When It's Late French Braids Can Save The Day

Have you ever had a chance of having a bad hair day because you didn't have time to get your hair prepped correctly the night before?  Well I definitely have.

I've so found that when it's late at night and there's not a lot of time to get hair rebraided or I don't feel like doing a "Wash n Go" in the morning, french braids can come in handy.  When I'm extremely exhausted, you know those days that you come in sit on the edge of the bed and say I'm going to get up and get items ready for tomorrow and you wake up at 3:00 am with the t.v. still on.  Yeah!  Those days.    The key is to make sure that natural hair is ready for work, or wherever you have to go the next day with little or no effort.  On those rare occasions that this happens, I basically apply a little oil to my hair, mist with water and braid my hair into 2 french braids.

 When I unravel my french braids the next morning I get the braidout look pictured above.  It actually elongates my curls compared to my 8 braids or plaits that I do on wet hair for my signature braidout.  The 2 french braids when taken down are also very quick and easy to fluff so that you can get going.

I must say, french braids can definitely save the day if you need to get hair together quickly before bed. It takes about 10-15 minutes to grab oil ( grape seed oil was used on my hair in this pic) and place 2 large braids in the hair.  I must say again "When it's late french braids can save the day"!

Do you have a quick style that you use on your hair when pressed for time and prepping the day/night before wearing your style out?