I want to say to you, that braiding ribbon in was 100% used in 19th century, my grandma showed it to me, because it's the way how her grandma made her hair when she was a kid. But you loop the ribbon around the root of the braid.
for Russians, single braid was for the unmarried, and double braids were for the married (because you could put them up and hide under the headdress). there was a whole ritual of splitting the braid, songs about it, etc. it wasn't a thing for nobility after Peter the Great though, because he made the nobility to follow Western European fashions. lower classes still did this up until the Soviet times.
Wow, that’s awesome. And it’s funny how we in Western Europe (or the countries that Western Europe colonised) see them as the opposite- double braids are a child’s hairstyle. I wonder exactly when that happened? Because we know that double braids were still very much an adult hairstyle up through the renaissance even in Western Europe. And I know the single braid was seen as an easy informal “down” hairstyle right up until Victorian times. Wearing a single braid down was good only for sleeping or around the house. It wasn’t really until Edwardian times that we started to see the single plait or braid (in Australia we differentiate between plaits and braids- a plait begins with all the hair, a braid is when you incorporate more hair along the way, in Australia anyway), that was left down and finished with a bow at the end, on the street. Before that, adult women would “put their hair up” and it was that “putting your hair up” that was the rite of passage from girlhood to womanhood. Thank you so much for your comment. It’s always so lovely to learn about different cultures. We all have hair, but everyone sees it and does it differently. It has different meanings across societies and time. It’s just awesome.
This was in my recommended and I thought the video was going to be about why using hair elastic was bad for hair.......well, I was wrong but stayed till the end because I got interested.
Watching this as a black person, it's really interesting seeing the effort put into keeping hair braided. If I braid my hair all the way to the tips, the ends will just kind of naturally knot together and hold themselves in place, so I've never really needed to tie the ends unless for stylistic reasons. So it's interesting to see the different methods that were used by people with straighter hair to hold hair in place, as is something I would have never thought about otherwise. The ribbon is really pretty too, it's amazing how something meant to hold hair in place can also be so pretty.
@@mandie492 yeah, cause even if the hair has just been washed and combed, it's so curly that it'll intertwine together anyways. The hair looks good cause it's been taken care of, and that's just the state it's supposed to be in. But if a black person didn't comb their hair and just wore it out the way they woke up, it would also look pretty bad lol
Starting out with Asian hair that's super glossy and keeps falling out of every elastic these methods were actually very helpful add a lot security... I'm kinda envious of your hair
i was thinking the exact same when she was getting excited about her favorite style. i don’t particularly love the style, but it made me so happy to see her doing something she loved that’s not necessarily conventional
I’m not sure why this was in my recommended but it was so therapeutic I watched the entire thing! AND the fact that you managed to figure out how to do the styles just by looking at the portraits and paintings is insane! You’re so talented
I think it's important to remember that it's highly unlikely that most women would have been doing these hairstyles completely alone... Even poor and working class women usually lived with an older woman (mom, grandma, aunt's, etc), children, sisters, etc, who would have been able to help each other with their hair. Plus having natural hair grease from not using modern shampoos and soaps would have helped things stay in place better too lol.
I think its important to rememeber that when you have long hair and centuries of unchanging hair fashion it's *not hard* to learn to do a singular style neatly on yourself. I had long hair and did double duch braids on my head, while sleepy in early morning ,without any mirror, and people were fooled into believing someone did them for me.
Interesting fact, I have a friend that learned as a young man modeling that you can keep your hair clean by just rinsing with water every day. He had great looking hair but when he told me this , he said he hadn't washed his hair with shampoo in a decade. He just showered it and that's it.
I have absolutely no interest in historical hairstyles, but you were so excited for cracking the code for the ribbons and so happy to share that I stayed for the entire video and actually enjoyed it!
You may not end up seeing this, but, this was really cool! :D I really like how you go in depth on the tutorial. By the way, in Mexico, specially in Oaxaca, some women (like my mom) still braid their hair in a traditional way, using leather strips, colorful ribbons or even braided yarn, that they braid into the ends of their hairs, and either tie it up or keep it as two braids (which varies by region), unfortunately this practice is slowly dying down but this video really made me see how similar different cultures can be. Thank you for sharing, lovely video.
That’s really interesting. Do you know if this kind of hair braiding came over with colonisation and then they made it their own or is it one of those things that was invented over and over as something a sensible person would do to keep hair out of their face with strips of fabric to hand?
@@clairegamble3918 I think it would be a mix of both I have little knowledge in this stuff but it was probably used as a sensible thing then became fashion by settlers
Hi, I watched this video a few weeks ago because it was recommended. Random, but cool. I decided to try it and wow. This style addresses all the sensory problems I have with long hair! No loose hair on my neck and shoulders. No tugging from tight buns. No swinging braid down my back! Right now my hair is long enough to cross the braids behind my head and the ends meet at the top of my crown. But I really think I’m gonna keep letting it grow now that it’s driving me a lot less crazy 🥰
I've never cared so much about medieval hairstyles! You just seem so excited and passionate, it's really nice to listen to someone just nerding out about their interests. Also that ribbon braid is so cute!!
Me: *has hair so short I can't pull it all into a single ponytail* Also me: *intently watches ALL the historical hair tutorials that all require waist-length hair*
The Tudor Tailor had a video on how to do hair tapping for shorter hair at some point. I don't know if it's still up. Granted it was as a fondation for various Tudor headcoverings, so it wasn't meant ot be seen and so not super neat or pretty, but there are ways.
@@Trageberaterin Yes she did, it isn't very common but usually it's part of national-costume or with those type of semi-historical clothes. You may have to look for websites in swedish tho, or maybe in norweigan, I think it's called the same.
@@Trageberaterin Sorry, I missed an "n"... Oppombindning is the correct spelling. This is a good tutorial on how you do it on yourself with long hair emmafrost.se/2013/05/11/att-gora-oppombindning-pa-sig-sjalv/ but if you cannot get your hair to reach back into one single ponytail you can make one behind each ear instead and ad hair extensions or even yarn to fill out what is more or less a ribbon covered wreath when you are finished.
Mini tip: if your hair isn't long enough to first wrap around the back and then over the top, (like, you need to lay the braids over the top first to get coverage) having the ribbon at the back of your head before wrapping the braids (instead of across the front like a head band) may work better for you (like how she does in the second attempt, though still tucking through the hair to keep it from shifting is a good idea) This is because, when you pull the braids up, they will have something to pull against and make tension to create an anchor. If the ribbon is across the top of your head like a headband, and then you bring the braids up, the ribbon becomes looser, and it can be tricky to tie things tight enough.
Renaissance faires are great places to get hair “sticks”. There’s many different styles and choices between a single “stick” and ones that have 2-3 prongs, all types of styles, lengths, handmade. I love them, and don’t need bands. I’m so doing this.
@@sydneyholsapple6018they seriously are! they have all types. Personally, I find a two prong works Great. I have long thicker hair, but my daughters have good results with them, too. Not really long prongs, I find that isn’t as good as shorter ones. Since it’s been two years, I hope you found something awesome. I love them because they’re not slippery. ✌️
Not gonna lie, I've been watching a lot of like "horror movies explained" videos recently so when that door slid open and you peaked out I got just a little spooked
I didn't realize it was her at first (this is my first video) and I thought someone like a sister was coming in. I was waiting for the door to bump her elbow or for her to react in some way.
