Staying True To Your Roots: African Braiding Styles From Braids By Breslin

You are unique and beautiful, and one way to expressinterested in different weaving techniques, or extension
this inner beauty is through your hairstyle. In recenttechniques, Braids by Breslin also offers training for
years, African-style hair braids have becomedealing with weaves and extensions.
increasingly more popular as African-AmericanA friend of mine recently had her hair done with
women and men have become more comfortablebeautiful, long micro braids. Not only did she garner
with embracing our heritage. These styles are verymany compliments for her stunning style, people also
versatile, can be made totally your own, and will offerwent so far as to ask her about her African heritage.
you a unique stylish edge that will get you tons ofShe is from Nigeria, so she was proud to see her
compliments. One advantage to having your hair donenation represented in something as simple as her
in micro braids or box braids is that they can behairstyle.
manipulated into so many different styles, whether youObviously, not everyone who makes use of African
are going out on a Saturday night or impressing yourbraiding styles was born in an African nation, but
boss with your professional style during a Tuesdayanyone can use these unique styles to their own
morning meeting.advantage. For example, Braids by Breslin offers a
Braids by Breslin is an excellent resource for learningtraining video that will teach you to create beautiful
how to do both simple and complex styles of braids.micro braids, just like my friend's.
Braids by Breslin offers many different instructionalAfter you have learned to do micro braids, the
videos to help you learn lots of unique and interestingresource is forever yours to do your own hair or to
styles, including those that hearken back to Africanshare with your family and friends. That, after all, is
origins. For example, the Braids By Breslin video thatwhat heritage is all about—keeping a tradition alive
introduces unique, easy methods for creating cornrowsthrough love and passion.
also notes their origin in West Africa. Even if you're