Cornrow is one of the easiest protective styles to wear and is a popular hairstyle among Africans and African descendants. They are low maintenance and allow you to explore other hairstyles like wigs and weaves. If you want to save yourself multiple trips to the salon and save some money, you need to know how to do cornrows at home. This tutorial will show you how to cornrow short hair at home.
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This video by Kaydie’s Kreation demonstrates how you can cornrow short hair.
What You Need
Before you start doing cornrows, do the following:
- Gather your tools – comb, hair clips, and oil.
- Prepare your hair by washing, detangling and moisturizing.
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Quick & Easy Guide to Cornrow Short Hair
Assuming that your hair is ready, use these instructions to make cornrows.
1. Section a chunk of hair you want to cornrow. Use hair clippers to separate this and the rest of the hair.
2. From the sectioned hair, create three tiny strands on the right, center and left. Apply gel to hold the cornrows.
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3. Criss-cross each strand over and under the other.
4. As you go down the cornrow, add the amount of hair on each strand.
5. Secure the ends by twisting around the finger and applying extra gel to hold them in place.
6. Follow the above steps to finish the rest of your hair
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