"The Chain Braid"~ this is so awesome, I love it! (pictures)

[arc691]

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First of all, let me say


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to everyone for all the comments and visitor messages
saying that you enjoy my different threads and pictures. You all are too kind!


Here is something new I've just learned
and couldn't wait to share with all my friends here on the LHC!


I have seen pictures of this braid before, but never imagined I'd be able to do it. Well, last night I discovered a "how-to" on Adopt-a-Do's Facebook page so I tried it out. This braid is amazing!
It looks kind of like a chain, hence my name for it~


Here are a few pictures:


http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x472/andrearcolson/My%20different%20hairstyles%20album%202/chainbraid1.jpg


http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x472/andrearcolson/My%20different%20hairstyles%20album%202/chainbraid2.jpg


http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x472/andrearcolson/My%20different%20hairstyles%20album%202/chainbraid3.jpg


This looks so complicated, but it is the easiest thing when you know the secret! I'll try to explain:


Make a regular 3-strand English braid. It should be not-too-loose and not-too-tight, just kind of medium. When you reach the tail end, hold the center strand with two fingers, then with your other hand, push the right-most strand and the left-most strand up to your hairline. You can then slowly pull them back down the center piece until the "links" in your "chain" are evenly spaced the way you like them. Tie off the end with an elastic band, and you're all set!
I hope this makes sense!



http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy68/terryandjody/More%20More%20Smilies/animated_doll.gif Thanks for looking, and have a great day!

[Jean Stuart]

Beautiful!!! love the hibiscus too. ;)

[PiroskaCicu]

Wow! I have never seen anything like that. It's so so beautiful and unique :)

[Lippytoes]

Whoah, that is truly awesome! I can't believe it's that simple! :O

[Fairlight63]

VERY pretty!

[Vorvolaka]

That looks very complicated yet it isn't. Great hair as usual!

[freckles]

I ALWAYS adore your hairstyles, arc691! Thanks for posting :)

[EmiliaF]

VERY, very cool!

[vintersaga]

Wow... my hair isn't even close enough so beautiful as yours, arc691 and the "chain braid" is amazing. I want to try this, but I don't comprehend totally how to pull the strands (or which ones) to make them look like a chain like you do. I want to learn this. :) When I try it just gets messy. I feel like I don't get it right, and don't understand fully.. I wish there was a video for this, as it would be easier for me to watch and learn.

[Idun]

Very pretty!! It looks just like macramé.

[Kaya]

:agape: I think my jaw hit my knees when I saw this style. It's beyond stunning. It looks complicated, but when I read the secret, it doesn't seem too bad. (Though I don't know how long it will take for my braids to even have the hopes of looking like yours! :o)

[krissykins]

Holy moly! That's amazing. Thanks for sharing!

[WittyWordsmith]

You're going to get all kinds of looks with that one! Wow!

[Ithildae]

Really cool. Thanks for sharing this :)

[Debra83]

WOW!!! Really neat!!!

[Alvrodul]

Another style for my "must try" list. ;)
Beautiful style as always!

[Sundial]

Very pretty! Does it require a lot of length? I have got to try this soon :D thanks for sharing!

[maborosi]

Hi. I love all of your threads- also, your hair is amazing and awesome.

How in the world do you do all these different cool hairstyles? I can barely keep my hands steady long enough to do some simple buns, lol!

~maborosi~

[happybear]

wow it looks so complicated! beautiful!

[Loreley]

It looks great! :)


I wish there was a video for this, as it would be easier for me to watch and learn.

I think I saw a video about this on youtube ages ago. I think it was called nifty braid or something like that.
Found it! It looks a bit different, though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23T5rHQlPwQ
Here is a better one, it is made as arc691 wrote. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2n5XkFh88A&NR=1&feature=fvwp

[Qamar]

My mission for the day is to master this. :D

[MagicAndMayhem]

That is so cool!! I love it!

[jojo]

aww arc691 you do spoil us! another beautiful updo! I am going to try! thanks for sharing xx

[Finnenna]

That is gorgeous! I will definitely try this style out! Thank you for sharing.

[serious]

Whoah! It looks AMAZING!!!

[summerjade]

Wow!! That is so beautiful. How unique!!

