Triple threat Braid!

Today's hairstyle was actually the original inspiration for my faux hawk braid. It started as just an upside-down dutch braid into a ponytail, and then the ponytail became a braid, and I figured out how to add another one in and BAM! Three braids, one style!
I'll walk you through it in the video:

I can't wait til the honeysuckle bloom and the fireflies come back and my porch will reach it's peak magic. Until then...

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