I have low density hair and love mini braids, but struggle with feeling confident with the 'scalpy' look. Thanks for doing this. Definitely a confidence boost.
Yes ma’am like she said you better rock those braids! Rock that healthy beautiful crown! I mean imagine having her length and people “side eying” her beautiful long healthy mane… just because it’s naturally low density ugh people need to stop hating fr it’s madness 🤪
I feel the same way when I do mini-twists on my thin natural hair. I’m self-conscious about the crown of my hair being so sparse, and patches of exposed scalp. 😳
I have low la-low low low density 4b-ish kkkk what I do is my regular twists (not too big to look nasty on the sencond day already, but not to smal so that I lose my patience taking it down because I'm lazy) and I wear it with clip buns and ponytails. It looks nice too ☺☺
I wear this hairstyle or twist under my hijab. It definitely has helped with length retention. I moisturize, deep condition, and trim my hair while they in braids. I take them down maybe after 2 months
Curious question: if you almost never show off your hair, why not just save money on beauty products and keep your hair very short? Is there a religious reason?
I tried mini braids for the first time because of you. I haven’t had the courage to wear them outside without a hat 🙈 I’m really working on being more confident in my natural hair and seeing you do it just makes me feel so inspired. Thank you ❤️❤️
I feel the same way but everyone has something they are not confidant in. And remember no one is staring at you. You make think so but they have other things going on as well. ❤️ Rock that hair.
And this how I do my hair for the winter in Canada. This style grew my hair back long and healthy after it was badly damaged, and now I do it every year.
Love doing this and let me also say.. Washing while the hair is in mini braids is a BREEZE! Definitely a nice break from the chao of detangling especially if you have fine, low porosity hair! Iykyk!
Beautiful style but this would def just become locs for me tbh at that size and if I kept them longer than two weeks haha. This is actually one of the ways people used to start them back in the days in the Caribbean.
Yes mine trys to start locking when I do them like this after the two week mark. So then we dealing with more hair loss because sis when it gets to that point I'm not as nice to my hair because I'm over the detangling process by then. Lol 😆 So it's a no for me. 😊
It's definitely important to switch up the parts. I just did my retie with a center part, to give my preferred side part a break. I don't particularly like middle parts, but it is necessary..
i install like.....i dunno 250-350 of these in my hair and wear for 2-4 weeks (braid the root and then twist)...game changer and its soooo pretty! i mist with water at the end then blow dry so my ends curl and they plump up a tad. you can really see how your hair has grown and become thicker over the years.
Pretty much wore mini braids for all of 2021 and my hair grew so much. I’d redo them every 4-6 weeks, no blowout. I wish I heard “just leave it alone”, about my hair, sooner! So much length retention. I also use a leave in cream and spray then lock it in with bees wax, love my Murray’s 🤌🏾
You're hair is sooo beautiful and loveee that you do not care how your hair looks in comparison to someone with high density head of hair. That is your hair!! And I just love it! I need to do a set of mini braids/twists soon!
Yes yes yes... I did the same thing around two months ago talk about comfortable style 🥰🥰. My hair has been twisted for almost two months. Going to take them down condition my hair and retwist for another two months 🥴🥴. If you live in FL you get it.
My hairdresser dries my hair on low heat and I like that. We aim to dry and stretch out a little but not straighten the hair too much. This protects the hair more and reduces likelihood of heat damage. I am glad you mentioned that edges styling because a lot of people don't realize they damage edges doing that. I never touch mine because my edges are from a different planet and never cooperate.
I love mini twists and have them in right now and someone did mine and it took about 2.5 hours. It’s so freeing and beautiful…..I can style them how I want to…….definitely one of my top five style to wear.
love it 💕 i have tha same hair type...almost exactly. same length & erthang. I did mini braids like a week ago. 1st week they was lookin a lil thin & scalpy lol but they thickening up now and I love em! this my go-to cuz I aint tryna fool wit my hair at all this summer!
Why the hell would I ditch that revlon paddle brush ? It’s very easy to use, it doesn’t pull the hair? It’s just perfect???! Dear utubers stop making us feel like we need a shiny new tools every now and then this makes people feel natural hair upkeep is expensive!! I know people who have had their hair tools for 5 years plus
In the Caribbean and the Carribean diaspora in the UK, this is what some women did to take care if their hair, either single plaits or cane rows. It take patience and time though, and today I think women just want quick and relatively instantaneous and that is what wigs or weaves affords. However wigs can be worn with this style too, so as long as you look after your plaited hair and make sure it's not too tight at the edges or nape, who should be able to have healthy own hair, whilst wearing a wig.
