Help! I can't plait

[MotherLanded]

I'm hopeless at plaiting. I try my best but it always looks so dishevelled when I do my daughter's hair, with bits falling out and it never lasts.

I'm wondering if there are any good tips and tricks to doing neat plaiting, particularly French plaits. Other children seem to have such neat plaits and I worry I'm letting the side down...

French plaits - divide it into sections first I.e. front, middle top, main middle, bottom. Your sections really is the mimum, 5 or 6 best. Take your time getting those tidy. Take out front band and split hair into 2, put one over the other. TO out second hair band and split into 2 and plait in. Repeat.

How tidy it looks and how well it stays depends a lot on the type of hair. Lush, thick straight hair looks great but tends to fall out fairly quickly. Thinner hair is harder to make tidy but stays in place better.

It depends a lot on hair type. If it's fine / flyaway or scrupulously clean it's much harder!

Can you try plaiting wet? I find that easier and then practice really pulling each rope in tight and keeping it it place with tension before pulling the next rope.

Also on dry hair try using a gum or wax either beforehand or afterwards to smooth them down