Spikelet with your hands - hair for any occasion

Recently, on the pages of fashion magazines more often there are photos of celebrities who are decorated with hair spikes. And these rather simple braids of uncomplicated weaving look both aristocratic and glamorous. Pigtail spikelets - for all!
Hair spikelet is also called the French braid. This hairstyle is one of the most convenient and versatile, because it is appropriate in everyday life and in solemn occasions. Beautiful hair, braided spikelet, in any situation, look romantic and neat.

Braid spike can be on the hair of any length, which is extremely important for those who want to wear braids, which is difficult because of a haircut. This braid is the basis of many original hairstyles that you can learn to do yourself.

Spikelets on medium hair can be simple, from the crown, when the strands are taken straight from the head, and the tail retracts inside. For very short haircuts, fine braids that fit the shape well, or drop, framing the face will do. Spikelets for long hair can weave a variety. It can be one pigtail from top to tip, or two spikelets, starting from the temples. You can braid your own braid from the bottom up or around your head.
Variations spike weaving
Fishtail - spike in the middle of the head
Learning how to do this hairstyle yourself is not so difficult. Before you braid the spike itself, you need to prepare a hair and accessories - gum and a pair of simple studs.
Weaving order:
- The head of hair is combed back from the forehead to the back of the head;
- To the left and right of the temples there are thin small strands;
- The left strand is placed behind the head under the right;
- Holding the strands with the right hand, take the left one with the left;
- A new strand is passed under the strands in the right hand;
- All strands are now assembled in the left hand;
- On the right side they separate the strand and intertwine it with the one in the left hand;
- Further, the separation and interlacing of the strands are repeated on each side alternately;
- Weaving spikelet can lead to the ends of the hair, and to the neck;
- The end of the braid is fixed with a rubber band;
- Decoration hair can be done by anyone.
Original spikelets on the side
A spikelet on its side or two side braids-flagella looks very original. To make them, weaving is carried out according to the principle of the French braid, but each strand added at the side is twisted in the form of a rope. Such braids are woven to themselves in combination with the direct parting in the middle of the head. Weaving spikelets can be completed by putting them in a basket or firing the ends out.

Before you braid the spikelet on one side, you need to comb the hair in such a way that they hang over the left or right shoulder:
- Curls need to collect in the tail and divide it into two parts, about the same thickness. To learn how to weave a spike correctly, it is better to stand in front of a mirror, so you will be able to see the process and correct it if necessary.
- If weaving begins on the right, a thin strand is isolated from the right side of the hair (if the braid is braided on the left, the strand is taken from the left half). A thin strand is crossed with the main one, then it is added to the opposite one, firmly holding it with one hand.
- Then the spikelet is woven to its side, each time adding strands to the opposite part of the hair. It is correct to bind them as tightly as possible, since the probability of falling apart for a lateral spikelet is rather high. If you have puffing technology, you should not braid an excessively long braid - the shortest strands can break out of it, and the hairstyle will crumble.
Cone around head
To learn how to make such a hairstyle to yourself, you should first try to braid a simple spikelet around the head.
- First, the curls comb, moisturize and separate three small strands near the temple.
- Then the braid lags, gradually grabbing strands around the head along the contour.
- The weave ends at the opposite temple, and the braid is fixed.
A more interesting scheme is the addition of additional strands only from the outside of the braid.

Zigzag spit
Start weaving spikelets zigzag need a little below the left temple. After separation of the order, the hairstyle spikelet is woven in the opposite direction. Strands are woven into the braid with only the left side.
So you need to make 5-6 weaves, then turn the braid to the left side, continue weaving, adding strands only from the right side. Weaving need to do the size of the previous element. This zigzag need to weave to the nape.

Spike of short hair
If the hair length is less than 10 cm, then no weaving is possible without overhead strands. 15-centimeter length of the hair allows you to make some types of braids. Spikelets for short hair weave on the surface of the head. To learn how to do this hairstyle, you will have to try, because weaving short strands is harder than long ones.
Spike for short hair can be done as follows:
- Separate the hair through the crown from the top of one ear to the other.
- Weave a half hair, starting from the ear, weaving locks from the hairline at the temple. Weaving this way is carried to the other ear. Since the strand is short, it will gradually end.
- The tips will stick out of the half-hair. They can be smoothed with a gel or stabbed with small hairpins.

A spike for short hair that is trimmed under a square can be used in a more complex pattern:
- The hair is divided by parting from ear to ear, and the other parting is from the middle of the forehead to the first parting.
- The half-hair starts from the ear and leads to the second parting.
- Half-hairs are found at the center parting, they are fixed with a clip.
- The ends of the braids can be released outside and leave to fall free behind. When the length of the hair allows, the cross-pieces are woven into a common braid.
When there is a desire to braid a few braids or, in order to make the spikelet hairstyle more complicated, you can’t do without overhead strands. Such spikelets for short hair are best done in a barbershop, where the master can fasten the strands so that they are invisible. Spikelet for short hair around the head is desirable to decorate something, for example, to use beautiful hairpins with stones or flowers, small hair clips.
Some nuances of weaving

- Those who know how to weave a spikelet itself, can safely experiment. The last few years the fashion is not tight braids, but as if accidentally loose hairstyle spikelet. For this effect, strands are taken more, they are rarely crossed and well fixed at the bottom. It is very easy to make such a hair style for yourself, and it looks like it was made in the salon.
- Large strands create a fashionable volumetric effect, and small ones give a more accurate result. At each stage, it is necessary to take curls of the same thickness. Particularly beneficial hairstyle spikelets look on shiny straight hair, as well as with brondirovanie or coloring.
- Hair spikelet immediately, of course, will not work perfect. To learn how to weave beautiful spikelets, you should first practice on someone else's hair. When your hands become familiar with weaving, you can braid the braid yourself without looking. ”