I recently used your hair taping tutorials on my little sister's mid-back mane of curls, and it worked wonderfully! We braided the ribbon through the braids, as I've seen done in other videos, and secured the taping with some extra ribbons for colour as well as to keep the style in place. She was very impressed, despite me being a complete newb at this. Thank you
morgan: i realize these styles may not be useful to anybody who doesnt like crown braid looks me, whose own hair cannot even be tied into a ponytail: *watches intently, even nods along as if taking note*
As someone who braids my hair every night so it's easier to snuggle my husband. Finally knowing how to do a proper head crown with my hair is a godsend! I may use the threading so I can sleep comfortably where I'm not laying on my own hair UPDATE! This hairstyle was sooo comfy to wear to bed🥰🥰🥰 highly recommend for those who don't like laying on their own hair
I am just growing out my hair after having it shaved off for about 10-15 years and your videos make me super excited about growing it out and trying new hairstyles! Thank you for sharing such lovely content!
I wear a pony tail most of the time and use figure of 8 clips from lilla rose they hold my fine hair well the down side is as i live in the uk i havs to pay import tax
Hair sticks or hair moons are great for this. Besides bun styles, they're also great for ponytails and braided updos. I've been carving my own hair sticks from sturdy branches I find and haven't touched a hair tie ever since.
yeah, my cat has developed the annoying habit of stealing hairties, so I might switch to these methods as well.... my hair is quite long and I braid it frequently anyway.
What are the benefits of not using elastics ? Is that bad for your hair ? I thought I was gonna get the answer from this video but then I realized she does it (mostly?) because of historical purposes 😶
As a curly haired person, the fact that you can tie a piece of ribbon in your hair and then get it out again with both hair and ribbon intact was the most amazing thing about this video. I'm sad that I can't use any of these techniques but still entertained!
@@Ramog1000 I certainly could straighten my hair! However, I don't actually own an iron, and wouldn't want to court damage by using one regularly, so that's not an option for me.
@@bimbonationalism I should probably have said "medium length and curly" hair; mine doesn't reach my shoulders and is vastly too short for this type of hairstyle. I'm sure that historically, curly haired folks used a lot of the same hairstyles as straight haired people. I, however, like to wash my hair a lot more frequently than they did, and taking a ribbon in and out of my hair causes quite a bit of breakage that I'd like to avoid.
Oh this will be so helpful for tying my hair up under a wig. I’m trying to avoid anything kind of elastic that will break my head while I’m working on getting it healthy and this is the perfect alternative for the exact style I do under a wig. Thanks!
This was so illuminating! My grandmother used to plat my hair in these styles with elastics and pins to recreate her childhood traditional hair styles (she's german) and it was uncomfortable and I had to count the pins in and out so they wouldn't get lost in my curly hair. I tried the style with two shorter ribbons and it was so comfortable, cute and secure that I've been wearing it as an everyday style since. It's so easy and looks like you've spent ages on it!
So I just tried this hairstyle with a length of yarn because I don't have any ribbons on me, and WOW IT STAYS??? IT FEEL SECURE???? I am shook. The creator is amazing, thank you so much for teaching me about keeping hair up with ribbons!!
I know I'm late to the game, however with the double braid hair taping, try sewing the individual braids one at a time and then tying them together afterwards, you get the hold and the separate braid looks. just weave the second braid through one of the loops after as you tack it down overtop the first. I hope that works, maybe not tho 🤷♀️
My grandmother would take strands of hair from her hairbrush and wrap it around and around several times where you would put an elastic....it holds until it's pinned or ribboned....or on it's own if done right. She was a little girl in the early 1900's.
@@DeathnoteBB she wrapped it round and round...like making a yarn ball but in one direction...several strands of long hair...she showed me and it stayed....i'm thinking with fine clean hair it wouldnt work very well
@@nancywelsh2854 that makes sense. I know my hair is a lot “stickier” when it hasn’t been washed in a few days. Not sticky to the touch or anything, but when it’s freshly washed it can’t even stay in a hairband! It stays a lot easier if it’s been a couple of days.
It was very common during the Victorian and Edwardian era to save your hair, either from your hair brush or hair cut, in a small box called “hair receiver” this hair would later be used to style the hair in your head.
i feel like i have a repressed memory of my great-grandmother using this trick on me but i think she used it to hold together a frayed bit of a shirt she was going to stitch rather than to hold my hair (i had short hair as a kid).
I ended up on the channel because I broke my last hair elastic and was trying to figure out how to hold my braid in place so I could finish my kid's mothman costume... and now I'm kind of lowkey obsessed with not only how good I look rocking the braid crown but also the rest of your channel. Thank you Google/TH-cam algorithm for leading me to this place. XD
At the end of the braid instead of just a granny knot, you could also use a clove hitch knot. There are so many knots that look super cute and fun. Plus easier to undo.
I used to be a braiding wench at a Ren Fair and throughout the entire first part of this video I kept repeating "Drape it over the top of your head and braid in the ends!" It was really satisfying to watch you figure it out.
@The Strangler Yes! Some faires have them. You might be able to see on their websites what services are being offered at their particular location. Sometimes they are not fully announced until days closer to the event. The stylists typically have large photo albums of various styles you can choose from. The accessories they use to style and decorate your hair are usually included in the price. Some faires host vendors who sell beautiful hair ornaments, too, from floral crowns to charms to metal renaissance inspired accessories. It’s great fun!
OMG I haven’t used elastic in my hair for a year (ish) but I have a completely different hair textures than yours. I’ma see if I can recreate these hairstyles with my hair ✨
My husband couldn't find a ponytail holder today and I thought of this video. Had him cut off a long bit of string and I braided up his hair and finished it off with the string and I think it looks awesome.
I can't even make a braid but I was completely engaged with this video and I'm genuinely proud and impressed with the way you solved this! It looks great! Apparently I've been doing the cinnamon bun for my entire life. Doesn't work as well now with my hair only to my shoulder but I'm not growing my hair out for at least another year lol
As someone who has hair just below their bottom, and has *no clue* what to do with it other than a nautilus bun (which is my daily go-to), this video is an absolute win! I was considering very strongly cutting my hair but was hesitant as you don't see many people with hair this length. Thank you for the simple, straight forward directions. Now ... for some ribbon!
Morgan! I know this is a LATE comment to your channel, but I want you to know that after I watched this video of yours this braided hairstyle has been my GO TO. I modified it slightly to add a slim scarf as one of the three strands, then wrapping and pinning that around my head. I have waist-length, fine, wavy hair, and live in the coastal southern US, and it is 80%+ humidity every day, and this is the only style that keeps my hair off my back and neck and frizz free!!! So THANK YOU, this video made such a huge difference for me and my hair!!!💝It is a really easy style once you get the hang of it, and I always get compliments on it. I change the ribbons to match my outfits and holidays. If I am doing more of a hair-taping technique with thinner ribbons I use a plastic yarn needle to weave the ribbon around the braids. Once its up, it stays put all day! (I do use little elastics at the bottom of the braids, they also can help stabilize the ribbons.) 🥰
Always interesting how other peoples hair will just behave like that and mine is like "you know that not a single one of these hairstyles would hold on your head for more than an hour, right?" My hair is a free spirit, it doesn't obey to my rules
I feel your pain. My hair doesn’t like to do anything I want it to do lol. I try to do cute things with it and then I always get frustrated and give up and either wear it down or in a ponytail
Funnily enough, all my life I would have said this is me, and now in these last couple of months I've switched up my shampoo/conditioner, and suddenly it's much more manageable. (Don't get me wrong -- there's a level of unruliness in hair that I really love. But if you're wanting to do more with it, it might not hurt to experiment a little :) )
I get headaches and migraines frequently, and I noticed that using hairties and "normal" modern hairstyles like ponytails and buns, make them worse. Using ties (i use faux suede ties) or pins and hairsticks has been a learning curve, but my headaches have decreased a lot. Plus I feel so much prettier with a hairstyle that feels more authentic to the style I gravitate toward.
Same here! And I have found that using style like these braids distributes the force from the weight of my hair over more area, which also alleviates some of the headaches. Sorry your hair hurts!
