In this video we're going to be going over a fishtail breed with a ponytail or elastic holder.
And then once we're done with it we will do it with out one.
It's just a lot easier to learn with when you have this top secured.
So let's go ahead and start by dividing this large section into two and you kind of want to give a good
feel and make sure that they are as even as possible so the first one I'm going to start by taking my
hand grip like this in my point your finger is going to be my working finger so I'm gonna take a little
bit off the back case right here.
Just a little bit and I'm going to wrap it around the front and grab it on my left side.
Yeah.
And I wanted to start pretty high up here.
Yes.
Now I'm going to do the same thing.
I'm gonna take my left.
Point your finger here.
I'm going to take a tiny piece off the back of the pony to show it to you here.
See that and I'm going to transfer it over to my right side.
So what you'll see is this I'm gonna lose it so you can see a little this cross happening.
Yeah.
I don't want it to start as low as right now I'm just trying to show you the x that you're going to
try to create.
So you actually want that to be higher up closer to the top of the pony tail.
So we did one on the right and one on the left.
It is now time to go to the right again.
So now we're just gonna repeat this little bit of piece of hair from the back.
Yeah and fold it over to keep this tight.
I can also use this thumb to kind of push to make sure that this cross stays in place.
So just like that and I'm using the point your finger back here to kind of pinch.
So now I did the right side.
Now I'm going to transfer it to my right hand and do my left side.
So I grab my little piece transfer the hair over and I've got my second cross.
Yes.
So again I can pinch.
So I have this arm free.
Grab a little piece from behind.
I really want to make sure I'm from behind not just over here so that I can completely wrap around.
Yes.
Then I'll grab it with my left hand and switch and keep repeating that over and over.
I want to make sure that I take similar sized pieces here so that my braid looks consistent.
If I take some small and some large the braid will look a little more disorganized.
Yes.
So as we keep going I'll continue to give you little tips and tricks.
So you're on the right side.
Pinch
if so many demonstrate.
If I take this and I feel like it's too big of a section before I switch hands I can just regroup and
take a smaller section like that.
Yes.
So as long as I don't then just toss it over then I can't redo my section.
So I always want to make sure that I'm happy with the piece that I took before I trade it off.
Yes.
So again I'll show you.
Let's say I take this piece and then I feel kind of big.
Just drop it
get another piece until you like that piece and then trade it over.
So there's no you know problem if you grab a piece and you're not really happy about it just don't trade
it over yet.
Yes.
So as you can see we're really starting to take the shape of a fishtail I see it in the camera face
spreader.
You can see it a little more.
And we're just going to keep going
the smaller the pieces the more common that fishtail looks.
If I take two large sections it's going to start looking more like a traditional three strand break.
So these braids require time and patience because it's a lot of just little pieces slowly making its
way down have that kind of least effect
so a couple more tips before we continue is keeping even tension.
So what I mean by even tension is if I start by making the braid really tight here and then I start
getting too loose as we go on.
What will happen is the bridal circuiting fatter and fatter or reverse.
Maybe I started fat and I start getting tighter.
It'll create a different shape.
So if you're doing that intentionally that's OK.
But if you're doing it accidentally then you're going to end up with a sheet that you don't want.
So just when you take this piece the more you pull it like that the more it's going to tighten this
hair right there and cause an index.
So you can control that.
Let's say I place it too much.
I can just kind of backtrack and then pinch once I pinch and let go.
That's what I finalized it.
So just until you transferred over the other hand just make sure it's what you want.
So here let's say I pull it too tight like that.
It's a little bit harder to backtrack it because I already placed it.
So just making sure you're slow and intentional.
Don't try to rush it.
If the client wants a messy fishtail you know a little more tussle than wild.
You don't have to be as particular.
But if someone was going for that kind of perfect fishtail you really want to be slow and methodical
about it just depends on the look you're trying to create.
It's also easy for the hair to become tangled so just frequently given a little come either with your
hands or you can grab the whole thing just make sure you really pinch and you can brush it through with
your coat.
Just make sure you hold this braid really tight so you don't pawn any of these strands
so as we're going here another tip I'd like to give you is as you're going through this braid obviously
you want your little sections that you're passing back and forth to be perfectly even.
But as we know it's hard to make things perfect in the hair world.
Just grabbing a section and eyeballing it so the chances of us picking up bigger sections are pretty
high.
So if you feel like one of these sections like if I feel this side and I feel this side right now this
side feels a little thicker I could start taking slightly bigger sections on this left side and slightly
smaller sections of the right side to kind of compensate until these feel even because I don't want
to end up with you know this tiny little strand on the side in a huge section.
So just constantly keeping in mind that these also want to stay even and tossing them a good amount
of hair back and forth that makes it feel even
you'll find that you might always make the right side feel heavier and it's just kind of your tendency
or you'll find that just on some people's hair it's going to be different.
So it's just a constant thing that you need to have in your mind when you're doing braids as you want
to keep balance within your pieces and also within your working strands or your free strands
so as you can see this is a time consuming braid.
It doesn't go very far very fast and the smaller section and usually the prettier.
So
they're not that fond of a bride to do in my opinion but they're really rewarding at the end.
So I'm going to keep going further and further I feel like you've gotten the point of the bride so far
but there are some tips when we get to these kind of ends that will come in handy when you're doing
this on clients.
So if a client is gonna ask for this breed like they just want a fish tail braid and nothing else you'll
want the fish tail to go as far as you possibly can into the ends because you don't want just a lot
of straight hair hanging out.
So when the hair starts to getting really thin and there's not much to work with you're gonna start
taking larger pieces to wrap around not too large but you want to make sure that when you fold it over
it looks substantial.
We don't want to just take tiny tiny little baby strands and start so little funny so we'll actually
start taking disproportionately large sections in comparison to up here to make sure you can still see
this crossover stitch.
And what you're gonna find is it almost kind of looks like you're doing a three strand braid but that's
how we keep the braid looking good and not silly
so you can go as far as you feel comfortable.
Or sometimes the client will have a preference.
They'll say you know stop there or whatever.
Just make sure you're in good communication with your your client.
So you know exactly what they're looking for.
So you can see you can get pretty far with this braid.
I could probably even go more but then I'm just gonna be wrapping my elastic around a tie.
So there is your fishtail braid and I'm just going to show you.
You can also loosen it up by giving it a rough Tuck like this.
So this is not necessarily deconstructing it and just giving it a little pull apart.
Yeah.
So if you're just going to leave it like this and you're not going to do any update or anything with
it you can check for balance now.
So I would look if this is your client facing you know I would turn her around to the back of her head
faces the mirror and then I would check for balance.
So right here this looks like it peaks and then it looks like it goes in and peeks a little.
So without you know redoing the braid I can just pull those out a little and balance it.
I see it again here so I can just pull it a little and I check again I can see it right here.
It doesn't mean you did the braid wrong it's just it's just what you do.
You just fix it when you're done.
And I see a little here
and we just pull
yeah so you just do as much as you need.
And then I'm just going to let go this so you can see that this is a pretty good sturdy braid.
I mean it can mess around.
I didn't type of elastic or anything.
And this is it's a medium tight.
It's it's definitely kind of looks like it's pulled apart a little bit it's not a super tight fit here
but it can also be way more expanded if I decide to deconstruct it.
Yes.
So just understanding how to do the fishtail.
This is what I call the under two over.