Tree Braids & Weaves

Tree Braids

Keeping up with other life’s numerous demands. Lately, many people have been coming to my salon to inquire about tree braids. I am sorry for not writing for some time now. I have been overwhelmed by the demands of running a business. There are already a lot of write ups on them over the Internet, so I won’t stress them anymore than I should. Rather, I would use this occasion to share some step-step pictures of some tree braids that I did with the hope that you learn more about them through my pictures.

My website http://www.nonyehairbraiding.com/ also has some more in the gallery section. Please check them out at your convenience. I came to the U.S. from Nigeria last April, tried a lot of hairstyles and so have a huge repository of styles in my portfolio. Incidentally, I didn’t know what tree braids were until I came to the U.S. and when I finally saw the hairstyle that people called tree braid I was astonished. It is called another name in Nigeria and maybe in other African countries. The above picture shows my first photographed attempt at tree braiding. The second picture to the right zooms into the braids. As shown, strands of hair extensions and my hair are braided as extensions are fed in and dropped subsequently. It gets tricky, but I will try my best to show the process through pictures.

What I like most about Tree Braid is its weave like look. Some of my customers have commented about the confusion that is written on onlookers faces when they see them wearing tree braids. "What is that?" is written all over their faces. This is a picture of me still working on my braids. This feat was daring as I had never tried such completed hairstyle on my own hair. It is difficult enough doing it on someone else’s let alone on mine.

If you look closely at the third picture, you should be able to see the trick. New hair is added to the braid while the old
hair is dropped which gives it the weave like look.The process of dropping could
be very tricky because if the wrong hair is dropped, the whole braid comes out
and the hair becomes a mess. So, it is very important that you get your tree
braids from a braider who knows what she’s doing.

Many people have inquired about whether the Tree braids can be done on natural (unpermed) hair, and so I decided to show pictures of tree braids done on natural hair.

These are before and after pictures of Tree braids on natural hair.The last picture shows a close up of the braids. You would notice that all of the clients hair was braided in, and so the only hair left out is commercial hair. Personally, I think tree braids are advantagous to people who have natural hair because it keeps your natural hair safely tucked away in braids and at the same time gives you any color and type of commercial hair of your choice to play with.

With the tree braids, you can just 'get up and go' on days when you do not have a lot of time. You can flat iron, roller set and do a lot of things to it.

Hair Braider and Salon in Austin, TX

For those of you in Austin, TX or who know people in Austin, here is your stylist and natural hair care specialist Nonye checking. This is an open blog to discuss issues concerning braids, cornrows, twists, dreadlocks, etc. I operate a hair braiding business here in Austin, TX so I know a thing or two about natural hair maintenance.




So, please drop by whenever you like and holla at your girl. Better yet, check out www.nonyehairbraiding.com for galleries of my hair styles. I have pictures of hair styles ranging from tree braids to men's cornrows. You'll also find collections on feed-in cornrows, dreadlocks, sew-in weaves, etc.