Elizabethan to Modern - Braiding

A lot of hair styles we wear today are actually inspired from the Elizabethan era, braids are growing so much more popular, changing how they look and how you wear them every season. Braids were very popular also back in the Elizabethan times, but now style has evolved and changed into something where anything goes. You can have a plait in your hair but you can change it into so many different looks.

Crown braid -
Crown braids which are very in fashion right now, celebrities such as Beyoncé are sporting the look, on models walking down catwalks and also in high fashion and beauty magazines too. Having a crown braid uses all the hair, keeps in looking neat, tidy yet very fashionable adding accessories into it too is a lovely look.

Heart braids -
Braids that are shaped into a heart are very cute on children and for bridesmaids looks, starting the braid from the back of the partin and bringing it forward yet round and down to the back of the head. It is a tricky look to get but practice makes perfect, they can be worn in many different ways around the head and adding accessories in there too adds to the look.

Forehead braid -
These create a sharp edge/hair line going across the front of the face, Elizabethans had really striking hair lines and this creates the same look. Braid the hair from one side of the head going across the forehead but just adding hair on the side where the hair is, not adding hair into the braid on the face side. These are so cute and I really like this look, it suits a lot of different face shapes and looks. Models and cat walks are sporting the look and adding accessories in to the braids as well.

Corset braid -
This is a very effective look and perfect for bridesmaids, you do two Swedish braids down each side of the hair and you then add a ribbon going down between the braids to make a corset effect. I really like this look I think its very cute! It looks lovely on girls hair and also on women's hair too, the ribbon is the main thing in this look but the braids are very nice and neat too. I would wear this look if I was going to a special occasion or was going to a themed event.

Fish tail -
The most popular look of the past year, having fishtails coming down one side, loosely braided and long. You create a fish tail by having the hair into two sections and getting hair from one side and taking it to the other side and tucking it under the section to the 'back' of it. carry this on all the way to the bottom and pull at it to make it looser and messier in places. Celebrities such as Blake Lively are wearing a fish tail and it looks so nice! Wearing it messy is a look which can go with anything to give it some edge to the style, also models, young girls, social media people are wearing a fish tail plait in the hair in many different ways giving us inspiration on how to wear them differently.