All about pigtails

When you see brades, dreadlocks, Senegalese, pony tail or Thai braids, you immediately want to have summer, beach and sea. Rest in warm countries and enjoy cocktails. Afrokos possess inexplicable attractiveness, style and practicality. But the most attractive hairstyle with an African accent is considered zizi. The complicated at first glance hairstyles are easy to perform, unlike dreadlocks or Thai braids, for example. But all in order.

Zizi is one of the varieties of African braids. They are braided in a “fast” way. In contrast to the classic braids, zizi look like thin braids made of unnatural hair, braided with a special machine. The material is artificial hair - Kanekalon.

Zizi is woven into hair in the same way as ordinary Kanekalon, with one significant difference - Zizi do not fly to the end, fasten a knot at the ends of native hair. Pigtails are smooth, corrugated with a large or small wave and spiral. With zizi after braiding, you can walk quite a long time. It is worth paying attention to the fact that the length of natural hair for braiding should not exceed 25 cm. Zizi themselves, as a rule, no longer than 80 cm, but if shorter pigtails are required, they are easily cut to the required length and sealed with the tip of a pigtail with a special device.

The undoubted advantages of this hairstyle include several characteristics.

1. Zizi is minimally thin (not thicker than a match), and for this reason, this hairstyle looks harmoniously on both young girls and older women.
2. Hair due to the low weight of zizi does not spoil and does not stretch.
3. Luxurious palette of colors helps to experiment with their appearance and style.
4. Due to the fact that the zizi were originally formed by braids, they are reusable.
5. Pigtails are quite easy to care for. The main rule - after washing the head, only natural drying!
6. Yes, and washing the hair is necessary every 7-10 days, this frequency is needed because the hair in the hairstyle gets less dirty.
7. Gorgeous hair mane will attract the attention of everyone around and guaranteed to allocate from the crowd.

Disadvantages of hair too short.

1. As a result, the tension of the hair may cause tightness of the scalp, pain or headache. Well, if in a few days, a maximum of a week, it will all go away, but if the symptoms remain, then it is better to untie the hair.
2. The weight of the hair increases slightly, which may bring discomfort at first.
3. Washing your head also takes a lot of trouble. Pigtails must be very thoroughly rinsed and rinsed to avoid such trouble as dandruff.
4. One-time disadvantage - afrokos weaving, more precisely, the time of this action. Zizi can braid up to 5 hours depending on the thickness of the hair and their initial length.
5. Price hairstyle zizi can vary from 3.5 to 15 thousand rubles.
6. Despite the beauty of the braids, they are not suitable for everyone, some flaws of the face zizi only emphasize.
7. Even if the hairstyle is braided by the master, and the care of the hairstyle was the best, this does not guarantee the deterioration of the condition of the native hair. As a result of the tension, the bulbs may be damaged and the hair may fall out considerably. Full baldness does not threaten, but hair treatment will have to.

As with all hairstyles, zizi has its own specifics - an open face. The shape of the face for it should be oval, otherwise the result may not please. The same problem will be with round cheeks, heavy chin or sharp cheekbones - everything will seem rounder, heavier and sharper.

The next thing to consider when choosing this hairstyle is the style of clothing that you wear. Pigtails will look wonderful with jeans, summer youth dresses and shorts, but with an office suit it will be a bit strange, ridiculous and contrary to the dress code adopted by the company.

According to tradition, the color is chosen as close as possible to the native hair color, which makes the hair natural, and the places where the braids are intertwined are hardly noticeable. A plus can be the fact that the grown hair can be intertwined later due to the lack of a sharp transition from color to color.

With a great desire to focus on yourself, you can braid pigtails with colored zizi: scarlet, orange, pink, blue. The color spectrum today is represented by more than 50 different colors and their shades.

The most fashionable today is to weave braids with an ombre effect. The color transition of such zizy can dramatically change or smoothly flow. In the hairstyle both variants look beautiful. Try experimenting, for example, with black and red colors.

While invented braid hair Zizi only two options - pointwise or with the help of brades.

The point variant will go short-cut girls with hair length of 3 centimeters. Zizi is woven into the root zone, the wizard separates the strands of natural hair, and a pair of braids are attached to them in a special way. In this embodiment, one part of braids is fixed in the root zone, forming pomp, and the remaining zizi are woven over the entire length of their own hair and fixed in a special way.

Braided braiding is used only on hairs between 15 and 20 centimeters long and more. Using this braiding, a pigtail is attached to the braid, either pulling through it or braiding.

Corrugated zizi waves are similar to corrugation fabric, because they were called so. This type of braids looks very voluminous, especially when styled into a hairstyle. The advantage of corrugated zizi can be called the fact that they do not crumple and look presentable for a long time.

