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.
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 is how the flat braids with 5 strands look like when you crisscross them on top of the head and secure them in place just like the Heidi braids. The second picture is a close-up of the braid and the third picture (the colorful one) is the sketch I made to help you understand where and how you should place the strands to make this beautiful braid.
The braid is not as difficult as it seems. Even if you are not used to use all your fingers when you braid you can still do it. You start by holding only the middle strands. Move the middle left strand over the middle strand, then the middle right strand over the middle strand (this middle strand is the ex-middle left), then bring the left strand under the middle left strand and over the middle strand and at this point you can hold both left-side strands together because the strand that’s now in the middle keep them separated. Then you take the right strand and place it under the middle right strand and over the middle strand. Then again the left strand… and so on. Of course, it is better if you can keep the strands separated with your fingers; it will look neater. But you can still do it even if you can not do that. So I think you should try.
Try not to make the braid on freshly washed hair (like I did), because the hair is not very cooperative. And I’m not recommending wet or dump hair either; I know a lot of people do that, but the hair is slightly longer when it is wet and it stretches when it dries and if it is braided when this happen it will be some tension on the hair, probably very little and if the hair is super-healthy it doesn’t matter very much, but I’m trying to avoid that anyway. Instead, you can add few drops of oil (olive oil, rosemary oil, rose oil… or whatever oil you prefer) to the ends to make them more manageable; or you can add some leave-in conditioner.
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.
