Welcome to part two of my College Fashion hairstyle challenge. Raise your virtual hand if you’re guilty of rocking a top knot one too many days in a row? Guilty as charged? I know I am. As much as I love a good top knot, it’s time to start changing it up. Pretty, low maintenance styles that will last all day are important for college girls with busy schedules… especially to this girl right here.

I don’t have time to fix my hair multiple times a day, so I challenged myself to come up with ten different college hairstyles I could repeat over and over. 

For the second part of the hairstyle challenge I’ve decided to focus on five different types of braids. There are a million different ways to braid hair and these are some of my personal favorites. Look below for links to tutorials for each style!

We’re challenging you to try out the featured hairstyles from part one and two of this series. Share it with us on Instagram using the hashtag #CFHairstyleChallenge and you might be featured on CF’s very own Insta account! Can’t wait to see you rock these hairstyles, ladies!

Table of Contents

1. Braided Crown

This is a classic way to style a braid and it’s so, so pretty. There are certainly more complicated versions of the braided crown out there, but I really love this tutorial from Wonder Forest for two reasons. First of all, it is ridiculously simple (with beautiful results!), and second, it will work for basically any length of hair.

This style can also be done with straight, wavy, or curly hair and the messier it is, the better it looks. If your hair is longer, I’d also recommend looking into this tutorial from Twist Me Pretty which offers another variation of the braided crown.