S-T-R-E-T-C-H out your braid! This is the most important step and will transform the look of this braid, especially if you have fine hair.
Secure the end with a small clear hair elastic.
Keep braiding and once you’ve added all your hair to the braid, finish in a regular three-strand braid (plait).
When adding in hair on the right, take sections from across the back of your head. You still add in hair from both side with this braid, but you keep the braid close to your hairline along the side of your face.
Repeat adding in hair from the left side and bringing that section under into the middle.
Then add some hair to the middle piece (now on the right side) and bring it under.
Begin your Dutch braid by bringing the right section under the middle, and the left section under the right.
Take a one-two inch section of hair and split it into three. This braid begins roughly over my right eye and goes down my left side but you can also do it down the other side of your face.
Start by brushing your hair to remove any knots before you being to braid.
You can still give it a try, but you may need to use a lot of hairspray and a few pins to keep your hair in place. As your hair needs to join your braid across the back of your head, you’ll find shorter layers won’t be able to reach and will fall out. This Dutch side braid is best in long hair or medium length hair without layers. Each time you add in hair from the side and you bring a section underneath into the middle. It’s the same technique as a French braid but instead of crossing the sections over, you bring them underneath and into the middle. It’s a Dutch braid but instead of running it down the back of your head, it’s angled down the side of your head.Ī Dutch braid is also known as a reverse braid or inside out braid. I really liked how this braid looks left out as a side braid and how simple it looks from the other side too. I was just playing around with my hair and was intending to create a different upstyle when I did this braid. Well after a month of bun hairstyles I felt like a new braided hairstyle tutorial was overdue!