Inspirational Hair Trends: Box Braids

<h2 style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Outdated craze....or revival of a hot trend?</span></h2> <ul> </ul> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Box Braids are just like <a href="http://www.braidsbybreslin.com/store/microbraids.php" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: blue; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Micro Braids</a> in terms of technique, but with Box Braids the hair used is Kanakalon, the parts are bigger, and the width of the braids are also bigger. </span>What I personally love about this hairstyle is: Its low maintainence and its great for giving your hair a break from the straightners and chemicals. </span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If your an 80's baby like me... You'll remember seeing the box plaits trends appear and disappear throughout the years on singing sensations such as; </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the group, Jade, reggae artist Patra and Janet Jackson rocking box plaits.</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5vEWY2BaC8rlK27xGDL2-RYeMCuHx4qrYrqTqQl3LwuTPWLPPkMzEcUpwgQhoCTRyIKW_XAL48zm0tAIfyJRxjIbPpcDZjHqUdQO-DnFJpgyLjE7vMyWPrwMFtANqNsmd7sm-_rni60/s1600/P_25940963_1623177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5vEWY2BaC8rlK27xGDL2-RYeMCuHx4qrYrqTqQl3LwuTPWLPPkMzEcUpwgQhoCTRyIKW_XAL48zm0tAIfyJRxjIbPpcDZjHqUdQO-DnFJpgyLjE7vMyWPrwMFtANqNsmd7sm-_rni60/s640/P_25940963_1623177.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jade- I'd love to know what happened to this group?</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytPqF9KvUMxGXZWhqddyUi_vuGeUjCJWJbSasiFYZPHrob_bqaN0UT_COEarRHXJ48bRfhVDp20p_e5ej2yfDWA3zAo6wDyYpUjy56VMpxhfmL3sJHZvbaQu7UrmDmdELwP_s_OWKTe0/s1600/th.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytPqF9KvUMxGXZWhqddyUi_vuGeUjCJWJbSasiFYZPHrob_bqaN0UT_COEarRHXJ48bRfhVDp20p_e5ej2yfDWA3zAo6wDyYpUjy56VMpxhfmL3sJHZvbaQu7UrmDmdELwP_s_OWKTe0/s640/th.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady Patra - Baddest Chick around inthe 1990's</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie-O442cvZTBNGr2oeqyvbSuO2ZA60CLVQkANaxKWgxtWL0aaDkuB6gf_hXeVSnmbGcI2VS4TcTuTVMwmVKHZfOw1_6R1ok1AT7b9nBxMzxC3nE-Bq1hVVyLqhsdL4kKf38_-5jWDYeoo/s1600/091211-music-tupac-infamous-moments-janet-jackson-poetic-justice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie-O442cvZTBNGr2oeqyvbSuO2ZA60CLVQkANaxKWgxtWL0aaDkuB6gf_hXeVSnmbGcI2VS4TcTuTVMwmVKHZfOw1_6R1ok1AT7b9nBxMzxC3nE-Bq1hVVyLqhsdL4kKf38_-5jWDYeoo/s640/091211-music-tupac-infamous-moments-janet-jackson-poetic-justice.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Janet and Tupac in Poetic Justice</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The trend then reappeared again early 2000 </span></b></span></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With stars like  Moesha star, Brandy (before the days of weave) championing this hair trend </span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJfw-95xUnAMMl74NEE9Iss7fyqHcwf4jbdr90qHcZv1hOeT5j99XbMCdG3SvGk0sy6AKYIcfIIu56M-Oc78KhwVgL_jGRiDHFSlkliTs-7CZm7NRLgLqYPUlM4du3aqBrprTpzvas7c/s1600/moesha.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJfw-95xUnAMMl74NEE9Iss7fyqHcwf4jbdr90qHcZv1hOeT5j99XbMCdG3SvGk0sy6AKYIcfIIu56M-Oc78KhwVgL_jGRiDHFSlkliTs-7CZm7NRLgLqYPUlM4du3aqBrprTpzvas7c/s640/moesha.jpg" width="426" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>So, fast forward to 2013 </b></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm seeing loads of the hottest celebs reviving this hair trend, such as; </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Solange, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keri Hilson, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beyonce, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christina Milian, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Angela Simmons and Rasheeda.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8sqcgUN7oyt8iUlTRrhjlEKE2ItdHzFmFbaG08avCcbJqi7I43hJ79VvXO72J8ckfl1DrOvBPkFZqWETmjVE7vygLVAiI06ogTd6UQN8nDfKjA03eLGziZYDNQ5D275B0JyI_CzIkCw/s1600/ab1cb0befb1611e28ccf22000ae913bd_7_zpsb525b6e1-600x600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8sqcgUN7oyt8iUlTRrhjlEKE2ItdHzFmFbaG08avCcbJqi7I43hJ79VvXO72J8ckfl1DrOvBPkFZqWETmjVE7vygLVAiI06ogTd6UQN8nDfKjA03eLGziZYDNQ5D275B0JyI_CzIkCw/s640/ab1cb0befb1611e28ccf22000ae913bd_7_zpsb525b6e1-600x600.