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Home • Hair

12 Ways To Update Your Halo Braid For The Holidays

Here's how you can put a twist on this regal and classic style.
12 Ways To Update Your Halo Braid For The Holidays
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By Shalwah Evans · Updated December 6, 2020
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Whether you’re celebrating Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, the new year, or all of the above, you want to look good while doing it. A halo braid is an easy way to make your hair look like a true crown so you can feel like the queen you are.

This holiday season, take the style up a notch by adding some embellishments and style upgrades. After all, it will be 2020 and back in the ’70s, that was the ultimate future. We’re not quite at The Jetsons level, but we’re only a few technological advances away.

Make sure your hair keeps up. Try these new takes on a classic for naturalistas, protective style lovers, and everyone else who likes to feel regal with their mane.

01
Add some cornrows in the front.
12 Ways To Update Your Halo Braid For The Holidays
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02
Try it with a fishtail braid.
12 Ways To Update Your Halo Braid For The Holidays
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03
Give it a unique part.
12 Ways To Update Your Halo Braid For The Holidays
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04
Add the halo to an identical bun.
12 Ways To Update Your Halo Braid For The Holidays
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05
Do it with locs or box braids.
12 Ways To Update Your Halo Braid For The Holidays
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06
Add intricate braids inside the halo.
12 Ways To Update Your Halo Braid For The Holidays
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07
Throw in a pop of bright color.
12 Ways To Update Your Halo Braid For The Holidays
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08
Make it a halo-mermaid hybrid.
12 Ways To Update Your Halo Braid For The Holidays
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09
Style it with loose front tendrils.
12 Ways To Update Your Halo Braid For The Holidays
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10
Add it to flowing hair in the back.
12 Ways To Update Your Halo Braid For The Holidays
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Give it a twist, literally. Swap the braid for a halo twist.
12 Ways To Update Your Halo Braid For The Holidays
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12
Double up the braid and add jewels.
12 Ways To Update Your Halo Braid For The Holidays
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