Love this! ❤ just haven’t done it because of fear of tangles during take down but I’m highly considering this, it’s the next best thing to not locing my hair at this point..yours look great! 🙌🏽
My Favorite warm/hot weather style! Our hair is so amazing! My density is actually medium/high and my fine strands still compact like yours in braids. but that length! Enjoy the trip to see the family! Much ❤❤❤ and safe travels 🥰
O my Gosh, I love your channel! I can't stop binge watching your videos. I started my braidlocs journey because of your first mini braids video! I just left my mini braids in because I loved the way they looked and I was tired of relying on wigs and weaves. I wanted to grow my own hair with natural protective styles while still rocking wigs on special occasions!
Not me thinking this was going to be a regular mini braids tutorial smh I should have known you would be dropping gems! The tip about braiding the roots and mixing it up, I will definitely try that! I have waist length high density hair and literally anything to cut down the install time I’m here for it 😂👏🏾💐
I did the same thing, but I tried it again…..I LOVE IT! I saw another RU-vidr do MB, but she didn’t braid it all the way down. She wet it and put mousse on it. That method works well for me. Maybe you should try again using this method. I love it and take down is QUICK 🙏🏾🙌🏾👏🏾🫶🏾
Just did mine. I actually twist it half way down instead of braiding all the way down. My hair tangles so easily during take down so it's better this way and kinda cute lol
I went natural because I wanted a thick 4c fro. Yeah I played myself lol. I love my natural hair, but wish it was a lot denser. These are cute, sadly I have no patience. I'll stick to twists
I love it! I'm relaxed, but I love your videos and watch them all the time. Simple yet classy. Like you said, rock your hair. It's yours! Thanks for always showing us cute and easy protective styles I use them for my workouts.
😮😮😮 I ❤️ this!!!!! I have long hair and I’ve always tried to do braids like adding hair in and I never can but for some reason I can braid my own. But I never thought about doing this!! This is super cute !!
i just braided my whole head for the first time ever & no it was not as good profess & perfected as this! wow! u go girl! i was pretty amazed too, by ur length\shrinkage 💜💗
Your right sometimes with mini braids with our hair is not as full as we think it will be. It’s because usually it looks fuller due to added hair. Also Thank you for all the tips!
Some beads would’ve been fire 🔥 on these! Absolutely Gorgeous!! 🥰🥰🥰 I’m currently in the process of combing out my locs this will be my go to style soon as I’m done. 😊
I’ve been wanting to do this hairstyle for a whileeeee but didn’t think I would be confident in it or like wearing it without a hat so when ur video popped up on my feed I think that’s the universe sending me a sign to just say fuck it and do it! looks so good on u!
Because of your other videos like this I decided to wear my hair like this. My hair is fine and thin so my twists look stringy but you help me to love it!
I have 3C/4A hair and I’m petrified of doing these because my hair is thick and big in wash and goes and then super thin and stringy in twist and braids it’s so depressing. So hopefully one day I get over it and do this
I'm the complete opposite I have super thick and dense hair. If I do mini braids I'll end up with hundreds of them 😭 I'll still do them.. They just look shabby, the parts barely defined. I actually like the scalp look you got. Seems carefree but neat
I’m 1000% sure I’ll be keeping plaits and two strand twist in all summer. When I’m not rocking my own hair, it’ll be knotless braids and faux Locs. Great video!
Take down is a bit time consuming, but I break it up if i need to. I'll do half one night and finish the rest the next morning. Pop on a Netflix show and I'm good.
Funny because I was just saying to my sister I was going to do either braids or twist too. I just did a crochet style you did in the fall 2 weeks ago and now it's time to take them out. Safe travels friend.
Try taking them down with oil. You can saturate the end a good bit. I've been really loving hemp oil to detangle my fine 4b hair and my daughter's fine 4a high porosity hair, but pretty much any oil that your hair likes would be fine. Coconut, olive, grapeseed, hemp are at the top of my list for recommendations.
Also keep in mind that "mini" is relative so do what's manageable for you. You can treat it as what I call a progressive style. Week 1- make 4 quadrants and put 6 or 8 braids in each. 2 weeks later, split those braids in half and see if that's comfortable. Decide in 2 weeks or so if you want to go smaller. I hope that helps!
@@FineNaturalHairROCKS You're so welcome! Another tip to help loosen the braid/twist/tangle, you can use what I call a "catch and wiggle" method. You hold the section taught and wiggle it several times until you start to feel it loosen. Finger detangle then comb detangle. If you hit another snag, start the process all over again with the Catch and Wiggle.
Finally somebody with fine strands but medium density! I think you have thick density cause I have medium density and it does noooottt look like yours haha. I get a lot of compliments when my hair is in a puff that it's full etc but I know how to fake it haha. Unfortunately a few months ago I put on a wig for the first time and when I took it off it ripped out my already fine babyhairs on the left side of my head. It has grown back but it's thinner than before unfortunately. Do you have any tips?
I love that blow dryer it got burned after 3 years, I got another one with a handle and its so difficult to use. Love the mini braids but can't do them that small.
