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Hello.

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I'm Sarah.

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Today, I'm going to be showing you how to do a French Plait
So if this is the first time

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that you're going to do a French plait,
we're just going to start on the one section of the head.

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So you prepare the hair first by brushing it through.

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This is a paddle brush,
which is really good for getting out

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any knots, especially on long hair,
which you would be working on for French plaiting.

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Always start at the bottom of the hair
and work your way up.

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So that it doesn't pull the hair at all.

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It's not going to break or damage the hair.

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So when we've done that,
we're then going to use a pin tail comb.

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So we take the first section.

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And we divide it

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with two fingers into three sections.

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So we have our three sections to start.

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Always start on the one side
and work across to the other side.

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So you start off by crossing it over this middle section

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and then you go to the other side

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and cross it over the middle.

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So that's the start, like a normal plait would be.

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So when you've got to that point, you then add hair,

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and every time you cross the section again,
you've got to have added hair to it.

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So we're going to add hair from this side

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into the bottom section of hair,

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and we're going to cross it over the top section of hair.

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Then we're on this side.

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Add hair to the bottom section.

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And cross it over the top section.

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And you do that all the way down the head.

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Now for the first time of doing a French plait.

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Don't worry if you haven't got very neat sections.

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Don't worry if it's a little bit baggy
because it's about getting the technique first.

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Once you've mastered the technique,
then you can keep practicing.

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And French plating is practice makes perfect.

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Once you've got the technique, you can make it neater.

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You can make it tighter and firmer,

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and then you'll end up with a beautiful French plait.

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So this is our side plait.

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And then we would carry on down the hair

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plaiting to the bottom.

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So once you've mastered

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the start of a French plait,
you can then go to a full French plait.

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So we're going to start the front of the head

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and you do a semi-circle section at the top.

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Put your two fingers in, so you've got three sections.

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And cross it like you would a normal plait,
so just one strand over the middle

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and then the other side the same,
so over the middle section,

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then we're working from side to side,
so we're taking our section on this side.

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And we're adding it to the bottom piece of hair,
and then we're going to cross it

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over the top piece of hair.

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Don't worry if it's a little bit messy,

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that's fine to start with,
because once you've mastered it, you'll get the technique

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and it will be really smooth and you'll be able

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to iron out all of those little problems.

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Then we've gone to this side.

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We've added it to the bottom piece of hair,

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and we're crossing it over the top piece
or the piece that you've just done.

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So once you start getting into it, you're always

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crossing over the piece that you've already crossed.

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So now we're on this piece of hair,
which is the bottom piece.

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Getting our section of hair to add to it.

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And we're crossing over the top piece,

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or the one that you did from the other side.

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My hands are never away from the actual head,

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because then it keeps it really smooth and really tight.

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It's holding it in better and firmer.

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Obviously, it depends on your sections,

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it depends on what the clients actually asked for.

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So if the clients ask for quite a soft plait,

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then you might be taking bigger sections of hair.

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If your client had asked for a really fine

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tight plait, then that's where you would take very small

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sections of hair.

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I'll show you

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how I would be combing it if this was an actual client.

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So I'd get my section.

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Add it into the hair

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and then I'll have my pin tail comb,

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and then I would be combing that through.

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And just making sure

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that I've got a really lovely, smooth finish

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and then I would be crossing it over.

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Like I say, it's something that as you're learning
and you've perfected the technique

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that that then comes with it

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starts to get stronger and tighter for you.

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This lady has got layers in her hair,

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so I am having to be really, really firm.

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When I'm holding it because otherwise the layers will start to poke out.

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Some people French plait on wet hair.

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That's entirely up to you, that's your choice

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if you think you get a better result, doing it on wet then that's fine.

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So you would shampoo the hair first
or ask the client to come in with it wet

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and then just take a bit of the moisture out first

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so that it is not soaking wet, it's just damp.

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And then you can plait it exactly the same.

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You've just got to remind the client that it can take

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quite a while to actually dry.

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So normally, if they take their plait out
the following day, they'd still find that

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the hair's wet in certain areas if they've got thick hair,
so they just need to be aware of that.

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I would be looking on the French plait
to make sure that it's central.

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I'd be making sure that it was even in my sections
and that it's a straight line.

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It's not lopsided.

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So those are all the points, again,
that you would be practicing.

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Once you've got that technique,
you would be working on making sure that you've got it

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central, that its firm, that it's all in tight.

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As I get to the bottom,
I always take my sections up slightly.

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And that's purely so that it doesn't go baggy in the neck area.

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And then I'll finish just by plaiting normally.

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And then I'd be putting a bobble in at the bottom
to hold it secure.

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If you've got layered hair it might be that you can start
to see that the hair actually starts to come out.

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So then you would want to put your bobble up
just a little bit tighter

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so that it doesn't fall out for the client.

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You can then. Comb it through.

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To make it smoother.

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And that's your finished result.