Hairstyling Tips for Long Hair + How-to Braid Tutorial (Including Fishtail!)

One great thing about having long hair is that there are a lot of different ways in which you can style it. But even with this being said, many long-haired women run out of styling ideas and/or aren’t sure how to keep their long hair healthy.

So in an effort to help out with these issues, let’s look at some basic tips for styling long hair and we will learn how-to braid (tutorial).

Styling Tips

Tips for Styling Long Hair + How-to Braid Tutorial

beautiful long hairWhen you’re in the shower shampooing and conditioning your locks, try to avoid causing a lot of friction between your hair strands. Shampoo is typically for cleansing the scalp, so avoid pulling the ends of your strands, and rubbing your hair all together like a shampoo commercial. Instead, massage the shampoo onto your scalp, and don’t put shampoo on your ends. The opposite applies to conditioner because it’s meant for your ends and not your scalp. This will reduce split ends, breakage, and frizz when you’re styling your long hair.

Don’t forget to use a wide-tooth comb to detangle your hair when it’s wet. If you’re detangling your strands, always begin at the ends and work your way up to the roots to avoid damaging your locks. Long hair tends to be dry at the ends, so it’s safe to use hair oil to keep your hair hydrated. Coconut oil, Argon oil, and other oils work well but are best kept away from your scalp unless you are using them as a hot oil treatment.

Many hairstylists recommend getting hair trims every three months; however, if you’re growing your hair out and have healthy hair with very few split ends, then you only need a trim when you notice lots of split ends popping up. You can even avoid the salon if you feel comfortable enough trimming the split ends off as you see them occurring.

Styling Wet Hair

Always pat your hair dry instead of rubbing the strands together so that you’re not creating friction between the strands! Avoid using blow dryers when possible, and if you have the time, use your blow dryer on the cold setting because this reduces frizz and closes the hair cuticle to reduce damage and lock in moisture.

Styling wet hair is quick and easy, after drying your hair will look elegant, with a nice texture and feel.

A simple wet hairstyle is a braid, but there are a lot of ways to spice up the basic braid. Always comb your locks with a wide-tooth comb or your fingers before styling wet hair so that it looks clean and put-together.

  1. Begin by braiding your bangs out of your face with a basic braid.
  2. Then, when you run out of hair, secure it with a clear rubber band. Pull the braid back and pin it to your head.
  3. Now divide the rest of your locks into two sections: braid each into two normal braids and secure them with two more clear hair ties.
  4. Tie the two large braids into a half knot, pulling them to the opposite sides of where they start; you may need to tie another half knot before you pin the knot/bun in place.
  5. Finish the look by tucking the ends of each braid under your braids with bobby pins.

Here is a great video tutorial, which will teach you 3 different braid styles – simple braid, but also french and dutch styles!

You can make a wet hairstyle more manageable and less likely to frizz by using a finishing spray once you’ve completed the style. It’s also a good idea to use a smoothing serum or milk before styling your wet locks for the day.

Styling Dry Hair

Headbands

Headbands are nice accessories that often get overlooked because of their simplicity. A simple headband can really bring your hairstyle up a notch. Part your hair to the side before adding a colorful headband to your hair. Then pull your hair back into a low bun – keeping a few pieces out to frame your face for a fast hair up-do that is suitable for school, work or play.

Fishtail Braids

Fishtail braids are popular and perfect for long hair

  1. Begin by dividing your hair into two sections.
  2. From the outside of the first section, pull a small piece of hair to add it to the second section;
  3. then, from the second section, pull a small piece of hair from the outside to add it to the first section of locks.
  4. Repeat until you’ve ran out of hair, and secure it with a hair tie.

You can create cute half up-dos with this fishtail technique as well – you simply have to make the sections smaller!

If you want to see a video teaching how to braid fishtail, check this one…

Since you’ve got so much hair, and so little time (or patience) you can simply straighten your bangs, spray them with hairspray, and then use a small claw clip to secure the top layers into an elegant half up-do that takes less than five minutes.

If you’re feeling up to it, you can add volume to your roots by teasing before clipping your locks back. If you find yourself without a clip, just use bobby pins to secure your locks.

Long hair is desirable among most women, but not all of us have the patience for them to grow! There are a lot of different hairstyles women can go for and they can even sport a faux bob by using bobby pins to pin up their hair. Unfortunately faking long hair is much more expensive and just doesn’t look as fresh.

Having strong and healthy hair is key to a successful hairstyle so don’t forget to drink plenty of water, eat healthy foods with protein, and treating your hair with delicate hands and you’ll soon be a whiz at creating flattering hairstyles that you can wear any time of day or night.

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Styling Tips for Long Hair

Tips for Styling Long Hair + How to FIshtail Braid Tutorial


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