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  • 12 years ago
Here’s a fact of life at Refinery29: We love braids — everything from French to fishtail to chic chignons. That's why it was so funny when the four-strand braid walked down the runways at Donna Karan’s spring show: It was simple, shiny, and easy as pie. What more could we want?

Celebrity hairstylist Peter Butler, who tends to the manes of stars including Claire Danes and Kate Upton, knows a thing or two about low-maintenance, no-fuss hair. And, while he’s probably best known for executing a badass blowdry that could elevate any girl's tresses to campaign status, he, too, thinks the four-strand feels fresh for right now.

So, we had Peter show one of our staffers how to get the look herself (disclaimer: She has the most enviable head of red hair you ever did see), and then we styled her in a chic little beanie and great lipstick. Because, there’s nothing like a great beauty look to make you feel good during an oppressive polar vortex, right? Check out the video, and then let us know your thoughts in the comments.

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Transcript
00:04Hi, we're here to show you how to do a beautiful four strand braid that we saw at Fashion Week
00:09this season and it's not your typical braid. This is Kelly, she's our model today and what
00:15we're doing is combing through all the hair to make sure that she doesn't have any snarls,
00:19which she doesn't. I've added a little bit of Sublimator Leonore Grail serum into the hair to
00:24kind of smooth it out. What I'm gonna have her do is split your hair into two ponytails and then
00:29take those two ponytails and split them now into four. And you're gonna go over, under, over.
00:39From the back side, over, under. Just take your time. If you get lost, that's your mantra. Over,
00:48under, over. Braid it all the way down until you start running out of the ends. Here's an elastic.
00:53I like to use blacks because they're invisible and they're slick. They're almost silicone so
00:58they slide right off the hair causing no damage. I'm just gonna polish it up a little bit with
01:02hairspray. I'm gonna take a tail comb, gonna smooth any loose bits. What I'm gonna do is
01:09take my, my 3Q Conair blow dryer. On a cool setting, I'm just gonna kind of blow dry the
01:14braid down. So here we have our four strand braid done by Kelly herself. Like I said, it's
01:21not your typical braid. Four strands, but she did it by herself and I think it looks awesome.