Something about summer always awakens the inner hippie in me: I never want to shave my legs and I always want to wear my hair in braids. For quite a while now, I’ve been wanting to try a waterfall braid in particular. It’s not much trickier than a French braid, nor does it require a lot of time to make. They’re quite romantic-looking, yet not too Heidi-of-the-Mountains.
This waterfall braid took me about five minutes to do after I mastered the art (since I didn’t braid it around my head completely). For instructions on how to braid one, Lilith Moon’s waterfall braid Youtube video is incredibly helpful. Her instructions are clear, detailed, and easy to follow; I won’t even bother going through the steps here because her video is much better than any tutorial I could write up.
I secured my braid with a bobby pin, but for a more frou-frou look, you can place a flower or something on top of it.
After braiding my hair, I wrapped the ends of my hair around the barrel of a 1″ curling iron to add some beach waves (although this style looks equally good with straight hair). For more a more detailed tutorial of curling, see my previous post on “mermaid curls”. Since the braid is the main focus of this style, I didn’t spend too much time curling it, and only wrapped each lock of hair around for a few seconds without using any hairspray.
At the most generous estimate, this style took me about twenty minutes from start to finish, so it’s not at all laborious. It transitions perfectly from day to evening, from a wedding hair style to a beach hair style. Also, for bookworms like me, this is a great way to take the hair out of your eyes, and it looks way cuter than haphazardly bobby-pinning your bangs back (the style I sport 90% of the time that I’m bent over a book).
Let me know if any of you try this~ I know this style would look adorable on short hair as well, so if you have short hair and try this, send me images/links so I can see what it looks like!
Wow, I will definitely try this and will of course take photos. This looks so cute and elegant at the same time!
aahh i love this! and definitely must try it.
such a sweet look, I’ve been wearing fishtail braids quite a lot recently so will have to try this one out xoxo
That is such a beautiful braid! It always amazes me how gorgeous your hair is, Catherine! I tried watching the video and got completely lost, so I’ll give it a try another time when I’m not feeling so impatient :)
You have such a gorgeous hair! Love the braid!
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Firstly, this should go without saying but your dog is beyond adorable makes me miss my dog! Secondly, love this tutorial and you have great hair! Definitely need to try it.. x
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Aw, this style looks gorgeous on you! I can do it, but sadly not on my own hair :/
Ah! Your hair is amazing! I wish I could do the same with mine *_*
You have the most beautiful hair!
This is a wonderful idea! I am going to my friend’s wedding tomorrow and I think this might just be the hairstyle I choose. It’s beautiful! Keep up the great work!
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I have been wanting to learn how to do this! Thank you! I have short curly hairs so it looks different, but it still truned out great.
This is such a cute and different style, i must try this.
I did this braid on my sister’s hair but then pulled the hair into a loose, scruffy side-bun afterwards. It was quite nice, but I didn’t get a photo.
Yours looks really neat and pretty.
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wow! this is beautiful!!!
That looks so pretty but I’m absolutely terrible at braiding!
Your dog is gorgeous by the way :)
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Love this hairdo! I got like a short bob and it worked out perfect! But I sure want to let my hair grow long again when I see your pics, looks so cute:D
This looks so lovely! I might give it a go myself :) your dog is absolutely adorable too! Reminds me of Gizmo from Gremlins haha what a cutie pie!
That hairstyle is so pretty, it seems like it could look cute on short hair as well. Haha, I love that picture of bunny, she’s so adorable XD
I love the comment about summer. Haha. :)
i tried this a few weeks back and it’s pretty easy to do! i can’t really do the side braid thing that frames my face but this one works nice and looks pretty :)
love it!
Wow! This is breath taking and yet so simple! Awesome pictures, great writing – im a new big fan!
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This is one of my absolute favorites for the summer. Hands down.
I want to try this when I have the patience. It looks incredibly beautiful.
wow! love the braid
and the photos!
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ooohhh, this looks beautiful. I wonder if my hair is long enough to pull it off.
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This is so beautiful! I’ve been wanting to try this for quite a while, but could never find a tutorial, especially since I only recently learned the name of it! Check out my blog, yeah?
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First off, your hair and the style are gorgeous. Secondly, I also have a Japanese Chin; I got so excited when I saw it in the picture, they’re so difficult to come across it seems!
your hair (&color) is so beautiful!
So ready to try this braid, it’s probably one of the few I didn’t try when I had long hair. I’ve seen it a couple of times lately so I might have to give it a go, xx (:
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You make that look so effortless!
love your blog, so cute :)
Merci pour ton gentil commentaire, tu parle français?
En tout cas j’adore ta coiffure! c’est très jolie, ça me donne des idées!
merci beaucoup! <3
oui, un petit peu, mais pas très bien parce que je n'ai pas étudié le français depuis six ans!
First of all your hair looks beautiful and second your dog is so precious! Such pretty pictures and great tutorial!
x
love this post – such a beautiful way to do hair. xo.
You have such a lovely hair
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Adorable hair (and dog! I’m guessing a Japanese Chin?)
gorgeous <3
This is adorable! I love side braids for summer, they’re my absolute faaaave :)
heyy! any more hairstyles?
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Gorgeous hairdo! ♥ I’ve yet to master this waterfall braid hehe x
OK, i need to try this!!! *—–*
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This is my favorite style this year! I keep coming back to look at it to try to get it right and I can’t quite get it! I had someone else do it for me for a wedding this summer and it turned out alright but didn’t stay in for very long. I think I have to dirty up my hair a little bit for it to work. It’s such a fun, flirty hairstyle. I especially like it with the wavy curls. So cute!
Great post! I wonder if it would be possible to achieve this look on shorter hair!
I love the subtle braid with cascading waves.. cute dog too.
this hairstyle is amazing! i love that you have curls AND bangs!! do you have to straighten/style them a lot? Because I have curly hair, but it’s mostly curly at the bottom and I am debating getting bangs like yours! You’re very pretty
This is an amazing hairstyle! I love that you have curls AND bangs! I have curls too but my hair is more straight at the top, and I was wondering if you have to style your bangs a lot to make them look this good! (I’m thinking about getting bangs myself)
I like the carefree hairdo, in fact the images are so clear that anyone can make those waterfall braid easily …hope I had longer locks to try this…Great style!
Ver very nice style.
Congrats!
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Omg, thnk you so much!!! I have brown hair and I really wanted to do this braid!!! And you are the ony site that made me realize how to do it, thank you thank you thnk you!!!!
I really love this style..i’m so gonna try it.
l~o~v~e it<3
Great tutorial! That’s an adorable hairstyle.
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