Favorite Fishtail and Waterfall Braid tutorials

<a href="http://mypreciousconfessions.blogspot.nl/2013/04/favorite-fishtail-and-waterfall-braid.html#more"><img alt=" photo fishtailandwaterfallbraids-1_zpsad03b48b.jpg" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/newwwwwwy/fishtailandwaterfallbraids-1_zpsad03b48b.jpg" /></a><br /><i>images via <a href="http://pinterest.com/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">pinterest</span></a></i><br /><i><br />I have collected my <a href="http://mypreciousconfessions.blogspot.nl/2013/04/favorite-fishtail-and-waterfall-braid.html#more"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">favorite Fishtail and Waterfall Braid tutorials</span></a> over a bit of time for getting those beautiful pretty, romantic, sometimes simple and even sloppy undone looks! Often these Braids look far more complicated then they really are and I have found that the tutorials collected are the most easy and fun to work with while giving inspiration for future more complicated fishtail and waterfall braid fun in updo's and working in multiple sections! </i><br /><i>xoxo</i><br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>1) the Fishtail Braid</b></span><br /><br /><i><br /></i><i>First things first, Lauren Conrad shows us how to do the fishtail braid in a few easy steps. I found this video really the best and most easy tutorial for mastering (and beginning the "art-of") the fishtail braid! </i><br /><br /><br /><object height="360" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZyZkowmdZv8?hl=en_US&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZyZkowmdZv8?hl=en_US&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="360" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>2) Fishtail Braid picture Tutorial</b></span><br /><br /><i><br /></i><i>For when the video above is not enough or you like photo tutorials more in general! This beautiful tutorial explains the fishtail braid in easy to follow steps. (And yes, for that big, fat and sloppy look in the 1st picture above you can distress/tease/pull apart the fishtail braid!)</i><br /><i><br /></i><i><a href="http://www.oncewed.com/diy/fishtail-braid-tutorial/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">http://www.oncewed.com/diy/fishtail-braid-tutorial/</span></a></i><br /><br /><img alt=" photo fishtail-braid-wedding-hairstyles-for-long-hair-tutorial_zps82fcf2b6.png" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/newwwwwwy/fishtail-braid-wedding-hairstyles-for-long-hair-tutorial_zps82fcf2b6.png" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>3) Half sloppy fishtail braid</b></span><br /><br /><i>Refinery 29's slideshow shows us how to get this perfect half sloppy fishtail including how to get those sexy beach waves!</i><br /><i><br /></i><i><a href="http://www.refinery29.com/3-diy-hairstyles-for-straight-hair-1/slideshow#slide-1"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">http://www.refinery29.com/3-diy-hairstyles-for-straight-hair-1/slideshow#slide-1</span></a></i><br /><br /><img alt=" photo 17-style2-11_zps4d49eb31.jpg" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/newwwwwwy/17-style2-11_zps4d49eb31.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>4) Waterfall Braid</b></span><br /><br /><br /><i>This Waterfall Braid is so pretty and perfect in every way!</i><br /><br /><i><a href="http://www.oncewed.com/67431/wedding-blog/diy-wedding/waterfall-braid-wedding-hairstyles-for-long-hair/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">http://www.oncewed.com/67431/wedding-blog/diy-wedding/waterfall-braid-wedding-hairstyles-for-long-hair/</span></a></i><br /><br /><img alt=" photo diy-waterfall-braid-tutorial_zps53194098.jpg" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/newwwwwwy/diy-waterfall-braid-tutorial_zps53194098.jpg" /><img alt=" photo waterfall-braid-wedding-hairstyles-for-long-hair2_zps7a048594.jpg" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/newwwwwwy/waterfall-braid-wedding-hairstyles-for-long-hair2_zps7a048594.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>5) Waterfall Braid Video Tutorial </b></span><br /><br /><br /><i>This beautiful video from Boat People Boutique shows how to do the Waterfall braid almost similar like the tutorial above but a tiny wee bit different. I also found it really helpful to have a video supporting the photo tutorial above to get the Waterfall braid right!</i><br /><br /><i><a href="http://blog.boatpeopleboutique.com/projects/diy-waterfall-braid"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">http://blog.boatpeopleboutique.com/projects/diy-waterfall-braid</span></a></i><br /><br /><img alt=" photo b10800e9ba19d2d5cdccae730876e16e_zps594c1373.jpg" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/newwwwwwy/b10800e9ba19d2d5cdccae730876e16e_zps594c1373.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>6) The Triple Braid</b></span><br /><br /><i>The Triple Braid is easy to do and kind of fakes that fat pulled apart sloppy fishtail or even a weaved hair and that's why I love it so much!</i><br /><br /><i><a href="http://www.hairromance.com/2012/12/the-triple-braid-hairstyle-tutorial.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">http://www.hairromance.com/2012/12/the-triple-braid-hairstyle-tutorial.html</span></a></i><br /><br /><img alt=" photo Hair-Romance-triple-braid-tutorial_zpscd32badb.jpg" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/newwwwwwy/Hair-Romance-triple-braid-tutorial_zpscd32badb.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>7) Half done Fishtail Braid</b></span><br /><br /><i>One of my favorite fishtail hair-do's is the half done fishtail braid! And while I couldn't find the exact tutorial leading to this look the above knowledge plus the below tutorial should be enough to lead us right to it ;)</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>(no credits found)</i><br /><br /><img alt=" photo halffishtailbraid_zpsa1a2257f.jpg" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/newwwwwwy/halffishtailbraid_zpsa1a2257f.jpg" /> <img alt=" photo halffishtailbraid-1_zpsd4ff9105.jpg" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/newwwwwwy/halffishtailbraid-1_zpsd4ff9105.jpg" /> <br /><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 20.796875px;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">FOLLOW COCOROSA ON </span><a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/en/blog/640862/cocorosa" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-decoration: none;">BLOGLOVIN'</a><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/cocorosablog" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-decoration: none;">FACEBOOK</a><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> AND </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/cocorosas" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-decoration: none;">TWITTER</a></span><a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/cocorosas" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; line-height: 20.796875px; text-decoration: none;"> </a>

