Incorporating fade on men’s braids styles are trending over the internet like huge. Braids can be defined as a complex structure or pattern formed by interlacing three or more strands of a flexible material such as textile yarns, wire, or hair.

Compared with the process of weaving, which usually involves two separate, perpendicular groups of strands, a braid is usually long and narrow, with each component strand functionally equivalent in zigzagging forward through the overlapping mass of the others.

The fade haircut, also known as a taper, involves gradually cutting the hair on your back and sides shorter as it gets closer to your neck. By blending and fading the hair on the sides, from long at the top to short at the bottom, your barber can taper your cut into your neck and sideburns.

How to Style Braids with Fades

If you’ve got the hair for braids and want to rock this style, we’ve got all the information you need to braid your own hair in a few easy steps and come out with a stylish man braid.

• The man braid is a hairstyle that demands a certain length of hair. Like the man bun, the man braid is best suited for longer hair. You’ll need at least a few inches of hair to obtain a noticeable man braid. With about three or four inches of hair, you can get some smaller braids, and if you want to go for super long braids, you can go as long as you want. Five to eight inches of hair will produce longer, more dramatic braids, and hair longer than eight inches will make for the most extreme braids.
• When it comes to facing shape, certain braided hairstyles will favor different face shapes. If you’re simply looking to include a braid or two in your current fade haircut, then you don’t need to worry about face shape too much. If you want a style more akin to cornrows, where you’re braiding most of the hair, then face shape matters a little more. Guys with square, triangle, diamond, and oblong faces are best suited to fully braided styles. The fades here is not always really visible.
• You’ll also need a few pieces of equipment: a good quality comb, hair oil, small hair bands, and a spray bottle for water. Hairbands are the only absolutely necessary tool, but depending on your hair type, it may benefit you to have some of the others. Once you’ve got the materials you need, you’re ready to start styling your braid.
• You can start with no preparation if you have manageable hair, but if your hair is tougher to work with, use the spray bottle to mist your hair with water. You don’t want your hair to be drenched––moisten it enough so that it’s flexible to work with. Brush or comb your hair to get all the knots and kinks out.
• Locate the area where you want your braid. Grab that section of hair and divide it into three sections. You can do this using your fingers or a comb. Start by taking the leftmost section of your hair and crossing it over the middle section. Then take the rightmost section and cross it over the middle section. Continue in this alternating fashion until you’ve finished the braid, which should be fairly tight. (You can also braid starting with the right side.)
• Once you’ve finished the braid, fix it at the end with a hairband in the same way that you would tie a ponytail. You can then shave the hair left surrounding the braided parts to give a nice fade.

Braids and fades is a very suitable hairstyle for men with both short and long hair. The difference might just be the number of braided parts and faded parts. The difference in fades is also important because there are various types of fades.