3D split braid

A 3D split braid is a fun and easy variation on the regular 3 strand braid. Before you cross your strand over another, you split the strand in two and then you cross one section over and one section under the next strand. This creates an almost square looking braid.
Up for a challenge by adding in hair? Make sure to check out the video tutorial linked below. Important: always first split the strand and cross it over and under the next strand before adding in hair. This new hair gets added to the middle strand, which is the strand you've just split.

The technique:
3D split braid tutorial (with adding in hair)

Ideas:

The Dutch 3D split braid, as explained in my tutorial.

A variation on the Dutch 3D split braid: Dutch braid a small part, then create a ponytail and braid the hair from this ponytail. Then turn it into a bun.

The regular 3D split braid, started in a ponytail.

The first 3D split braid I've ever done myself, started without a ponytail, with a flower accent braid in Christmas colors.

A variation on the regular 3D split braid: two small 3D split braids, brought together at the back of the head.

Autumn braids

With the weather changing from sunny to rainy and windy (here in the Netherlands at least) I always start thinking about autumn. For me, autumn is the leaves changing colors and of course Halloween at the end of the month. So why not add that to your braids?

Since Halloween is something different, I won't mention it anymore in this article. Instead, I would like to give you some ideas to add an autumn vibe to your hair.

The first and simplest idea is to add some decoration:

An autumn leave is a fun decoration in your hairstyle! I've done a double waterfall braid here and then added a Dutch braid on each side with the strands from the waterfall braid. I finished off the style with a regular 3 strand braid.

An autumn leave is definitely easy and fun, but it probably won't stay in during a long or active day. A bow is a great alternative:

This pumpkin bow has autumn feeling written all over it! I've done a waterfall braid and then added the waterfall strands to a ladder braid. I then took all of the hair together, tied it into a ponytail and braided that ponytail with a 3 strand braid. I then turned the braid into a bun and added the bow.

Another fun way to add an autumn feeling to your braids is adding ribbon. Orange is usually a real autumn color, but red and yellow can work as well. The fun thing about ribbon braids is that you can use as many or as little strands in your braid as you like: a 3 strand braid can already be turned into a ribbon braid by replacing one of the strands with a ribbon. Add 1 ribbon or 2... the possibilities are almost endless!

Autumn ribbon colors in these flower braids! I've done three 4 strand braids with a single ribbon and then turned them into flowers.

I hope you have some ideas how to give your hairstyles a little extra autumn feeling. If not, here's a few more ideas!

A 6 strand braid with 3 ribbons, one of the ribbons being orange. For me, this hairstyle isn't even that much about autumn, but the background really gives me that feeling.

(Note: the YouTube video link is a 6 strand braid with micro braids, but just replace the micro braids with ribbons for this hairstyle)

If one piece of decoration isn't enough, then why not add two? I've used my pumpkin bow on top of the ponytail, that is an intricate 5 strand braid. I've used three regular strands and two braided sections: each braided section is a 3 strand braid with one of the strands being an orange ribbon.

This background just screams autumn (apart from the parked cars of course! :P). The hairstyle is a 5 strand Dutch ribbon braid. I've stopped adding in hair when I was at the ears, but I did continue the 5 strand ribbon braid all the way down. With the leftover hair, I've done two 3 strand pancaked braids. At the end, I tied all of the braids together with an elastic.

Slide up braid

A slide up braid is a fun and easy way to make a regular braid really special. The technique means you're holding 1 of the strands, after doing a regular braid, and slide the rest of the braid up. That way you'll get a very unique braid that'll make everyone go: "Wow, how did you do that?", while it's actually really easy.
The slide up braid is fun to do with a 3 strand braid, a 4 strand braid or a 6 strand braid. A variation in a 4 or 6 strand braid would be to use a ribbon or microbraid as one of the strand and to hold that strand. This will give you an even more fun result!

The technique:
Slide up braid tutorial (3 and 4 strand)
6 strand slide up braid with ribbon tutorial
Ribbon slide up braid tutorial

Ideas:

3 strands:

A regular slide up braid combined with a regular braid

Instead of 1 accent braid you can also use 2 slide up braids as accent! Combined with a fishtail braid.

The slide up braid is also fun as a flower. For more on this, watch my tutorial!

A super fun variation: 2 ribbons and 1 strand of hair. Hold on to the strand of hair and slide the ribbons up for this fun effect! Combined with a fishtail.

4 strands:

Three slide up braids with 4 strands as accent with a messy bun

The slide up braid is also fun as part of a stacked braid!

The 4 strand slide up braid with ribbon, done with big strands of hair. This creates (without doing anything extra) the fun twist effect!

6 strands:

The 6 strand slide up braid with ribbon (as explained in my tutorial) is always a special accent!

