cage braid (many pics)

[Elainehali]

On this site
http://dreamweaverbraiding.com/braid_examples/braid_examples_other.htm

I came across something called a cage braid. There's a small thumb nail, but no instructions.

I decided I'd give it a shot and come up with some instructions for it. This ones kinda tricky. I looks cool, but takes a little patience.


http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d112/elainehali/1-2.jpg

Step one: grab the front section of hair in a triangular shape. (as if you were going to start a french braid)

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d112/elainehali/2-2.jpg
Step two: braid the section for a few inches. Clip it so that it doesn't undo it's self.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d112/elainehali/3-2.jpg
Step Three: take a small section on either side of the center section. Twist it slightly to keep it together as one strand. Maybe a little aloe gel to keep it sleek.

Step four. clip the new strand with the braid at the back of your head.

Step five: Do the same thing to the other side. (repeat Step Three and Four for the other side.)

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Step 6: Use a hair friendly small elastic (I use tiny hair friendly rubber bands) to join the two temple sections to the middle section. After joining the hair together braid for a few inches again.

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Step Seven: Hopefully the pattern is clear now. Take two more side sections and join it to the middle braided section. Tie the hair off with an elastic and braid a few more inches.

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Step Eight: The third strand section comes from behind the ear.

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Step Nine: Keep twisting and joining sections from the side to the braid.

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This is what It looks like from the side.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d112/elainehali/9-2.jpg
If you decide to do 4 levels like I did. The last stands of hair added to the braid come from the nape of the neck. It's important to not pull them too tightly when incorporating them into the braid.

I finished my style off with some velcro stones. (the white things)

These pics are from my first attempt. (I'm pretty skilled with doing stuff behind my head apparently).

Soooo someone should test it out and tell me where I could make steps more clear. I'd like to add this to the articles when I'm sure it makes sense. :eyebrows:

[LadyGunn]

That is gorgeous! You did extremely well, especially considering you had to figure it out without any pics! Bravo! :bowtome:

[Boots]

Wow, I love it!

[spidermom]

Pretty enough for a wedding; well done. I don't do any clipping in my cage braid. I alternate adding extra hair from near my face (french style) with regular plaiting.

[Vitalai]

That's really beautiful! I'm saving this on my favorites for a possible bridesmaid style.

[Carolyn]

My gosh that's gorgeous! Thank you for the pictures and detailed directions.

[joyfulmom4]

That is really beautiful. I like yours even better than the ones on the dreamweaver site.

[Dolly]

OH MY! So pretty!

[Elphie]

Gorgeous! I really do enjoy all of your articles and tutorials, elainehali. Thanks!

[Lady Lilya]

I love it!

[Juneii]

that is amazing! I must try that

do you see the horse shoe one? I really want to do that too - it is possible to do it by yourself?

[intothemist1999]

Beautiful! And the instructions are clear - the photos are very helpful!

[Gumball]

That's awesome! I've done something similar on a friend of mine, but I do it like spidermom does here by adding sections in from near the face french-style. It's very pretty.

[MissFrenchTwist]

I LOVE it!

[marajade]

Very Pretty, love your hair color too!

[chrissy-b]

That is very pretty. Thanks for sharing!

[manderly]

It's a very romantic look. Lovely :D

[RavennaNight]

That is worthy of a medieval princess. Love it!

[sahiba]

You are too too too good. :smooch: Your instructions are excellent. And thanks for another style idea.

[K_Angel]

Very pretty!!!! :) I'm going to have to try this!!! :)

[AprilElf]

A fine set of instructions, Elainehali, and the style looks great on you! :)
Thanks for posting it.

:blossom:

[Ryanne]

That's very pretty.

[Teazel]

Oooh. Oooooh. That's really lovely; I may have to try it. Thank you! :D

[Aditi]

It soo lovely

[vampodrama]

oh this is so beautiful!

I don't know if my hair is long enough to pull this off (layers of DOOM) but I will at least try when I get home!

[Debra83]

VERY PRETTY! I'll have to try to adapt for my shorter hair lengths...sigh...can't wait till my hair is longer!!!!

[winter_star]

That's beautiful!! I love it and i'm going to try it right now. Thank you for the great instructions! :cheer:

[MermaidGirl]

Awesome! You did a great job, the instructions and pictures are very clear. LOVE the hair decorations!

[elrowiel]

Wow. :)

The instructions are very good and the pics are just amazing.

Will try it myself when my hair is longer.

Thanks for sharing! :)

[lapushka]

Amazing! You have gorgeous hair!

[Alaytheia]

I have a Karen Ribble braiding book that has this braid in it - and you did it exactly as it is described. Good job! I've done this style in the past and kept the braid going (without the side additions) all the way down. It's very fun because you get the hair pulled away from your face, while still having it long in the back, and the fun feeling of a braid swinging. It's like 3 hairstyles in one.

[psvzum]

Wow!!! Beautiful hair Love the braid too : )

[Indigosails]

Beautiful. There is so much to like about this style. Great job.

[eadwine]

You SO rock! This is gorgeous!

[KatKeRo]

Beautiful braid.
I must try it out someday.

[DarkChocolate]

That is so cool:)

[Elphie]

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?pictureid=25828&albumid=1838&dl=1227836250&thumb=1

Thanks for the inspiration! With a little more time than I had today, I think I could have gone for at least one more pass.

[Amara]

Oh that's so nice! I'm going to try it this weekend and take a pic!

I also want to do the "cage" style braid that I did for my friend's wedding - I think it was supposed to be called a "cage" braid but maybe I'm misremembering - it was a regular french braid but instead of braiding down the head as you go you hold you arms out in back of you (very uncomfortable, thank you!) as far as you can so the braid is very loose once you set it down. I'll do this and take a pic, too.

