need instructions on how to do a french twist????

Question

I'm going to a wedding and I'm very good at doing my hair and I don't know how to do a french twist which is the style I want to do and I have to do my hair that way for a dance but anyways I need step by step instructions on how to do a french twist.
thanks

Answer 1

Okay this might be hard to describe, but your my challenge for tonight! lol! Make sure you read this from start to finish before attempting, just so you get an idea of what you are going to have to do. I want you to get a visual of it.

Split your hair in a half moon kind of shape from ear to ear and kind of moving up toward the crown and then back down to the other ear.

Take the top part of the hair and roll it up and clip it to keep it out of your way.

The next part is going to depend on whether you have thick,long hair. Or thin,shorter hair.Or in between. If your hair is thick then you do not have to do this next step. If it is thin, then you need to divide a vertical section of your hair alongside your hairline, from your ear to the nape of your neck and clip it to keep it out of the way. It should be about an inch wide.If you have thick hair you do not have to tease anything. Just follow the rest of the instructions.

Tease the rest of the bottom section of hair with a brush as to not make it lumpy. The purpose is for volume. Brush the hair to the left and pin it downthe middle of your head You have to leave a little bit of a poof as you are smoothing the hair to the left. After you have secured the hair with pins. Spray with hairspray and let dry.

Then you are going to take the hair that is now mainly hanging on the left side of your head and start smoothing it back around to the right side of your head with a brush, folding it over the pins. Include the one inch section of hair you did not tease. This unteased hair is to cover any messy looking teased part of the hair. Don't forget, if you have fairly thick hair you do not have to tease any part of your hair or make any sections to cover the teased part.

Your going from left to right if you are right handed. If you are left handed go the other way.

So, now you are folding the left side over in a kind of tube or twist effect. Meanwhile as you are shaping the twist, you have to place bobby pins in the hair along the seam of the twist to hold it in place. Spray with hair spray as you see fit.

After you have finished and reached the top of the twist you are going to have a pony tail of hair left over. Twist it around the top of the twist in a donut type circle and pin it. Try to hide the pins inside the donut if you can.

If you are going to do a little creative curl along the length of the twist to give it a current look leave about a 1/2" thick piece of about 4-6". If you want the classice twist do not do this.

Next you are going to work on the top section, You may have to take about a one inch wide section of hair from ear to ear along your hairline (in the front) pin it to keep it out of the way. If your hair is fairly thick you don't have to do this. You want to take a section of hair on the top of you head, in the middle. Tease it as you did with the other part of your hair, only a little lighter in teasing.

Take the teased hair in one hand and smooth it somewhat with a brush into the other hand. Then undo the one inch section and smooth it on top of the teased hair.

This is where you can get creative or stay true to the classic french twist.

To stay classic you will smooth the hair back and begin to form it around the donut circle you finished the first section of hair with. BUT, make sure that the side hair is falling below the part line on the side of your head, but smooth enough to blend in with the rest of the hair.

Begin forming the hair to follow the donut circle (fairly loosely ,but not so loose and not too tight) and smoothing the hair. Get at least one full circle with that hair and then begin to tuck the rest of the hair inside the donut circle. When you have finished the twist, make sure it looks seamless on the sides and where the two donut circles meet. The second "donut circle" is on top of the first one and it should cover the first circle. This "donut circle" I'm describing is what you see at the top of a french twist. It's about 3" wide. More than that and it would'nt look right.

(Sometimes it blends in with the twist so well that it looks like it is part of the twist and in some cases it is all one section of hair and is just twisted and pinned and looks beautiful when done that way. You may be able to do that if you have the right type of hair. All it would involve is you grabbing your hair about six inches below your neck, twisting it up and pinning it as you go up your head. Play around with it and see if you are able to do that. other wise stay with what my directions are)

On a personal level. I like to get a kind of side swept look for the front part of the hair, so you will have to play around with it to see what looks best for your face shape. The side sweep leaves a little sexier look to the french twist, in my opinion it looks great on all face shapes, because it is slightly off center. You can make dips on the forehead and still have it look great.

If you have left out that little strip of hair for a creative look you want to spray the hair and slide you hand loosely over the strip to kind of hold it together. Use about a 1" barrel iron and kind of pull it out when you feel it has enough curl. See how the curl is going to lay on the twist. Sometimes if the curl winds up really pretty enough you can ever so carefully lay it against the seam of the twist instead of a stylish comb. Secure it with a few of those wide mouthed pins. If you bend one end of that particular type of pin ( it's very light weight) it will hold securely. Spray hair and let dry.



I hope I have explained this to you with clarity. If you still don't understand then you will have to go to a book store and look for pictures that can help you with it. Please let me know if I missed anything. I don't think I did, but I could be wrong.

Answer 2

French Twist Instructions

Answer 3

How to do a French Twist
http://beauty.about.com/od/promhairstyles/ss/classicup_2.htm?terms=french+twist

Anyone know how to do a French twist?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060807172120AAEc84o

French Twist Instructions (Pictures)
http://classiclength.home.mchsi.com/french_twist_instructions/index.html

Answer 4

Is u're hair pretty long??/ Anyways, if it is.... it makes for a fuller twist.
Start by brushing your hair all to one side in the back, best results when bending over, after hair is very smooth against head, start at nape of neck , push in bobby pin pointing towards the top of your head, then move to the top part, near crown, push in bobby pin pointing towards nape( be sure you get as much hair in bobby as possible, all the way to scalp if possible), then continue with middle of smoothed hair, w/bobbies, use as many as you like they will be hidden, anyways!! When all hair is pinned....
Start w/ends of hair & start rolling hair, with fingers in a tube-like fashion, when all hair is rolled.....(make sure you have all hair is smoothed in roll,dampen if necessary)roll tightly against head, when desired look is achieved, secure firmly w/ bobby pins, paying careful attention to HIDING PINS...When very secure...........HAIRSPRAY THE HELL OUT OF IT!!! GOOD LUCK!!

Karen