So glad to know I'm not the only one! I also find that bobby pins cause the back, lower part of my scalp to be irritated and inflamed. I think that some of these other hair tie methods may be very beneficial to me! I'm sure happy I clicked on this link!
Lovely! Im embracing the grey and growing out. Pic of my grandmother born in 1893, shows her in her 50's in this braid 'halo?' .. timeless elegance and simplicity! Love how you ar blushing.. so sweet. Thank you.
Thank you. I knew you had a video showing ways to put hair up without needing excessive amount of hair pins or elastics. My hair isn't that long yet, when plaited it barely crosses on the top of my head, so the green ribbon version is ideal. This allows me to add the ribbon and tie off while still having enough left to weave the hair together meaning I only need a few pins. And as arthritis means nobility issues I can also leave my hair up for several days without it tangling/knotting and falling down. This makes my life so much easier and frees up valuable extra time for sewing. A bonu. I am, to use your great term, a long time history bounder wearing mediaeval dresses as daily wear. As this includes a cap, with veil & wimple in public, it means my hair stays cleaner and doesn't need washing as often. There is another TH-camr who advocates wearing Kong hair in a style similar to yours but also covering it with, in her case, a folk scarf (she is Hungarian I think, but a linen or cotton voile cap works as well) to keep hair in good condition and so you don't have to use damaging hair shampoo/conditioner/treatments as often which is better for your hair and the environment. As her hair is as long as yours your solution for those of us with shorter hair is ideal. Thank you very much, and I can pin my cap and wimple/veil into the plaits as well for added security in the wind. Win-win as they say. Thanks again. A history bounding SCAer.
Norsk Folkemuseum has a few videos for traditional norwegian headdress. Several of them use hand woven bands to tie up the hair. You want the ones with "hår" and/or "skaut" in the title.
@@Ghost_with_Bow I recommend using Nasjonalbiblioteket's website if you want to learn more. They have quite a few older books on folk costume available for free (for norwegian IP adresses). Kari-Anne Pedersen's excellent book on East Telemark "Folkedrakt blir bunad" is one of them.
hææææ? Og jeg som går her og ergrer meg over hvor lite informasjon man finner om fattige glemte før-olje norge! Dette var gull, takk! Brb! Gonna live my Norwegian nasjonalromantikk aesthetic.
TH-cam suggested this video for me. I read "elasticless style" and I was sooo curious to know how to do my hair without elastics. And then, I saw your very long, straight hair, and I said: "ok, no, it's not for me!" I can't do braids, 'cause I have a bush of very curly and frizzy hair! I can't do any particular hairstyle, and I often leave my hair free and "sauvage". And yes, i do sometimes use elastics to make the back of my neck free :) Anyway, nice video! It's nice to see someone explaining what he/she loves.
I was recommended this and so glad I found your channel. I'm in the process of growing my hair out after having it short for many years and really don't want to use elastics, products or plastic clips again. I previously ended up doing nothing interesting with my hair, so decided to cut it short! This video was super helpful and I'll definitely be coming back to try out some of these ribbon options soon! Thanks so much
When I do hair taping, I'll use three pieces of ribbon/tape. I'll braid in tape to the ends of the braids to tie them off, and I'll make sure there's extra length to them. Then when I wrap the braids around my head, I tie the ends of the tape together so that the ends of the braids are anchoring each other in place. And then I use a third to sew it down! Though I don't take my hair up & down every day when I do this. I put it up once, and leave it there until my next wash day. (I will wear a silk scarf around my head to keep it neat while sleeping.) And for the ribbon, I just use 1/4" cotton twill tape for all of it. Of course I have to be careful because I also use the same twill tape for the ties on the masks I made. XD
That little sponsership notice at the beginning was really well done. You notice it, but it is not intrusive on the video. Also It made me laugh a bit.
You are keeping me sane in this heat. My hair is not so nice as yours, but I was able to do the wrapped braids to get my hair off my neck in a very easy way. Thank you!
I just did the braided ribbon hairstyle but I didn't have a ribbon, so I used a sash like scarf & instead of combining it with one section of hair, I used it as it's own section (so I had the scarf + 2 sections of hair) and it looks so good, especially because my hair is magenta red and the scarf is black, so the contrast makes it even better :3
I'm chronically ill and feel really lousy today. Thankfully I have tea and can have a lie down and watch a full half-hour of Morgan Donner looking adorable to cheer me up!
@The Strangler spoons are for every illness where your energy can be limited from day to day :) Some people don't feel that spoon theory describes them, though. For instance some people have different conditions where they prefer describing it as doing cartwheels on different surfaces (parking lot vs balance beam, where you CAN do it but it takes more concentration) It all depends.
“Hairstick” you mean the crochet hook I found and didn’t want to lose again. Or knitting needle. Or pen. Whatever vaguely cylindrical object long enough to hold me hair
My son found the best hairstick ever: a teaspoon! (He lost 2 wooden hairsticks and I forbade him to take one of mine) Since then he ist still experimenting :))))))))
I used a pencil or pen in school, met my husband and he thought it was the craziest thing until he got used to it. I use spare chopsticks more now just because I always have one somewhere
You're so cool! I'm actually not so much interested in hairstyles, historical or not, and I barely can make anything with my hair myself. By thanks holy random, now I can cuddle under the blanket listening to your cute comforting voice and watching you do amazing hairstyles
@@yuuri9064 You cook it until it's a runny jelly, then quickly strain it and keep it in the fridge and a part maybe in the freezer. Disadvantages: None. It might not be nourishing enough if you do it as a wash-out mask, so I add olive oil for that purpose - maybe not if you wanna use it as a styling gel only.
@@ah5721 You freeze most of it and keep in the fridge what you'll use up quickly. Some oils can make it last a tiny but longer. If flax seeds are expensive where you live - then don't do flax seeds, get something local and affordable. Where I live, in Germany, flax seeds can be quite affordable if you buy them in the right places.
A few years ago at a SCA event, a lady bought some long lengths of narrow trim from the trim vender I was visiting with, and she wrapped/braided her hair with them right then and there. It was cool to see that then, and it's cool to see you doing this now!
I hope your hair is growing back is great to see what you do with your very long hair. congratulations on great choices of hair styles without elastic and wonderful used of ribbons!!!
Thank you!! I've wrapped my braids around my head for years, but use barrettes to secure my braids. This looks better for my hair and I can't wait to try it!
My grandma who was born in 1925 has never used elastics. She did her braids as you show at short ribbon style, when you braid ribbon in. Gives me a little bit of nostalgia) also that crown style remains me of traditional Ukrainian hairstyles. They also added flowers and ribbons in it, it looks amazing)
I came to see what to use instead of a rubber band, stayed and subscribed because our hair is the same length, and I'm super stoked to try some of these!!!
I did this hairstyle tonight for Sunday church tomorrow!!! I'm sad that it didn't look as uniform as yours, but you're right, it is beautiful and VERY sturdy regardless. I LOVE it. Where has this hairstyle been all my life??? Why did I suffer with ugly ponytails, hair ties and hair clips for 17 years when I could've just did THIS instead???? Thank you Morgan. Thank you
In the 70s, my husband and I travelled to Mexico. This is a hairstyle that was popular among the ladies. My hair was long, so I did it as well. As you say, very easy to do and stayed together well all day.
Ohhh, I love the hair taping. Flax seed gel is great. So nourishing and easy to make/use! I wanna try out these various elastic free techniques. Pop up Morgan surprised me, lol!
This is one of the most wholesome videos I've ever seen. It turned out amazing, Morgan! 🥰 I have super fine hair, elastics (non tiny rubber band ones, but the ones you put on your wrist) fall out constantly. Maybe I'll have to experiment with ribbon!
