French Rope Braid Bun

STEP 1:
Starting from the sides, split the hair into 2 even bundles and twist them twice. After the initial 2 twists, start French Rope braiding towards the back.
STEP 2:
Unlike the regular French braid, you can not twist or braid until all bundles (2 in this case) have a piece of hair from each side.
Therefor,  keep the 2 big bundles -  we’ll call them bundle A and B -  immobilized while you gather hair from each sides before  twisting them – once.

Example:

• grab some piece of hair from the left then give it to bundle A
• grab some piece of hair from the right and give it to bundle B
• now that both bundles have a piece of hair, we twist.

You simply repeat this process until all the hair is put up before you tie it with a rubber band at the nape.
STEP 3:

• Wet the ends again to continue rope braiding until the end.
• After tying the ends, create a tight bun/chignon and simply secure it with a few bobbi pins.

 

 

 BOHO Side Loose Rope Braid:
For the loose braid version of this hair tutorial, simply stop at Step 2, loosen the rope braids and wear it as is.
If you like tight looking rope braid look, then you’ll need to twist the 2 bundles separately in 1 direction, before connecting them and twisting them together in the opposite.
  Example:  if you had twisted the 2 strands “clockwise”, then you will combine the 2 strands and twist them together “counter clockwise”.