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This look really suits Keri</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWfFbishYtuuSc4wrMHGeT_wO59uNtdHFVxSyKtxeeaNZIYR5WU5fk0Rfd6FzYrpguaFbV265vzOgcwpV2o32s5k7PCgy-FauuK5LN8XsUGrUC1ldDdrkCORy2gB6HwHjzdsA6HRBjoM/s1600/AngelaSimmons3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWfFbishYtuuSc4wrMHGeT_wO59uNtdHFVxSyKtxeeaNZIYR5WU5fk0Rfd6FzYrpguaFbV265vzOgcwpV2o32s5k7PCgy-FauuK5LN8XsUGrUC1ldDdrkCORy2gB6HwHjzdsA6HRBjoM/s640/AngelaSimmons3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angela wears her's in a updo style</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNWCb1UJZhtCxB1hkMxUwUA4olAbT8fVHBsmJKcoOk3ltRMnaid3svbxJ9Eul8Q8DaPq4lCrQ0CDmo_Cr3wbnMStkwCcnwIHUxGdtsdfs2e7M3x5a0tB7qqX-ugYayH1FtYE3gEttfIE/s1600/beyonce-and-blue-ivey-carter-blone-box-braids-beauty-and-the-beat-blog.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNWCb1UJZhtCxB1hkMxUwUA4olAbT8fVHBsmJKcoOk3ltRMnaid3svbxJ9Eul8Q8DaPq4lCrQ0CDmo_Cr3wbnMStkwCcnwIHUxGdtsdfs2e7M3x5a0tB7qqX-ugYayH1FtYE3gEttfIE/s640/beyonce-and-blue-ivey-carter-blone-box-braids-beauty-and-the-beat-blog.jpeg" width="474" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beyonce wears her in a updo style</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlnFfXnLDlcbpxNM8q5jTSYDxkNUFzZ_Q792GZlt0-efPZNihdm8_Ak3TvGICRC1ce0P0EYEW9PeAJ_CEfxQQSd4jGJYjjq91J4h3ba-DUIgCozwKF_JclepNRTS4vLJZGYxmzyYx3xQo/s1600/Yandy-Smith-Hosts-Girls-Love-Nights-Out-Event-for-Myx-Moscato-Rasheeda-Frost1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlnFfXnLDlcbpxNM8q5jTSYDxkNUFzZ_Q792GZlt0-efPZNihdm8_Ak3TvGICRC1ce0P0EYEW9PeAJ_CEfxQQSd4jGJYjjq91J4h3ba-DUIgCozwKF_JclepNRTS4vLJZGYxmzyYx3xQo/s640/Yandy-Smith-Hosts-Girls-Love-Nights-Out-Event-for-Myx-Moscato-Rasheeda-Frost1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Box Braids are great for when your pregnant because they are so hassle free. Rasheeda from Love and Hip Hop opts to wear her braids, half up and down.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPloZZQvzIoyA28XjA9HvZnqBNL87gMQKM5C1pdbfCiUCI2xaCMoycDI0se_JqlmmqGsXeQ0ZlTMUER66nfgvilydN_NWDM0qONoJEccTcCXkK4weaoIEQaPDpOlKf88wpYeYTGAuJZzo/s1600/Vibe-Vixen-Poetic-Justice-Braids3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPloZZQvzIoyA28XjA9HvZnqBNL87gMQKM5C1pdbfCiUCI2xaCMoycDI0se_JqlmmqGsXeQ0ZlTMUER66nfgvilydN_NWDM0qONoJEccTcCXkK4weaoIEQaPDpOlKf88wpYeYTGAuJZzo/s640/Vibe-Vixen-Poetic-Justice-Braids3.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Solange opts to wear her box plaits long<br /> <br /> <br /></td></tr> </tbody></table> <h3> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you want to steal this style, urban beauty said.... Check this cool YouTube tutorial by SomeMoreKay</span></h3> <div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/WPR1x3ovjKk" width="560"></iframe> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Hair care tips</b></span></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I discovered the Blogsite,<b> <a href="http://hairspiration.blogspot.co.uk/">Natural Hair Inspiration </a> which </b>provides some great tips on <a href="http://hairspiration.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/boho-box-braids.html">how to care for your box plaits</a> and <a href="http://www.braidsbybreslin.com/"><b>Braids by Breslin</b> </a>provides <a href="http://www.braidsbybreslin.com/blog/box-braids-2013-trend-alert/">3 top tips</a> to keep in mind when braiding hair.</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Need to find a salon?</b></span></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you love the look, but  want to find a local salon that can recreate the hairstyle for you, visit <a href="tp://www.noscrunchie.com/">No Scrunchie  </a>and pop in your postcode to find these nearest Afro Caribbean Hair Salon located by you.</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>urban beauty said..... box plaits are a hot trend for 2013.</b></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But i would love to know what you think, crazy fad or hot trend?</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>xxx</b></span></div> <br /> <br />

Inspirational Hair Trends: Box Braids

Outdated craze....or revival of a hot trend? Box Braids are just like  Micro Braids  in terms of technique, but with Box Braids the ha...