Adding extensions by pinch braiding is
called braid fusion. Bulk hair is braided with the natural
hair to hold it securely.
Basic Pinch Braiding Step-by-step
You'll need the lock of hair that you
want to extend or braid around, and a portion of bulk hair for braiding.
Find the halfway point of the bulk hair.
Each of the halves of bulk hair will be
a strand with which you will do a three strand braid. The natural
hair will be the center strand, and the bulk hair will be the two outer
strands.
You will place the halfway point of the
bulk hair near the root of the natural hair.
Then cross one side of the bulk hair over
the other. (You will do this more tightly in real life than it looks
in this diagram, but be mindful of braid tension when you do.)
Then, since it was is middle strand, you'll
cross the natural hair between the two strands of bulk hair, and continue
braiding normally.
When you begin to run out of natural hair,
you will need to make sure you'll still have three strands with which to
continue the braid.
To do this, you will take some hair from
one of the strands with bulk hair, and add it to what is left of the strand
of natural hair.
Then continue braiding normally.
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