BRAIDS in Hair Fashion

High fashion and runway shows often bring new ideas and inspiration for what to wear and how to style it this season.

It appears that braids are present not only at your kid's birthday party but also on runways and fashion magazines.

Take a look at some selected braid styles we found.

Braids as hair adornments

We have looked and selected the most unique, intricate and inspirational braiding styles out there.
Braids as adornments means bringing braids to a hair style to relieve plainness. Braids can serve as decorations and make a fashion statement. Take a look for yourself!

Wedding hairstyles with braids

Braids are often underestimated when it comes to wedding hair style choices. If you think that braids will not look elegant enough for your wedding day, we encourage you take a look at the pictures below.

Braids, indeed, create more interest to a hair do. You can have a very simple sleek bun as your choice of wedding hair do, but add a braid around the bun and see the effect. The detail immediately draws more attention. If you think this may be too much effort, you can even buy a hair piece- hair bun that already comes with the braid around it.


Here are some more examples of how braids can adorn, decorate or simply make your wedding hair style more elaborate.


And here is a video demonstration how to accomplish a wedding hair style with braids:

Celebrity hair in braids

We thought it may be interesting to find out which celebrity wears the most her hairstyle in braids.
Can you make a wild guess?

Much to our surprise the queen of braids, came to be Jada Pinkett Smith.
Just take a look at her numerous styles. She does win the first place.






























Coming close in second place is Alecia Keys. Her natural hair do is always a step ahead of the trends.


And on third place we selected Jill Scott. She is definitely a diva who can most often be seen in a natural braid style.
See pictures below:

Micro Braids on Lace wigs

How often do we see micro braids on lace wigs?

Almost never. That is why, Harlem 125, a maker of lace wigs, has brought out a new product- the prebraided lace wigs.

The advantages of these micro braided lace wigs is that they look amazingly natural and create an impression that you are showcasing your own hair. Just take a look at the pictures!
The styles are called LD700 and LD701 by Harlem 125. They are lace front wigs with baby hair around the hair line and they are made of heat resistant fiber, Futura.

Afro Kinky Bulk 24" by Janet Collection

This post is devoted to one of the most popular braiding bulk hair:
Afro Kinky Bulk 24" by Janet Collection

This bulk hair comes in 2 bundles in one pack. Each pack has 3 ounces of hair and usually 2 packs are needed for a full head.

The texture of the hair is soft, even though it is synthetic hair. It is not recommended that you apply heat to this Kanekalon hair.

Most braiders use this hair for twists and individual braids. Many cool styles can be achieved with the Afro Kinky Bulk because of its softness and flexibility. See illustrated styles below:

Hot Braiding Styles

Braids, coils, twist- they are all part of a natural hair style. We decided to share some of the hottest trends from salons all over the USA.

The picture below illustrates afro twists. This style can be easily accomplished using the Afro Kinky Bulk 24" by Janet Collection which is soft braiding bulk hair, perfect for twists.

Another cute and natural look is the illustrated half up braids. To accomplish this gorgeous style and these beautiful curls you can use a water bulk or new deep bulk hair.

If you are a fan of long and sleek braids, the style below is just for you. This could be an everyday look, easy to maintain. The recommended hair to use for micro braiding is Kanekalon hair.

And if you like to be creative and adore multiple colors, then you will fall in love with the style below. These irregular shaped coifs can be accomplished using Afrelle Braid or marley kinky bulk. Play up the colors of the season, add some flattering earrings and you have yourself a fashion icon.