How to Bohemian Braid Your Hair
Bohemian bride hairstyles are perfect for any time of the year. In summer, they allow you to keep your hair natural, without straightening and damaging them. In winter, boho braids can save us from rain, humidity and all those agents that make any other hairstyle look messy. Because bohemian braid hair are supposed to look boho chic, they don't need to be perfect, so you don't have to worry about leaving a few hair out. Plus, you can use bohemian braid hairstyles even for formal events, as they look way more complicated than they actually are. So, let's discover the fundamentals of boho hairstyles: how to do a bohemian braid bun, how to bohemian side braid, how to bohemian twist braid, and how to do a romance braid. Today, on OneHowTo.com, we will teach you how to bohemian braid your hair.
How to: Bohemian braid bun
This is a bohemian hairstyle for long hair, at least shoulder length. It is one of those bohemian braid hairstyles that look very sophisticated, romantic, and complicated. In reality, it is quite easy to achieve in about 10 to 15 minutes. So, let's see how to bohemian braid your hair.
- Visualize the look: it will be a bohemian braid on one side and a braided bun at the back. Look at the picture
- Brush your hair thoroughly. You can apply some dry shampoo at this point if you want more volume
- Put your hair on the side where you want to have the braid
- Take a small section from the top of the braid side, about a inch and a half, and make a regular French braid on your side. For those of you who do not know what a French braid is: divide the small section you have taken into 3 sections, put each of your side section over the middle section and under the opposite one. You have to take new sections of hair for every braid knot. Take hair from slightly below and backward from the previous section, but not from the very back, so that you can get a long braided section attached to your scalp. It is basically a braid attached to your scalp.
- Direct your French braid towards the back of your ear while you make the knots
- When you reach your ear level, continue making a normal braid, i.e. detached from your scalp, towards the back of your head, slowly incorporating ALL of your hair. Tie the braid
- Now you have a side French braid that ends in a regular back braid. Loosen it up a little for a messier look
- Wrap your big braid at the back of your head in a circle, a bun. Tie the bun with some hairpins
Here you go, you now know how to do a bohemian braid bun, which is quite a bohemian romance braid too! Let's know see other ways to bohemian braid your hair.
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How to: Bohemian side braid
- Visualize the look: it will be a bohemian braid on one side which continues as a fishtail side braid for the all length of your hair. Look at the picture
- Brush your hair thoroughly. You can apply some dry shampoo at this point if you want more volume
- Put your hair on the side where you want to have the braid.
- Put all of you hair on that side so that there are no hair left at the back and on the other side
- Take a small section of hair from the top of your head on the braid side, about a inch and a half, and make a regular French braid on your side. For those of you who do not know what a French braid is: divide the small section you have taken into 3 sections, put each of your side section over the middle section and under the opposite one. You have to take new sections of hair for every braid knot. Take hair from slightly below and backward from the previous section, but not from the very back.
- When you reach the ear level, you will transform your French braid into a fishtail braid. You need to separate all of your hair into 2 sections and then grab some hair from the back of the right section and bring it around and over the right section, so that it joins the left section. Do the same thing with the left side section, alternating the 2 sections each time, until the end of your hair. Tie it up with an hair tie. For a more detailed explanation of how to make a fishtail braid, we have a step by step tutorial for you.
- Loosen up you hair and here you go! Now you know how to do a bohemian side braid.
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How to: Bohemian twist braid
Let's now come to one bohemian braid hairstyle that really looks much more difficult to achieve than it actually is: the bohemian twist braid. This is one of the few bohemian hairstyles for short hair too.
- Visualize the look: it will be 2 side twisted braids that meat either in the middle back of your hair, or on one side. Look at the picture
- Brush your hair thoroughly. You can apply some dry shampoo at this point if you want more volume
- Decide whether you want to put your hair on the side on have 2 bohemian twist braids that start from the centre of your head, i.e. if you want a side bohemian hairstyle or a centred one.
- Now, pick a small section of hair from one side and twist it over the section of hair right below, then pass it under the below section. Take another section and twist it over the previous one, then pass it below it. Go on like that. Technically, this is not a braid but a twist. This is one of the few bohemian hairstyles that needs to be quite tight to be able to last longer.
- Pick the hair sections depending on the direction you want to give your bohemian twist braid
- When you rich the point at the back of your head where you want your 2 bohemian twist braids to meet, secure the first twist braid and start making another one on the other side. As you can see from the picture, you have several options regarding where your 2 bohemian twist braids can meet.
- Once you have both your twist braids secured, you can tie them up together with an elastic band
Isn't this a easy bohemian hairstyle for short hair?. Let's now see how to get our last bohemian hairstyle: the Bohemian romance braid.
How to: Bohemian romance braid
The last bohemian hairstyle we present you is for long hair, and looks very, very boho-chic.
- Visualize the look: it will be one bohemian fishtail braid on each side which are then lifted to circle the upper front part of your head. Look at the picture
- Brush your hair thoroughly.
- Divide your hair into 2 sections.
- Make a fishtail braid in the way we explained above with each hair section. It is very boho chic to leave some hair out
- Tie each braid with an elastic band
- Lift one braid and make it pass over your head, down towards the opposite side of your head
- Secure it with some hairpins
- Do the same with the other braid
- Try to make each braid cover the hairpins
That's it! You have a good selection of bohemian hairstyles for long hair and short hair to choose from: the bohemian braid bun, the bohemian side braid, bohemian twist braid and one bohemian romance braid. Now that you know how to bohemian bride your hair, let us know how it went!
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