Favorite Fishtail and Waterfall Braid tutorials

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DIY Baroque Baseball Cap (+ Tutorial)

<a href="http://mypreciousconfessions.blogspot.nl/2012/12/diy-baroque-baseball-cap-tutorial.html#more"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/laatste/cocorosaxmiista-diybaroquebaseballcap-1.jpg" /></a> <br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><i>I was asked by my friends over at Miista to brew up another DIY! They really loved the <a href="http://mypreciousconfessions.blogspot.nl/2012/11/diy-baroque-tights_30.html" style="color: #3d85c6;">DIY baroque tights</a> and loved to see how I would apply the same idea to another item, uhm yes, one that didn't take 16 hours to make haha. So I went for a Baseball Cap.</i> <i>The Baseball Cap ended up being a far easier DIY, I think I finished it within a hour! I did take another approach making it so I made a separate <a href="http://miista.com/cocorosa-x-miista-diy-baroque-baseball-cap-tutorial/" style="color: #3d85c6;">tutorial</a>. I loved that the cap came out having a bit of that 90s flavor! I have been wearing it non-stop ;)</i><br /><i>xoxo</i><br /><br /><a href="http://miista.com/cocorosa-x-miista-diy-baroque-baseball-cap-tutorial/" style="color: #3d85c6;">CLICK HERE for the DIY Baroque Baseball Cap Tutorial</a><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/laatste/cocorosaxmiista-diybaroquebaseballcap-19.jpg" /> <img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/laatste/cocorosaxmiista-diybaroquebaseballcap-18.jpg" /> <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">FOLLOW COCOROSA ON <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/en/blog/640862/cocorosa" style="color: #674ea7;">BLOGLOVIN'</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/cocorosablog" style="color: #674ea7;">FACEBOOK</a> AND <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/cocorosas" style="color: #674ea7;">TWITTER</a></span></span> </span>

DIY Baroque Baseball Cap (+ Tutorial)

I was asked by my friends over at Miista to brew up another DIY! They really loved the DIY baroque tights and loved to see how I would app...

