HOW TO CORNROW for beginners VERY EASY & DETAILED - how to french braid.

Hey guys, welcome to my channel it is me lena And today i'm going to do the first video in my learn to braid with lena series So today we're going to start off real simple and we're going to go back to the basics And i'm just going to be showing you how to do a basic cornrow with natural hair I'm, not going to add any um weave into the braid. I'll save that for the next video. So Let's jump right into it So first of all, you want to start with a good parting comb either you can use the pin tail end or you can use a Parting comb, which is my perfect parting cones, which has a very poignant tip on there And it gives you a really um sharp part. So it's just preference which end that you want to use Whichever one gives you a good Crispy part is fine. So I'm just going to start i'm going to start pretty much like in the middle. That way it's easier to see So i'm just going to part the hair And I use the pin tail in a lot more than I use the tip Uh, just because uh, just preference basically I mean either it's fine. So you want to make sure you have some clips because you definitely want to clip the straight hair out the way Because that makes it easier For you to do your braid so mannequin head is not the best with getting a straight part, but Using this comb you want to lay it down and you'll take it right down The scalp that way and it'll give you a really straight part in a real person's ear So i'm just going to Clip that out the way And another way to get a good crispy part I do have a couple videos on parting and you just take the jam and lay it down the part you go right back over it And that will give you a really clean part So i'll post the link to my parting videos In the description so i'm just going to make this one a little bit bigger so it's easier to see And i'm going to stop it here for Camera purposes Okay, so I have my part Parted out Put all the extra hair out the way That way you're not grabbing it while you're braiding And another thing that makes it easier is to take a little jam And just rub it on the hair To smooth it to keep the frays and flyaways Lay it down And so when you start a cornrow You want to start off with Three pieces of hair And you don't want to take a big chunk like that because then your braid will start low it'll like lag So you want to go closer to the top? And grab three smaller pieces So i'll just it doesn't have to be perfect and i don't see that so just like part a little skinny piece across the top And then you're going to split it into three So I have three pieces right here and this is how i'm going to start my braid so I am going to it doesn't matter if you start with your right hand or your left hand But you're going to want to be using three fingers. Basically. You basically just need three So i'm holding this one with my three fingers And I got this one with my three fingers But I want to keep my pointer finger Slightly mobile because that's what i'm going to be using so Once you're holding it. You got a good grip with your three fingers You want to go under the middle piece with your pointer finger and grab the side piece So every time you reach With your pointer finger to grab you want to grab a little bit more hair So now i'm back to my three fingers But i'm going to hold it with my middle and thumb so I can go under with my pointer finger And grab the other piece and like I said every time you reach Under with your pointer finger to grab you want to grab a little bit more hair on the side so three finger grip And then I let go of my pointer so I can have it to reach under And grabbing a little bit more hair every time So three finger grip and go under with your pointer and grab a little more hair Three fingers Go under with your pointer And grab a little bit more hair off to the side So you have to keep get a routine going in your head so you can remember what to do. So three finger grip Then under with your pointer Grab more hair Like it's easy to remember stuff if you like make a song or rhyme under out of it or something Like how you teach your kids how to spell an A So we're gonna do like three finger grip Under with your pointer grab more hair three finger grip Under with your pointer grab more hair. So whatever you gotta do to remember the rotation Is you know come up with something catchy for yourself. Grab a little more hair three finger grip Go under with your pointer grab more hair And this is how you achieve a basic corn row Really neat and simple and make sure You when you grab more hair that you're grabbing About the same amount of hair each time That way your braid stays even and consistent because if you grab bigger pieces and then smaller pieces You'll have a lumpy braid and we don't want that. So Three finger grip And you don't have to pull and yank on someone's hair to get the braid To look neat so three finger grip But then let your pointer go so you can grab under with your pointer Grab more hair Three fingers to grip it Then use your pointer finger to go under And grab more hair And you just keep repeating the process Until you get to the bottom And i'm at the end So i'm braiding it down and make sure when you grab hair that you're grabbing it from straight across Not pull it up or pull it up this way because then you'll have a braid that doesn't lay flat And it's uneven. So make sure when you grab more hair that you're pulling from straight across And not pulling up or down Okay, so now that I got to the end because I stopped it right there I'm going to flip my fingers over to braid down Now this is a little hard for some people this how I was going down at first, but then I flip it over To put thumbs on top So this is the hardest part to teach somebody when braiding natural hair that I see in my classes a lot So i'm still using basically my three fingers if I have my thumbs on top So I take my pointer finger and push the middle piece up and I use my middle finger to grab it So thumb on top and I have these three fingers See so my thumb is on top And I use my pointer finger to push the middle piece up and my middle finger To grab it This one is a little bit more confusing Okay, so you just watch Push it up with my pointer And i'm wrapping this around my pointer and grabbing it with my middle finger Back to my thumb on top And I like to do it this way because it keeps my hair smooth because I can just use my thumb and fingers to smooth it down So push it up with pointer Wrap it grab it with the middle finger Push it up with my pointer wrap Grab it with my middle finger Push it up pointer Wrap it around the pointer finger and grab it with your middle And I know this is like a little bit easier said than done because so it takes a little practice But once you get it, you got it because it's repetitive So push it up with your pointer wrap and grab that piece back there with your middle finger Push it up wrap Grab it with your middle Push it up wrap grab it with your middle And you just keep That same process going Until you get to the bottom of the braid So this is my finished corn row This is my finished braid Okay, thank you guys for watching my first learn to braid with lena video And this is just showing how to do a basic corn row, um the next video i'll probably do um how to add here how to do a braid with extensions so Make sure you guys subscribe to my channel And follow along let me know in the comments what should be next. I'm pretty much trying to start from the basics So i'll eventually get to box braids twist knots and everything else So I really want to start at the beginning in teaching you guys So what are some other simple things about braiding that you guys would like to learn? leave it in the comments and Thanks for watching. See you guys in the next video