Salon Spotlight: Creating Chic Milkmaid Braids at Square Colour Salon + Spa
A step-by-step guide from the pros about how to create these beautiful milkmaid braid styles.
The Square Color Salon + Spa is a Las Vegas based full-service salon that focuses on your personal beauty experience. Also known as: every beauty-obsessed girl’s dream. We spoke to one of their expertly trained stylists, Ashley Hambly, about beautiful chic milkmaid braids styles she created for two of the Square Salon’s clients. Trendy, regal, with a touch of floral flair, these chic milkmaid braids are the epitome of hair goals.
How to Create Chic Milkmaid Braids
First up is a beautiful braid created on thick honey blonde hair. Hambly noted, “This client has really long hair so it totally wrapped around. She added,“ I used dry shampoo to create the texture, started a Dutch braid beginning at her middle part, and added hair in as I went along. We didn’t want it to look perfect, so I grabbed random sized sections along the way. Finally when I ran out of hair to add, I finished off with a normal braid and ended up tucking it in with the milkmaid braid. I went through and pulled apart the braid with salt spray on my hands and added in the baby’s breath finishing her off with a light spray of hairspray.” Gorgeous, right?
“The second girl has shoulder length hair,” Hambly says, “After doing a quick wash and dry, I let her natural curl come out and I went through with a 1 3/4 inch curling iron and added a loose wave in her hair. Before braiding I sprayed a beach wave and shine spray through her waves and started the braid at her side part. I did a mixture of a three-strand Dutch braid and fishtail Dutch braid all the way around until I tucked the ends under where I originally started the braid. I pulled the braid apart and tucked the pearl headband into the braid on the back focusing it towards one side. I finished the look off with a bit of hairspray.”
No matter what length or texture hair you’re working with, chic milkmaid braids are definitely doable. Follow these easy steps to create your own!
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