[sharicat]

Wow so unusual looking, I love it! I might even give it a go, I can't braid very well but I'm practicing :)

[washurei]

I love this hair style, from the side picture I believe It frames your face quite well.

[GeoJ]

Beautiful! I think I'll try that on my DD (she's not growing out old sheds like me, so I think it will work better on her hair).

[NJoy]

Wow!! That's beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing.

[MissManda]

Oh, I think that type of braid looks so pretty! I can't make a nice-looking one yet because I still have some layers that stick out of my braids. I love hoe you've incorporated it into an updo. :)

[SurprisingWoman]

Yeah!!! I can do an English braid! Finally a style I can do. I am sooooo stoked!

I got stung on the hand yesterday when I was working a friend's bees so I will have to wait until I can make a fist again but YEAH!!!

I looked at the youtube video that shows this that Loreley posted. (Thanks for that, it was nice to see the actual thing in motion) and the lady that did the video is in a contest on youtube right now. Kind of cool. I voted for her, her kids are adorable.

http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2011/05/meet-mays-on-rise-nominees.html

4 days left to vote.

I don't know her but I did subscribe to her videos. Thanks, Loreley, for the link.

[Firefox7275]

Wow, your pictures came out beautifully! :D I hope you add this to the styles in the articles section.

[lindaton]

You are amazing. I can hardly believe you do this on your own head. WOW! I cant even do a nice looking english braid on my own.

[RitaPG]

That does make sense, and sure looks pretty :)

[HintOfMint]

How beautiful! There's a similar variation of your braid that also looks pretty cool. Basically you start an English braid but one of the strands is significantly skinnier than the other two. Braid normally and it gives a really cool ripple/chain effect. I wish I could find the link, it was mentioned on this site a while ago.

[Cowgirl16]

Once again you've WOW'ed us with another spectacular hairstyle:cool:
I'll have to try this one. Thank you :)

[vintersaga]

It looks great! :)



I think I saw a video about this on youtube ages ago. I think it was called nifty braid or something like that.
Found it! It looks a bit different, though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23T5rHQlPwQ
Here is a better one, it is made as arc691 wrote. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2n5XkFh88A&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Loreley. :flower: You are like an angel. Yes, when looking at the video I get it.

Thanks :flowers:

[hsdoodles]

Beautiful as always. ;D

[arc691]

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Hi everybody,

Thanks so much for all your responses and views! I'm so glad to hear that a lot of you will be trying this style, too~ how cool! Thanks for the YouTube video link, I'm going to check that lady's channel out!

http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy68/terryandjody/More%20More%20Smilies/image002.gif

[Qamar]

Here is my version of the chain braid bun. It took me about 20 minutes to do the whole thing. I swear, the chain braid is my new favourite braid. Its a shame it eats up so much hair though--to get real length for anything more than accent my hair would have to be past my ankles!

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=1620&pictureid=102880
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=1620&pictureid=102880

[jenhow]

Thanks for posting that picture. Your hair is amazing and the style looks so interesting and unique.

[Freki]

Thank you so much for sharing this!

[skyblue]

gorgeous hair I love the style!
Just wondering, my hair gets really tangled when I braid
do you use anything to keep your hair from tangling?
Yours is so long I couldn't imagine braiding it when its that long
and not tearing the crap out of the ends I love braided style!
But oh so much damage I want to know your secret lol!!

[PianoPlaye]

Just wow! I don't think I could do that on myself, but when my litle cousin sees that photo she will be demanding I try it on her.
And my sister will give me the lokk that says "you showed her the photo..."

[PianoPlaye]

Just wow! I don't think I could do that on myself, but when my little cousin sees that photo she will be demanding I try it on her.
And my sister will give me the look that says "you showed her the photo..."

[SwordWomanRiona]

You always astonish me with your braiding dexterity!! This is utterly gorgeous! I want to try it (I hope it really is a bit easier than it looks! :D)

[scorpio_rising]

Oh my GOODNESS, that is AMAZING. AMAZING! AND I understand your instructions, AND one of the only hairstyles I can make with my clumsy hands is a standard 3 strand braid, so I think it's not inconceivable that I might be able to accomplish this, albeit in far less grand fashion. ;)

So cool. Thank you as always for sharing!

