Protective hairstyle tutorial: Learn how to braid your own hair during quarantine

By Jordan Snowden

There's a misconception that every Black woman knows how to braid. Black hair requires a lot of time and patience, and usually, it's easier to have someone else do it. But right now, that might not be an option. And that's OK! So here is a tutorial of two simple braids you can do at home to protect your hair.

Reminders:
• When adding hair, always add hair to the section that is being switched into the middle
• Brush out hair and moisturize beforehand
• It’s OK if it’s not perfect. You can tuck stray pieces of hair in with bobby pins.

Needed Items:
• Hairbands to tie off braided ends
• Leave-in conditioner
• Comb and brush

Need products/items? Yerimahs Sisters Beauty Supply Store (100 Fifth Ave., Downtown) is open for curbside service and delivery.

More tutorials:

· How to braid for beginners (First style shown in video above)
· How To Cornrow Braid For Beginners (Second style shown in video above)

Additionally, each week Niani Barracks, a stylist from Detroit, livestreams a class called A Safe Space for Black Girls That Never Learned How to Braid. The cost is $5 and the class takes place on Facebook live on Thursdays and Saturdays at 9 p.m. and 1 p.m., respectively. One of the perks of a livestream is that you can ask questions as Barracks teaches.