HOW TO do FEED-IN BRAIDS for Beginners

Hey guys, it's me Lina. Thank you for coming back to my channel and checking out my learn to braid with Lina videos So today's video I'm going to be showing you how to do a small feed-in braid So let's jump right on in Okay. So first thing we want to do when doing small feed-in braids is hair prep very important So you don't have to keep stopping it makes your time faster when you have your hair prepped out and it's just a whole lot easier and Your braids will be more consistent because you already have your hair sectioned out how you need it So I'm not gonna go over rack setup today because I have a couple videos on how I set up my racks to do Feed-in braids. So the main question I get are all your pieces the same size Yes, I set up my rack with all the pieces the same size So I'll put a link in the description on a video I posted about how to about how I set up my rack So I have my pieces here Don't mind her over there. That's my my two-year-olds That's her mannequin here. So I have my rack set up. So I'm gonna jump in here on the mannequin show you how I get started okay, so I have a Section of hair parted out that I'm gonna break down. I have all the rest of the hair clip out of the way So I'm not pulling Miscellaneous strands and it's easier to keep your braid neat that way. So first I start off by Just applying a little jam to the hair to make sure it's smooth and All the flyaways and frayed hair is all together So I just want to put a little jam on there just to make sure my hair is smooth And I showed you my rack so all the pieces are the same size so what I do Is grab the first piece of hair off the rack and I am going to split it Into two or three pieces depending on the size of the braid. I'm doing so I'm gonna split this into three for small feed-ins, right so I have my Three pieces. I took just took one off the rack and split it into three and they're all the same size roughly Or they should be but don't think too hard about it but just split it into three pieces, so I have three pieces I Usually just throw in my hand. It's easy to right there. So What we're gonna do It's just how we would a regular cornrow. We're gonna start off with our three pieces And we're going to braid it down a little bit So you should already know how to cornrow Before you try to do feed in braids So How many times you go down before you add hair? It's up to you. I'll show you again at the beginning So I'm gonna take my first piece and what I do is I put it on my hand like this Show you again. So this is my piece and so I Grab it and I just stick it my thumb through it like that. That way it's easy for me to tuck it in So I tuck it right up under my pointer finger like that So one piece goes to this hair at the top And one piece is going to this one that's in my hand So it's tucked in there really nice and tight So that leaves me a good grip To braid with and I'm putting all the pieces into the same side. I'm right-handed. So I add in the hair with my right hand I'll take my next piece Do the same thing And I slide it Right up under my pointer finger Just like that and then continue braiding down normally Making sure that I'm keeping a good grip on the hair not pulling just making sure it's Firmly in my fingers so it doesn't slide up. So I have my third piece And I'm sucking it right under my pointer finger And so I'm putting the piece in every time I get back to this side to the right side So now I'm going to pull my first piece off my rack because remember the first piece. I mean my second piece Because the first piece I split into three so Now I'm just going to continue to grab pieces off my rack Without splitting it or anything And I'm still going to tuck that right under my pointer finger And continue to braid down Now how many pieces you add in depends on? the size braid that you want and How thick your clients hair is so If your client has thin hair and you want your braids to be a little bit thicker, of course You're gonna have to add in more hair. So there's no one-size-fits-all to how many pieces you add in each braid now If I added six pieces into this braid and I'm going over here to do the next braid Then I want to add six more piece six pieces into that braid also And that's an easy way to keep your braids consistent So again, I'm just tucking it under my pointer finger Every time I get back to that size I'm sorry, every time I get back to the right side and Then so I think I added enough pieces in that's about the size that I wanted So I'm just going to continue to braid down Without adding in any more hair And let me show you guys a close-up. So as you can see It's really smooth and neat You can't see the pieces I added in now If you are able to see lumps and bumps and the pieces that you added in that mean that your pieces are too big So just make them smaller and try again Now I'll show you another way to add in the hair if that tucking in method doesn't work for you Okay So again, I'm going to show you another way to add in the hair So I'm still going to take my jam and make sure the hair is smooth Just a little on the hair Just move it in I'm going to take my first piece off of my rack and I'm going to split it into three again Just just splitting it into three even pieces As even as I can get it That one is a little bit smaller But they don't have to be perfect. So Just split it into three pieces, right? So I have my three pieces to start my braid So I'm going to do the same way Start off with three pieces and start to start braiding as you would normally Now a lot of people do it this way So I'm gonna take my piece Make sure you got your pinky out And I'm going to use my pinky finger to hold it and I'm going to slide one side of the hair Into my braid and then I'm going to continue to braid and I'm going to take this piece And toss it over And tuck it in That way doing it that way is a little bit slower for me. So I don't do it that way but It still works so tuck it in And take this you want to flip it over because it's still going to go into the right side Everything tucks into the right side next piece I'm just using my pinky finger to hold it. So I got a good grip on it And tuck that I'm still tucking that under my pointer finger And then I'm going to continue to braid down And grab that piece that I just flipped over you want to tuck that up under your pointer finger also And take your next piece Tuck it up under your pointer finger also Toss that over there and Tuck it tuck it tight Make sure you keep your hair smooth the next piece Wrap it around the pinky Tuck it under tuck it under tight and continue braiding flip that over there and Tuck it Tuck it under tight Okay, and so you keep doing that again If you get how many pieces you want to add in and then you continue to braid down And you'll still come out with the same Smooth transition of a braid doing it that way also, so whichever way works for you So that's how I get my small feet in braids That's how I do them get them to look really nice and me Doing all my pieces the same size on the rack saves me time and energy but having to think about setting it up from small to big and There we go If you have any questions, leave them in the comments and let me know what video I should be doing next