[vanity_acefake]

As always your hair is beautiful.

[lapushka]

OMG that is amazing! It looks really complicated too; thanks for explaining the style. :D

[Shoga]

Awesome!!! Thanks for posting! Your hair is SO lovely!!

I just tried the chain braid and it turned out pretty well!! :D

[VintageDresses]

Oh! That's so cool!

[KayBee]

Absolutely beautiful!

[Sharifa]

That's really beautiful and looks way more complicated than it is!

Loreley- Thanks for posting the links to the videos!

[eresh]

It looks really beautiful.
But I wouldn't do it too often with the sliding up part, I'd be afraid it would damage my hair.

There's another way to create this type of look.
Englishbraid with two thinner strands and one normal one...or two normal strands and one thin one.
Doesn't look exactly the same but might be better for the hair ;-)


Two normal strands + one thin
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3220/vlecht1b.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/411/vlecht1b.jpg/)

Two thin strands + one normal
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/638/vlecht2a.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/821/vlecht2a.jpg/)

[kielrain]

Wow, that is a really really neat braid. Quite differnt.

[SurprisingWoman]

I did a quickie of this before my wash and shampoo today.

I agree with eresh, the sliding part will keep this from being a regular style but it was fun and the best part is....

I CAN DO IT! I can't do anything but an English so this is great. The thinner/thicker braids are nice but not the same.

There are pics in my album. It isn't fancy and I didn't do an updo or anything but I could do it! I will play with this in the future.

Good stuff.

Thanks soooo much arc691!! You are awesome!

[allmixedup88]

oh my gosh I can't wait until my hair is long enough to do things like that

[Fethenwen]

I love that you are able to photograph your hair outside with such a beautiful background! So lovely!

And wow, amazing that you got that chain braid to look so neat :) I can imagine it must be quite hard to tighten a braid like that without causing too much frizz.

[LoveMyLongHair]

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Hi everybody,

Thanks so much for all your responses and views! I'm so glad to hear that a lot of you will be trying this style, too~ how cool! Thanks for the YouTube video link, I'm going to check that lady's channel out!

http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy68/terryandjody/More%20More%20Smilies/image002.gif
I have done many of Mindy's styles.........ya'll, she does such awesome hairstyles, and they are easily adaptaple to length hair. I have subscribed to her channel and clicked the 'notify me by email for each new upload' option.

I have been subbed to her for ages........another good one is 'hairstyles for my princess' on YouTube. She is also awesome. I have a great one from FB that I found through Mindy, I'll find the link and post it here tomorrow.........SUCH beautiful braid styles on that one, also.

[arc691]

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Thanks, everybody, for all your views and comments!
I really like the look of this braid, and the fact that it is so easy if you just know the secret!

[Barbie Diamond]

Very princess like hair (very pretty)!

[owlathena]

Very pretty!

[milagro]

What an unusual braid :flower:

[WaimeaWahine]

Gorgeous! And that would only look good on someone with very few splits. My braids always looked frizzy.

[charalito]

What a lovely lovely braid! Thanks so much for sharing

[Teufelchen]

I really love the look of the style, I think I give it a go today. :)

Thanks for sharing :flower:

[Druella]

Oh, it's so beautiful! <3

[Alaia]

That is incredible-looking! Wow it really does look so complicated...

Will have to try it myself though I think my layers will make it fail.

[Savvyhorsez]

Lovely! Thank you for sharing!

[dulce]

very nice!

[spidermom]

It does look beautiful, but the idea of pushing against the normal lie of the cuticle sounds risky for roughened cuticle and breakage.

[Yosha]

It looks beautiful and quite different from other braids (even though the starting technique is the same), I'm going to try this out!:D Thank you for posting your creative updos, they are very inspiring.

[arc691]

Hey everybody!

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[kidari]

OMG wow! I've never seen a braid like that! Beautiful.

[Mrspuddinhead]

Oh my goodness. I think this is my favorite out of all your threads. So beautifual and you're truly tallented. It reminds me of when you make a English braid and pull out a stand. How it gathers up so neatly and looks complicated.

[lacrymosa777]

What you can do with your hair is astonishing!

this would never work for me though...