Long box braids with curly ends Long jumbo box braids ... the top half into a bun while tucking under all ends. While big ...

Thanks to the waist-long lengths favoured by the likes of Beyoncé, Normani and Zendaya, alongside the popularisation of DIY-friendly braiding techniques like box ... braid trends set to be big ...

has one big advantage over the others in the genre. Box braids, to cite just one example of African hair braiding, take a long time to perfect. Eight hours in the stylist’s chair is not uncommon.