[chicken]

It's wonderful... thanks for the description. I'm going to try it and wear it at a ball tomorrow.

[paper]

That is beautiful!

It definitly reminds me of wedding hair.

[TheKnight'sLady]

This is so pretty! Thanks for sharing the instructions and pics

[Comfrey]

this is stunning.

I have problems doing even the simplest styles in mine because I find it really hard to keep my arms up for any length of time.

But even if I could I'm one of those people who are all fingers and thumbs and the very best I can manage is a basic three thread plait (braid)

People here are really clever with their hair, I'm constantly amazed :)

[MissHair]

Stunning, very creative, Im gonna try this when my hair gets longer.

BTW Ive seen your avatar several times and thought ''WOW this girl had amazing hair'' but hell girl, you ALREADY have amazing hair!!

[Lady Lilya]

this is stunning.

I have problems doing even the simplest styles in mine because I find it really hard to keep my arms up for any length of time.

I'm thinking you could do this in stages. Work on one length of braid, and then clip it off and play on the computer for 15 minutes, then do another length of braid.

[maliha]

Its just wow,,,Lovely look or I must say Princess style :)

Good addition to hairstyle list ;)

[Starr]

Very pretty!

[Johanna64]

Wow,this is beautiful :crush:

[Qamar]

My cage won't stay in discrete strands, so I think I'm going to experiment with rope braiding the cage strands.

[Jean Stuart]

That looks great. You are talented.

[McFearless]

Beautiful. Thanks for posting.

[iluvmurphie]

Wow! That's awesome! It reminds me of Lord of the Rings :)

[Qamar]

Oh yes, rope braids for the cage were the way to go for my super fine slippery hair. They aren't as evenly spaced as I would like, but I was doing it by the braille method, so considering, I'm happy with it.

[Qadupae]

I love it ^_^ I think this is even a style I can pull off with my thick hair!

[Barbie Diamond]

How cool and gorgeous!

[allmixedup88]

that looks so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Alvrodul]

That is lovely! I am not usually a fan of styles that let my hair (or a big part of it) hang down, since it - and especially the ends - is tangle prone. But it is definitely on the list of styles to do! :)

[SheaLynne]

This is really pretty, and I'm going to try it on dd tomorrow (I'll be wearing a hat, so not much point in fixing mine that way...). I haven't heard of this one before, so thanks for posting!



I think it was supposed to be called a "cage" braid but maybe I'm misremembering - it was a regular french braid but instead of braiding down the head as you go you hold you arms out in back of you (very uncomfortable, thank you!) as far as you can so the braid is very loose once you set it down. I'll do this and take a pic, too.

My hair styling book for long hair calls that one a "draped french braid" and I love how it looks in their pic but never get it to work well for me (the extreme discomfort on the arms may contribute to that!).

[banglaminerva]

Thank you for the great tutorial! I can't wait to try this.

[Mrspuddinhead]

Simply beautiful!!

[baaaad_kitty]

So pretty! It's like the braid of Daenerys Targaryen in the Game of Thrones! I think the first episode, after Jorah Mormont talks to her. (Sorry for the geeky reference)

[owlathena]

So cool! I want to try this.

[Rini]

Oh yes, rope braids for the cage were the way to go for my super fine slippery hair. They aren't as evenly spaced as I would like, but I was doing it by the braille method, so considering, I'm happy with it.

Pictures?? Please?? I want to see it with rope braids!!

I don't know if this would work out for me (having a bit too much "texture", or shall we say frizzy curls) but I'm definitely going to give it a redhot go!! :D

[arc691]

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x472/andrearcolson/My%20Smilies/fwp-smiley-06.gif I love it~ great job!

[CastaDiva]

That`s just beautiful, great job!!

[Maria_L]

Beautiful! Can't wait until all my evil layers are gone so I can try this!

[Clem_Dela]

I just tried a cage braid today- so much fun! I cut it short early because my arms were getting tired.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls7tqxAzYm1r0q028o1_250.jpg

[akuamoonmaui]

That is worthy of a medieval princess. Love it!

My thoughts exactly!!! This summer I hope to visit the midwest (USA) and go to a ren faire, (love medieval time period!) I'm planning to do this cage braid!

OP: great job with pics and explanations!

[Airmide]

I've been trying to do something like this with rope braids but it gets really frustrating because they don't want to stay in at the right spot. What I'd really like to do is start with a rope, then at the second addition switch to a four strand braid. But all the sections want to slip and be uneven! I'm adding such tiny sections that i don't think splitting each side into two before adding would be healthy for my hair.

[Soniasonia]

Very cool!

[Harm0nyz86]

O' WOW So preeetttttyyyyy, I'm off 2 my mirror now, lol.

[TheCatSaidQuack]

I love this! it looks more intricate then it really is. Thanks for sharing!

[Friesian Rider]

Nice! I am going to work on this, but I think I will try braiding all, the sides and french it in. Thanks for the idea.

[Eirelin]

I usually do it by adding the strands into the braid, just making a loose French braid with 2 or 3 braids between adding strands (if that makes sense). I never thought about connecting them any other way.

Going to have to do one again now. Thanks for posting this. The photos and instructions were all clear and easy to understand.

[RedDevil]

I love this look too i also love your hair

[lizdini]

That's beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

[SusanSt]

This is such a pretty look, and I love the curls at the bottom! Thanks for sharing the instructions; they're very clear. :)

[owlathena]

I've wanted to try this for a long time. So pretty!