Straight braids look like classic braids. Perhaps only they need less time-consuming wizard. They look symmetrical, smooth, neat braids no thicker than 4 mm in girth. Well curled iron or curling. The advantage of these zizi will be their resistance to distortion and luxurious appearance throughout the entire wearing of hair.

Straight zizi with bangs look flirty and are perfect for young girls. When choosing a hairstyle with bangs, you should not use the entire length of the zizi, 40-50 cm is quite enough. bangs should not be too short - the eyebrow locks or graded ripped bangs will look optimal.

To create zizi braids, you must prepare:

1. wooden comb with rare teeth;
2. pigtails zizi required color;
3. glue for brades, a device for fixing braids.

Weaving braids zizi - a long and laborious process mainly due to the fact that the strands need to be divided exactly, and therefore, the best would be an appeal to a professional. You can, of course, braid yourself, but you can’t do without outside help. So that the result of your amateur activity does not bring disappointment, it is important to observe the following rules in a short step-by-step instruction:

1. thoroughly wash and dry hair;
2. comb carefully;
3. separate strands no more than 5 millimeters thick;
4. firmly fix the pigtails and interweave with the tension of the hair;
5. if you really want volume, then you can use two zizi on one strand;
6. pigtails should be removed after about 10 weeks, but in the future you can use the same pigtails again or twice.

Artificial hair in the hair impose some restrictions. For example, you can not visit a bath or sauna, blow-dry your hair, it is undesirable to use an iron or a styler.

Washing your hair with pigtails is also not as easy as usual. Humanity has not invented special shampoos, it is not forbidden to wash those that are used to. It is important to remember that a little shampoo should be stirred in a small amount of warm water.

Apply diluted shampoo gently at intervals between the braids, gently massage the head, rinse. Repeat if necessary. It is strictly forbidden to use air conditioner, balm or masks. You need to wash your hair once a week or one and a half. With frequent washing, the pigtails will no longer look attractive. In due course native hair can get out of zizi, it is easy to return aesthetics with scissors, cutting off protruding hairs.

The time has passed, Zizi has pleased us, we need to remove the pigtails, but there is no time and money to go to the master - it does not matter. You can withdraw at home by inviting a friend, following these simple rules:

• cut the pigtail at the ends of your own hair;
• using any delicate object, such as a knitting needle, unscrew the braid;
• with a little effort to separate the artificial material in the root zone of the head;
• carefully disassemble the strands - do not be alarmed if there is a lot of lost hair on the comb, as it should be;
• when all the procedures for unraveling the hair have finished, you need to wash your head with a shampoo with the effect of restoration and make a firming mask.

With zizi you can do any styling. Thanks to the mass of zizi, even a simple “ponytail” will begin to look creative and charming. Here are more examples of hairstyles that benefit from zizi.

• Braids. Trouble-free option - an ordinary single braid. We do it as we want: low, on the back of the head, high, on the crown or on the side. This braid will look much more voluminous. A good option would be such a weaving as a fishtail, using two strands. And unusual, and beautiful.

• Bundles. Zizi's popular hairstyle will not spoil! It is possible to make one big bunch from all hair, it is possible to make a bunch from a part of the hair, and leave the rest loose. You can make two beams. In general, fantasize and enjoy the attention of others.

• Tail. Creating a tail from the zizi is as easy as braiding. Possible options - low tail, high or side. You can make an unusual tail. Our gorgeous hair mane collect up. From the braids from the bottom of the tail, choose a couple of pieces and wrap around the gum so that it is not visible.

• Wreath. Ideal for elegant styling. We braid from the left ear to the right braid, with the gradual capture of additional strands. We decorate with decorative pins, hairpins with flowers or something similar. A varietal wreath will be a hairstyle in which the hair is braided with a rim with a braid.

• Universal option - both on all hair, and on a part. For styling is required to collect hair at the crown and tie them. Then we take a part of the hair and turn it with a bow of a bow. Clamp invisible and clips for hair. In the same way we act with the rest of the hair, it should be a bow at the bow.

Recall about hair zizi very diverse. There are always those who like and those who scold. The majority notes that it is more convenient with zizy: you do not need to wash your hair often, dry and style it. Hair at this time exposed to minimal exposure to chemicals and hot air.

Some people are afraid of balding, but if you do it with a master and do your hair properly, then those hairs that remain on the hairbrush fall out naturally and stay in the hairdo.

Many say itchy head for 3-5 days wearing zizi, this is also normal, and the master will tell you why this happens. Do not do this hairstyle, if you are not psychologically ready for the attention of others, or if it is a momentary whim. You should not also perceive the advice of the master, as something unimportant, because any master in the first place takes care of his work and your appearance.

Separately, it is worth noting that a professional would never suggest braiding such a hairstyle to a child, since in children the hair follicles are weaker than in adults, and in this way irreparable harm can be done to the child.

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