Hairstyle difficulty survey (for Hair Style Dictionary)

[plainjanegirl]

This is assuming doing those on yourself, right? I can do quite a few complicated things on other people's hair, but wouldn't even think of trying on myself. My own hair's texture doesn't encourage experimenting.

Well I wouldn't see why you couldn't rate them if you can do them on someone else.

[Medvssa]

Banded ponytail [AKA Caterpillar, Purplebubba's sleep braid] 1
Basic braid [AKA Three strand braid, English braid] 1
Bee butt bun 1
Braided cinnamon bun 1 (I find it is easier than regular cinnamon, maybe because my hair is curly)
Braided Chinese bun 2
Chinese bun 1
Classic Dutch braids with bun 2
Classic French braids with bun 2
Cinnamon bun [AKA Cinnabun] 2
Coronet braid 1
Crown braid 3/4 (3, 4 on oneself)
Double basic braids 1
Double cinnamon buns horizontal 2
Double cinnamon buns vertical 2
Double Dutch braids 2
Double French braids 2
Dutch braid 2
Five strand braid 2
French braid 2
French twist 2
Gibson tuck 2
Half up cinnamon bun 2
Herringbone braid [AKA fish tail braid] 3
Peacock twist 1
Pig tails 1
Pony tail 1
Romantic French Twist (Hypnotica's) 1

[Duchess of Erat]

1 Banded ponytail [AKA Caterpillar, Purplebubba's sleep braid]
1 Basic braid [AKA Three strand braid, English braid]
1 Bee butt bun
2 Braided cinnamon bun
2 Cheater's figure eight bun (eadwine's)
3 Chinese bun
2 Cinnamon bun [AKA Cinnabun]
1 Coronet braid
4 Crown braid
1 Double basic braids
3 Dutch braid
2 Equilibrium bun
1 Fake bob trick (Cuddledumplin's)
2 Figure eight bun
4 French braid
1 Heidi braids
2 Infinity bun
2 Log roll
2 Nautilus bun [AKA Inside-out bun]
3 Orchid bun
1 Peacock twist
1 Pig tails
1 Pony tail
2 Rope braid

The 1s I could do before LHC, the 2s I learned after, but after trying with instructions once or twice I can now do them quite quickly. The 3s I've tried and I can do them, but I need several tries to make them, or they fall out, are crooked etc when I try them, so I go back to the others. French braiding gets a 4 because I can't do that at all even though I've known the theory since I was little. My hair is too smooth so I'd need at least one extra hand to keep things in place.

[camara]

1 Banded ponytail [AKA Caterpillar, Purplebubba's sleep braid]
1 Basic braid [AKA Three strand braid, English braid]
1 Braided cinnamon bun
2 Braided figure eight bun
2 Chinese bun
1 Classic Dutch braids with bun
1 Classic French braids with bun
1 Classic Herringbone braids with bun
2 Classic Frech rope braids with bun
1 Cinnamon bun [AKA Cinnabun
4 Crown braid
1 Double basic braids
1 Double Dutch braids
2 Double four strand box braid
2 Double four strand flat braid
1 Double French braids
2 Double French five strand braids
2 Double French rope braids
1 Double herringbone braids
2 Double rope braids
1 Dutch braid
2 Figure eight bun
2 Five strand braid
2 Four strand box braid
1 Four strand flat braid
1 French braid
2 French rope
1 cinnamon bun
1 Herringbone braid [AKA fish tail braid]
2 Infinity bun
2 Lace braid
2 Pony tail (Yes, it is that hard to make a decent ponytail on myself)
1 Rope braid
1 Rose bun [AKA Rope braid bun]
1 Snake bun [AKA Herringbone braid bun]
2 Sock bun [AKA Kitty bun]

I rated only the ones I knew the names of...might be I can do some of the others too, but did not recognize them.

Also, I only rated styles I actually tried at least once. They got a 1 if they take only a single try, 2 if they needed some more trying, and 3 if they needed serious practising before I could do them. 4 are things I did not master yet.

Also, I sometimes gave 1s or 2s to styles that I think are easy or moderately complicated, but take a lot of time.

[freznow]