When I was younger my mom used to braid silver glitter ribbon into my hair during the times I was wearing traditional clothes for my culture. She wanted my hair to "glow" while my hair was braided...
Thank you for this tutorial! 🥰 It was such a joy to watch and listen to you. I tried this straigh away and with my not so long hair and very minimun skills with braiding it still worked! I have to go and buy some nice ribbons, this hairstyle is going to go so well with my soon to come national costum (Finnish) 😊
This is the first time seeing you. I am 62. My hair is long. I braid my hair almost daily. This is fun! I ddo appreciate it. I will now play with you. Thank you so much!
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I just want to say thank you for this! I watched this when it came out tried it and haven't looked back since. Less split ends, it really is gentler on my hair, and tends to keep the frizzies down as well. Its fun too.. As I have used everything from string, ribbon, hoodie laces, to some blue jeans that I cut into strips.
I'm a huge fan of "spin pins" for securing my buns. They're spiral pins that "screw" into the bun. They're nice when you might want a more "ballet bun" style, but you also can use them for a looser bun that still won't fall out or pull on your hair. The three-prong hairstick comb thing is one of my go-tos if I need things to be super secure. I almost always end up pulling them too tight, though!
After a ton of tries I have done this successfully… one of my ribbons was a bit short though but I love it! It’s like… loose on one side compared to the other but I’m going to try to leave it in and see how long it lasts!
To the people commenting that they have hair too short for this: take a length of ribbon and place it under your hair (so its like a scarf hanging over your shoulders), grab each end and lift the ribbon up evenly on each side, then cross it over and wrap it around a few times and then tie it into a bow, and you've got yourself a hair-tie.
If I have to use something elasticated I use a silk scrunchy. It has to be 100% silk otherwise it can still damage hair. My best tip is to avoid wool (hats or jumpers) at all cost. Wool under a microscope is like velcro, it will grip and pull out hair.
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I want to say to you, that braiding ribbon in was 100% used in 19th century, my grandma showed it to me, because it's the way how her grandma made her hair when she was a kid. But you loop the ribbon around the root of the braid.
I like Pebble's style of twisting the hair into a pony tail and tying it into a knot on top of the head with the extra hair flailing around.
It’s called fluffing! You fluff a braid to loosen it a bit.
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for Russians, single braid was for the unmarried, and double braids were for the married (because you could put them up and hide under the headdress). there was a whole ritual of splitting the braid, songs about it, etc. it wasn't a thing for nobility after Peter the Great though, because he made the nobility to follow Western European fashions. lower classes still did this up until the Soviet times.
Thanks for sharing! I love learning things about other cultures and from 'the olden days'.
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Wow, that’s awesome. And it’s funny how we in Western Europe (or the countries that Western Europe colonised) see them as the opposite- double braids are a child’s hairstyle.
I wonder exactly when that happened? Because we know that double braids were still very much an adult hairstyle up through the renaissance even in Western Europe. And I know the single braid was seen as an easy informal “down” hairstyle right up until Victorian times. Wearing a single braid down was good only for sleeping or around the house. It wasn’t really until Edwardian times that we started to see the single plait or braid (in Australia we differentiate between plaits and braids- a plait begins with all the hair, a braid is when you incorporate more hair along the way, in Australia anyway), that was left down and finished with a bow at the end, on the street. Before that, adult women would “put their hair up” and it was that “putting your hair up” that was the rite of passage from girlhood to womanhood.
Thank you so much for your comment. It’s always so lovely to learn about different cultures. We all have hair, but everyone sees it and does it differently. It has different meanings across societies and time. It’s just awesome.
This is wonderful 😍
First Nations people have traditions around braids as well. I imagine there's so much information out there!
Wonderful information!!! Thank you for sharing!
This was in my recommended and I thought the video was going to be about why using hair elastic was bad for hair.......well, I was wrong but stayed till the end because I got interested.
Lol same
I just waited for that statement but it never came xD
Thank you for saving me 30 minutes
That was the idea, (we) got duped.
I was curious on what defect they’ll pull out of hair bands
Watching this as a black person, it's really interesting seeing the effort put into keeping hair braided. If I braid my hair all the way to the tips, the ends will just kind of naturally knot together and hold themselves in place, so I've never really needed to tie the ends unless for stylistic reasons. So it's interesting to see the different methods that were used by people with straighter hair to hold hair in place, as is something I would have never thought about otherwise. The ribbon is really pretty too, it's amazing how something meant to hold hair in place can also be so pretty.
Isn't this why your hair is able to lock more naturally without being hella gross
@@mandie492 yeah, cause even if the hair has just been washed and combed, it's so curly that it'll intertwine together anyways. The hair looks good cause it's been taken care of, and that's just the state it's supposed to be in. But if a black person didn't comb their hair and just wore it out the way they woke up, it would also look pretty bad lol
Same here, with a few kinds of misc curl.
I have always been jealous of black people's hair because it holds styles so beautifully. Mine is limp and never does what it's told.
Starting out with Asian hair that's super glossy and keeps falling out of every elastic these methods were actually very helpful add a lot security... I'm kinda envious of your hair
I love how you showed us all your failed methods with the ribbons, it made the successful one even more impressive
Ikr!!!! We love perseverance and progress
There is something about people doing what they like that makes me happy
i was thinking the exact same when she was getting excited about her favorite style. i don’t particularly love the style, but it made me so happy to see her doing something she loved that’s not necessarily conventional
@@liviaboeglin5179Yes! And it's quite inspirational in a way, to have that kind of passion and to follow it
Yes I get your point
You and me both! I couldn’t agree more. 💝
It makes mad when I see people bullying or harassing someone because they do something that they like but those bullies not like
In medieval England 4 yards of hair ribbon was a standard unit of measurement called "a Donner."
More ppl should upvote this so Morgan sees it. :)
@@Skye_Writer
I can tell you've been on Reddit a lot, huh?
@@Skye_Writer “upvote” what 😂??? Keep that Quora talk over there!!
Cool, thanks for sharing that bit. How refreshing- for once an interesting comment of some value, good on you!
@@-criedjupiter-8464 😂
I’m not sure why this was in my recommended but it was so therapeutic I watched the entire thing! AND the fact that you managed to figure out how to do the styles just by looking at the portraits and paintings is insane! You’re so talented
I love how you advertised how this video is sponsored, didn't expect that! I thought it was a family member walking in your room loll🥺😭😍
Same here haha
LOL 😂 I was checking to see if anyone else thought it was hilarious and cute 🤣
i loved that edit
I think it's important to remember that it's highly unlikely that most women would have been doing these hairstyles completely alone... Even poor and working class women usually lived with an older woman (mom, grandma, aunt's, etc), children, sisters, etc, who would have been able to help each other with their hair. Plus having natural hair grease from not using modern shampoos and soaps would have helped things stay in place better too lol.
I think its important to rememeber that when you have long hair and centuries of unchanging hair fashion it's *not hard* to learn to do a singular style neatly on yourself. I had long hair and did double duch braids on my head, while sleepy in early morning ,without any mirror, and people were fooled into believing someone did them for me.
And also, not everyone would have mirrors.
Interesting fact, I have a friend that learned as a young man modeling that you can keep your hair clean by just rinsing with water every day. He had great looking hair but when he told me this , he said he hadn't washed his hair with shampoo in a decade. He just showered it and that's it.
@@JohnSmith-gn3jk Yep. My hair hates shampoo.
@@JohnSmith-gn3jk He has good genes. My hair would be a greasy tangled mess.
I have absolutely no interest in historical hairstyles, but you were so excited for cracking the code for the ribbons and so happy to share that I stayed for the entire video and actually enjoyed it!
