The Fakeout Trick Could Cut Your Braiding Time In Half

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and long micro braids can keep you in the salon chair for a solid 10 to 12 hours. I assumed this was unavoidable until I came across the fakeout trick hack that can cut your braiding time in half.In a recent , New Jersey Braider installs a curly sew-in at the center of a client’s head while filling the perimeter with boho braids, greatly reducing the number of braids she has to execute while mimicking the appearance of a full head of braids.

The look is so convincing that some commenters under Kamara’s video labeled this technique, which works best with boho braids, the fakeout.I reached out to Kamara about the fakeout trick hack and she took me back to its roots: “When I was a kid, it was a style that I would get all the time,” says Kamara.

The fakeout is a ‘90s technique that’s become particularly useful in our modern time as intricate, time-consuming become popular again.

Kamara fell back into this technique when a client of hers came to her in need of boho braids in a pinch. That said, it’s still a secret menu item at her salon.The fakeout technique cuts down half of the time it takes to complete the service, says Kamara.