5 strand Dutch lace crown braid at the May Day Festival! (Pic heavy!)

[Long_hair_bear]

Done by the pro braider at the May Day festival, this one's a beauty! HAD to share with you chappies!

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u456/becky_bear_is_cute/e42f37bffd079420e36f81bff9f91198.jpg

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u456/becky_bear_is_cute/0f8228cbdf2b1a4f169d564b7412fa99.jpg

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u456/becky_bear_is_cute/524401c95bd3791bd871ff38bfba7b61.jpg

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u456/becky_bear_is_cute/554ab1a6662f772ac9e7fc2cf55ddfc7.jpg

[Long_hair_bear]

Front:
http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u456/becky_bear_is_cute/bb617f3b2282caab6f72720ad2f4775e.jpg

Our lovely Fencai (I got permission first!)
http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u456/becky_bear_is_cute/bf8b5233e5e5e6a59e18c292295f8d93.jpg

And I HAD to show off my face paint!
http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u456/becky_bear_is_cute/cb04d3ed375a3bb11dae36bfa9a3a462.jpg

ETA: Forgot to credit the braider! Here's her site! http://pandoraslocks.com/index.php

[sisi33]

Wow, that is amazing! How does one even go about making a 5 strand crown braid?! Thank you for sharing!

[Long_hair_bear]

Wow, that is amazing! How does one even go about making a 5 strand crown braid?! Thank you for sharing!

You know, I'm not sure myself but I may soon know.... She said she may take me on as an apprentice! Squuuuuueeeeee! : joy:

[Indigo Girl]

Wowza that braid is fantastic! How long did it take?

You both look great! :bluesmile

[Long_hair_bear]

Wowza that braid is fantastic! How long did it take?

You both look great! :bluesmile


Took a good half hour maybe. :)

[sisi33]

You know, I'm not sure myself but I may soon know.... She said she may take me on as an apprentice! Squuuuuueeeeee! : joy:

:bigeyes: I hope you get the apprenticeship!

[Quixii]

Wow, that is beautiful! I'm jealous!

[Long_hair_bear]

:bigeyes: I hope you get the apprenticeship!

Me too! She was impressed with how much I knew about hair and different braids. She said she needed another person to help out at her booth. Granted, I'm good at braiding, but I'm nowhere near her level!

[rowie]

Wow that is a gorgeous crown braid! Plus I think your face paint looks awesome and really compliments the overall look you were going for.

[Long_hair_bear]

Wow that is a gorgeous crown braid! Plus I think your face paint looks awesome and really compliments the overall look you were going for.

TY rowie and quixii!

[leslissocool]

LOVE the braid, I hope you do the apprenticeship! Then teach us :pray:.


:couch: is Fencai pregnant? I'm so sorry for butting in like this, please don't take offense, her tummy just looks so freaking cute :o.

[Vanilla]

Very cool. Love the braid :).

[Hellokim]

Gorgeous! Perfection, and awesome face paint.

[door72067]

so stunning!

[CaranDulin]

Oh my goodness! That braid is amazing!

[Sarahlabyrinth]

Oh that's the finest crown braid I have ever seen, if that was on my hair I would never want to undo it :)

[jacqueline101]

That's amazing I've just learned to English braid.

[lunalocks]

Both braid and face paint are beautiful! Amazing braid.

[BambooBeauty]

Amazing!!!!

[Long_hair_bear]

Thanks everyone! :grouphug:

[Lostsoule77]

Gorgeous braid! Enjoy it! :D

[lapushka]

You look absolutely stunning, LHB! :D :thumbsup:

[PeacenQuietGal]

It is Art, wearable Art - the braid, the face paint, and your own makeup. You must have felt so beautiful that day!
I hope you get the apprenticeship too!

[AnnaB]

WOW! that is amazing!!!!!!!! so gorgeous!
liking the face paint too, you are very pretty :)

[meishkamooshka]

That's so awesome about the apprenticeship possibility! It looks so neat and lovely.

[~honeyflower~]

Oh Wow!!! I wish I could do that...

[FireFromWithin]

That looks amazing! I wish I could do it. Makes me wish I lived closer, it's just a wee bit far to travel.

[excentricat]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing. Good luck getting the apprenticeship.

[shutterpillar]

How beautiful! I want pretty braids and face paint! I'm completely jealous ;)

[melusine963]

:agape: Wow! That's a stunning braid.

[Nebulae]

That is amazingly pretty! And how cool about the apprenticeship.. hope you get it! :D

[eresh]

spectacular!!! and love both your paints too!

[Sharysa]

Fantastic hairstyle!

I missed Bealtaine/May Day because of work, but tomorrow I'm going to go out to the park or beach for a while.

[patienceneeded]

Both that braid and YOU are lovely long_hair_bear! Very cool about the potential apprenticeship too!

[ghost]

Your braid is beautiful, and I adore the facepaint! Best of luck with possibly becoming a braiding apprentice :)

[cindy58]

Love it all!

[Anabell]

Oh, wow. Just amazing. I will never think about that. What a great hairstyle. Now it has to be my new challenge (even if it take years, lol).

[Apriori]

It's really beautiful. I would so try this if I wasn't sure that I would fail miserably.

[embee]

Stunning! Both the hair and the face paint - and the belly paint! Wonderful. :)

I don't have enough hair for a 5 strand braid. Even a 3 strand is thin.

Hope you get the apprenticeship. That would be so much fun to learn.

[Long_hair_bear]

Thanks everyone for your kind words! I'm sending her some of my braiding examples (photos) today, so we'll see how it goes with my apprenticeship. Sadly, she more wants pics of braids I've done on other people's hair, not my own. Most of my pics are of my own head of hair. :)

[browneyedsusan]

So pretty!
Lovely braid and fabulous paint on both of you! :)

[Dziip]

just WOW !!!

[excentricat]

Clearly you need to come visit me and I can be your hair model. I can't do fancy braids at all.

[Long_hair_bear]

Believe me, you'll ALL know if I get the apprenticeship because I'll be writing a freak out thread on here!

[ilandree]

The braid looks awesome and fingers crossed for you on the apprenticeship!