Same!!😂 I clicked bc I thought she was gonna say elastics are bad for you, then I got invested in her story lol
Same 😹
me too
Same
Same :)
You may not end up seeing this, but, this was really cool! :D I really like how you go in depth on the tutorial. By the way, in Mexico, specially in Oaxaca, some women (like my mom) still braid their hair in a traditional way, using leather strips, colorful ribbons or even braided yarn, that they braid into the ends of their hairs, and either tie it up or keep it as two braids (which varies by region), unfortunately this practice is slowly dying down but this video really made me see how similar different cultures can be. Thank you for sharing, lovely video.
That’s really interesting. Do you know if this kind of hair braiding came over with colonisation and then they made it their own or is it one of those things that was invented over and over as something a sensible person would do to keep hair out of their face with strips of fabric to hand?
@@clairegamble3918 I think it would be a mix of both I have little knowledge in this stuff but it was probably used as a sensible thing then became fashion by settlers
i rlly thought this was gonna be a lecture abt rubber elastics being bad for ur hair LMAO
I love your pfp
@@awesometani8148 tysm !! :D
It is bad for hair.
@@beccagee5905 i know i haven’t used rubber elastics in ages !
Lol same I was ready to take mine off when I saw the videos title
Your sponsor editing magic scared the crap out of me. I loved it. I’ve never seen anyone do that kind of ad before in their video.
I was waiting for her to acknowledge the interruption before I realized what was happening.
me too i really loved watching it even if it was little bit it was so cute
For several seconds I thought she had a twin sister peek inside 😂
@@erikakraemer6963 same! lol
@snowangeliquexx 1:32
Who knew histórical hairstyle would crack the algorithm.
8-9
Right?? Been watching long hair videos for years and this is the first I've heard of this channel. Guess TH-cam finally got the hint!
i think it's also the way the video is titled
She appeared and I'm considering redoing my whole life style.
yea
Hi, I watched this video a few weeks ago because it was recommended. Random, but cool. I decided to try it and wow. This style addresses all the sensory problems I have with long hair! No loose hair on my neck and shoulders. No tugging from tight buns. No swinging braid down my back! Right now my hair is long enough to cross the braids behind my head and the ends meet at the top of my crown. But I really think I’m gonna keep letting it grow now that it’s driving me a lot less crazy 🥰
I've never cared so much about medieval hairstyles! You just seem so excited and passionate, it's really nice to listen to someone just nerding out about their interests. Also that ribbon braid is so cute!!
Me: *has hair so short I can't pull it all into a single ponytail*
Also me: *intently watches ALL the historical hair tutorials that all require waist-length hair*
The Tudor Tailor had a video on how to do hair tapping for shorter hair at some point. I don't know if it's still up. Granted it was as a fondation for various Tudor headcoverings, so it wasn't meant ot be seen and so not super neat or pretty, but there are ways.
@@milu9099 I didnt find anything, did you spell correctly?
@@Trageberaterin Yes she did, it isn't very common but usually it's part of national-costume or with those type of semi-historical clothes. You may have to look for websites in swedish tho, or maybe in norweigan, I think it's called the same.
MOOD
@@Trageberaterin Sorry, I missed an "n"... Oppombindning is the correct spelling. This is a good tutorial on how you do it on yourself with long hair emmafrost.se/2013/05/11/att-gora-oppombindning-pa-sig-sjalv/ but if you cannot get your hair to reach back into one single ponytail you can make one behind each ear instead and ad hair extensions or even yarn to fill out what is more or less a ribbon covered wreath when you are finished.
"If it looks bad, pretend it looks perfect"
A total mood!
Ikr?? Sometimes I’ll do that if I’m insecure about an outfit I choose for school like “I’ll pretend like it looks amazing”
@@ing3994 lol 😂
Mini tip: if your hair isn't long enough to first wrap around the back and then over the top, (like, you need to lay the braids over the top first to get coverage) having the ribbon at the back of your head before wrapping the braids (instead of across the front like a head band) may work better for you (like how she does in the second attempt, though still tucking through the hair to keep it from shifting is a good idea) This is because, when you pull the braids up, they will have something to pull against and make tension to create an anchor. If the ribbon is across the top of your head like a headband, and then you bring the braids up, the ribbon becomes looser, and it can be tricky to tie things tight enough.
Thank you for the tip
Renaissance faires are great places to get hair “sticks”. There’s many different styles and choices between a single “stick” and ones that have 2-3 prongs, all types of styles, lengths, handmade. I love them, and don’t need bands. I’m so doing this.
Thank you! I've been looking for some online, and just haven't found any that call my name, I never thought of a faire. I bet they're beautiful too!
@@sydneyholsapple6018they seriously are! they have all types. Personally, I find a two prong works Great. I have long thicker hair, but my daughters have good results with them, too. Not really long prongs, I find that isn’t as good as shorter ones. Since it’s been two years, I hope you found something awesome. I love them because they’re not slippery. ✌️
Not gonna lie, I've been watching a lot of like "horror movies explained" videos recently so when that door slid open and you peaked out I got just a little spooked
Me too lol
Great editing
Same!
Me too and im kinda scared with the mirror, like im waiting for something to suddenly show up ugh now im scared
I didn't realize it was her at first (this is my first video) and I thought someone like a sister was coming in. I was waiting for the door to bump her elbow or for her to react in some way.
That little sponsorship announcement is so cute 😭
Yes it is so sweet!
I love sponsor announcement Morgan.
We love it
That made me laugh SO HARD! That was AWESOME!!
NGL it actually scared me a bit lol
9:45 I've FINALLY understood an old painting of a Normann woman with a ribbon in her braids like this
I recently used your hair taping tutorials on my little sister's mid-back mane of curls, and it worked wonderfully! We braided the ribbon through the braids, as I've seen done in other videos, and secured the taping with some extra ribbons for colour as well as to keep the style in place. She was very impressed, despite me being a complete newb at this. Thank you
morgan: i realize these styles may not be useful to anybody who doesnt like crown braid looks
me, whose own hair cannot even be tied into a ponytail: *watches intently, even nods along as if taking note*
Me tho
same 💀
i relate, i just chopped half my hair off a few weeks ago
Same. I shaved my hair off winter 2019 and have kept it short 😆🤣😆🤣
Growing my hair out, not even shoulder length, and I'm totally taking mental notes; even checked to see if I own a large blunt needle 😄
As someone who braids my hair every night so it's easier to snuggle my husband. Finally knowing how to do a proper head crown with my hair is a godsend! I may use the threading so I can sleep comfortably where I'm not laying on my own hair
UPDATE! This hairstyle was sooo comfy to wear to bed🥰🥰🥰 highly recommend for those who don't like laying on their own hair
this is so cute omgg!!!!! braiding your hair for cuddles....... that's the life I want 🥺🥺
as someone who also braids their hair every night i'm definitely going to try this on your recommendation! thanks for sharing your thoughts :)
You should try a silk bonnet! It maintains the style and doesnt make it frizzy in the mornings!
@@sqicward2639 nice for the hair, but not so nice for the husband/boyfriend I guess xD
So cool 💗
I'm a fantasy writer and this answered a lot of questions I've had about how characters style their hair in worlds that don't have elastic - thanks!!!
Wow! Now maybe a medieval fantasy book could be some interesting! 😅
I am just growing out my hair after having it shaved off for about 10-15 years and your videos make me super excited about growing it out and trying new hairstyles! Thank you for sharing such lovely content!
I have the same excitement and a similar issue, but mine is short because I buzzed it off while in the military 😂
As someone who doesn’t do historical dress, but wants to move away from using elastics, I really found this helpful
I wear a pony tail most of the time and use figure of 8 clips from lilla rose they hold my fine hair well the down side is as i live in the uk i havs to pay import tax
Hair sticks or hair moons are great for this. Besides bun styles, they're also great for ponytails and braided updos. I've been carving my own hair sticks from sturdy branches I find and haven't touched a hair tie ever since.
yeah, my cat has developed the annoying habit of stealing hairties, so I might switch to these methods as well.... my hair is quite long and I braid it frequently anyway.
