Master class "Hairstyles from braids in the Egyptian style"

It is a little about the history of weaving in the Egyptian style
Ancient Egyptians braided hair in hard braids and with their help did various hair. It not only protected the head from the scorching sun, but also created original style. Carrying such hairstyle as Egyptians considered, brought good luck and frightened off evil spirits.

Hairstyles of ancient Egyptians reflected unique philosophy of the African people. In the course of the weaving filled with special sense the hairdresser who could be only the "brightened-up" and harmonious person, read positive spells. Was considered that it helped not to frighten off kind spirits.

In a special way the braided and laid African braids were carried also by sorcerers and shamans. The most magnificent hairstyles from the long, in a special way laid braids were carried, of course, by the Pharaoh.

On a joint of cultures
Now weaving of braids in the Egyptian style strongly became fashionable. It is considered that the owner of such hairstyle is an extraordinary personality.

The hairstyle can be executed only at a long and thick hair. Thus, hair of the daughter of our relative was done.

Also during creation of hairstyles in the Egyptian style various materials — hair of animals, vegetable fiber can be used. It is possible to braid braids of any length with use of both three locks, and four or five. At the same time fibers can be one or at once several flowers.

As a rule, the full-fledged hair is done from two hundred – three hundred braids. The hairdresser can spend for their creation from eight to fifteen hours, depending on the total amount of work.

In the Egyptian style of execution it is also possible to make weaving and on short hair, having created at the same time a form of a short hairstyle.

Our master class
We invite you to an excursion in our improvised hairdressing salon and if you, like me, like to potter with hair and to create something new, join and try!

• The first stage – "Weaving of a rim"
By means of a small hairbrush it is necessary to divide hair into two parts across, having drawn an accurate line. If you want to hide a little bulged ears (at the subsequent blooming of hair), then it is necessary to execute this division slightly above the line of ears.



Having seated the person so that it was convenient to both him, and you, begin to do a braid, using the technology of weaving known to me since the childhood under the name "drakonchik", at the same time forming of it a rim.



The braid executed thus, having disguised at the same time it a hair parting, it is necessary to fix by the invisible being on the head.



Now it is possible to start weaving of the so-called "Egyptian braids".

• The second stage – "Weaving of the Egyptian braids"
The number of braids depends only on thickness and density of hair. As hair of my daughter still not so dense, braids at us left not so much.

To begin weaving it is necessary to divide by means of a thin hairbrush hair down. It is better to fix the remained hair by an elastic band or a clip that they did not disturb in the course of weaving.



Then it is necessary to divide the left lock of hair also across. To weave a braid out of the formed part. It is possible its doplest up to the end, then it is not necessary to fix hair by an elastic band, and it is possible and not to dopletat, then the elastic band nevertheless is required. In this case it is better to use the thinnest elastic bands, on thickness they have to be approximately such as those which are used in banking institutions for bandaging of banknotes. Thus, it is necessary to braid braids on all surface of the head. At us turned out on three – four braids (down) in each row.



It is in such a way better to braid just washed up and slightly underdried hair that in a consequence will allow you to untwine hair gradually as it was made by us. At the same time hair will be slightly wavy, as after a chemical wave. It is necessary to tell that if you plan to go thus, then it is better not to comb hair strongly as because of it hair will be too fluffy, and you will become similar to a pyshnogrivy lion.



The options of hairstyles executed by means of the equipment described above:

- Hairstyle "Rim"
After you wake up, untwine all braids and slightly comb hair or just fluff up them hands.

- Hairstyle "Wavy falls"
After the hairstyle "Rim" to you slightly cloys, it is possible to untwine all hair. At the same time it is better not to comb besides hair, and only slightly to fluff up them hands.

- Hairstyle "Horse tail"
After the first stage of weaving is executed, collect the remained hair in a horse tail and fix it by an elastic band.



- Hairstyle "Bunch"
After the first stage of weaving is executed, fix the remained hair by an elastic band in a tail. Then wind hair at the basis of a tail and fix them by hairpins. Put on a special elastic band which completely will close it and will decorate a hairstyle the formed bunch of hair. We buy such elastic bands for occupations by dances therefore in their our house much: there are even elastic bands of the most various flowers, this time we decided to take neutral, suitable everything, an elastic band of black color.





As a result we with the daughter drew a conclusion that the similar way of weaving is very convenient, and can be basic for creation of several hairstyles, it is only necessary to untwine hair gradually or it is possible to show a little imagination and to build something special, having laid braids in an intricate figure. Besides, it is very convenient to go to hot time with the braids braided in the Egyptian style!