met gala 2018 tutorial | ULTIMATE princess braid!

hey it's Jackie and welcome back to my channel for today's tutorial I thought we'd celebrate the Met Gala 2018 and I'm showing you guys my favorite hairstyle of the night it was worn by golden Barbie on Instagram just a very heavenly braid and this morning I ran to Michael's got all the supplies I needed as well as tried to DIY a similar dress from forever 21 but yeah I thought it's really fun because it's basically just accessorizing and hair placement so it's not too hard to do but the end result is really stunning so you guys like to look I picked out from the night and make sure you give it a thumbs up and subscribe for more Beauty tutorials and please let me know in the comments who was your favorite whole style of the night because there was a lot of great ones and I will have a little countdown at the end of this video as well to show you guys on my faves but anyways let's get started with the hairstyle okay so starting off I've applied to three clips of Bellami hair extensions these ones are my old pair and they are darker but give me the length we need so I will link down below and also create a centre part pick up the top layer of hair and add a bit of a teasing spray like OSIS plus for a bit of volume so the hair doesn't lay flat and if you need to you can also add in some extensions here I needed some more volume and the back is definitely big and volume is so we need a bit of balance when you're looking straight on moving to the back smooth out a section on the crown adding a bit of teasing to make sure the part doesn't trail off and smooth the hair back gathering the section using two or three bobby pins to keep this header length flat and this will help guide the look first craft supply we are using is this cord for Michaels I will have everything linked down below or the company name so check the description bar for all the exact details especially for all the craft stuff but for adding in all these accessories we want to first cut out a long section and then with a clear elastic string it through so that you can apply the elastic to a small section of hair and then easily wrap the cording around that section as you can see I am wrapping around the hair right beside the hair that we first laid flat and then I'm going to cross this over the bobby pins and secure in place with one more bobby pin on the other side I just picked up a small amount of hair twisted it and pinned it as well so that's the top layer super easy and now with flowers that I also picked up for Michaels I'm going to add some of the top detailing you can wait until the end to apply the flowers but for me it was helpful to see how they laid first and while this look is super glamorous I am using a wire cutter for my dad's toolbox to cut the stems and I do find these flowers that stay put quite well especially in looks when the hair is very criss-crossed and there's a lot of bobby pins anyway but you do want some of that stem and if you use scissors you will dent the scissors so always use wire cutters and now on to the next layer this time we are taking three small sections below the first layer of detailing and just twisting and pinning this way we can kind of cheat the look of a braid starting higher up in the hair when we aren't braiding yet and then with some of that flowing cord I did wrap it around the twist to highlight the detail this looks really pretty at the back I love it and now working on the front side section pick up about an inch of hair from the very front and then a section directly behind it and create a twisting motion backwards and then with both strands that connect them with a clear elastic adding in some cord again bringing it through the elastic and then twisting around the hair and kind of in a regular fashion and like we did before it just lay this to the other side a lot of this style is just twisting adding in the cord or ribbon and then laying the hair to the other side moving on to the front of the other side you can do the exact same steps but I decided to add in more cording to the look so I sectioned off two pieces and then wrapped each of them with their own cord and I left these out to add into the style later and it's time for layer three so this time using an elastic I sectioned out a middle portion from the free-flowing hair sectioned out a similar sized piece from the right and then I just took one of the ribbon pieces from the left and normally braid these pieces together with a couple wefts and secure with a mini elastic the next steps are decorating the rest of the hair so that when we pray together you're gonna see it detailing throughout I found these little pearls on a string in the ribbon section of Michaels and again using a clear elastic I've strung the pearls through and I added to a section of hair and then I wrap this around and even though this looks like a really pretty swirl in the braid it does get lost so I would even do it tighter than I did here and I'm repeating this on the other side and securing with an elastic at the bottom so now that we have a couple of detailed pieces let's continue this so this time I'm using a tiny gold ribbon and I'm wrapping this around the entire length of the hair so you don't actually see any hair this time we want this to definitely stand out in the style I thought it was a really pretty part of Jasmine's look and of course I did the same thing where the ribbons in half around the elastic so I'm wrapping up both both sides around the hair and using the original cord again I chose to go with pink and light purple because I thought it would show up better on my hair color rather than the deep burgundy that popped against Jasmine's hair so I think that's a step to think about as well if your hair is dark maybe go lighter and this way the detail will stand out and if your hair is light going dark it looks awesome so here's what we have all these pretty details and now we are going to create a French braid for just a couple wefts until all of the pieces are included so pick up three sections and create one stitch of braid and in the next stitch add a new detailed section until you don't have any left and then just continue braiding the rest of the hair tie off with an elastic and start to tweak the braids so that you see the details and in Jasmine's braids you actually did see more of the spirals around the hair so again twist more tightly and hopefully you'll get a exact look but I think this did turn out pretty similar just doing more touch-ups and this next step I think really ties the whole ponytail together so now I'm using a bronze chain and I'm wrapping this around at the last portion of the braid wrap all the way to the end and make sure that this is a standout part of the look and I just love how the shade is similar to the dress and really polishes off the style and time to decorate with more flowers so I have a mix of roses and little pink flowers and I'm bringing this throughout the braid using her detailing as a guide kind of doing my own thing I love popping to flowers I've done so many looks with Michaels flowers now and I have a little aquamarine moment here an idea wide at this forever 21 dress by tucking in the original triangle shape into a strapless bra and then I'm adding some draping creating arm loops and a sash around the waist and this look is totally fit for a princess finally to add more gold into the roses I noticed some of the top petals in the original style were like drenched in gold and it looked so expensive and just beautiful so I took this blonde a temporary highlight spray it's basically like a gold glitter and I spread that directly onto the middle rose and it gave definitely more an antique look to the whole vibe so I loved adding that step in and if you like the style but you're looking for something without as much like flowers and detailing you should check out my Romeo and Juliet inspired hairstyles that I did last year inspired by Hailee Steinfeld because there's three really pretty fairytale styles and I think you might like them thanks for watching I hope you guys enjoyed my Met Gala 2018 tutorial and if you did make sure you hit that thumbs up button and subscribe for more beauty videos if you haven't seen in my last year's Met Gala tutorials I will have them linked down below what my personal favorite is still Taylor Hills look she has these gorgeous cranberry eyes so be sure to check it out and here's the countdown of my fave loooks! Que heavenly music for these heavenly bodies and here are my favorite dresses for the night Amanda Selena and Ariana these are all dresses that I personally just would have died to wear these are my favorite hair looks both tousle blonde styles and then Lily Collins never disappoints with a non themed look she can to pull off any any look but she does does high fashion so well and finally I love these two looks a little bit more subtle for beauty but you could definitely take formal inspiration from them and then on the more bold makeup side we have a Selena and Kim K they look stunning and my top makeup pic is actually a GG I loved the subtle sparkles under her eyes so let me know who's on your list