Braids are a black girl’s summer staple style. They are cool, chic, and are easy to maintain. Though sometimes it’s easy to get stuck in a rut of styles: simple cornrows, twists, or box braids.

If you feel like mixing things up, try creating braided mini-parts in whatever design or pattern speaks to you. When finished, make sure to feed your finished braid into one of the main stitch braids.

Seriously, whenever I get stitch braids, I get a billion compliments. So this week on The Braid Up, our braid guru, Stasha Harris, is giving you two freestyle stitch braids you’ll want to rock ASAP.

Get creative with these adorable butterfly and heart design braids for kids! A fun and intricate stitch braid style that’s perfect for young ones and their unique hairstyles.

I'm hoping some of your weekends included half-up hairdos (for our February Beauty Resolution—my results coming tomorrow), but the stars were all about the one trend that doesn't seem to have an ...