The "Almost" Crown Braid.

[@krystalviv1]

This looks like it would be a great braid for swimming to get the hair off your neck and back and not worry about it falling down. Can't wait to try it!!!

[@TheRedkdawg]

Time for me to practice the Dutch braid again. Thanks for posting an easier way to make a crown braid. I love learning a new summer style. :)

[@wendyjones686]

This variation of yours solves all of my crown braid problems. My crown braids always started perfect, then got wonky when I made it to the opposite ear and had to switch hands. Thank you, dear! Keep up the great work!

[@LaDollyVita33]

I'm not familiar with her work! So thank you! I've got to start a list of suggestions, that way I can check out all the great things that will be recommended!! And I'm so happy the braid worked out well!!! Thats the best compliment I could receive!

[@LaDollyVita33]

I hear ya! Braiding upside down is SO hard!! I'm glad you liked the little trick!!

[@LaDollyVita33]

WOW! Thank you so much for the complement! And thank you so much for supporting my channel and videos!

[@betsysmith9176]

This is super great for thick hair! My hair is so thick that when I braid it, it gets super short! Dividing it into two braids is just genius.

[@LaDollyVita33]

It is!! Last summer I did the two strand twist that Heather just uploaded, and I often wore it on the beach because it would keep my hair from getting stuck in my bathing suit straps and/or keep it from getting wet!

[@LaDollyVita33]

I'm glad you liked it!! At first I was worried it wouldn't work, but I think its neat too! I'm happy you enjoyed it!

[@LaDollyVita33]

Totally! Because this is the longest my hair has ever been, its taking some time to adjust to, but these have been the best styles I've worn all summer!!

[@LaDollyVita33]

Totally!!! I owe you a video Sherry!! Haven't forgotten its coming soon!!! XO

[@LaDollyVita33]

What a coincidence that you said that because I did something SUPER similar! I loved Heather's hair taping video and it works so well with the crown braid! So glad your hair was safe on your trip! LOL

[@LaDollyVita33]

Thank you Lucy! I'm so excited you liked it!!

[@LaDollyVita33]

Thats awesome!! You're so lucky to be going on such a fabulous trip!! I'm so stoked you'll be rocking the hair idea when you go!! You've gotta post pictures afterwards!!

[@LaDollyVita33]

You're very welcome! The ribbon will probably be BEAUTIFUL! And if the braid ends are short, just tuck them under the dutch braids! Mine were a bit short too!

[@LaDollyVita33]

Thank you!! I'm so happy I was able to share this with you then, because it sounds like we were in the same boat!

[@LaDollyVita33]

I thought that too! I'm hoping it will be like an exchange of information! I learn so much from all you guys!!

[@ClaraZijlstra]

I finally did it. And it looks perfect! Thanks so much, I'll wear this a lot once get to India, so my neck won't get so warm.

[@LaDollyVita33]

So glad its one that you liked! I'm happy to hear its one that'll work out!! My hair isn't actually that thick, its always been quite fine, but with the summer heat, it fluffs up a lot!

[@LaDollyVita33]

Well thank you so much for subscribing! Heather has been so awesome to me and my channel, and she always sends the coolest people my way! So I'm super appreciative of the support and your tip is great! You'll see, I LOVE hair flowers and I use them a lot as accents! In fact I have a few diy videos on them, and I have one more that I'm planning to film!

[@LaDollyVita33]

Sounds like we were in the same place with that last part of the braid! I'm thrilled you like the Hypatia braid and that we've both got a better way to wear it!!

[@LaDollyVita33]

Thats awesome!!! I'm stoked you liked the BHDB, and I'm glad you liked the crown braid too!! Wear them in great health!!! XOXO

[@sanshaj]

Looks great. I will definitely try this as I hate having to do that upside down last bit. I think your hair is looking much thicker than when I first started watching your videos.

[@BecomingJane0]

I love this!! I could never get the other side to look as good, and this idea with the second braid is just wonderful!!! :)

[@Galadhwen]

LOVE! it definitely does look like a great way to keep your hair out of your face!

[@LaDollyVita33]

Thats a fantastic idea! I'm gonna see if I have scarves that are long and thin enough!