Flower braid

A braided flower in your hair can be created in hundreds of ways, but the technique is pretty much always the same: you do a braid, pancake one side and then bring the braid into the shape of a circle, making it look like a flower. The exception is the slide up flower braid - you don't pancake this braid, but you'll use the original braid to create a flower.
Below you can find a few ideas to use a braided flower in your hairstyle, but there's loads and loads of other ideas!

The technique:
Flower braid tutorial
Slide up flower braid tutorial

Ideas:

The flower braid as explained in my tutorial.

The slide up flower braid, as explained in my tutorial, combined with a French braid.

Another flower combined with a French braid, only now with a 'regular' flower braid.

Variation: try the flower braid with a 5 strand braid!

A waterfall braid finished off with a flower.

Fun as well: a flower braid with a ribbon braided into it!

Why only use part of the hair? Try the flower braid with all of the hair!

Bloemvlecht vanuit een opvlecht // Flower braid from a Dutch braid

Bloemvlecht vanuit een opvlecht

In mijn nieuwste YouTube filmpje Bloemvlecht vanuit een opvlecht leg ik uit hoe je een bloem in je haar maakt die begint als opvlecht. Weet je niet hoe je moet opvlechten? In het filmpje vind je ook een link naar mijn Opvlecht uitleg filmpje!

Deze bloemvlecht is natuurlijk prachtig om tijdens de kerstdagen in je haar te doen. Durf je een uitdaging? Doe de vlecht dan als 4 plukken vlecht met lint en gebruik rood, groen of zilver of goud!

Bekijk het filmpje en klik op het duimpje omhoog als je het leuk vond. Vergeet je ook niet te abonneren op mijn kanaal!

Flower braid from a Dutch braid

In my new YouTube tutorial Flower braid from a Dutch braid I'm explaining you can create a flower in your hair that starts as a Dutch braid. Don't know how to do a Dutch braid? You can also find a link to my Dutch braid tutorial in the video!

This flower braid is of course beautiful for the holiday season. Ready for a challenge? Then do the braid as a 4 strand braid with ribbon and use red, green or silver or gold!

Watch the tutorial and give it a thumbs up if you've enjoyed it. Don't forget to subscribe to my channel!

Waterfall braid

One of the most populair braids is the waterfall braid: a braid in which you're dropping a strand of hair and replacing it with a new strand. This may sound complicated, but if you can do a French braid, you'll get the hang of this technique in no time!
There's all kinds of variation on the waterfall braid (with 4 or 5 strands, with ribbon, knotted, as a fishtail braid), but I'd recommend starting with a regular waterfall braid with 3 strands. Once you've mastered that, then check out the playlist Waterfall braids on my YouTube channel for fun ideas!

The technique:
'Regular' 3 strand waterfall braid tutorial
Dutch waterfall braid tutorial
Waterfall snake braid tutorial
Waterfall braid with braids tutorial

Ideas:

Two waterfall braids brought together, as explained in my tutorial.

The Dutch waterfall braid combined with a 5 strand headband braid.

Turn the braid you have left after your waterfall braid into a flower!

Or if you're doing two waterfall braids: turn it into a heart!

Try the waterfall braid as headband braid and add your waterfall strands to a new braid, for example a Dutch fishtail braid!

Maybe a little trickier: drop strands on both sides and replace them with a new strand of hair. Then add your waterfall strands to a new braid.

How to: Slide up braids with flower and regular braid

Helpful tutorials:
Slide up braids
Dutch braid
Pancaking
3 strand braid (regular braid)

You'll need:
Two temporary elastics
Three small elastics
Bobby pins

How to do this hairstyle?

1. Start with a part left and right off center.
2. Create a third part from the left part to the right part so you'll have created a square.
3. Bring this hair to the side for now - you'll braid with this later.
4. Take a small section of hair on one side of the head and do a 4 strand slide up braid with this. Finish off with a temporary elastic.
5. Take another small section of hair on the other side of the head and do another 4 strand slide up braid. Again, finish off with a temporary elastic.
6. Bring the slide up braids together and put an elastic around them. You can now remove the temporary elastics.
7. Take the hair from the square you created at the beginning and start a Dutch braid. Only add in the hair from the square and then continue braiding without adding in hair. If you like, you can pancake one of the sides of the braid for a more beautiful flower.
8. Now turn the braid into the shape of a flower and pin it into place with bobby pins. Try to hide the elastic from the slide up braids with the flower.
9. Use the rest of the hair for a regular 3 strand braid. If you like, you can finish off the braid with a bow, flower or another fun hair tie/hair clip.

Good luck!

French braiding

Apart from the regular 3 strand braid French braid is the most well known technique. It's also an easy technique and one I think you should master before trying more difficult techniques.

The technique:
French braid tutorial

Ideas:

Start a French braid, but stop when you've added in all of the hair. Put an elastic around it to create a ponytail and wrap a strand of hair around the elastic.

A French braid with part of the hair on the front side of the head.

Do a regular French braid. Then bring the end of the braid and pull the braid down underneath the hair you've added in. Pin into place with bobby pins.

