-Hi.

I'm CGH number three from Cute Girls Hairstyles,

and I just wanted to wish my mom a Happy Mother's Day.

-And I want to wish all of you a Happy Mother's Day, too.

Hearts in the air, right?

To all the moms.

So today, I am actually going to teach you

the hairstyle waterfall twist into a mermaid braid.

So we've already demoed the waterfall twist,

so I have this side done on the left.

And I'm going to show quickly the one on the right.

We're going to fast forward through it

so I can show you how to put it into a mermaid braid.

And if you want to see how to do an actual waterfall twist,

you can check out the video.

I'll put a link right here, and you can go to that

and watch the tutorial for that.

So we've started by parting her hair in the middle,

and I've already done this side on the left, the waterfall

twist.

And now I'll show you very quickly the one on the right.

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OK.

So now I've completed the waterfall twist

on the right side as well, and I'm

going to just take the two little twists I have

that she's holding.

She's got the other one.

We're going to bring them around to the back,

comb these pieces down again.

OK.

Now we're going to create a braid out of these two twists.

So what we want to do is take like, a half

a piece here and then a half of a piece on this side

and then combine the two pieces in the middle

to create the third strand.

So we've now basically just created three strands.

One, two, and three.

And we're going to begin a normal braid out of that.

Make sure you get your waterfall strands down.

OK.

Now what you've done one entire stitch of a regular braid,

we're going to go back and we're going

to pick up this little piece of the waterfall, the fall

through piece.

We're going to pick that up and add that into the left side.

And now we're going to pick up the right side, the hair that

falls through, and add that in as well.

And we're going to do one complete stitch.

So adding no hair.

Now we're going to go back to the left

and add in another strand into our regular braid.

Add in the strand on the right and just separate it out

if you get any mixed up.

And then complete a stitch.

Don't worry if it looks loose right now.

That's how we want it to look, and I'll show you why.

You can see I'm pulling the hair just slightly off of her head

as I'm going, as I'm braiding it in.

And that, I'll explain at the end.

So right now, it's going to look strange just because we're

pulling them tight but they're on a weird.

Don't worry.

So the only trick to the waterfall twist

is just making sure that you try to end up

with the same number of strands on either side of the head.

I think we have two more on each side.

Keep pulling.

And, of course, this will depend and vary slightly

depending on the length of your own hair.

If you have shorter hair, you're not

going to get as many stitches out of it.

That's fine.

We're adding in our last piece.

And you can see it looks strange right now.

And add in our last one on this side.

And then we're just going to complete it

into a regular braid all the way to the end of the hair.

Now what happens is when I release this--

because you can see they're pulled pretty tight right now.

Going to secure it with an elastic.

And then I'm going to release it.

What happens is that loosens all of that hair

and allows it to just float and hang

much softer and much prettier.

Very, very soft, romantic look to the waterfall braid.

And anytime you're bringing stranding in like this where

there's space in between and you're pulling from the sides

is what is typically called a mermaid braid.

Now, if you want to add something fun,

you can put a bow on the end or even a little ribbon

into the end of the hair.

Or you can just leave it like it is, if you prefer.

It's up to you entirely.

I think just a little purple bow with her little turquoise shirt

is adorable because it has such a spring feel to it.

And you get perfection.

I will spin her around so you can see the finished product.

It's really lovely.

I love this one.

Be sure us check us out on Instagram.

It's @CuteGirlsHairstyles.

We post lots of really fun pictures

of hairstyles and also behind the scenes

for lots of our family events.

And we will see you guys next week.

Bye.

-Bye.

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