 Hey guys it's Missy! Thank you for watching! Today's tutorial is this fishtail braided updo. This is a spin on an old popular tutorial but with fishtail braids instead so I really hope you enjoy today's video. Make sure to subscribe to my channel if you're new or if you haven't yet and let's get started! For this hairstyle I'm going to start with my part slightly off-center then I'm going to divide out a section of hair at my crown and I'm leaving out a small section of hair at the top of my head to add in later but with this section I'm going to smooth it down with a comb, twist it together and then pin it against my head. So using bobby pins I'm just going to catch a small piece of hair on the right side of the twist then slide the bobby pin underneath towards the left side of the hair to secure the hair in place. Now I'm going to pick up that extra hair that I left out at the top of my head, gently back comb this section and then pin it over the crown section that I previously pinned and this is an extra step and I'm just doing it to add some extra texture to the hair at my crown. So once that hair is pinned I'm just going to spray it with hair spray, slide my fingers over the hair to smooth it down and create some dimension at the crown. Now using my comb I'm going to divide the remaining hair into three sections so I'm creating a part behind the right ear and then behind the left ear and I'm going to clip these side sections out of the way. Then with the back section I'm going to combine the hair together and tie it off of the clear elastic band but on the last drop of the elastic I'm only going to pull the hair partway through to create a loop. Then I'm just going to take sections of the loop, bring the hair up to my head and pin them against my head with bobby pins to form the top portion of my bun. Now I'm going to take the ends that are sticking out from under the bun, loop these back towards the elastic and tuck them in to form the bottom portion of the bun. Now with the hair on the right side I'm going to begin my braid so I'm picking up a piece near the part line dividing it into three sections and I'm going to start with one stitch of a regular braid so I'm just crossing the right strand over the middle and then crossing the left strand over the middle. Now I'm going to combine the middle and right strand together so I have two sections for the fishtail braid and I'm going to take a small piece from the right side, cross it over to the left side, then I'm picking up a new section of hair and crossing it over to the left side, then I'm taking a small piece from the left side, crossing it over to the right, picking up a new section of hair and crossing it over to the right side. So one more time I'm taking a small piece from the right side, crossing it over to the left, Then I'm picking up a new section of hair, crossing it over to the left side. Then I'm taking a small piece of hair from the left side, crossing it over to the right, picking up a new section of hair and crossing it over to the right side. Then after 3 stitches of the fishtail braid, I'm going to stop adding in hair to the top side of the braid and only bring in hair to the bottom side. This will switch the braid from a french braid to a lace braid since hair is only being brought into one side of the braid and it will just help the braid lay more smoothly against the head. So I'm just going to repeat those steps, continuing this lace braid until all of the hair from the right side of my head is brought into the braid. Now I'm going to lay the braid over the top of the bun and pin it in place by sliding bobby pins into the middle of the braid and then up towards the right side of the braid. Once the braid is pinned, I'm going to go back over the braid and gently pull on the edges just to make it a little bit fuller and this will also help add a little bit of texture to the braid. Now I'm going to repeat those same steps and create a second braid with the hair on the right side of my head so I'm picking up a piece near the part beginning a regular braid crossing the sides trans over the middle strand. Then I'm going to switch the braid to a fishtail french braid working with two sections of hair and bringing in new sections to both sides of the braid. Then after three stitches of the fishtail braid I'm going to stop adding in hair to the top side of the braid and only bring in hair to the bottom side switching the braid to a lace fishtail braid. And then once all of the hair is brought into the braid I'm going to lay the braid over the top of the bun and pin it in place by sliding bobby pins into the middle of the braid pushing them horizontally along the braid to help secure it in place. Now with the hair left over from the ends of the braids I'm just going to drape these over the bun and pin them on the sides to finish off the style. Thank you so much for watching I really hope you enjoyed today's video be sure to click the thumbs up if you did and make sure to subscribe to my channel if you're new that way you won't miss out on any future videos and I will see you next time