[@Claire18Hi]

ive done this yesterday! didnt look good on me, (bud did turn out great!!!!) so i changed the last part where you bring the end of your braids on the top, i just turned the into a side bun! turned out good! thanks!

[@torrinpaige]

Count me in for the favorites vlog! I love it when we just get to gab, and it'll feel like that, so, thumbs up for that idea. Also? I'm editing and uploading my not-as-cool-yours crown braid as I type this, so the linking can commence shortly!

[@LyraSpan]

This is much easier than braiding upside down. I recently trimmed about 4 inches off my length, so i'm hoping my braid can still go past each other when i wrap them around. Bobby pins give me hell, so i'll probably try to work in a ribbon or band to keep them in place. I think i'll wear crowns more often now, if it works for me. Thank you for the tutorial.

[@LaDollyVita33]

You're so welcome! Thank you for watching!!

[@LaDollyVita33]

You're going to do favorites too???! YAY!!!! Thats so awesome! I love your blog videos, but I'm so boring, I kinda feel like mine wouldn't be nearly as fun or charming - so I thought maybe the favorites would work better for me! I LOVE your crown twist, its one of my all time favorite hairstyles and it looks SO beautiful on you!!

[@LaDollyVita33]

Well I'm thrilled you liked the hair idea! I'm not a member of the LHC, I'm on UTT instead, so that may the reason! I hope this turns out well for you!! :) And thank you again for supporting my channel!

[@LaDollyVita33]

Yay!! I'm so glad you liked it! I'm a fan of yours! LOVED your video about the science of hair growth! Thought it was the best explanation I'd ever heard and I learned so much!!

[@LaDollyVita33]

Those are some ideas, definitely! Tips for nice skin! Wow there are so many!

[@LaDollyVita33]

Thats a GREAT idea! I'm definitely going to try it that way! Especially since the ends of my braids is where I struggle trying to get them to lie flat with bobby pins!

[@LaDollyVita33]

Thank you so much watching it! And I think you're right! I've always had layers, and as my hair has started to get longer, its felt heavier and thicker to me. I'm actually trying hard to resist the urge to cut and trim!

[@LoriHulstine]

I love this style on you so much. Do the fav vlogs!!! I enjoy watching them. I am actually going to wear my 1st crown braid tomorrow. I'm going to sew the ribbon in, too. Wish me luck. I will post a before pic of how long my hair is now & then afterwards. I sure hope it's not too much hair to work with. If it is I might try the half up do that you made a video on. Have an awesome weekend girl.

[@LaDollyVita33]

Thats awesome!! I was so proud of that video!! Its great to have such loyal subscribers!!

[@MsHobgobblin]

thank U so much. my lasr roundyround crownbraid looks, not very good. bit this idea with the two baids is great. will try it tommorrow morning.

[@LaDollyVita33]

It is!! I'm glad you liked it and I hope you get to try it out!

[@LaDollyVita33]

Yay! I'm so glad you liked it!

[@LaDollyVita33]

I think I will do the fav vlogs! I love them too, now I just have to make a list of things so I won't forget!! I can't wait to see your pictures!

[@LaDollyVita33]

I was thinking that! I'm ready to try and vlog a little more!

[@LaDollyVita33]

Glad to hear you liked it!

[@Alexandretta]

I think I'm going to try this tomorrow. I need a new way to keep my hair up for work. My hair's classic length, so we'll see how it goes. My braids should go all the way around and meet at the bottom. :P

[@kayleighjones8161]

I've been trying to do a crown braid for ages, so this is perfect!

[@LaDollyVita33]

I'm so happy it worked out for you! The side bun sounds really pretty.

[@LaDollyVita33]

Thats awesome! I know you'll get it!!! Love your sideways braids!!

[@Nannzee]

I've been wearing the Hypathia braid alot and I really like it, but very often the upside-down part needs to be re-braided.. So I really love this idea :) And it really looks so beautiful on you..

[@LaDollyVita33]

Oh yes! I think you're wonderful!! I loved the tangle teeter review too! I'm super impressed by your editing skills! Wish I was as good as you with that!!

[@LaDollyVita33]

Thats fabulous!! I'm thrilled to hear it!

