Rocaille Redes: Retro Curls without Heat. Credit has to be given to the lovely YouTuber who originally came up with this idea, Maria from The Lipstick Diaries.
I strongly recommend you watch her tutorial for the step by step how to on this no-heat technique, but here's the result I achieved: left: my hair in the evening, right: the end result in the morning A couple of tips:1. I used a bit of light hair mousse (TRESemme Naturals Lightweight Mousse) in my hair from ears down for a bit more volume and hold.2. Pretty Side French Braid low Updo Hair Tutorial.
I wore a more relaxed version of this hair style in an outfit post in June of 2009 but for reasons unbeknownst to me, I never did a tutorial for it.
Recently though, a few of my lovely readers have asked for it …so here it is. Enjoy! If you can’t see the video go to: Pretty Side French Braid Updo * * * it would be so pretty with flowers pinned in * * * * . . . wearing the braid out . . . Partial French Braid with Cascading Hair ~ Tutorialalso known as the "Waterfall Braid". I’m not the originator of this hair style but I’ve gotten so many requests for it, I thought I’d give it a go for you.
I don’t know what it’s called either so I haven’t researched it and/or found any other tutorials for it …thus, this is my version of it, and I’ve dubbed it the Partial French Braid w/ Cascading Hair. The photos I’ve seen online show the braid a little more straight across the back of the head and mine sort of braids at an angle, similar to my side/low french braid up-do. Obsession : Fishtail braids.