Method for braiding hair

Abstract

A method is provided for braiding hair, the method comprising retrieving a plurality of hair bundles, each hair bundle being bound with hair from the hair bundle, and wherein each hair bundle comprises a substantially similar number of strands of hair. A person implementing the method then identifies a plurality of groupings of hair at a user's scalp to be braided and initiates a braid at the user's scalp by passing a first of the plurality of groupings of hair over the other of the plurality of groupings and then passing each remaining grouping of the plurality of groupings over each of the other of the plurality of groupings at least once.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for braiding hair comprising:
 retrieving a plurality of hair bundles, each hair bundle being bound with hair from the hair bundle, wherein each hair bundle comprises a substantially similar number of strands of hair;   identifying a plurality of groupings of hair at a user's scalp to be braided;   initiating a braid at the user's scalp by passing a first of the plurality of groupings of hair over the other of the plurality of groupings and then passing each remaining grouping of the plurality of groupings over each of the other of the plurality of groupings at least once;   incorporating at least one of the plurality of hair bundles into the braid and continuing the braid with the additional hair.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of hair bundles are retrieved from packaging, wherein the packaging contains the plurality of hair bundles each independently bound with hair from the corresponding bundle. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein prior to being located in the packaging, a larger bundle of hair is divided into the plurality of bundles and wherein each of the plurality of bundles is independently bound and prepared for incorporation into a braid. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein prior to being located in the packaging, each of the plurality of bundles is brushed to smooth the hair and remove tangles. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of hair bundles each comprise artificial hair, and wherein the groupings of hair at the user's scalp comprise real human hair. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of hair bundles each comprise real human hair. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising folding the at least one hair bundle in half at a binding location prior to incorporating it into the braid. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising completing the braid using the at least one of the plurality of hair bundles, identifying a second plurality of groupings of hair at the user's scalp to be braided, and initiating a second braid at the user's scalp by braiding the second plurality of groupings and incorporating at least a second of the plurality of hair bundles into the braid.