Cute Braided Hairstyle Ideas

Braid hairstyles are one of the most popular hairstyles, and have been in fashion for a long time. If you are bored of your normal hairstyle, or want a style which makes your hair look neat and at the same time cool, then going with some braid hairstyles will help you sport a new look.

Some braids are easy to create, and can be done yourself at home. While some styles are very painful to create, and can even take days at the salon!

Types of Braid hairstyles

Braids hairstyles have evolved since time, and can be used to create fresh new looking styles. Given below is a list of various types of Braid hairstyles, which are considered most popular.

There are also other black hair braiding styles which looks as if the hair is braided, but are good faux styles.

First of all comes the English Braid hairstyles, which is the simplest of all. It is a simple three-strand structure design, and is created using overlapping the strand in a specific manner. Using this pattern of braiding you can create many simple and quick braid styles, like you can create one long braid, mini braids with small sections of your hair, or even pigtails, or can even roll the braid or braids to make cute buns. Check out pictures of Alexander Wang braid to get more idea on the latest braid hairstyles.

A more complex version of the English braid is the French Braid hairstyles, which looks more interesting than the simple English braid, but needs more skill to create. It is done by braiding hair using the hair on different areas of the scalp. There are various cute and different types of French braids, you can make small French braids on sides, and join them to make a big English or French braid. You can join them, to create a bun style. Or simply create on side parted hair a French braid, and leave the rest of the hair open for a bohemian beach look.

Another version of the French braid, is the inside out French braid, which is also known as the Dutch Braid hairstyles, that gives an interesting look. Dutch braid gives an appearance of a braid which is close to the head yet gives a raised appearance. These braids look beautiful on people who have long hair. Again these types of braids needs some skill, so you need to practice them before you can make them properly.

Another interesting style of braiding is the herringbone or fishbone braid. You can mix a French braid with a herringbone braid for an ultra cool braided style. This year herringbone braid is very much in fashion. Check out pictures of Fergie in this type of braid online. You can create a similar style in your hair. You can also create pigtails using herringbone braiding style.

This is traditional Swiss braid and popularly known as Heidi braid. Heidi braid is similar to a braided headband. There are two ways to do this braid hairstyle. Either you can divide your hair in two equal sections, then make pigtails, and wind them around head to create Heidi braid style. Another way is to use French braiding from one end of the head to the other to create a similar braid.

Twists are not exactly braids, because they are done by entwining two strands of hair, whereas Braid hairstyles are done with three strands of hair. However, they are equally popular and can be used to create styles similar to braid hairstyles. Twists are super easy to make and look cool too. They are popular as African-American hairstyles for kids. One similar style of hairstyle is rope braid, which is nothing but all the hair divided into two equal parts and styled as twist.