From: "Kimiko Small"
May I ask what hair style you wear under your hood? I tried the styles
mentioned in the Tudor Tailor, and my hair is so thick it wants to
fall off my head, and pins are of almost no help. I have mid-back
length hair, if that is long enough
Elizabeth Walpole wrote:
Have you tried taping or sewing the braids in place? like this
http://katerina.purplefiles.net/garb/hair/Hair%20taping.htm
This is the method I use. Thanks for the good website ref! Before I do
the braids, though, I part in the center and roll the front of each side
like this
http://www.marileecody.com/isabel.jpg
That keeps the front under control, and makes those little rolls along
the hairline.
My hair does not stay with pins, as it's too slippery (or maybe it's the
shape of my head!). I have to sew the braids to the hair underneath
(not just to each other) with ribbon to make it stay.
Kimiko, adding gel or mousse and braiding tightly while wet will help.
The product will make your hair stick to itself better, and the water
will keep it all together while you're braiding. Parting it in the
center and brushing to either side before braiding in two braids will
also help--that way the hair you're sewing the braids to is going in the
ear-to-ear direction instead of the forehead-to-nape direction, and the
braids can't "slide" down the back of your head once sewn to the rest of
the hair.
Good luck! If I can do it with my hair (which doesn't like to stay
_anywhere_), you can too.
Melanie
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