Experimenting with your beauty look can boost your confidence. Regardless of what your signature hair-up style is, it's always fun to mix it up and add new ideas to your rotation. Whether you're ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." There's something undeniably alluring about the classic French braid. With a few twists of the wrists ...

Braids have a long, rich, storied history that intertwines both practicality and cultural status. The French braid, in particular, dates back thousands of years to North Africa and ancient Greece, but ...

For anyone looking to live out their cottagecore dreams this year, a rope braid will give you a soft, delicate, and ethereal look. Similar to the fishtail braid, it only uses two strands rather than ...

Learn to master the classic French braid, and 6 more braid types.

A French braid might be the most commonly known plait other than a basic three-strand braid. A French braid basically adds one more step to the basic braid technique by starting up near the crown of ...

There’s the iconic French-twist updo seen primarily on A-list celebs as they prance down the red carpet, and then there’s the quick, messy, rolled-and-pinned thing primarily seen on your mother and ...

French braids tend to be the braid that seems easy enough to do on someone else's hair, but super confusing when it comes to your own. I mean, if you can't see what you're doing, the difficulty ...

French actress Melanie Laurent always has the relaxed-chic thing going on that Parisian women have down so well, so I feel any time she wears something, we relaxed-chic seekers can take notes. This ...

Off to Glasto? Don't fret about the shower situation and what it means for your hair. Hershesons super-stylist Sean Paul showed Cosmo's Bridget how to do some ridiculously easy DIY hairstyles for 5 ...