 Hey curlfriends, I'm Bianca Renee and you're watching Bianca Renee Today and today I'm going to be doing a braid takedown video. I've done this once before and surprisingly you guys really enjoyed that so I thought hey I have braids, might as well do it again. Now for those of you that follow me on Instagram you know that this takedown is a little bit or sweet because I only had these for barely two weeks and last time I had them for at least a month but I am going to be doing a curly hair event tomorrow so I kind of need my curls back for the curly hair event and I know many of you surprisingly said that you would still love me even without my curls but I mean it's kind of my job you know I have to have curls it's like being a plumber and showing up without a plunger it's like what are you doing? But here we go I went with blonde braids this time they're pretty long and I added synthetic curls to the bottom of them so it was a little heavier than I thought. This is how long they are they're very Beyonce-esque and I'm going to miss them. Alright let's do this so I read my comments from my last video and a lot of you guys were really bothered by the fact that I didn't start from the back of my head and work my way up. I don't know why it matters if we're taking them all out anyways so why you mad? You know we're going to do it your way okay that's what we're going to do today. Alright now we're going to cut off wherever we know our hair is not so if you know your hair is not this long go for it. I don't know why this is so scary it's like girl you know your hair ain't that long but like we still get scared and we go like down here so I'm just going to I'm going to play it safe. Okay I'm going to play it real safe and I'm going to cut from right here. None of this is mine yet it's long but it ain't that long. Wow I could have cut a lot higher I really tried to give myself more credit than I need it. Oh this is my hair there it is the dark piece. Oh yeah we could really see my hair now oh wait we got to do a time check just kidding. Alright it is currently 6.30pm alright 6.30 is our start time I'm going to start a little timer too just in case. Now we're clocked in let's see how long this takes me oh that's the fun part when you could just pull the rest off and there are all my inches. One braid down about 49 to go. So let me read some of the questions you guys had on Instagram. Do braids hurt is there a lot of tension on your head? The first day it can hurt if you don't tell the braid or not to do it too tight they might do it too tight and your head is just going to be like real stiff depends on how often you do styles to your head I don't think that I am tender headed but I also never put my hair up like it's down 90% of the time so this time I forgot to say please don't do it that tight so the first day it was pretty tight and it kind of hurt to sleep because I couldn't put it up so just make sure you tell your braider not to do it too tight if you're worried about that. Boop another one how long does it take to take out your braids we're about to find out is it normal for your scalp to hurt like a bunch not sure if she meant to say bunch um it can hurt once again if you do it too tight I actually noticed that I did get a little bit of a rash this time if the braids are done too tight around like your scalp like this area or back behind the ear you could get a little bit of a rash I thought I was gonna die then I just googled it and I saw it's a pretty normal thing with braids so I did get a little bit of like a rash right around here because it was pulling on my skin too tight it probably would have been better if I treated it with like Neil's Born or something but it didn't happen until I was in Aruba and I didn't have anything on me but I kind of just went away on its own and now that I'm taking it out like I'm sure it's gonna be fine how do you deal with an itchy scalp I would recommend adding some type of essential oil to your head at night or in the morning whatever it feels itchy I also oh such a satisfying thing I also got this thing from Shea Moisture I wonder where it is I have to find where I put it but in my last braided video I showed you guys a lot of Shea Moisture products that were made for braiding and they actually have an anti-itch drops but otherwise you could just apply oils and just make sure you wash your scalp with your normal shampoo so you don't get any type of buildup boom oh we are moving we are moving and grooving does the way your braids get annoying are they heavy this time they did feel a little heavy I did go longer and I got this medium size so they're kind of thick I wasn't able to put my hair into a ponytail because it was just too heavy at night there were a little much you know it's not easy being Beyonce much respect to her now that I've experienced this long Beyonce hair it's really heavy when they get wet so when you go swimming or in the shower you're like they are pretty heavy so keep that in mind if you're not getting in the water you'll live edges I have very fragile edges and my scalp gets sore on that area can I leave them unbraided you should not be braiding your edges you do not want to braid your baby hair that is way too much tension and you will lose them there's plenty of photos of like what not to do with braids and that's always one that I see so these little hairs right here this is what she left out because that's gonna be way too tight so yes leave out your edges so you can have some how long do braids last it depends on your upkeep and how well you take care of them I knew that I had to take these out eventually like it hit me while I was in Aruba so I kind of stopped taking care of them because I just was no longer motivated but if you do wrap them with the scarf at