1 Banded ponytail [AKA Caterpillar, Purplebubba's sleep braid]
1 Basic braid [AKA Three strand braid, English braid]
2 (Though maybe I should give a 3. It's easy to do, hard to get to hold) Bee butt bun
1 Braided cinnamon bun
2 Braided Chinese bun
4 Braided cornrows
2 Braided figure eight bun
2 Celtic knot bun
1 Chinese bun
2 Classic Dutch braids with bun
2 Classic French braids with bun
4 Classic French five strand braids with braided tail
4 Classic Herringbone braids with bun
3 Classic Frech rope braids with bun
3 (Maybe even a 4. But that's just cuz my hair turns it into a turd bun) Cinnamon bun [AKA Cinnabun]
2 (Easy but never comes out looking right, IME) Coronet braid
2 Coronet bun (mira-chan's)
4 Crown braid
1 Double basic braids
3 Double cinnamon buns horizontal
3 Double cinnamon buns vertical
2 Double Dutch braids
2 Double four strand box braid
2 Double four strand flat braid
3/4 Double four strand rope braids
2 Double French braids
4 Double French five strand braids
3 Double French rope braids
4 Double herringbone braids
2 Double-looped knot (KarenLynn's)
1 Double rope braids
2 Double rose buns (AprilElf's)
2 Double rose buns horizontal
2 Double rose buns vertical
1 Dutch braid
1 Equilibrium bun
3 Ficcare braid
2 Figure eight bun
3 Five strand braid
2 Four strand box braid
2 Four strand flat braid
4 Four strand rope braid (Elainehali's)
2 Flipped bun
2 French braid
3 French rope
2 French twist
2 French twist bun (Hypnotica's)
2 Gibraltar bun (Cortese's)
2 Half up cinnamon bun
3 Heidi braids
3 Herringbone braid [AKA fish tail braid]
1 Infinity bun
1 KarenLynn knot (long version)
2 KarenLynn knot (short version)
3 Lace braid
1 Lazy bun (Trolleypup's)
1 Log roll
1 Nautilus bun [AKA Inside-out bun]
4 (I can do a 7 strand Arwen braid in half an hour though!) Nine strand braid
1 Pig tails
2 Pinless braided bun
1 Pony tail
2 Pretzel bun
1 Rope braid
2 Rose bun [AKA Rope braid bun]
3 Rose bun with four strand braid
3 Rosette bun
3 Seven strand braid
3 Six strand braid
3 Snake bun [AKA Herringbone braid bun]
2 Sock bun [AKA Kitty bun]
2 Sock bun (Veronique's)
2 Victorian Updo


I don't know many of these, has anyone thought of compiling links?

[Nightshade]

Same here, only did the ones I know or that I know how to do because they're so similar to another style:

1 Banded ponytail [AKA Caterpillar, Purplebubba's sleep braid]
1 Basic braid [AKA Three strand braid, English braid]
1 Bee butt bun
2 Bee butt bun "Christmas" variation
2 Braided cinnamon bun
2 Braided Chinese bun
3 Braided cornrows
2 Braided figure eight bun
2 Braided orchid bun
2 Braid Flip (AprilElf's)
2 Celtic knot bun
2 Celtic knot bun (Cinnamon Hair's)
2 Chinese bun
1 Cinnamon bun [AKA Cinnabun]
2 Coronet braid
4 Crown braid
2 Double basic braids
2 Double cinnamon buns horizontal
2 Double cinnamon buns vertical
2 Dutch braid
2 Edwardian twist
2 Equilibrium bun
2 Ficcare braid
2 Figure eight bun
4 Five strand braid
3 Four strand box braid
3 Four strand flat braid
3 French braid
3 French twist
2 Gibraltar bun (Cortese's)
3 Hair knot
2 Half up cinnamon bun
3 Herringbone braid [AKA fish tail braid]
2 Infinity bun
2 Japanese bun
2 KarenLynn knot (long version)
2 KarenLynn knot (short version)
3 Lace braid
2 Log roll
4 Nine strand braid
2 Orchid bun
1 Peacock twist
3 Perimeter braid
2 Pig tails
2 Pinless braided bun
1 Pony tail
3 Rose bun [AKA Rope braid bun]
4 Seven strand braid
4 Six strand braid
3 Snake bun [AKA Herringbone braid bun]
1 Sock bun [AKA Kitty bun]
1 Sock bun (Veronique's)
3 Spiral french braid
3 Twisted cornrows
3 Victorian Updo


As a suggestion, perhaps in the Master file we could do things like
Braid, 3 strand
Braid, 4 strand
Braid, 5 strand

That way all the braids are together? Or not, it was just an idea

[ChatoyantLocks]

As a suggestion, perhaps in the Master file we could do things like
Braid, 3 strand
Braid, 4 strand
Braid, 5 strand

That way all the braids are together? Or not, it was just an idea

My intention when I write the program is to make styles searchable by type, so that when you enter in "braid" as a feature it will list all the styles that have braids in them.

/hijack

[Samikha]

I don't know many of these, has anyone thought of compiling links?

Freznow, they are right here! I have to try more styles before I add my numbers to the list. plainjanegirl, perhaps you could add links to the other threads on this? If you had links for my blog and ChatoyantLocks' thread for new styles it might be a bit easier, people could try some more styles if they feel they know too few and also tell us off for forgetting their favorite braid/bun/twist/random obscure thing

And I agree with Nightshade, they're all braids! But it's a matter of convenience

[plainjanegirl]

Freznow, they are right here! I have to try more styles before I add my numbers to the list. plainjanegirl, perhaps you could add links to the other threads on this? If you had links for my blog and ChatoyantLocks' thread for new styles it might be a bit easier, people could try some more styles if they feel they know too few and also tell us off for forgetting their favorite braid/bun/twist/random obscure thing

And I agree with Nightshade, they're all braids! But it's a matter of convenience

Sorry I didn't think about putting those links on here, but they are on the first post to this thread now.

[Samikha]

Thanks! I'm off to try some more styles