HALF UP LACE BRAIDS | Cute Hairstyle for Medium Long Hair

Hello, it's Missy. Thank you for watching. I wanted to share a half-up style for today's video. Let me know what you think down below in the comments section. Like and subscribe if you're new. Click that notification bell, as always. And let's get started. Begin this hairstyle by parting the hair in the center or near the center. Then divide out any hair that you'd like to leave out to frame the face. Now pick up a section of hair next to the hairline to use for the braid. Divide this section into three equal pieces and begin a regular braid crossing the side strands once over the middle strand. After the initial stitch of the braid, begin incorporating new sections of hair into the braid on both the left and the right sides. Continue crossing the side strands over the middle strand while also bringing in new sections from along the top of the head and from along the hairline. This will create the French braid style of braid. Cross the side strand over the middle. Pick up a new section of hair and cross it over, bringing it into the middle strand. Then cross the other side strand over the middle. Pick up a new section of hair and cross it over, bringing it into the middle strand as well. After three sections have been brought into the braid on both sides, stop adding in pieces from the top of the head and only bring in hair from along the hairline. This will switch the braid to a lace style braid and it will just help it lay a little bit more smoothly around the back of the head when it's time to be pinned up. Continue braiding the hair down the left side of the head, bringing in sections until the braid reaches the left ear. Now stop adding in additional pieces and continue braiding the section in a regular three-strand braid. You want to braid it down enough so it'll reach around to the back of the head. Then slide a couple bobby pins over the bottom of the braid so it doesn't unravel. Now repeat those steps and create the same braid on the right side of the head. Begin by dividing off a section of hair on the right side of the part and split it into three equal pieces. Cross the side strands over the middle strand and after the initial stitch of the braid, begin incorporating sections of hair into both sides of the braid. Cross the side strand over the middle, pick up a new section of hair and cross it over bringing it into the middle strand. Then cross the other side strand over the middle, pick up a new section of hair and cross it over bringing it into the middle strand as well. Cross the side strands over the middle strand, then cross the other side strand over the middle. Pick up new sections of hair and bring them into the braid as well on each crossover of the side strands. Work your way down along the right side of the head until three sections have been brought into both sides of the braid. Cross the side strand over the middle. Pick up a new section of hair and cross it over bringing it into the middle strand. Then cross the other side strand over the middle. Pick up a new section of hair and cross it over bringing it into the middle strand as well. After three sections have been brought into the braid on both sides, stop adding in pieces from the top of the head and only bring in hair from along the hairline. This will switch the braid to a lace style braid, and it will just help it lay a little bit more smoothly around the back of the head when it's time to be pinned up. And once the braid reaches this point, continue braiding the section in a regular three strand braid until it can reach around the back of the head. So cross one side over the middle, then cross the other side over the middle, working down towards the ends of the section. Then slide a bobby pin or two over the end of the braid. Once both braids are done, you're going to pin up the braids now. First divide off the crown section and get this pinned in place. So divide off the top section of hair at the crown, combine it together at the center of the back of the head, slightly twist the section together, and then slide bobby pins into the right side and the left side of the twist. This will ensure the hair is held in place but the pins are hidden underneath the hair. Now take the left braid, create a gap in the braid where it hits at the center of the back of the head. Take the right braid and pull this through the gap so the two braids are intertwined together and sit right over the pinned portion of the crown section. Now pin the braids in place by tucking the ends underneath themselves and sliding pins in through the middle of the braids. This will secure them at the back of the head along with the top crown section. Then you can go back and remove any extra bobby pins from the ends of the braids and unravel them so they blend in with the rest of the hair. 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