For those of you who aren’t familiar with triangle braids, the term applies more to the pattern of braiding. Your stylist will gather sections of hair and carefully form a triangle, which then becomes the base for braids.

Depending on the length of your hair and your preference, you can braid your natural hair or use extensions. When styled by someone who knows what they’re doing, there is nothing more stunning than the glimpses of artfully crafted triangular patterns on your scalp.

What Are Triangle Braids?

Triangle braids are a style of box braids, with the hair parted into triangles instead of squares before braiding. Triangle braids usually incorporate extensions to add length and thickness to the braids.

How to Do Triangle Box Braids

Doing triangle box braids takes time, patience, and skill, but anyone can learn to do this style with practice.

Supplies

To do triangle box braids, you’ll need a few basic supplies.

• A parting comb
• Edge control
• Extensions
• Accessories

Step 1: Part the Hair

Begin with clean, dry hair. Triangle braids can be done on any hair texture, from 1a to 4c, so there’s no need to process or straighten the hair before braiding.

Pre-parting all the hair into rows before you begin to ensure even braids. Starting at the neckline, part the hair with the teeth of a parting comb, drawing the line from one ear to the other as smooth and straight as possible.

Braid each section of parted hair into a loose cornrow to secure it out of the way before moving on to the next section. Sections may be as small as one inch for triangle microbraids to three inches or more for thick, chunky braids.

Continue parting and loosely braiding horizontal sections until you reach the crown of the head.

When you reach the crown, begin parting the hair from the top of the last section at the crown of the head and loosely braiding it into vertical cornrows, moving toward the face to keep the parted hair out of the way.