00:00Hello Essence. I am Seven, a professional hair designer from Washington DC and today I'm going
00:09to show you how to create some nice braids for your autumn look. You can change your day look
00:14into an evening look and go out and celebrate on the town. First what we're going to do is show
00:20you how to make a headband braid, keeping the hair sleek in the back and taking braids and
00:25go across the front. Follow me as I show you this simple easy tip and don't overthink it just have
00:32fun with it and be your most gorgeous you. First what we're going to do is we're going to separate
00:39the hair pulling it back and making a parting right where your eyebrow is. You want to do that move the
00:47hair out of the way and then take the hair back behind the ear. Do as much as you like or as
00:55less if you like. If you want to have a nice thick headband then you want to do more hair. If you
01:02want a nice simple sleek headband then less. Less is more. First what we're going to do after we've
01:10separated the hair and comb it through and if your hair is wavy or if you like texture you can embrace
01:15that as well. We're going to part the hair into three sections. We're going to take it and braid it
01:22and you just want to make a nice plait. Doesn't have to be tight, doesn't have to be strong and full
01:27because we're going to have fun. Remember we are changing your day look into evening or we're just
01:33giving you something fun to go out to have dinner, do some things with your friend. Leah, my lovely
01:38model, she's so beautiful. She's actually getting ready for the evening so we're going to give her
01:43something to take out with her man. After I've braided to the end as you can see what you can do is take an
01:52elastic to secure the end. Now what you do to this side you're going to do to the other side as well
02:00so that you have a nice balanced style and if you want you can do side partings or center partings as
02:06well. Now remember we're going to go right above the eyebrow and part on this side as well. Then what
02:16we're going to do is go right behind the ear and that's going to give us a nice braid as well. Now
02:23we're going to have two plaits, one on each side. Again separate the hair into three subsections. One,
02:34two, three. You got that? Then we're going to braid each section into nice sleek little plaits and if
02:46you want them to be full you can always separate them in the end. I'll show you that once we get
02:50there. Let's not put the horse in front of the carriage. Now that we've braided the hair we're
02:58going to get down to the end and we're going to also secure it with an elastic as well. The reason
03:06we like to secure it with an elastic is because we don't want the hair to unravel while we're placing
03:11it in. Taking our elastic we're going to secure the ends. Leah do you mind looking at me? Oh you're
03:20so beautiful. And we're going to take a bobby pen or a hairpin whichever fits your hair texture and
03:28we're going to go around the front to create the first braid and we're going to tuck that and go
03:35around. Notice how we now have a nice headband and you want to use as many pins as required for your
03:42hair type. Remember don't overthink it. You're just going out for the evening. Then we're going to take
03:50that other braid and also secure it and remember as much as you need. So we can go inside and secure
03:59there. And we can secure again here just so that we have enough strong support. And when you're done
04:09what you want to do is take the other braid, come over, create a nice headband and secure. One of the
04:19best ways to make sure that your hair is secure is to move and shake and make sure that you have enough
04:26pins to secure your hair. You want to have two types of pins. You want to have a hairpin that is an
04:32open end and then you also want to have a bobby pin and that is the closed end. And that's going to
04:38give you secure. The bobby pin is going to be able to help to give you that security. The hairpin is going
04:43to be able to help and tuck and move any of those imperfections. And you want to make sure that the
04:49same is on both sides so that your hair looks balanced and nice. Then also remember the move
04:55and shake. Move your hair for me and shake it. Yes. And look down, tilt down. Yes. You want to be able
05:03to do that so that you know that it's stronger. You can come back for me, Leah, so that your hair is
05:08strong. And then what you can do is take your hair, pull it around. And if you want it to be a little
05:13fuller, you can always tease, pull it apart just to make sure. Look at me. Oh my. And you're ready
05:20for the evening. Quick, simple, and easy. And remember, do not overthink it. It's only just
05:24something fun and exciting for the evening.
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