@@suzanwiel6599 How do you use them for ponytails?
What are the benefits of not using elastics ? Is that bad for your hair ? I thought I was gonna get the answer from this video but then I realized she does it (mostly?) because of historical purposes 😶
As a curly haired person, the fact that you can tie a piece of ribbon in your hair and then get it out again with both hair and ribbon intact was the most amazing thing about this video. I'm sad that I can't use any of these techniques but still entertained!
I mean you can but you first would have to straighten your hair
Why cant you? Its not like curly hair didnt exist during this time period. Im sure they did hairtaping as well.
@@Ramog1000 I certainly could straighten my hair! However, I don't actually own an iron, and wouldn't want to court damage by using one regularly, so that's not an option for me.
@@bimbonationalism I should probably have said "medium length and curly" hair; mine doesn't reach my shoulders and is vastly too short for this type of hairstyle. I'm sure that historically, curly haired folks used a lot of the same hairstyles as straight haired people. I, however, like to wash my hair a lot more frequently than they did, and taking a ribbon in and out of my hair causes quite a bit of breakage that I'd like to avoid.
I feel you
I love how I thought this was going to be about the damage elastic can do to your hair and now in hooked on medieval hair and fashion.
"If you have shorter hair".. yes. Yes, we do. 😂
I know everyone has shorter hair!
Me with my buzzed head watching this
My jaw dropped midway through the video. I wanna wear this every single day. To work. Doing chores. At Starbucks. This is a hair revelation for me.
Same here! Going to start practicing!
Same!! I just need to grow my hair a little bit more
Same except no Starbucks.
I'm on my way to hobby lobby for some ribbons! I always wondered how they kept the ribbons in!
Ikr!
This is fascinating - I have a PhD in Renaissance art history and I just learned SO MUCH!
That's a really cool PhD!
Can you pay a mortgage with that degree?
@@CrunchyMom88 sure can
@@LondonLite02 Highly doubtful if you're a family of 4 on one income.
@@CrunchyMom88 thankfully that’s not the point of higher education. What a sad (jealous) worldview.
Oh this will be so helpful for tying my hair up under a wig. I’m trying to avoid anything kind of elastic that will break my head while I’m working on getting it healthy and this is the perfect alternative for the exact style I do under a wig. Thanks!
Is your wig lace front?
This was so illuminating! My grandmother used to plat my hair in these styles with elastics and pins to recreate her childhood traditional hair styles (she's german) and it was uncomfortable and I had to count the pins in and out so they wouldn't get lost in my curly hair. I tried the style with two shorter ribbons and it was so comfortable, cute and secure that I've been wearing it as an everyday style since. It's so easy and looks like you've spent ages on it!
Thank you for having a mirror angled behind you. That was a helpful detail.
My 5yo watched this with me and she wants me to give her pretty princess braids like Morgan now 😁
aw, that's so sweet
So cute awe
So I just tried this hairstyle with a length of yarn because I don't have any ribbons on me, and WOW IT STAYS??? IT FEEL SECURE???? I am shook. The creator is amazing, thank you so much for teaching me about keeping hair up with ribbons!!
I used yarn too 🤗 I made a super long chain with cotton yarn
@@Bowie_Eooh good idea!!
I know I'm late to the game, however with the double braid hair taping, try sewing the individual braids one at a time and then tying them together afterwards, you get the hold and the separate braid looks. just weave the second braid through one of the loops after as you tack it down overtop the first. I hope that works, maybe not tho 🤷♀️
My grandmother would take strands of hair from her hairbrush and wrap it around and around several times where you would put an elastic....it holds until it's pinned or ribboned....or on it's own if done right. She was a little girl in the early 1900's.
How would she make it stay? An elastic is a circle but hair is just a line.
@@DeathnoteBB she wrapped it round and round...like making a yarn ball but in one direction...several strands of long hair...she showed me and it stayed....i'm thinking with fine clean hair it wouldnt work very well
@@nancywelsh2854 that makes sense. I know my hair is a lot “stickier” when it hasn’t been washed in a few days. Not sticky to the touch or anything, but when it’s freshly washed it can’t even stay in a hairband! It stays a lot easier if it’s been a couple of days.
It was very common during the Victorian and Edwardian era to save your hair, either from your hair brush or hair cut, in a small box called “hair receiver” this hair would later be used to style the hair in your head.
i feel like i have a repressed memory of my great-grandmother using this trick on me but i think she used it to hold together a frayed bit of a shirt she was going to stitch rather than to hold my hair (i had short hair as a kid).
I did not expect to get a medieval hairstyle tutorial when I clicked on this video, but now i'm subscribed
ME TOO
I ended up on the channel because I broke my last hair elastic and was trying to figure out how to hold my braid in place so I could finish my kid's mothman costume... and now I'm kind of lowkey obsessed with not only how good I look rocking the braid crown but also the rest of your channel.
Thank you Google/TH-cam algorithm for leading me to this place. XD
At the end of the braid instead of just a granny knot, you could also use a clove hitch knot. There are so many knots that look super cute and fun. Plus easier to undo.
damn that sponsor edit is so damn smart like it caught my attention eve tho you didn't talk about
(i meant in the early part of the video)
I just saw it while reading on your comment
@@mararoyce8647 oop
Me too, I actually even got scared 😂
It was perfect. Ads usually ruin a video.
Def one of the best ad edits I've ever seen.
I used to be a braiding wench at a Ren Fair and throughout the entire first part of this video I kept repeating "Drape it over the top of your head and braid in the ends!" It was really satisfying to watch you figure it out.
Glad I'm not the only one who was horribly confused by why she started with anything else!
@The Strangler Yes! Some faires have them. You might be able to see on their websites what services are being offered at their particular location. Sometimes they are not fully announced until days closer to the event. The stylists typically have large photo albums of various styles you can choose from. The accessories they use to style and decorate your hair are usually included in the price. Some faires host vendors who sell beautiful hair ornaments, too, from floral crowns to charms to metal renaissance inspired accessories. It’s great fun!
@@1One2Three5Eight13 I take money to RennFaire specifically to get my hair done!! And then leave it in for as many days as I can stand it! :-D
I would love to go to a ren fair and get my hair braided...it's 5 feet long.
I think you’ve discovered EXACTLY how they did it, it makes so much sense! 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Me, a man, with medium short hair watching this whole thing: 👁👄👁
Awesome!!
😉😋
Hugs it’s interesting
same but with really curly short hair...😃👍
@@Eaudenina oh how much a year and some estrogen can change a gal 😂. Yea I’m a she now.
OMG I haven’t used elastic in my hair for a year (ish) but I have a completely different hair textures than yours. I’ma see if I can recreate these hairstyles with my hair ✨
I'd love to see how it turns out!
omg you should make a video or a tiktok on it???? I'm so interest to see these types of hairstyles on natural hair
I would but it’s gonna be impossible with my hair (;´༎ຶٹ༎ຶ`)
How are you tying your hair up?!
I’m so curious to see this! The world requests photos! 🥰 I have mixed hair so my texture is very uneven, but would love to see how yours goes!!
My husband couldn't find a ponytail holder today and I thought of this video. Had him cut off a long bit of string and I braided up his hair and finished it off with the string and I think it looks awesome.
that's so cool!
I wish you could share photos on here lol
I wish I had seen this before cutting all my hair up to my shoulders! This is beautiful, functional, elegant, AND versatile.