Start a French braid on the side of the head. Turn the braid into a bun and pin into place with bobby pins.

Start a French braid on the side of the head. When you've added in all of the hear, create two strands and continue with a fishtail braid.

Start a French braid. On three places, leave out a strand of hair (take this strand from the middle of the hair, underneath the braid). When you've finished the French braid, use each strand of loose hair to do a Slide up flower braid.

Last minute ideeën voor paaskapsels // Last minute ideas for Easter hairstyles

Last minute ideeën voor paaskapsels

Morgen is het Pasen, voor veel mensen een feest van paaseieren, paashazen en lekker eten met familie. Maar hoe zit het met paaskapsels?

Een paashaas of een paasei in je haar maken wordt wel erg lastig natuurlijk, maar er zijn best leuke kapsels die je kunt doen zonder al te ingewikkelde technieken uit de kast te hoeven halen. Een aantal ideeën:

• Maak je kapsel af met een strik waarop een konijn/haas, kip/kuiken of iets paasachtigs staat. Simpel, maar helemaal Pasen!
• Gebruik een lichtgeel of lichtgroen lint in je vlecht. Op mijn YouTube kanaal Miriam's Vlecht Lessen vind je een hele afspeellijst met kapsels met lint ter inspiratie.
• Pasen gaat vaak over de paashaas en over kippen die eieren leggen, maar bloemen horen natuurlijk ook bij Pasen en zijn erg makkelijk te maken van vlechten. Op de foto zijn de bloemen gemaakt van opschuifvlechten en gebruikt als accent bij een gewone invlecht.

Mocht je nog een ander idee hebben voor een leuk en makkelijk paaskapsel, laat dan even een reactie achter. Ik wens jullie in ieder geval allemaal fijne paasdagen!

Last minute ideas for Easter hairstyles

Tomorrow it's Easter, for many people of holiday of Easter eggs, Easter bunnies and tasty meals with the family. But what about Easter hairstyles?

Creating an Easter egg or the Easter bunny in your hair would be very tricky of course, but there are plenty of hairstyles you can do without using all too difficult techniques. A few ideas:

• Finish off the hairstyle with a bow that has a picture of a rabbit/bunny, chicken/baby chicken or anything else 'Eastery' on it. Easy, but a very fun Easter hairstyle!
• Use a light yellow or light green ribbon in your braid. On my YouTube channel Miriam's Vlecht Lessen you can find an entire playlist with ribbon hairstyles as inspiration.
• Easter is often about the Easter bunny and about chickens laying eggs, but flowers are also a part of Easter and easy to make out of braids. The flowers in the photo have been made using slide up braids and are an accent next to a regular French braid.

If you have another idea for an Easter hairstyle, please comment below. I do would like to wish you all Happy Easter!

Bloemen // Flowers

Bloemen

Om een vlecht of kapsel iets meer kleur te geven, kun je altijd een bloem als accessoires gebruiken. Een andere leuke optie is om zelf een bloem te maken, maar dan van een vlecht.

Een bloemvlecht kan van allerlei verschillende vlechttechnieken gemaakt worden. Mijn favoriete bloemvlecht is die gemaakt van een gewone vlecht. Hierbij pancake je één kant van de vlecht, zodat je echt een mooie bloemvorm krijgt.

Een bloem kun je op twee manieren maken: de vlecht in een bloemvorm brengen door een rondje te maken met de vlecht en daarna de rest van de vlecht eromheen te wikkelen. De andere manier is onderaan de vlecht beginnen en de vlecht op te rollen. De eerste manier is mijn favoriete manier.

Tips:
- Gebruik zoveel schuifspeldjes als nodig om de bloem stevig vast te zetten. Probeer ze te verstoppen onder de vlecht.
- Gebruik je de pancake techniek, pancake de vlecht dan niet helemaal tot onderaan. Vaak wordt het haar hier namelijk iets dunner en krijg je veel losse plukken.

* Tip: in mijn boek Miriam's Vlecht Lessen (te bestellen via bol.com) leg ik stap voor stap uit hoe je een bloemenknot maakt. Leuk voor een bruidsmeisje of gewoon voor een speciale dag!

Flowers

To make a braid or hairstyle more colorful, you can always use a flower. Another fun option is to make the flower yourself, but then from a braid.

A flower braid can be done with all kinds of different braiding techniques. My favorite flower braid is the one made out of a regular braid. You can pancake one side of the braid so you'll get a real beautiful flower shape.

A flower can be done in two ways: turn the braid into the shape of a flower by making a circle and wrapping the rest of the braid around it. The other way is to start at the bottom of the braid and then to roll up the braid. The first way is my favorite way.

Tips:
- Use as many bobby pins as needed to secure the braid. Try to hide them under the braid.
- When using the pancaking technique, don't pancake all the way down. The hair will often get thinner here and you'll get a lot of fly-aways.