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Natural Braid Hair Styles For Busy Ladies and Moms | Cornrow Hairstyles


Are you pregnant or a busy mom looking for braid hairstyles to choose from? Here are a few to inspire you. Hair braiding is an African culture for centuries and is still in vogue.  These unique hair styles usually help identify a person is from a particular tribe, marital and social status. In these modern times, hair styles are not as serious as it was back in the days because it can easily be achieved with the help of hair extensions. Read on

African Hair Styles come and go but braids have never gone out fashion. Hair braiding and styling is an art but only a creative mind can make an outstanding hair style. These hair styles changes a woman’s appearance making her look naturally beautiful and younger. Below are lovely weaving hair braid style pictures to choose from. 

Simple Weaving (cornrow) Braiding Styles for Busy Mums


Beautifully braided hair like you have seen in the above image hurts. Hair braiding can be time consuming though, depending on the size you choose to wear.

Classy Ghana Braid Bun and Twist Buns Working Moms



These braids are Wrap-around braids and twists for black hair, in Nigeria the Yoruba’s call this packed or wrapped around braid style “Shuku”.


Kinky Short Braids Hair Style For Classy Moms When Pregnant


Some ladies use synthetic hair or human hair extension, sometime braided hair extensions available as an attachment to help beautify the hair and making the hair much longer the natural hair length. Once you pick a desired braiding style, your hair will now be braided into gorgeous hairstyles for wedding occasion or party. Try this hair style and you will love it.

Gorgeous Black Hairstyles | Mohawk  and the Semi Cornrow



Some of these hairstyles can be used as bridal wedding hair style, or to a fashion show like the one Alicia Keys rocked to a music award in the above picture, looking glamorous. Semi cornrows or pick and drop weaving as it is referred to in Nigeria, the curls makes the hair do unique.  


Popular Black Braided Hairstyles - Million Braids


Micro Braids popularly known as million braids is a popular trend in hair braiding styles, it can be braided by twisting or the cornrow style but very tiny. Most people go as far as Badagry, Togo and Benin republic to make this hair style, the good thing about it is that it lasts long and can be styled however you like it. If you intend to wear this hairstyle longer then you may need to wash and moisturize the hair and scalp on a regular basis. Elaborate patterns such as this takes longer time to finish making the braids and are done for special occasions, but in it is worth it.


Bob Marly Braid hair Style | Long Twist and Cornrow Updo

This type of braided hairstyle is usually long  and  guarded with the other end up to the tip of the braided hair long, turned into a round updo like a doughnut on the top of the head.

Now You Know The Trending African Braid Types 

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