I did it! My first 5-Strand Braid(s)!

[LittleOrca]

So it only took me like 2 hours... one hour after I gave up trying to make it a five-strand French/Dutch braid and went with two five-strand pigtails!

I had to do them wet since my hair dry kept having a mind of its own.

Pay no attention to my Spongebob Pjs... :o

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Now, once my arms recover, and in a few days, I might try for one big one and maybe a French one.

[frost pattern]

Congrats! That looks great, very even in beautiful shiny hair :).

[christine1989]

Beautiful braids! The spongebob pjs really bring out the red tones in your hair too :).

[Purdy Bear]

Youv done a beautiful job! Congratulations.

[RachelRain]

That's awesome! I've been trying that one for ages and my fingers just refuse to do it. I end up giving up after awhile lol. So glad you figured it out, it looks great.

[Morgaine]

Wow, that's a beautiful braid
Now i want to try it :)
And your hair is so shiny!

[Phexlyn]

Those are beautiful, LittleOrca! :flower:
I hope you manage the French/Dutch one soon.

[Flossy]

That looks fab. I would love to see what a french 5 strand braid would look like! I would need a couple more arms to even attempt that!

[serious]

Beautiful braids, so shiny!

[tinti]

That looks amazing, congrats! I've only come to the 4 strand twisted braid :)

[Henrietta]

:bowtome: So shiny! You make me want to try this braids too! (So grow, hair, grow!!)
Fantastic Pjs! I adore Spongebob:D

[LouLaLa]

WOW!

I did one (for the first time) to sleep in (it didnt make my hair kink too much when I took it out either so yay) last night but because I am BSL and growing out layers mine looks pretty weak in comparison :p It also had an interesting curve where I got far too distracted by watching the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice.... whoops!

I love it :D You got good tension too which isnt easy. Your hair is so shiny and pretty!!!

[julliams]

Did you kind of weave it? I used to do 4, five and size strand braids by kind of weaving them. They came out more flat like a beavertail, not 3d like those scoobi-dos (little vinyl string things that you made into keyrings for friends).

Looks great and well done for not giving up until it was mastered!

[Loreley]

Wow, great job! :D I like your Spongebob pjs. :cool:

[sunshine-locks]

Wow that's amazing!
Spongebob PJ's must have awesome-hair-powers :D

[CrisDee]

Those braids are absolute perfection! So even! It must be the super powers granted by the awesome Sponge Bob PJs :crush:

[bridgetsgirl]

Wow, your braids are gorgeous! I'll have to give that a go sometime today.

[lajsa]

They look wonderful! I can barely make a decent normal three strand braid myself; my hair pokes out in weird ways. I guess practice makes perfect, though :)

[Speedbump]

These are great, LittleOrca! Very sophisticated looking (even with a Spongebob background... heh). I love your hair color, BTW. It suits you perfectly.

I would love to learn how to do a braid like this. Maybe I'll give it a go, even though I am positive mine won't be as sleek as those pictured here. :o

[linda g]

Impressive!

And I love your jammies!

[paperwhite]

They look great! :)

[Fayjoi]

WOW..... just gorgeous! Your hair is so shiny :)

[cmnt831]

Oh wow! Those braids look awesome! Now I want to learn how to make them. :) Heh, and nothing wrong with Spongebob pjs, either. :p

[irishlady]

Your hair is beautiful and the braid looks awesome!

By the way, a bit off topic but since I figured you like the sea and sea creatures...

On the West coast of Ireland we have a wild dolphin who just happens to like people! He's often seen swimming up to and alongside boats :)

[Nae]

Wow, wow, wow, wow!!! That is just beautiful! Who knew you could pull off such a gorgeous do in spongebob jammies hehe. (Seriously, that is awesome!)

[Mariah!!]

Very impressive!! :bigeyes: Good job! :cheese:

[SurprisingWoman]

Looks awesome!

[Maddy25]

wow that looks so cool!

[KarpatiiSiv]

Lovely braids, your perseverance paid off.http://yoursmiles.org/msmile/girls/m04121.gif (http://yoursmiles.org/m-girls.php?page=1) Congratulations. http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/love-173.gif

[JesusFreak88]

:agape: Wow that is awsome. Great job.
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[kabelaced]

These look Celtic to me and I don't know why :O But they are fantastic! Great job, LittleOrca! :D

[cindy58]

I like it! Looks complex and shiny!

[Gumball]

That's awesome, LittleOrca! Wet or dry, as long as you were able to get it down that's all that matters. My dry hair, well my hair whenever, has a mind of its own. Haha. They look phenomenal!

[Paniscus]

Holy cow! That is stunning! I've never tried this. I've attempted a four strand, but it was not nearly as neat as this. Kudoes!!

[Chamomile betty]

Very pretty.

[Juneii]

Looks amazing LittleOrca!

[Alvrodul]

Congratulations - those are wonderful! (when I think of how much trouble I get with plain 3-strands ... I'm jealous!:p)

[bunzfan]

That looks amazing, congrats! I've only come to the 4 strand twisted braid :)

wow i am impressed love your pj's :)

[Mexibeach]

That looks amazing!! Great job!
:cheese:

[Khiwanean]

Congratulations! They look amazing!

[Luckysock]

nice job! I really like your colour too

[little_cherry]

Looks awesome! It's the only way I can do a 5 strand now, too...but my hair is way too short. :p

[LittleOrca]

Thanks everyone. :D I am going to try more at the coast during down time to get the big braid done now that I know I can do the little one. :) The biggest part of the big braid that was a pain was that my arms hurt after a while and just resting them on the wall by leaning against it didn't work after a while, hehe.

[little_acorn]

Beautiful braids :D

[NiAosSi]

Cool! :thumbsup:

[Speck]

THOSE are PURDY!!!!! I remember when I accidentally french braided my hair the first time (I know yours wasn't an accident. you worked very hard!). I was trying to do a dutch. (didn't know it was called that back then) I remember how tired how tired my arms were too. You did a great job!! :cheese:

[missfortune9335]

*very* pretty, so intricate looking!

[VintageBrooklyn]

Oh wow! How talented you are! I also love your Harp necklace! :)

[ghost]

Pretty! It's very Medieval-looking.