[@GreyChemical]

It did help! The thing I don't understand in most videos is when people start talking about the "right section" and the "left section" and sometimes they assign numbers to the different sections, bla bla bla.. After two minutes my brain's already fried xD Thank you! :)

[@lorissadoney6531]

YOU ARE OFFICALLY MY HERO!!!!!

[@dianacarrier1496]

I used this in combination with torrinpaige's "Elizabethan Hair Taping" to go camping a few weeks back. It worked great! 3 days tramping through the woods and not once did my hair get in my face or stuck on a tree branch!

[@Magosienne]

This is great ! my hair is too thin for the two side braids of the bad hair day braid (making them a bit looser didn't work well with my layers), i just do one instead so yay for 2 hairstyles that start the same way !

[@eellis85]

A tip to hide the elastics: you can put little flowers all around the inside rim of the braid to hide them! If the elastic that is showing is more toward the left or right side of your crown, you could use just one flower but I think it would look weird having one flower on the very top haha. P.S. I came here from torrinpaige :) Definitely a subscriber now! I love hair tutorials. My hair was almost to my butt, then into a long bob because I didn't know how to style it! Horrible. lol

[@LaDollyVita33]

Thats awesome! I love her! She's so nice and she's got a great personality in her videos! I've learned a thing or two from her also!!

[@Emmajen]

This video just changed my life. o_o I never though I'd be able to wear crown braids. :') I am so happy lol.

[@LaDollyVita33]

Wow, I'm imagining that and it sounds beautiful. With tailbone length hair though, I bet you could just make a ponytail, braid it, and it would wrap around your head, right? My hair isnt long enough for that just yet, but I hope it will be in the future!!

[@LaDollyVita33]

YAY! Hope it works out beautifully for you!!

[@LaDollyVita33]

You know what you could try? Some hairspray on your hair before you braid! Spray, brush it through and let it dry. Then braid. Sometimes doing it on wet or damp hair helps too! I have the same problem!!

[@LaDollyVita33]

No, when I'm braiding, I'm adding to both sides of the braid. When you do a lace crown braid, you only add to one side of the braid, but then a lot of hair is left out of the braid and it turns into a completely different style. I did a vid on that actually, called Lucrezia Borgia inspired hair. This braid is a regular dutch braid, so hair goes into both sides!

[@LaDollyVita33]

Thats awesome! I'm thrilled you enjoyed it!!

[@Cytheris1]

Thank you so much for this! I've tried to achieve the Hypatia crown braid a lot of times, but I always messed it up in the last part xD This makes it to much easier :) Another thing I love about your videos is that you use a lot of dutch braids (I'm much better at dutch braiding than I am at french braiding) so I'm always happy when i get to achieve your hairstyles! :)

[@softinthesky]

really liked it! do you think it will work with a lace braid??

[@fksongbird28]

I wonder if it would look good and/or be easier if the first three inches of braid were a lace braid that then turned into a french, it may be easier to tuck. I haven't tried it, but it is just an idea!

[@gullinvarg]

I could if I wasn't doing anything active. I'm looking for something I can do for thing's like jumping rope and jiu-jitsu. Hair taping doesn't cut it. My hair is too fine and slippery so it to just slides down into a U shape at the bottom of my hair if I'm bouncing. I potentially could do a high pony and hair tape and I have done it with one high and one low. I think hair taping is a bit "ren faire" for work though, where a crown braid is fine and lets me go straight to the gym after.

[@123Sarracenia]

Wonderful. I'm so wearing this today.

[@LaDollyVita33]

I think I'm going to do it! I'm excited!

[@Nichomo47]

I love your hair colour :) it looks like the white queens hair it is truly beautiful :)

[@TheLadyPlantagenet]

I swear your my favourite youtuber! Your so funny And talented! I've been following your videos for months!

[@LaDollyVita33]

Thats awesome! I wish my braids would go all the way around! I'm sure this'll look amazing on you!

[@GreyChemical]

I've seen your videos in a quest for a dutch braid, but couldn't find one.. Could you please do one (if you haven't already)? I looked all over youtube, but it seems really complex and I don't understand.. You always explain so well, that braiding becomes much easier, hence the request xD

[@LaDollyVita33]

I was thinking that! Maybe I could do that hair taping idea!!

[@EirlysNightingale]

going to try that right now....I'm sure I won't succeed ahah but that's worth trying!

