I Tried Doing My Own Box Braids For the First Time, and It Was a (Well-Worth-It) Journey

Tip #5: It's Going to Take a While

I have a pretty small head, so when I get it professionally braided, I can normally expect for it to be done in four hours or less. But as I've mentioned, I'm no professional, so this took me around six hours to complete in total, which is way less time than I expected, but a long time nonetheless.

I should also mention that I chose to do large box braids, even though I'm used to getting medium-size braids, so this (and the fact that I counted 28 total braids on my head) could also account for why I was able to get it done in a shorter amount of time.