Help Mrs M - French Twist on shoulder length?

[Merlin]

Mrs M was suggesting yesterday that she might want to try putting her hair up, normally she just leaves it loose or pony-tails it. Her hair is just past shoulder-length in a grown-out bob (no layers). Would a French Twist work on that length as she did consider that, and if so does anybody have, or know of, a tutorial which will work which she can follow?

Not being an LHC convert - if 'product' is required she's not going to baulk at that idea, nor indeed of using a bit of heat if required ;)

tx
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[Sundial]

What is her hair thickness? If it's iii, I doubt it will work. If it's i or ii, there is a chance that it might because I remember seeing members with i or ii doing a French twist or peacock twist

[pepperminttea]

I found the Flexi-8 tutorial for the French twist the easiest to follow, it's here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxuGpnAXX6c). There's a lot of tutorials for it out there, many of them involve back-combing the crown first, but you can make it as fussy or unfussy as you like. :)

You could use any number of things to secure it other than a flexi, too; a small or medium ficcare (depending on her hair's thickness) would work, a French pleat comb like the beautiful ones Bijoux Manoel (http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.bijoux-manoel.com/fr/epingle-a-cheveux-2/index.html&usg=ALkJrhiMlyzMe8X0WHVGkVROfyRN4P-qtQ) makes, claw clips, some people also manage to secure them with hair sticks or forks (but I admit, that was always beyond me). Even bobby pins if she'd prefer something a bit more inconspicuous.

[Merlin]

What is her hair thickness? If it's iii, I doubt it will work. If it's i or ii, there is a chance that it might because I remember seeing members with i or ii doing a French twist or peacock twist

I'm not good with the hair typing thing - if somebody PM's me I can let them have a link to a recent photo if they don't mind trying to work it out.

I can't tell if it's i ii or whatever - I just know it's scrummily gorgeous ;-)

[Libbylou]

The french twist, peacock twist, and gibson tuck have been my go to hair styles. I secure my twists with a twist comb and I have fine slippery hair. I learned mine from Byrds hair design and flex 8 on you tube.

[Babyfine]

I was easily able to do a french twist at that length but granted my hair is not very thick-it's fine and thin.
Ficcare.com also has a french twist tutorial.

[Anje]

I remember that one of my old hair books insisted that shoulder length and not much past was the ideal length for a french twist. You just twist it upward, then fold the ends back under. Or leave them out if you wish (especially if they're curly).

[1nuitblanche]

A french twist or peacock twist should work really well on her hair, unless it's super thick.

[Unofficial_Rose]

Easy to follow Shaune Bazner video: http://uk.video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?&c=2&p=shaune+bazner&vid=af73941a911abf2cdebf2f9032c0fb1b&dt=1197360000&l=227&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts4.mm.bing.net%2Fvideos%2Fthumb nail.aspx%3Fq%3D4935429069733919%26id%3D1aab1017cc 972f823aa870c2adddcec4%26bid%3D87vSe5MprIBODQ%26bn %3DLargeThumb%26url%3Dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.myspa ce.com%252fvideo%252fbaznista%252ffrench-twist-using-hair-sticks-hairstyx%252f23791345&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvids.myspace.com%2Findex.cfm%3Ff useaction%3Dvids.individual%26VideoID%3D23791345&tit=french+twist+-+using+hair+sticks+%2F+hairstyx&sigr=12d86ugfo&newfp=1

[lapushka]

As a iii, my hair needed to be somewhere between shoulder to APL for it to work well. I've been able to do it since I was 16, but I suck at explaining how to.

[berr]

Perhaps you should help her do her hair Merlin. I so wish I had someone to french/dutch braid my hair. She might need assistance for her first couple of french twists but after that it should be a cinch.

[torrilin]

I'm not good with the hair typing thing - if somebody PM's me I can let them have a link to a recent photo if they don't mind trying to work it out.

I can't tell if it's i ii or whatever - I just know it's scrummily gorgeous ;-)

Well the i/ii/iii thing is just measuring :). If her ponytail measures a 2" circumference or less, she's a i. If it measures 2" or more, she's a ii. If she measures more than 4" she's a iii.

Can't measure on a picture tho, so we'd be worse than useless.

[dulce]

I was able to do a french twist at that length.Try a regular french twist or a easy fast one held with a beak clip.

[Merlin]

Quick bump to say she's just gone out to do a concert with a French Twist held with a flexi-8 (and a few addtional hairpins). It's not the neatest one ever, but it was my first go..

Thanks for the advice everybody

[pepperminttea]

Nice one Merlin, it's so sweet of you to help her out. :)

[Beckstar]

My hair at shoulder when dry is too thick for a french twist. But when it's still damp it will go up just fine and looks nice dry or wet.

[jacqueline101]

I'd say try it and see what happens the only way to know what your hair will do is to do it.

[dwell_in_safety]

I read this thinking, "Well, there's no way my hair could accomplish that!" Forgetting to take thickness into account... :p

[Hollyfire3]

I read this thinking, "Well, there's no way my hair could accomplish that!" Forgetting to take thickness into account... :p

Same here lol!:p