What's up GQ? I'm Lisa Torres. I'm a
Barbara Stylist and hair expert. And today we're going
to break down some of the most iconic celebrity braid
hairstyles, Asap Rocky is very well known for having
box braids. It's a style that was very popular
in the nineties and it's extremely relevant. Today,
a box braid essentially is known for having a square
partying and the hair is braided directly off of it
. A lot of people like to wear it in
a pony to they like to wear it in their
face is very, very popular amongst men and women
depending on the amount of braids you want and the
size they can be anywhere from an hour to like
eight hours. I think this style on ASAP,
it looks really good. It's very stylish, a
phenomenal hairstyle for most people and it looks great on
him. It's funny how I feel like not everyone
can pull off wearing letters in their hair. I
feel like the way he does it is that he
makes sure that he brings the culture of the streets
into fashion. I think I like the jean in
the back of his head better just because this is
bigger, it makes it easier for the, the
braider to create the actual shape when it's small.
It's a little trickier. I think that he has
a great face and head shape if he ever decided
to not have braids. But I don't think anybody
in the world could imagine him without braids. So
Travis Scott, who is also very well known for
having box braids, he wears them a little different
. He has the hairline taper, which is essentially
that you take the hair that is would make up
the front hairline and it's shaved off to match the
hair on the side with a small island of hair
, long hair where it's braided and he likes to
wear big box braids. So that's more like jumbo
box braids. So this haircut suits him really well
because he loves to wear his braids in his face
and it's really easy for him to move around like
the rock star that he is. I'm team all
black, but that might be a little bit of
a bias because styles come and go. So right
now, I think I'm leaning more towards the natural
hairstyle, natural hair color. Little Yachty is very
well known for having these bright red small box braids
with the beads. And I think it was a
really cool hairstyle. It was a really cool way
to bring it back to the younger demographic. So
to put these beads on the braids, you have
to use a special tool. It kind of looks
like a giant needle. You kind of fill it
up with the beads and then the opening, you
, you put the braid in and then you slide
the beads up into the braid. Now that it's
been a couple of years, I feel like this
style has aged. Well, I feel like when
he did it, it was more simple. So
nowadays the the beads tend to be more intricate,
more colorful, but it held the test of time
and people are still getting beads on their hair.
So for the hairstyle that's on the right. She
has jumbo box braids and then for the style on
the left, she has small box braids, they're
not considered micro, but they're pretty small. There's
a lot of them there. But for the Jumbo
box braids, this is like a super easy hairstyle
. It looks like she could have some extensions.
But as you can see, it's harder to tell
it blends in very well with her natural hair.
It's, it's a cute, more like natural look
. I feel like it's definitely doable to wear braids
, straight bags extensions, all of that with a
beautiful gown. This one is super beautiful. The
one thing about braids that most people who aren't in
the hair world or may not be as exposed to
is to understand how beautiful and elegant braids can be
. So, Nipsey hustle is very well known for
his simple four braid, straight backs. They're considered
like a variation of a straight back. The lines
and the partings are essentially straight back, but the
braid in the front instead of starting in the middle
, starts at a point. And this is why
this specific style is called the Nipsey braids because they
have that specific element, corn rolls and straight backs
tend to come off as the same thing. But
a straight back is essentially the braid is starting from
the front of the head and it's going only straight
back to the back of the head. Whereas a
corn row could either be starting in the middle,
coming off to the side or even a design can
be considered a corn row. It's just the hair
being braided on the head. He definitely popularized it
because he was so consistent. And I don't even
think other than two bras I've ever seen him wear
any of the hairstyle. I think that when Drake
got braids, it shocked the world, but I
think that he did it the best way he has
a phenomenal grader and he also kept his braids very
simple. And I think that testing the waters when
you're not sure if braids are gonna look good on
, you always start with something simple and work your
way up to more complicated, intricate styles. The
two braids on Drake looks the most stylish. The
four and six braids tend to blend in and look
a little normal on him. But the two braids
because he specifically got them like on the crown of
his head and the super sleek slickness of it is
different. Like people aren't doing that right now.
It's like the snoop dog braids but nobody's stinky snoop
Dogg. They're thinking Drake like, wow, they
look great on you with two braids. I think
it goes further for him. So pop smoke has
corn rows and he popularized the starting from the middle
, bringing it to the side and off the head
. Some people don't know if they should call this
a box braid which is often a question, but
this is a corn row for sure. This hairstyle
looks be good on him because he also kind of
has like a small face. So to bring to
bring the braids down, it kind of creates like
a face frame a little bit and like elongates his
face. It's just designed to work for him.
And the popularity behind it made it iconic. Most
people when they think of Rihanna's braids, they think
of the foi braids, which is the hair being
braided on the scalp. Corn roll essentially up to
like about half the head and then the hair in
the back is box braids which are off the head
. So most people like her braids when it comes
to the styles just because they're more wearable and not
too many people actually rock it in the celebrity world
. So who doesn't know Iverson braids. He's very
famous for having designs, designs that specifically have many
braids in them. Um The zigzag braids, the
fish bone braids, he was beyond iconic for,
for his style and everything that he's done is relevant
today and I think will be relevant tomorrow. All
right guys. Well, that's all we have for
today. And if there's anyone that we miss,
make sure that you put it in the comments below
and maybe we'll get to them next time.