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This look deserves *all* the commotion.

Now I don't mean to tell you how to live your life, but all I'm saying is that if you don't make an appointment with your braider to try this "Snake Stitch Braid" by the end of 2022, you are making the biggest hair mistake of your life. Okay fine, that may be a *tad* dramatic, but if you watch today's episode of The Braid Up you'll see what I'm talking about...this style deserves all the praise! This look is a structural masterpiece when it comes to protective styles, and I predict it will be a trending style in the months ahead. New York-based stylist Lesia Durant-King is the genius behind today's "Snake Stitch Braid" and her methods really showed up and showed out. Just peep the flawless final look in the video below.

Hair: In collaboration with Stasha Harris of Magic Fingers Studio Makeup: Ashley Johnson Videographer: Rob Mroczko Production Assistant: Jay Aguirre Director of Digital Series: Tara O’Connell