 Hello it's Missy, thank you for watching! For today's video I wanted to recreate a hairstyle that I did five or six years ago. This one is done a little bit differently so if you can figure out which one it's from, comment down below. Be sure to like and subscribe as always and click that notification bell, then you'll be notified every time I post a new tutorial. So let's get started! For this hairstyle I'm going to begin by creating a lace French style braid on the left side of my head. So with my part on the right side I'm going to pick up a section of hair on the heavy side of the part and divide it into three equal sections. I'm crossing the side strands over the middle strand and I'm going to be bringing in smaller sections to the bottom side of the braid. I did incorporate one section into the top side of the braid to help anchor it in place but after that initial stitch I'm going to be crossing the side strands over the middle strand while also bringing in new sections from along my hairline. This will create a lace style French braid where hair is only being brought into one side of the braid and I'm going to work my way down the left side of my head bringing in sections until the braid reaches behind my left ear. So I'm crossing the side strands over the middle strand while bringing in new sections of hair to the bottom side of the braid and I want to bring in at least a couple sections of hair from behind my ear. This will help create a draping effect with the braid and it will also help the braid lay smoothly around the bun that I'll create later on. So now I'm going to braid the section a little further down and I want to make sure it'll reach across the top of the bun towards the right side of my head and then I'm going to slide a couple bobby pins over the bottom of the braid so it doesn't unravel. Now I'm going to repeat those steps and create the same braid on the right side of my head. I'm going to begin by dividing off a section of hair on the right side of the part and split it into three equal sections. I'm crossing the side strands over the middle strand and after the initial stitch of the braid I'm going to begin incorporating sections of hair to the bottom side of the braid again. So I'm crossing the side strand over the middle then crossing the other side strand over the middle. Then I'm crossing the other side strand over the middle and I'm dividing off and incorporating new sections of hair into the braid from along my hairline and I'm going to repeat these steps and continue the braid working my way along the right side of my head towards my ear. I also want to keep the braid centered along my head so it's not too high and not too low and it's always better to braid it a little bit tighter because it'll be easier to loosen a braid after it's done then it will be to try and tighten it up at the end. So once the braid reaches behind my ear I'm going to bring in a few more sections and then I'm going to stop incorporating new sections of hair into the braid and I'm going to continue the braid a little further down so I can bring it across the back of my head and then I'm going to slide a couple bobby pins over the bottom of the braid so it doesn't unravel. Now I'm going to start the bun portion of the hairstyle so first I'm going to divide off the crown section and get this pinned in place so I'm dividing off the top section of hair and combining it together at the center of the back of my head. I'm going to slightly twist the section together and then slide bobby pins into the right side and the left side of the twist. This will ensure the hair is held in place but also so the pins will be hidden underneath the hair and then I'm going to go back over the crown section and gently pinch and pull on small pieces pulling them slightly out of the pins just to add a little bit of volume and texture to the top part of the hairstyle. Now I'm going to take my braid from the right side and bring this up so it crosses over the pins of the crown section. I'm going to pin the braid in two places through the braid near the right side and then through the middle of the braid on the left side and then I'm going to take the braid from the left side of my head and drape it around the back of my head underneath the previous braid. I'm going to pin the end of the braid using a bobby pin and then slide another one into the center of the braid pushing it along the length of the braid on the left side of my head to help anchor it there as well. Then I'm going to combine all of my remaining hair together at the base of the braids and tie it up using a clear elastic band and now I'm going to take my ponytail and divide it into three equal sized sections. I'm going to braid my ponytail into a regular three strand braid crossing the side strands over the middle strand and I'm going to braid the ponytail all the way down to the ends alternating between crossing the side strands over the middle strand and once the braid reaches the bottom I'm going to take a clear elastic band and tie off the end of the braid so it doesn't unravel and now I'm going to use this braid to create the bun portion of the hairstyle so I'm going to take my braid and wrap it over the top of the elastic band tucking the end of the braid underneath the bun at the nape of my neck. Once that's wrapped I'm going to pin the braid in place so I'm going to use bobby pins to work my way around the bun pinning it down wherever I'm holding it with my fingers and I'm not going to open my bobby pins when I do this instead I'm going to hook a bit of hair into the pin and then slide it into the hair against my head and this will hold the braid in place against my head and I put the majority of my pins on the right side of the bun since this was the end of the braid and I needed to ensure that it would stay tucked underneath but I also pinned the top of the braid and the left side of the braid as well just to make sure that it was flush with my head and to make sure there weren't any gaps between my head and the bun itself and once the bun was all pinned and felt secure I went back over it gently pinching and pulling on small sections of the braid this will just help kind of fluff up the bun making it a little bit bigger and a little bit more symmetrical thank you so much for watching I hope you enjoyed today's video make sure to comment down below if you figured out which tutorial this one is from make sure to give a thumbs up or a thumbs down if you liked or didn't like the video either way it helps me out be sure to subscribe and click that bell if you're new then you'll never miss any videos and I will see you next time