night it'll keep it less frizzy if you're not swimming that much it won't be as bad so just try not to do too much manipulation on your scalp the way they don't look frizzy and as long as they don't look bad you can keep them for as long as you want I would say at least a month how damaging our braids braids actually aren't damaging they're actually going to be protecting your hair and kind of giving your hair a break so this isn't my little vacation for me and a vacation for my curls especially for those of you that straighten your hair all the time or attempted this is a good way for you to not be tempted to straighten your hair so it's protecting your curls from you and the straighteners did you braid your own hair what kind of braiding hair is best for curly hair there's not really a best braid hair for curly hair but there are better types of braiding hair that you could use you want to use ones that are pre-stretched that's usually what braiders like to use because it's already stretched out it's easier for them to use and you also want to keep in mind that some brands I've heard hasn't happened to me yet you have to wash the hair first or it's gonna be itchy so I've heard that there's some brands that make people itch and then they want to take it out so that's not good please leave a comment down below let us know what hair brands not to buy if you've ever bought a certain brand that makes your hair itch but if you want to see the braided hair that I bought watch my previous video where I'm showing you how I got all these installed which is in my braided playlist how do you wash your braids that's another video that I just recorded if you guys want to watch that one I will make sure to link it down below as well how much do braids cost the cost of braids can range between 100 to 200 plus dollars keep in mind that someone might be cheaper but they might take longer so I mean time is money so I think I rather pay a little bit more to get the job done faster but obviously do whatever you can afford how long does it take to get braids once again depending on the person who does it I would say a minimum four hours maybe all the way up to like nine or ten you straighten your hair before you put in braids no very good question the answer is no I also did a video on how I prep my hair before I got braids don't let braids be an excuse to straighten your hair people there's no point in doing a protective style if you're gonna damage your hair before you protect it okay do braids help with hair growth I mean I guess they do in the sense that you're not manipulating your hair so you're kind of just letting it do its thing your hair is gonna grow regardless you kind of just notice it more when it's in braids because you could see it growing from your roots instead of just on a normal day-to-day but because you're not like brushing or combing your hair every day or adding heat to it it's going to protect it in that sense and that could help it grow because you're literally just leaving it alone and letting it do its thing do they damage or break off curly hair once you take them out well you're about to see but what you're going to see is not breakage it's just the hair that we normally shed every day but you're getting it all at once so because the dead hair hasn't been able to fall each day like it normally does you're gonna see two weeks of hair shedding that should have already fallen but nothing to panic about totally normal I want to get braids but I don't want people to get mad because I'm Hispanic oh that's a very good topic that might be one that I'm gonna open up to the comment section a lot of people ask can other ethnicities get braids or is it cultural appropriation I'm kind of on the fence with this one part of me is like yeah it's definitely like a black thing and I can see people getting mad but at the same time you know playing devil's advocate black people get blonde hair all the time and that's definitely a white thing so I don't know it's a tricky topic comment below and let me know what you think can anyone do it because it's just a hairstyle and us black people should appreciate that you want to you know do what we do like many things or should it just not be allowed you know can people just do what they want because it's their hair and one ethnicity own a certain hairstyle kind of have feelings on both sides but let me know what you guys think comment below can a white person get braids without it being offensive I'm Italian and Lebanese yeah once again it's a it's a gray area I have seen braids look good on many ethnicities I think I feel like it's a hairstyle and you should understand where braids came from it wasn't just like a stylish choice that black people did it's like they literally had to do braids to manage their hair because we didn't always have she moisture and certain like hair products in life so it gets real tricky y'all could do two braids guys I am moving I'm going so much faster than last time I get nervous I should see how I look with short braids let me just cut them all that's kind of cute I probably should do short braids for my next vacation because once I got wet and it was hot like I just needed them to be short that's kind of cute how often do you wash your braids only wash it when your scalp feels like you need it I don't I wouldn't recommend washing it every day because that's not what us curly people do anyways so even with curly hair we wash our hair once a week so try to just do it once a week unless you're swimming then you're gonna have to do it more after you swim how to deal with frizz at the roots the best thing for that is going to be to wrap your head with a silk scarf at night tie it around tight so everything stays nice and flat it's kind of inevitable after a certain amount