How to: Cornrows with a half up messy bun

How to: Cornrows with a half up messy bun

Helpful tutorials:
Dutch braid tutorial
Messy bun tutorial (messy bun starts at 2.46)

You'll need:
1 or 2 bigger elastics
4 small elastics
Bobbypins
Decoration if desired (bow / flower)

How to do this hairstyle?

1. Comb the hair and create a part just off center. Go from the forehead all the way back and put an elastic around the side with the least hair.
2. On the side with the most hair, create a part above the ear for your first braid (the bottom braid in the photo). Tie the rest of the hair out of the way for now.
3. Start a small Dutch braid. Try to start off with small strands and add small strands of hair every time. Add hair until you've reached the ear and then braid down a little further without adding in hair. Put a small elastic around your braid.
4. Release the hair you've tied out of the way in step two and create a part next to your first part. This is for the top braid in the photo. To make it easier, you can put an elastic around the loose hair you have left.
5. Do another small Dutch braid and try to use small strands again. Add hair until the braid is about the same length as your bottom braid, then braid a few more stitches without adding in hair and finish off the braid with a small elastic.
6. Take the last loose hair from this section and create a part in the middle. To make it easier, you can put an elastic around the top half.
7. Create a part in the middle of the bottom half. Put an elastic around each section.
8. Now create a part in the middle of the top half. Put an elastic around each section.
9. Release the hair from the bottom front section and from the top back section. Use this hair to create a third Dutch braid. First, use all of the hair from the bottom front section and then add the hair from top back section.
10. Once your braid is the same length as your previous two, braid a few more stitches without adding in hair and then put an elastic around it.
11. Now do the final Dutch braid with the hair from the top front section and the bottom back section. First add all of the hair from the top front section, do two or three stitches without adding in hair and then add in the hair from the bottom back section. Add hair until the braid is the same length as the other three, braid a few more stitches normally and then put an elastic around the braid.
12. Release the hair you've tied out of the way in step 1.
13. Take the four braids together and a big strand of hair from the side with the least hair.
14. Put an elastic around the braids and the hair and use another elastic and / or bobby pins to turn this hair into a messy bun.
15. If you like, you can add a flower or a bow as decoration.

Good luck!