Overnight Hairstyle #1: Rope Braids

         I am a very lazy person and as much as I love having cute hairstyles and my makeup done, I honestly hate to get ready! On top of that I am NOT a morning person so I can't stand the idea of getting up early to get ready in the morning. Why should we choose between looking good and sleep? Well most of the time I don't. While I do have days where I scrub it and don't really care, and days where I get up early and put more effort in to how I look that day, the majority of the time I get up about 20-30 minutes before I have to leave. There are so many hairstyles that take almost no time in the morning to do. Many you can do the night before which I call overnight hairstyles. These are all cute, quick, and super easy! I do these hairstyles most days and I love them! I'm going to have a series of posts dedicated to overnight, heatless hairstyles. Most of these look great in the summer! So I hope you enjoy and let me know what you think! So for my first heatless post will be one of my favorites! My mom likes to call this the Princess Leia hair because she says that what my hair reminds her of. This style gives both loose curly waves or just deep waves depending on how you style it in the end.

  

Steps:

Step 1: Brush out hair and split in half on both sides and spray with water. (Or it can be damp from washing your hair)
Step 2: Do a rope braid on each side (split each section in to 2 and wrap or twist them around each other all the way down) then secure with an elastic.
Step 3: Take 1 braid and pull to the top, opposite side of your head and bobby pin it in to place. Repeat on the opposite side and hairspray. (Instead of hair spray you can use mousse before you start your hair)
Step 4: Either go to sleep to let it set or leave in for a few hours.
Step 5: Take out the bobby pins and separate your hair, carefully using your fingers to separate your hair and to style.

 

                      Step 2                               Step 3

This is what my hair looks like when I first take it out. You can leave it like this if you like the curl, but I like to comb through it much more! :)

For the most part I only do this hairstyle before I go to sleep and just leave the rope braids in but occasionally, I will take a shower in the morning, do the braids, and let them set for a few hours before taking them out. If you like the way the rope braids look you could do them in the morning and leave them in all day and let them out at night if you have plans that night and want a simple, quick, and cute style for your hair that night. If you are pressed for time you can allow it to dry as much as possible while you finish getting ready or for as long as you can keep them in and then finish the drying process with a blow dryer, slowly going over the braids on a low heat. (This is obviously no longer a completely heatless hairstyle if you do it with a blow dryer, but it is using less heat and healthier for your hair than curling it.) If you do not have time to allow any drying and you like this style but don't care about using heat then you can use a straightener. You skip having wet hair and pinning up your braids. Leave the braids down and start by going over them with the straightener. Do not go straight down over them but instead clamp it down over a piece of hair for 10-15 seconds, (Holding for longer or less time depending on the thickness of your hair and how well your hair holds curl/wave) open, move down slightly, and clamp and hold once again going all the way down on both sides, This will create a slightly different texture but will still give you deep curls/waves. 

If you want curlier hair, once you let out the briads, softly comb through and separate with your fingers very carefully so you don't take out the curls. You can also use more products and tighter braids. For more of a deep wave look (my favorite way of wearing this style) you can lightly brush thorough the your hair with a comb once you take the braids out. (The tighter you make the briad, the deeper the wave.) If you want loose wavy curls, don't pin your hair up on top of your head, the braid will loosen a lot and this will create very loose waves when you take them out.

  These are just close ups of the individual pieces. The first is after I separated it and left it alone and the second was taking a comb through it. :)

This is one of my favorite no heat overnight hairstyles. From here you can leave it the way it is or you could do something extra with it. (Half up half down, bows, accessories, etc) I hope you liked this and get as much out of this style as I did! Please let me know what you think and give feedback! 

Until next time, stay lovely!

-Montana Sky XOXO