to do underhand and for some reason I can’t seem to add in hair correctly any tips ?

Thank you so much I love and can do the underhand. The overhand is very difficult for me

The best tutorial for me. Thank you ☺️

When I get underhanded Knottless, they rise as my hair grows, while underhanded lay flatter for longer as my hair grows.

Lolol I hadn't noticed but on myself it's overhand but if I'm braiding someone else I do underhand but hadn't noticed that my perspective changed how I braid because on myself I'm looking at tge braid from underneath but on someone else I'm looking at the top... so I suppose natural my brain does underhanded but because on myself I'm looking at it differently it's the opposite. My auntie told me I braid underhanded but I never knew what she meant I just thought because sometimes I do things left handed that she meant I braided backwards or something lololol

This helped me so muchhhhh I’m gonna try Sunday on my daughter

I convert to underhanded method after I do the cornbraid method 😀

Which method u prefer cause under hand is faster

I just did my daughter's hair in knotless braids & totally did the feed ins wrong; but it worked

I was today years old when I learned that I braid overhand ☠️💀😂🤣. Dope video

Girl you just taught me something thank you soooo much!!!!

Does it have a right or wrong ??? Under or over which is right ?

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO💛

I braid overhand it's faster for me but I've seen nothing but underhand methods and I just feel it would take me longer underhanded. My friend was confused why I was braiding overhand I had to explain there is no wrong way it's just what I'm use to

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Thank you

Can you show a full head of Over hand please

Thank you for making this video I had been braiding my own hair for a while however making it hard for myself by raping the hair around my hair to hold it when I watched your video you braid your own hair then add hair in with no struggle awesome thank you thank you so much for showing me this method you literally just saved me a whole 4 to 5 extra hours. It usually would take me a day if I'm not stopping or I would braid most of it an then wake up an finish but that's because I would struggle trying to rap around my hair an the box braid hair to get it to lock but adding it in after braiding my hair genius I love. I don't know how long I've been a stranger to this method but no more struggle for me thanks to you. My sister does hair an never showed me this method SMH. Anyway thank you again an there is a difference I'm overhand braider

Can you show us how you tuck hair with the over handed method?

I don’t braid either way.. I’m confused as to what my style would be called lol

This version is much easier overhand underhand I feel like it’s easy to not get a tight braid

Thank You cuz I braid comfortably over handed but I can do under as well

I prefer overhand anytime

I was taught overhand and it’s the only method I know. Under hand look like it hurt 😂