This hairstyle is very similar to the previous one – classic dutch braids with 5 strands. So, you start the same way with tangles-free hair parted down the middle, then dutch braid one side, but only until you reach the nape of the neck, secure the braid with a clip or something that can be easily removed and do the same thing on the other side.
At this point you have to join the braids and this is somehow tricky, because you have all 10 strands at the nape of the neck and you can not really see what is happening there. Just keep your calm and start from the side you braid last and take the first two strands and hold them together as one strand, then the next two strands again place them together as one strand, then join the last strand from this side with the first strand from the other braid to form your third strand, then the next two strands together will be the fourth strand and the last two the fifth strand.
So now you have 5 strands and you can make a beautiful flat braid with these strands and the joint will look very pretty.
This hairstyle is as easy or difficult as the previous one depending on your braiding skills; it is just more time-consuming. You can read first about the 5-strands dutch braid, because there are few suggestions there that you might find helpful. Then you can part your untangled hair down the middle and make 2 dutch braids with 5 strands – one on each side.
Then you can make an intricate looking hairdo… really intricate looking. My purpose was to make a heart-shape braided bun and it is not exactly heart-shape, but I still love it!
In order to make the flat dutch braid with 5 strands you need to learn to make the flat braid with 5 strands first and you need to be able to do that using all your fingers. Once you succeeded doing this, everything else is a piece of cake; you only need to add hair to every outer strand until you reach the nape of the neck.
This is how you can hold the strands (it might not be the easiest way, but it works): grab with the pinky finger one side strand, with the ring finger the next strand, with the middle finger the third strand, with the index finger the fourth strand and hold between the index finger and the thumb the last strand. So, you hold all the strands with one hand and with the other hand take a small section of hair from the side and add it to the last strand. Move this strand under the fourth strand and over the third one, then switch the hands and repeat to the other side.
This hairstyle is very similar to the previous one – classic dutch braids with 5 strands. So, you start the same way with tangles-free hair parted down the middle, then dutch braid one side, but only until you reach the nape of the neck, secure the braid with a clip or something that can be easily removed and do the same thing on the other side.