I can't even make a braid but I was completely engaged with this video and I'm genuinely proud and impressed with the way you solved this! It looks great! Apparently I've been doing the cinnamon bun for my entire life. Doesn't work as well now with my hair only to my shoulder but I'm not growing my hair out for at least another year lol
"If it looks bad... just pretend it looks perfect" Love this!
Girl my hair is so straight that if I had left it braided just hangin, by the time I braid the other half if would completely untangle.
Same. I'm wondering if using clips on the end of 1 braid while I work on the other might work though.
Hahah same i just bite the end
@@rebia5542 this person braids 😁
Make your hair gay then
@@Gondzhishk this😂😂
As someone who has hair just below their bottom, and has *no clue* what to do with it other than a nautilus bun (which is my daily go-to), this video is an absolute win! I was considering very strongly cutting my hair but was hesitant as you don't see many people with hair this length. Thank you for the simple, straight forward directions. Now ... for some ribbon!
Morgan! I know this is a LATE comment to your channel, but I want you to know that after I watched this video of yours this braided hairstyle has been my GO TO. I modified it slightly to add a slim scarf as one of the three strands, then wrapping and pinning that around my head. I have waist-length, fine, wavy hair, and live in the coastal southern US, and it is 80%+ humidity every day, and this is the only style that keeps my hair off my back and neck and frizz free!!! So THANK YOU, this video made such a huge difference for me and my hair!!!💝It is a really easy style once you get the hang of it, and I always get compliments on it. I change the ribbons to match my outfits and holidays. If I am doing more of a hair-taping technique with thinner ribbons I use a plastic yarn needle to weave the ribbon around the braids. Once its up, it stays put all day! (I do use little elastics at the bottom of the braids, they also can help stabilize the ribbons.) 🥰
Always interesting how other peoples hair will just behave like that and mine is like "you know that not a single one of these hairstyles would hold on your head for more than an hour, right?" My hair is a free spirit, it doesn't obey to my rules
I feel your pain. My hair doesn’t like to do anything I want it to do lol. I try to do cute things with it and then I always get frustrated and give up and either wear it down or in a ponytail
Lol same but it helps
Lol me too...I suppose thats why I just keep it short. So I don't have to worry about putting it up ever.
Haha free spirit curly mess here ! Gotta love what you got :)
Funnily enough, all my life I would have said this is me, and now in these last couple of months I've switched up my shampoo/conditioner, and suddenly it's much more manageable.
(Don't get me wrong -- there's a level of unruliness in hair that I really love. But if you're wanting to do more with it, it might not hurt to experiment a little :) )
I get headaches and migraines frequently, and I noticed that using hairties and "normal" modern hairstyles like ponytails and buns, make them worse. Using ties (i use faux suede ties) or pins and hairsticks has been a learning curve, but my headaches have decreased a lot. Plus I feel so much prettier with a hairstyle that feels more authentic to the style I gravitate toward.
Same here! And I have found that using style like these braids distributes the force from the weight of my hair over more area, which also alleviates some of the headaches. Sorry your hair hurts!
So glad to know I'm not the only one! I also find that bobby pins cause the back, lower part of my scalp to be irritated and inflamed. I think that some of these other hair tie methods may be very beneficial to me! I'm sure happy I clicked on this link!
Lovely! Im embracing the grey and growing out. Pic of my grandmother born in 1893, shows her in her 50's in this braid 'halo?' .. timeless elegance and simplicity! Love how you ar blushing.. so sweet. Thank you.
Thank you. I knew you had a video showing ways to put hair up without needing excessive amount of hair pins or elastics. My hair isn't that long yet, when plaited it barely crosses on the top of my head, so the green ribbon version is ideal. This allows me to add the ribbon and tie off while still having enough left to weave the hair together meaning I only need a few pins. And as arthritis means nobility issues I can also leave my hair up for several days without it tangling/knotting and falling down. This makes my life so much easier and frees up valuable extra time for sewing.
A bonu. I am, to use your great term, a long time history bounder wearing mediaeval dresses as daily wear. As this includes a cap, with veil & wimple in public, it means my hair stays cleaner and doesn't need washing as often. There is another TH-camr who advocates wearing Kong hair in a style similar to yours but also covering it with, in her case, a folk scarf (she is Hungarian I think, but a linen or cotton voile cap works as well) to keep hair in good condition and so you don't have to use damaging hair shampoo/conditioner/treatments as often which is better for your hair and the environment. As her hair is as long as yours your solution for those of us with shorter hair is ideal. Thank you very much, and I can pin my cap and wimple/veil into the plaits as well for added security in the wind. Win-win as they say. Thanks again.
A history bounding SCAer.
Norsk Folkemuseum has a few videos for traditional norwegian headdress. Several of them use hand woven bands to tie up the hair. You want the ones with "hår" and/or "skaut" in the title.
Being from Norway I looked it up, gotta say it was a little cool learning about our culture. I even got some ideas I want to try out
Im from Norway too, and this was super cool to see!
@@Ghost_with_Bow I recommend using Nasjonalbiblioteket's website if you want to learn more. They have quite a few older books on folk costume available for free (for norwegian IP adresses). Kari-Anne Pedersen's excellent book on East Telemark "Folkedrakt blir bunad" is one of them.
hææææ? Og jeg som går her og ergrer meg over hvor lite informasjon man finner om fattige glemte før-olje norge! Dette var gull, takk! Brb! Gonna live my Norwegian nasjonalromantikk aesthetic.
@@GreenMonkeyToaster Og Vevstua Bull-Sveen har gratis mønster på bånd og linninger. 😉
there's something about her aura & her vibe that is so peaceful & friendly
She would defo comfort you if you were crying in the bathroom at a club
TH-cam suggested this video for me. I read "elasticless style" and I was sooo curious to know how to do my hair without elastics. And then, I saw your very long, straight hair, and I said: "ok, no, it's not for me!" I can't do braids, 'cause I have a bush of very curly and frizzy hair! I can't do any particular hairstyle, and I often leave my hair free and "sauvage". And yes, i do sometimes use elastics to make the back of my neck free :)
Anyway, nice video! It's nice to see someone explaining what he/she loves.
I was recommended this and so glad I found your channel. I'm in the process of growing my hair out after having it short for many years and really don't want to use elastics, products or plastic clips again. I previously ended up doing nothing interesting with my hair, so decided to cut it short! This video was super helpful and I'll definitely be coming back to try out some of these ribbon options soon! Thanks so much
When I do hair taping, I'll use three pieces of ribbon/tape. I'll braid in tape to the ends of the braids to tie them off, and I'll make sure there's extra length to them. Then when I wrap the braids around my head, I tie the ends of the tape together so that the ends of the braids are anchoring each other in place. And then I use a third to sew it down! Though I don't take my hair up & down every day when I do this. I put it up once, and leave it there until my next wash day. (I will wear a silk scarf around my head to keep it neat while sleeping.) And for the ribbon, I just use 1/4" cotton twill tape for all of it. Of course I have to be careful because I also use the same twill tape for the ties on the masks I made. XD
I've stopped counting the times when I've untied my braids instead of my mask... The struggle is real! XD
I use this method! I think I learned it from Silvouplaits here on the 'tube.
That little sponsership notice at the beginning was really well done. You notice it, but it is not intrusive on the video. Also It made me laugh a bit.
You are keeping me sane in this heat. My hair is not so nice as yours, but I was able to do the wrapped braids to get my hair off my neck in a very easy way. Thank you!
I just did the braided ribbon hairstyle but I didn't have a ribbon, so I used a sash like scarf & instead of combining it with one section of hair, I used it as it's own section (so I had the scarf + 2 sections of hair) and it looks so good, especially because my hair is magenta red and the scarf is black, so the contrast makes it even better :3
I'm chronically ill and feel really lousy today. Thankfully I have tea and can have a lie down and watch a full half-hour of Morgan Donner looking adorable to cheer me up!
