How to: Dutch braid with ribbon accents and a 4 strand ribbon braid

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Helpful tutorials:
Dutch braid
4 strand ribbon braid

You'll need:
1 small elastic with two ribbons attached to it (1 of the ribbons should be the same length as the hair, the other ribbon should be the length from the forehead to the bottom of the neck)
1 bigger elastic
1 small elastic
Topsy tail or a bigger needle

How to do this hairstyle?

1. Brush all of the hair and comb it backwards.
2. Take a small strand of hair in the middle and bring this forward.
3. Take a smaller strand behind the forward strand and put the elastic with the ribbons attached to it around it.
4. Bring the ribbons to the front and keep them out of the way for now.
5. Take the forward strand, bring it backwards again and divide it into 3 strands. Start a Dutch braid.
6. Continue your Dutch braid until you've added all of the hair. Finish off with an elastic.
7. Now take the longest ribbons (in the photo the green ribbon) and your topsy tail / big needle.
8. Now start weaving: 
• Using a topsy tail? Weave the topsy tail on one side over/under the hair you've added in until you only have the eye of the topsy tail sticking out. Put the ribbon through the eye and pull the topsy tail down. Haven't reached the end of the braid yet? Weave the topsy tail again. When you've reached the end of the braid, put the topsy tail behind the elastic. Put the ribbon through the eye again and pull the topsy tail down so the ribbon has gone through the elastic.
• Using a big needle? Then put the ribbon through the eye of the needle. Then weave the needle on one side of the braid over/under the hair you've added in until you've reached the end of the braid. Finish off by putting the needle behind the elastic and pulling it down so the ribbon has gone through the elastic.
9. Repeat step 8 with the shorter ribbon on the other side of the braid.
10. If you like, you can wrap the left-over ribbon around the elastic (if you have enough). You can also use a flower or a bow.
11. Now divide the hair from the ponytail into three strands. Take the ribbon and arrange everything in the order hair-hair-ribbon-hair.
12. Start a 4 strand ribbon braid: cross the left strand under-over and the right strand over-under. Repeat this until you've reached the end of the hair. Finish off with a small elastic.