I am a HUGE fan of messy braid hairstyles, and you can see them pretty much anywhere right now in movies, on TV, in magazines, etc. They are so popular that we decided to give you the 5-Strand Messy Braid tutorial today!
When you braid hair, whatever the braid variation, it is important to understand the stranding. For this braid, the stranding is a bit complex, since you are using five strands instead of three. Once you get the hang of it, this gorgeous braid will take very little time to create.
{If you do not know how to braid with five strands, make sure you are comfortable with a 3-stranded braid first.}
Be sure to watch the video carefully to see how we incorporate the additional two strands. Then, as we finish the hairstyle, we tie off the braid and then loosen the “elbows” of the braid {we call this pancaking} for that messy boho look.
Wherever I go with this braided hairstyle, I receive so many compliments because you can easily tell that it does not look like a regular braid. Other girls want to know exactly how I did the hairstyle, and I am sure that you will get the same reaction! Enjoy!
Items Needed: Brush, comb, ponytail holder, hairspray {if desired}
Time Requirement: 5 minutes
Happy Hairdoing!
I’m in Australia, but sometimes I wish we had a little bit of snow! Just a little!!
Is it possible to do a french braid with more than three strands? I dont know where that thought came from, but could you give us a tutorial of that? Anyway, this is cool! I definately want to try this on myself.
Lovely braid! But I still need practice on the simple ones as I am not a very good braider.
I’ve done several of your lovely girly hairstyles on my 2 year old princess!
It’s not that cold over here in Spain but still I’ll love to be in Paracas – Perú. It’s summer south there.
Hi! I loooooove you, your site, your girls!!! Congrats.
I’m in London, but i wish to be in Brazil right now because it’s summer, it’s Carnival and I miss soooo much the beach….
PS: Can you teach us how to do a french braid but with 5 strands. And some hairstyles with natural flowers. It’s possible?? Thank you sooo much!
xoxoxo
I wish to be in sunny Florida! I love that place!
Thank you for this tutorial video! This is so much easier than how I had been doing braids with more than 3 strands previously – weaving one outside strand all the way through at a time. The messy braids are great for us busy moms whose hair ends up messy anyway, too. lol. I love being able to diversify these quick ‘do’s and not feel frumpy or boring.
If I could be anywhere besides here in the cold Midwest right now, I’d love to be in Cozumel, Mexico. We were able to go on a cruise for my parents’ 30th anniversary years ago, and I loved the beautiful ocean, weather, and dolphins there. I also dream of what it would be like to visit Australia/New Zealand on these cold days.
Wow! Such a cute way to do the side braid that is different then the regular 3 strand. Thanks for sharing!! I would LOVE to go to Hawaii- never been before. But my family is leaving for Disneyland this Friday (first time for my kiddos) and I’m so excited to be in a little warmer weather. Winter in Utah is hard, but I guess we’ve been a little spoiled this year!
Thanks again for all the great tutorials!
Love the braid, need to find extensions like yours! If I could be anywere I would love to be in Grand Bahama visiting my friends. Here in Holland the wether is getting better, spring is coming! So I’m not sure if I would leave my lovely country thuis time of year
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Thans for the inspiration
this is soooo cute!!!
I wish I was in Tahiti!! Sun, sand, and peace!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this braid!! I have been following you for a few years and I am in love with the looks for older girls. My baby is now 8 and wants more of a big girl do…this is perfect! She had some fabluous hair-do’s thanks to you!
Thanks for all of the wonderful tips and ideas over the years!
I love this braid! I do it all the time! I love your hairstyles!
hello i really love this hairstyle and i cant wait to try it i have watched alot of your videos and learn ALOT from you and my friends say i do a wonderful and amazing job at it. thanks for all your cute styles and sharing them if it wasnt for you i wouldnt even know how to do anything on hair!!! <3
Hawaii for the win
Beutiful braid, and I love how your videos are easy to follow!
I love this one! I’ve done it twice already! I also had to use extensions.
I think it looks better that way, actually, with the layers.
A couple commenters mentioned a 5-strand french braid, and I think that would be great if you ever wanted to do it.
And I live in Las Vegas, so I’d much rather live where you do, with snow!
Could you show us your wand curls? I want to see what size wand you have and how exactly you do them, because my hair doesn’t look like that the second day after I’ve used my wand.
And, I love this hairstyle! I saw it on another website last year and i did it just straight back down my head as a French braid, but I did under-over-under-over instead of the other way to make it pop out more. About half the girls at school commented on it. It was fun. But I love the messy way you did it! I’ll have to try it!
Oh, and I want to be in Hawaii! I’ve never been and I want to go soooo bad! Snow is cool at first, but now its just slushy and cold. Haha
Thank you for this tutorial. I’ve been watching your videos for so long that I was able to do this after just two tries! I live in sunny SoCal so my weather is great, but I would love to be in Maui right now, just to escape from busy schedules.
Would you mind sharing what extensions you use for your hair? Thanks for the great instructions.
Maui or on a Disney cruise to the bahamas….that’s where i’d be. Pretty braid!
I live in a southern state, so we don’t get a lot of snow. Actually, we haven’t had any snow since I was in third grade (I’m in sixth grade now)! I would love to be in Indiana to see snow again, and to see my relatives!
I love this one!
Where do you get your extensions from? Looks beautiful elegant and fun at the same time!
I wish I would have known about this site before I cut my hair to a little above my shoulders! I cut it beacause i had nothing to do with it! If you could possibly think of short hairstyles, that would be great, thanks
Just found out about your site a couple of weeks ago, hopefully my daughter will let me do stuff with her hair again. I have been doing her hair in fun ways since she was 1 she was born with alot of hair and never lost any. At 3 she donated 17 inches to locks of love and I kept 3.
You guys are all so cute and very creative. Thanks can’t wait to try these.
It has warmed up but, Hawaii.
SO gorgeous! I have already done 5 strand braids in my hair….I love the messy effect though, it’s looks awesome!
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Thanks! I used this website for some of the hairstyle posts