Advanced Plaiting

Health and Safety

• Clean washed hands must always be the first thing before touching client
• Hair is tied back at all times
• Model should be wearing a apron or protected clothing
• Must check whether there is any contraindications such as sickness or infection

Equipment needed

• Paddle Brush
• Hair ties

The 5 strand Plait 

• Separate the hair into 5 equal sections at the back of the head leaving part of the front of the hair free for the 8 strand plait after completing the 5 strand.
• start of crossing three strands like in standard plait. Start the plait of on one side of the five sections.
• cross the section at the side of the head over the strand next to it and under the middle strand; hold the two sections of hair leaving the single strand hanging.
• work the rest of the hair into the plait; working the two sections from the other side of the head into the strand that was hanging remembering that at every time 3 strands should be on one side of the head being held and 2 in the other hand on the opposite hand. 
• Continue moving the side of the strand over the strand next to it and underneath again and again to get into routine. 
• To keep track of movements just think over under over under

The 8 strand plait 

• Section one side of the head into three sections
• starting of with a normal plait cross once and hold the two sections in each hand
• work the single strand into the original 5 strand plait in between the braid expanding the plait slightly to fit in the new piece of hair. 
• work the braid down against the original 5 strand plait. 

The plait can be finished to turn into a 13 strand plait too using same method. 

Waterfall Braid

• An extremely pretty braid that I was surprised was easy to achieve. Start of plaiting with three strands at the side of the head.
• working with your model ask then to hold the piece of hair that will be on its own after plaiting with a standard plait. 
• Work around the head asking your model to hold the hair away from their face.
• Can be worked around the head or just pinned to desired end.
• The hair thats been left out should now be released and fall neatly down the hair.

Plaiting into the braid.

• With the strands left out of the braid work these now into a ladder plait. 
• The tighter the hair the tighter the ladder will look.