[@meeliahstock]

I am always looking for styles that incorporate scarfs into hair, so something like that would be my recommendation.

[@missartist123]

ooo! I like the favorites idea. That's such a great way to get to know you better. :D

[@LaDollyVita33]

I get you!! Well then if this is something that works in a practical way, just be patient and give yourself sometime to practice and soon it'll be second nature. I can't tell you how long it took me to learn french braiding. Now my hands just do it. Are you subbed to torrinpaige? She has very long hair too, so maybe there will be a few ideas on her channel too that might be helpful for managing your hair during physical activities?

[@mrsmcwhirt]

Thank you so much, I kept messing this up at the end... now I think I can do it!!

[@gullinvarg]

I had to tweak this a bit. I have tail bone length, very fine hair. The first time I tried this I "messed up" and took the part all the way back, this worked except I had a wonky part in the back. The second time I did it your way, but my hair is so fine that I'd tapered from a 3/8" to a 1/8" braid with 8" of "tassel". The successful variation was to take the part all the way back like the 1st attempt, braid the small side 1st, then cover the part with the hair that will go into the big side.

[@LaDollyVita33]

Thank you Stacy!!

[@LaDollyVita33]

You can totally try! The lace braid is the only thing I didn't test out with this method, although I did once do a lace braid crown in my borgias inspired hair. If you do it, let me know how it turns out!!

[@LaDollyVita33]

Oh man it was hot today, right? We didn't even go outside! I guess a hairstyle like this may make the neck a little more susceptible to sunburn, but I'm a whacko with sunblock! LOL

[@LaDollyVita33]

I use my iMac's iMovie program! Its very easy and great to use, esp if you are kind of computer dumb, like me!

[@SvetlanaSharavina]

You are so pretty! Thanx for useful video🌸

[@tetisheri1972]

Thanks for the answer! Now all I need to do is master it.

[@LaDollyVita33]

I take that as SUCH a compliment! I love Kristen Wiig!

[@FieryPha]

I know what you mean about your hair starting to feel heavy. I think I also got that around your length. :) It takes a bit of time to adjust, lol, I'm still figuring things out after all this time :p But crown braids and french braids are an awesome solution for this ^^

[@LaDollyVita33]

Thats ok!! I'm glad you liked it!! And I like your other screen name! :)

[@gullinvarg]

I actually found your channel because I'm subbed to torrinpaige. ;) I've also been french braiding since I was a teen or maybe preteen and I'm in my early 40s now. I have the same problem she does for doing a true crown braid, my hair tangles. I actually tried it after doing this the first time, starting with the "upside down" part. You'd think once that was done the rest would be as easy as the "big braid" on this one, but it doesn't work out that way for some reason. :-p

[@LaDollyVita33]

Thats awesome! I hope it keeps you nice and cool!

[@gaenorgirlbest]

you remind me so much of kristen wiig, so beautiful! great hair style xo

[@ArrowOdenn]

Love it! Will definitely post pictures/video response when I've tried it out a few times. :0)

[@Curly_479]

Can u plz do a hair style just to match different fandoms, like different book series, movies, and shows? I love all ur hair ideas and I know they are mostly based off of something but can you do something like a Hunger Games, or Harry Potter themed hair do, cause that would be awesome! :-)

[@LaDollyVita33]

You're very welcome!!

[@Cytheris1]

Hehe you'll probably get a bunch of recommendations I'm sure you'll need a huge vacation to take care of them all xD Anyway, here's my first contribution to that cultural side of your chanel: the author Ámelie Nothomb, maybe you alredy know her work but if you don't you should try ("Fear and Trembling" is my favourite so far). Aaaand, I must tell you I wore this version of the crown braid yesterday and my friends loved it :) so thank you for sharing :)

[@Sylvia25100]

this one is AWESOME!!! i wish my hair were waist-long!!! it would be so much easier to make them....

[@mleung25]

i tried this today - super easy!! thanks so much! perfect for a hot summer's day :) though mine was nowhere as neat as yours since my hair tends to wisp :( . still, i got a lot of compliments ^_^

[@Cytheris1]

By the way, the idea of talking about movies, books... in your new videos is nice :) Probably we can recommend you some, so I think you would get a nice feedback :)

[@LaDollyVita33]

Hope you'll try it out!