How to Make a Milkmaid Braid

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I like this hairdo a lot! I did it yesterday and decided to take pics of the process. I had the camera on a chair most of the time and tried to fit myself into the picture, in whatever random light was there, so I'm sorry for any visual sloppiness. Hope you can figure out how to do this, it's really easy and takes just a few minutes. You need two hair ties and two or three pins.
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1. Brush your hair and part it where you like.
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2. Divide your hair somewhat in the middle in two bunches.


3. Pull all the hair on the right side over the left side bunch.


4. Braid the right side bunch.


5. It looks like this now:


6. Pull the left bunch of hair to the right side, over the right braid, and braid that too.


7. It will look like this, front and back:


8. Lift the right braid to the right side of your head and pin it down.


9. Do the same to the left braid. If needed you can add pins to catch any hair that pokes out and to hold the braids firmer into place.


10. Ta-dah!


11. And now dear Miss Milkmaid, to live up to your name you can pledge to love cows and not eat them :


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