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juldeaSome of you may remember that I got my hair braided at Arisia last year by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
blk and I really liked it. Well, being that Arisia this year is coming up in less than a month, I have been thinking about what kind of braid I want to have her do - and this year, I'm budgeting for it! I am willing to shell out for something really nice-looking.
Since being inspired by her last year, I have been able to French/Dutch three-, four-, and five-strand braids on myself. I have tried out six- and seven-strands on londo, but not on myself. Hence, I think I want her to do something seven-stranded on me, unless my hair is long enough to pull off nine, which would be total pwnage.
However, even as impressive as a regular seven or nine would be, I find myself looking at more complicated things online. Here are a few images I've found of things I really like:
The crowns (first two) are impressive, but I'm not sure my hair is long enough for them even just as three-strands, much less multi-stranded. The X-into-bun is really awesome-looking, possibly mostly due to the ribbons, but I think also because that woman has enough hair to make a really thick, nested bun, which I might not. The infinity-buns I mostly like for the infinity sign and not for the buns, and I bet that can be done in some form.
The last one, though, is particularly neat to me and immediately caught my eye when I saw it. It's a style I can totally see myself using for wedding hair someday. It's a mixture of a crown and a cascade, meaning there's a full-circle braid done, but there is also hair cascading down from it - only in this braid, it's cascading from inside of it. There's a headband aspect of it I really like, as well as the opportunity to show off both a neat braid AND one's nice long hair.
While only the last picture incorporates accent braids, I feel that any of these ideas could be made more impressive by the addition of some accent braids/twists. Some drapes off of the crown, or interesting bits adding to the X-bun, more figure eights in the infinity symbol, and just adding to the ideas already in the, er, crown-cascade... definitely neat ideas.
So those are my thoughts. If you want to help out by looking at pictures of pretty braided hair and making suggestions, here are some websites:
http://www.spicybraids.com/ (blk's site)
http://www.dreamweaverbraiding.com/
http://frenchbraidsbytwistedsisters.com/
http://www.tressesentwined.com/
http://www.melissasbraids.com/
http://www.hairbraidingbyellen.com/
http://www.braidedimage.com/
http://www.celesteaviva.com/
Oh, and I guess I need a picture of my hair length. Hrm. Don't think I have a current one of those. Well, it's currently in a Dutch five-strand and the end of the tail touches the waistband of my pants just barely. So... long, but not long as defined byblk's braiding site. ;)
blk and I really liked it. Well, being that Arisia this year is coming up in less than a month, I have been thinking about what kind of braid I want to have her do - and this year, I'm budgeting for it! I am willing to shell out for something really nice-looking.Since being inspired by her last year, I have been able to French/Dutch three-, four-, and five-strand braids on myself. I have tried out six- and seven-strands on londo, but not on myself. Hence, I think I want her to do something seven-stranded on me, unless my hair is long enough to pull off nine, which would be total pwnage.
However, even as impressive as a regular seven or nine would be, I find myself looking at more complicated things online. Here are a few images I've found of things I really like:
The crowns (first two) are impressive, but I'm not sure my hair is long enough for them even just as three-strands, much less multi-stranded. The X-into-bun is really awesome-looking, possibly mostly due to the ribbons, but I think also because that woman has enough hair to make a really thick, nested bun, which I might not. The infinity-buns I mostly like for the infinity sign and not for the buns, and I bet that can be done in some form.
The last one, though, is particularly neat to me and immediately caught my eye when I saw it. It's a style I can totally see myself using for wedding hair someday. It's a mixture of a crown and a cascade, meaning there's a full-circle braid done, but there is also hair cascading down from it - only in this braid, it's cascading from inside of it. There's a headband aspect of it I really like, as well as the opportunity to show off both a neat braid AND one's nice long hair.
While only the last picture incorporates accent braids, I feel that any of these ideas could be made more impressive by the addition of some accent braids/twists. Some drapes off of the crown, or interesting bits adding to the X-bun, more figure eights in the infinity symbol, and just adding to the ideas already in the, er, crown-cascade... definitely neat ideas.
So those are my thoughts. If you want to help out by looking at pictures of pretty braided hair and making suggestions, here are some websites:
http://www.spicybraids.com/ (
blk's site)http://www.dreamweaverbraiding.com/
http://frenchbraidsbytwistedsisters.com/
http://www.tressesentwined.com/
http://www.melissasbraids.com/
http://www.hairbraidingbyellen.com/
http://www.braidedimage.com/
http://www.celesteaviva.com/
Oh, and I guess I need a picture of my hair length. Hrm. Don't think I have a current one of those. Well, it's currently in a Dutch five-strand and the end of the tail touches the waistband of my pants just barely. So... long, but not long as defined by
blk's braiding site. ;)