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DIY Baroque Tights Tutorial

<a href="http://mypreciousconfessions.blogspot.nl/2012/12/diy-baroque-tights-tutorial.html#more"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/laatste/cocorosadiy-baroquetights-7.jpg" /></a><a href="http://mypreciousconfessions.blogspot.nl/2012/12/diy-baroque-tights-tutorial.html#more"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/laatste/DGbaroque.jpg" /></a><br /><i>photo's me and D&G fall winter 2012/2013</i><br /><br /><i>As Promised! The <a href="http://mypreciousconfessions.blogspot.nl/2012/12/diy-baroque-tights-tutorial.html#more" style="color: #3d85c6;">Tutorial</a> for the DIY Baroque Tights!  </i><br /><i>Hope you like it!</i><br /><i>xoxo</i><br /><br /><i>You can totally apply this DIY to other items as well! </i><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">1) What You Need</span></b><br /><br /><i>1) Tights, I used H&M tights of about 60 denier!</i><br /><i>2) Needle, Thread (metallic Thread, Gold or gold colored is preferred), pins, scissors, scotch tape</i><br /><i>3) Baroque (cornelli) Motifs, these are mostly Iron-On's although sewing is better for a more beautiful look.</i><br /><br /><i>I used 2 kinds of Cornelli Motifs from Barnett Lawson Trimmings in London, both Gold colored, online <a href="http://www.bltrimmings.com/trimmings/Cornelli-Motif-3222.asp" style="color: #3d85c6;">here</a> and <a href="http://www.bltrimmings.com/trimmings/Cornelli-Motif-3224.asp" style="color: #3d85c6;">here</a>.</i><br /><br />* <i>If preferred, instead of sewing you would need an Iron or Glue (Pattex Glue or Fabric Glue only when making the Motifs yourself since the Cornelli Motifs are Iron On and thus the glue side is platic-like instead of fabric!) You can make Motifs yourself by Spray Painting (gold) felt fabric.</i><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/laatste/cocorosadiy-baroquetights-tutorial-1.jpg" /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">2) Placement Practice</span></b><br /><br /><i>Before we even begin it's very important you understand how the Baroque Motifs and Prints work! </i><br /><i>Look closely at my <a href="http://mypreciousconfessions.blogspot.nl/2012/11/diy-baroque-tights_30.html" style="color: #3d85c6;">finished tights</a> and to the D&G collection and you will see the placement is symmetric, kind of mirror reflecting! <a href="http://www.bltrimmings.com/motifs/Cornelli/" style="color: #3d85c6;">The Cornelli Trimmings</a> I bought (seen below) at Barnett Lawson come in a set so if you decide to make your own trimmings make sure you have a left and right version as well!</i><br /><br /><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/laatste/cocorosadiy-baroquetights-tutorial-2.jpg" /> <br /><br /><br /><i>Now start playing a bit with all the possible Motifs/Prints you can make to get a good feel of the trend and don't be afraid to look at existing prints! Make sure you work in a symmetrical way, always mirror reflecting the left and right side!</i><br /><br /><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/laatste/cocorosadiy-baroquetights-tutorial-3.jpg" /> <br /><br /><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/laatste/cocorosadiy-baroquetights-tutorial-4.jpg" /> <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>3) Wear the Tights</b></span><br /><br /><i>Ready with the Practice? Wear the tights or if you prefer this DIY on a Tee or Skirt, wear those items so we can have a look of where exactly we want to place the Motifs!</i><br /><br /><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/laatste/cocorosadiy-baroquetights-tutorial-5.jpg" /> <br /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">4) Placement</span></b><br /><br /><i>Stay very close to a mirror so you can see what you do! Place the Motifs on the tights how you like it, play a bit with the placements you have practiced and work symmetrical! </i><br /><br /><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/laatste/cocorosadiy-baroquetights-tutorial-6.jpg" /> <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>5) Pinning</b></span><br /><br /><i>Loosely Pin the Motifs the way you like it! I worked on 1 leg first ( my Right Leg) since I will mirror reflect the Motifs later on on the other leg! Keep looking in the mirror to make sure everything looks good and change things while you still can! I like to do this while I wear the tights since its the best way to see how the outcome will be! I guess with T-Shirts or Skirts you can work on the items while not wearing them.</i><br /><br /><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/laatste/cocorosadiy-baroquetights-tutorial-7.jpg" /> <br /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">6) Attaching the Motifs</span></b><br /><br /><i>Although the Motifs are Iron On I really prefer sewing for a more beautiful look but it's really up to you what you want to do! I think Ironing will be as painstaking as sewing and glueing will prob be a hazard too since you would have to be careful not glue the front and back legs to one another ;)</i><br /><br /><i>I worked on 1 leg, my right leg, completely finishing one leg first before I reflect the same on the other leg!</i><br /><br /><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/laatste/cocorosadiy-baroquetights-tutorial-8.jpg" /> <br /><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/laatste/cocorosadiy-baroquetights-tutorial-9.jpg" /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">7) Repeat the Process on the other Leg!</span></b><br /><br /><i>All done with one leg? and still alive? Repeat the entire process on the other leg by looking in the mirror when placing and pinning the Motifs for a perfect mirror reflected look (symmetry <a href="http://mypreciousconfessions.blogspot.nl/2012/11/diy-baroque-tights_30.html" style="color: #3d85c6;">example here</a>)!</i><br /><br /><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/laatste/cocorosadiy-baroquetights-tutorial-10.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>8) Your Ready!!</b></span><br /><br /><i>jayyyyy</i><br /><i>xoxo</i><br /><br /><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/laatste/cocorosadiy-baroquetights-2.jpg" /> <img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/laatste/cocorosadiy-baroquetights-6.jpg" /> <br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">FOLLOW COCOROSA ON <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/en/blog/640862/cocorosa" style="color: #674ea7;">BLOGLOVIN'</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/cocorosablog" style="color: #674ea7;">FACEBOOK</a> AND <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/cocorosas" style="color: #674ea7;">TWITTER</a></span></span></span>

