If you are blessed to be born with frizzy hair, it will be a great idea for you to try out the African braiding styles. There are plenty of ways on how to make braiding hairstyles for you to get a new look every day. You can make your braided hair into a single complicated fishtail or tied up into a cute top knot. Today let`s take a look at various African hair braiding styles with some photos below.
The African hair braiding styles own a wide range of shapes and and styles for different demands. You can even find out some interesting hairstyles for lads in this post (smiles). These African hair braiding styles will be able to create a very trendy and neat look when compared with other hairstyles. To get more fabulous look you can also use your creativity to create more new patterns with some micro braids like Bob marley, Ghana weaves for kinky braids.
Box Braids are one of the most popular styles for summer vacation thanks to stars like Beyonce , and movies like Poetic justice. This style uses synthetic straight hair to create long plaits. The term box braid come from the box-shaped parts that form when creating this style. The ends are sealed by burning the fake hair with a lighter.
Faux Dreadlocks : This style is created by wrapping kinky Marley hair tightly around your natural hair.
Crochet Braids: Are had to distinguish between naturally curly or kinky hair. The style is achieved by braiding the hair to the scalp. Then the extentions are attached to each braid using a crochet needle (with a latch). The weave is then curled with hot water and perm rods. This hair can be cut and styled to look more like Afro hair.
Senegalese twists are created by wrapping straight synthetic hair around the roots of the natural hair and two-strands -twisting to the ends. This style was popularized by west Africa , hence the name.
Senegalese Havana and Marley twists are very similar. The difference is in the hair not the technique Marley and Havana hair is kinky or wavy to resemble Afro hair. The hair is attached by two-strand twisting the extensions in with your real hair.
Ghana Braids (or Banana Cornrows)are extensions that touch the scalp. It begins like a regular cornrow braid. More synthetic hair is slowly incorporated to create a large plait near the nape.