Sending spoons
I hope tomorrow will be a better day for you. Be kind to your self
Sending hugs 🤗💖
@The Strangler why the 3 question marks?
@The Strangler spoons are for every illness where your energy can be limited from day to day :)
Some people don't feel that spoon theory describes them, though. For instance some people have different conditions where they prefer describing it as doing cartwheels on different surfaces (parking lot vs balance beam, where you CAN do it but it takes more concentration)
It all depends.
“Hairstick” you mean the crochet hook I found and didn’t want to lose again. Or knitting needle. Or pen. Whatever vaguely cylindrical object long enough to hold me hair
The random pencil your son was just chewing on. The single chopstick that somehow was still in the cutlery drawer. THE CROCHET HOOK
My son found the best hairstick ever: a teaspoon! (He lost 2 wooden hairsticks and I forbade him to take one of mine) Since then he ist still experimenting :))))))))
@@chantellebehrens pencils and chopsticks are my favorites! 😂😂😂
I used a pencil or pen in school, met my husband and he thought it was the craziest thing until he got used to it. I use spare chopsticks more now just because I always have one somewhere
Yes. I will use anything in Sight to hold up my hair
You're so cool! I'm actually not so much interested in hairstyles, historical or not, and I barely can make anything with my hair myself. By thanks holy random, now I can cuddle under the blanket listening to your cute comforting voice and watching you do amazing hairstyles
I know that I’m never going to have the patience to try this personally but I love the look & technique!
I use flaxseed gel on my hair, it's pretty popular w black natural hair and dreadlocks.
How do you keep flaxseed gell from going bad? Where live flax seeds are also very exspensive .. how do you afford it?
@@ah5721 you can store it in the fridge, but it still doesn't have the longevity of a traditional commercial hairgel!
I didn't know flaxseed gel was used for hair until today. Do you soak whole seeds and use the firmed up liquid as gel? Any disadvantages to it?
@@yuuri9064 You cook it until it's a runny jelly, then quickly strain it and keep it in the fridge and a part maybe in the freezer.
Disadvantages: None.
It might not be nourishing enough if you do it as a wash-out mask, so I add olive oil for that purpose - maybe not if you wanna use it as a styling gel only.
@@ah5721 You freeze most of it and keep in the fridge what you'll use up quickly.
Some oils can make it last a tiny but longer.
If flax seeds are expensive where you live - then don't do flax seeds, get something local and affordable.
Where I live, in Germany, flax seeds can be quite affordable if you buy them in the right places.
A few years ago at a SCA event, a lady bought some long lengths of narrow trim from the trim vender I was visiting with, and she wrapped/braided her hair with them right then and there. It was cool to see that then, and it's cool to see you doing this now!
I hope your hair is growing back is great to see what you do with your very long hair. congratulations on great choices of hair styles without elastic and wonderful used of ribbons!!!
Thank you!! I've wrapped my braids around my head for years, but use barrettes to secure my braids. This looks better for my hair and I can't wait to try it!
“If it looks bad, pretend it looks perfect” is my new mantra.
My grandma who was born in 1925 has never used elastics. She did her braids as you show at short ribbon style, when you braid ribbon in. Gives me a little bit of nostalgia) also that crown style remains me of traditional Ukrainian hairstyles. They also added flowers and ribbons in it, it looks amazing)
I came to see what to use instead of a rubber band, stayed and subscribed because our hair is the same length, and I'm super stoked to try some of these!!!
I did this hairstyle tonight for Sunday church tomorrow!!! I'm sad that it didn't look as uniform as yours, but you're right, it is beautiful and VERY sturdy regardless. I LOVE it. Where has this hairstyle been all my life??? Why did I suffer with ugly ponytails, hair ties and hair clips for 17 years when I could've just did THIS instead???? Thank you Morgan. Thank you
In the 70s, my husband and I travelled to Mexico. This is a hairstyle that was popular among the ladies. My hair was long, so I did it as well. As you say, very easy to do and stayed together well all day.
Ohhh, I love the hair taping. Flax seed gel is great. So nourishing and easy to make/use! I wanna try out these various elastic free techniques. Pop up Morgan surprised me, lol!
This is one of the most wholesome videos I've ever seen. It turned out amazing, Morgan! 🥰 I have super fine hair, elastics (non tiny rubber band ones, but the ones you put on your wrist) fall out constantly. Maybe I'll have to experiment with ribbon!
the sponsor genuinely scared me and then I was amazed at the creativity.
When I was younger my mom used to braid silver glitter ribbon into my hair during the times I was wearing traditional clothes for my culture. She wanted my hair to "glow" while my hair was braided...
i absolutely love how sneaky sponsorship-morgan is!
Thank you for this tutorial! 🥰 It was such a joy to watch and listen to you. I tried this straigh away and with my not so long hair and very minimun skills with braiding it still worked! I have to go and buy some nice ribbons, this hairstyle is going to go so well with my soon to come national costum (Finnish) 😊
This is the first time seeing you. I am 62. My hair is long. I braid my hair almost daily. This is fun! I ddo appreciate it. I will now play with you. Thank you so much!
Tip - Prevent synthetic ribbon from fraying by lightly singeing the ends with a flame 🔥 😉
Tip: do this before you've braided the ribbon in your hair, not after XD
And if it's not synthetic you can tie a knot on each end of the ribbon as close to the edge as you can get without the knot coming undone
You can also paint the tip with a little clear nail polish. Or, if you sew, you may already have FrayChek or a fabric glue on hand to seal the ends.
I definitely need those bitty mushroom earrings
I got some of those mushrooms last year at a craft store. Don't know if they are still available. Email me (ksb832@verizon.net) if you'd like a couple or a pair of earrings.
I just want to say thank you for this! I watched this when it came out tried it and haven't looked back since. Less split ends, it really is gentler on my hair, and tends to keep the frizzies down as well. Its fun too.. As I have used everything from string, ribbon, hoodie laces, to some blue jeans that I cut into strips.
I'm a huge fan of "spin pins" for securing my buns. They're spiral pins that "screw" into the bun. They're nice when you might want a more "ballet bun" style, but you also can use them for a looser bun that still won't fall out or pull on your hair.
The three-prong hairstick comb thing is one of my go-tos if I need things to be super secure. I almost always end up pulling them too tight, though!
The way she had her hair taping needle tucked into her bodice gave me flashbacks to Rachael Maksy's weird victorian deaths video XD
Yes!! Me too!!
Me to!
Same 😂
is that a youtube channel ?
@@erri4433 yes it is. The channel is called Rachel Maksy ..and she is awesome also ♡.
“I just realized the back of my heads probably not even at all - that’s fine”
Me. Everyday. #longhairdontcare
My work recently got cctv... I now have seen how uneven my hair is ...resigned sigh.
After a ton of tries I have done this successfully… one of my ribbons was a bit short though but I love it! It’s like… loose on one side compared to the other but I’m going to try to leave it in and see how long it lasts!
I love the styles shown here! I’m still learning to braid my own hair.
To the people commenting that they have hair too short for this: take a length of ribbon and place it under your hair (so its like a scarf hanging over your shoulders), grab each end and lift the ribbon up evenly on each side, then cross it over and wrap it around a few times and then tie it into a bow, and you've got yourself a hair-tie.
Thanks!
I’ve been dealing with some hair loss recently and elastics pull way too much... I’ve been using clips and ribbons since. It’s helped a lot!
If I have to use something elasticated I use a silk scrunchy. It has to be 100% silk otherwise it can still damage hair. My best tip is to avoid wool (hats or jumpers) at all cost. Wool under a microscope is like velcro, it will grip and pull out hair.
I’d love to see more of your elastic free hairstyles!