DIY Baroque Tights Tutorial

photo's me and D&G fall winter 2012/2013 As Promised! The Tutorial for the DIY Baroque Tights!  Hope you like it! xoxo You can tota...

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Alice Point + COCOROSA DIY Beanie's (+ tutorial)

<a href="http://mypreciousconfessions.blogspot.nl/2012/11/alice-point-cocorosa-diy-beanies.html#more"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/laatste/8213760201_8a4e083470_b.jpg" /></a><br /><a name="more"></a><i><br /></i><br /><i>Me and <a href="http://alicepoint.blogspot.nl/" style="color: #3d85c6;">Alice</a> combined forces last week in London for a fun little project, we were asked by MIISTA to brew up a DIY for the MIISTA blog (one that wouldn't take a million hours and bleeding fingers) and how could we say no? Especially since no bleeding fingers would be involved and we just love to Brew, although no brewing was involved either! We really wanted to pimp up our so necessary Winter Wear, Beanie obsession, anyone else?</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Do check out <a href="http://miista.com/alicepoint-cocorosa-diy-beanie-for-miista/" style="color: #3d85c6;">THE FULL TUTORIAL</a> and video on MIISTA.com! and do check out my partner in crime <a href="http://alicepoint.blogspot.nl/" style="color: #3d85c6;">Alice Point</a>!</i><br /><i>xoxo</i><br /><br /><i>ps. No COCOROSAS and ALICE POINTS where hurt during the making of this tutorial. All added swag should be handled properly. ALICE POINT went on to live happily ever after, marrying a whole varsity team. COCOROSA eventually got the carpet (<a href="http://miista.com/alicepoint-cocorosa-diy-beanie-for-miista/" style="color: #3d85c6;">this Carpet</a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">)</span> to fly.</i><i> </i><br /><br /><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/laatste/8213627027_241f6a7b50_b.jpg" /> <a href="http://miista.com/alicepoint-cocorosa-diy-beanie-for-miista/"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt84/cocorosa_photo/laatste/8214702314_ce99b9890f_b.jpg" /></a> <br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">FOLLOW COCOROSA ON <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/en/blog/640862/cocorosa" style="color: #674ea7;">BLOGLOVIN'</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/cocorosablog" style="color: #674ea7;">FACEBOOK</a> AND <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/cocorosas" style="color: #674ea7;">TWITTER</a></span></span></span>

Alice Point + COCOROSA DIY Beanie's (+ tutorial)

Me and Alice combined forces last week in London for a fun little project, we were asked by MIISTA to brew up a DIY for the MIISTA blog (on...

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