this is Mary Beth for Holly of braids secrets and in this video I'm going to show you how you can avoid braids a twist so your braids stay straight and beautiful for your entire show day to avoid braids the twist first section off about two fingers width of Maine for your hunter braids if you make the sections any smaller than this then the braids are strong enough to stay straight on their own next you have to keep even tension on the three sections of hair when you start the braid at the top you'll know you're doing a good job of this when the braids lay straight and flat once you've braided the main down and you pull the braids up be sure and pull the bottom braids not up into the crest this stabilizes the braid and helps it stay straight when you're ready to tie your braids down be sure and tie in the center of the braid often braids are tied higher and the tail of the braid has a tendency to twist so the most important thing to help keep your braids straight is that you tie in the middle of the braid and finally prepare your horse's mane based on the mane type if your horse has a thin mane you need to keep the mane shorter or the braids will twist because they're simply not as much hair anchoring them so if your horse is a thin mane keep it about 4 inches long for hunter braids if you are creating button braids you can add about one inch to these main lengths so by way of review here's what you learn today for sturdy straight braids use at least two fingers width of mane for each hunter braid keep even tension on all three sections of hair so that the braid lays straight pull the bottom braid not up into the crest to give the braid stability when you're creating hunter braids make sure you tie in the middle of the braid this helps to keep the braids straight all day make sure you adjust your horse's mane lengths according to the mane type remember thin Mane's need to be shorter because braids created on thin Mane's tend to twist more easily so use these five braid secrets and you'll have straight beautiful braids for your entire show day four or grating videos sign up for my free resource library a trade secrets com just click the link below this video or visit brave secrets comm to sign up for instant access