Hello everyone I just joined. Seems like a real friendly place to hang around. Anyway, I work on a farm with a 44Head of horses to care for including my own. The sun, wind, rain, and cold really do a number on my hair. I love braiding it, unfortunately I can't do a french braid on myself to save my life, I just always do a basic braid. My hair is to the middle of my back but my goal is for my hair to hit my waist. My problem when I do my braid is the front pieces keep faling out even though I pull hard. The front pieces are very long so I don't know why they keep falling down. Should I try to braid it wet? Also I put hollywood beauty olive oil on my ends every day to protect them while being out in the elements all day. Does anyone have any other tips for my hair to protect it outside in the heat & the cold. I haven't cut my hair in over a year also I do twist my hair into little ropes and snip off the pieces that stick out. Any help will be much appreciated. Thank you and sorry this post is so long.

How about a ball cap, with your braid through hole some have in the back. Maybe bobby pins to help hold back the sides? You might want to post this on the main board, might get more answers:
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Hair: All natural dark brown and silver.
Washing: Twice a week, scalp wash, with letting shampoo run through length. Condition from ears on down. Cold as I can stand it final rinse.
Shampoo/Conditioner: I have switched to organic. Aubrey's Honeysuckle Rose Shampoo and Conditioner. Nature's Gate Organics Biotin Shampoo and Conditioner.
Comb, never brush.
Kind Regards,
lacemitts

It is so nice to have you join us.

Many, many moons ago when I had hip length hair and I was working with horses I would put oil on my hair and the either braid it, put scruchies down the length or wear it in a pony tail. During the summer I always wore a hat weather a baseball cap or a cowboy hat. During the winter I would wear a hat if it was drizzling heavily, otherwise I wouldn't wear one.

My braids were basic french or dutch. I like to change around the style daily. The way I learned to due a french or dutch braid is when my mom bought me a book on how to do the braids yourself. Took a lot of practice, but I got it eventually.

As for your hair falling out of the braid you can try braiding when your hair is wet, but depending upon your hair type, that may not work. You could try putting a cute little clips on the side to help hold the hair in place.

Check our out styling station for further hairstyles to try.

HTH!!! Happy Growing!

Here is a trick to braid your hair so the front pieces are less likely to fall out. The effect looks like a pseudo-french braid, but it's much easier and similar to a classic braid.

First, gather 2 pieces of hair from the sides, one from the right, the other from the left. Bring them together so they meet in the middle of your head and combine them into one strand. The total thickness of this combined strand should be about 1/3 of your overall hair thickness. This will be the MIDDLE strand when you begin the braid.

Next, take the remaining 2/3 of your hair and divide it in half. These will be the RIGHT and LEFT strands, respectively.

Then braid the 3 strands as you would a normal braid, keeping it as tight as you can at the top to secure those fly-away front pieces.

Hopefully this helps you. The nice thing about this kind of braid is that it starts the sides higher up your head and pulls them in tighter than a normal braid, while maintaining the normal braid's simplicity and easy execution. I find that when I use this braid on wet hair, I can wear it all day without having to re-braid.

Happy Braiding!

-sweet jasmine