Plats and Buns

Today was the first lesson of practical hair. I have had little experience with hair so it was interesting to start styling hair more professionally.  I've taken photos of each plat and documented my progress. 

Items used: 

Paddle Brush, Sectioning brush, Hair bobble

French plat:

Firstly make sure there are no knots in the hair, section the hair however big/small you want the braid. Make sure the other section of the hair is out of the way so you don't use any hair from the wrong section. Use a small triangle shape at the top of the plat, section evenly into 3 pieces of hair, cross the left side into the middle of the hair then the right side into the middle like you would with a plat. Then pick up a section from underneath to add onto your section your holding. Do this and pull each time so that the hair is nice and tightly braided. You will eventually get to the bottom of the hair crown, here you can follow through with an original plat all the way to the bottom, secure this with a hair bobble. 

Fishtale plat

A fishtale is similar to a normal braid but we are only going to use 2 sections. Grad the section you want to fish tale, can be a thin or thick piece of hair. I've tried it on thin and thick but it looks more effective when there is more hair in the plat. Start by splitting the hair into two equal sections. From the left side pick up a small 1cm piece of hair from the very left to cross over to the middle and hold into the right. Do the same with the end piece of the right hand section to bring into the middle but then keep it in the left hand section. Repeat this with equal even parts at a time and you'll get to the end of the hair, secure with a hair bobble. You can tug the hair to pull out pieces for a more messy look. This is a really simple effective design which always looks more technical than it is. 

Experimenting with a thin fish tale plat

Doughnut-less bun

To get a perfect bun you'll need:

Hair grips and pins, 

Hair bobble

Backcombing brush

Paddle brush

To start off; section your hair, tie this into a neat pony tale. Then section the pony tale into quaters, all even. Backcomb the underneath part of each quater. Roll the quater (section) under itself and secure with a grip ensuring no flyaway hairs are poking out. Use 2 grips for more effective hold. Do this evenly to each section and you'll get the similar outcome as this bun.