of time because your hair is gonna grow you might just need to get some gel and be ready to slick down those baby hairs if things get out of control do you have to add fake hair when you get braids or can you just use your own if you have long hair or whatever length you want you could just braid your own hair but it's not gonna look the same if you want like the this type of look you have to add braided hair because his hair is going to just maintain the look longer your natural hair is gonna start getting frizzy a lot sooner alright I got through all the questions I hope that was helpful we are almost almost halfway done and I'm going pretty fast yo halfway done in under 45 minutes I'm doing much better than last time I happen to tangle anything but it doesn't feel that bad because it's only been in there for two weeks here is my pet fluffy give or take some minutes because I'm filming and had to stop and record a blow blow but wow myself what did I really do differently let's break this down so maybe my braids were thicker this time so it was a little bit easier to undo I only had them in for two weeks so my hair wasn't too like tangled in there the hair was still pretty like freshly moisturized to kind of slid off I also didn't detangle after each braid because I don't have really bad buildup I have a little bit right here see that little line that's some buildup but I didn't go through each one one at a time like I did last time I'm gonna attempt to just detangle this all at once we go see but here oh hold on I can't even grab it all the hair that was used to make my braids this is a lot this is a full animal this is a wildebeest so now let's hop on the shower and see how much hair I'm about to lose oh yes that first initial scalp massage is the best feeling ever but now I'm about to use an excessive amount of product so first I'm going to rinse off my hair rinse off my scalp try to get rid of as much as possible then I'm grabbing the not your mother's bamboo activated charcoal and purple moonstone scalp scrub the smells amazing and it's just has little tiny beads in it to really scrub down your scalp and trust me my scalp needs it then you gotta do a really good job at rinsing out all the little beads but I'm grabbing my diva curl wash day one which is a pre-slip detangler that's gonna make detangling a little bit easier and oh please excuse my makeup just washing off I'm gonna wash my face after this but as you can see the shedding has commenced don't freak out there's gonna be a lot more of that came from and I really wanted to use any and everything possible to make this detangling experience as easy as possible it still was super tangled my hair is still kind of like in the sections of the braids so I did grab a brush but I don't know it was still struggling so I grabbed a little bit more applied some to the other side even tried the tangle teaser but like it just really was a struggle so I decided to move on and cleanse my hair first so I grabbed the diva curl buildup buster if you watch a lot of my videos you know the diva curl buildup buster is one of my go-to cleansers I really like that it has a nozzle just makes it really easy to apply directly to your scalp but I'm gonna scrub dub dub to make sure I get rid of any product buildup and dandruff and hey why not while we're at it let's add another moisturizing shampoo for the lengths of my hair you can use to build a buster on your length as well but I kind of wanted to try this new shampoo and this is my briojo it's very very sudsy even though it is of course sulfate free then I'm rinsing out the wash day wonder the buildup buster and the briojo do not this very shampoo all at once and to condition I'm grabbing the mongongo oil hydrating conditioner by my yellow organics this is one of my favorite conditioners because it is very hydrating has great slip and it can be doubled as a conditioner and a hair mask so this really helped me get through everything and I'm finally finally done detangling and this is all the hair that I lost I know it looks like a lot it looks like a little too pay but once again this is just two weeks of shedding that hadn't fallen so now I'm going to let the rest of this conditioner sit in my hair do a nice deep conditioning treatment for 20 minutes using my thermal haircare heat cap and just like that I'm back to curly it is pretty nice to have my curls back the curly queen is back in her throne shout out to one and Nicole's merch but let me tell you guys what I did after the shower I applied the Deepa curl super cream which is great for moisture and then I added my deputy to you girls with curls jelly because I didn't have any time to mess around because I really needed good second day hair and then today I use the not your mother's curl talk moose and the not your mother's defining cream so in honor of my curls I threw a little welcome back party with all of my curls best friends so overall I love getting braids if I didn't have a YouTube channel about curly hair and didn't actually need my curls for my job I probably would get them more often but I do kind of treat myself to braids once a year it's a good protective styling especially if you're going on vacation for doing a lot of swimming if you know you're just not gonna have time to do your hair you just don't want to deal with humidity of where you're going I definitely recommend you try some braids if you enjoyed this video or found it helpful or informational make sure you give me a thumbs up and subscribe I post two new videos every week once on a Friday and once on Sunday so make sure hit that little notification bell so you're notified as soon as it goes live you also can follow me on Instagram at Ms. Bianca Renee I'll see you guys next time thanks for watching Bianca Renee today