What will you glam for your weekend look? Dresses or jeans? What hairstyle are you going to wear for both dresses and jeans? It must be braids. It is versatile for girls to style a braid for their pretty outfits since the braids can not only bring you a pretty hair look but also pair your makeup or your outfits well.

Prettydesigns will show you some elegant braid ideas in today’s post. They may be in different styles to silhouette your face shapes and they will make a great look surely. You can style a side braid, a mermaid braid, a loose braid… There are pretty good ideas to spice up your weekend hair looks.

Here are the ideas. Check them out and get inspired.

Side Braids

They are not just side braids. Try to upgrade your traditional side braids. Getting inspired from the faux-hawk hair do, you can make some cool side braids as following styles. Draw the locks aside and make braids for the other side. However, useful tricks will help a lot. Why not just add twisted or bangs to spice up the traditional side braids.
Cornrow Side Braids

Side Part with Braids

Ombre Hair with Side Braid

Curly Side Part with Braids

Mo-hawk Like Braided Hair

Side Blunt Braid

Wedding Side Braid

Inside-out Side Braid

Pretty Side Braid

Long Twisted Braid

Mermaid Braids

Girls will not miss mermaid braids because they look ultra-beautiful in the hairstyles.

Colorful Mermaid Braid

Mermaid Braid for Curly Hair

Pretty Mermaid Braid

Summer Mermaid Braid

Mermaid Braid with Crown Braids

Fishtail Mermaid

Mermaid Braid for Wedding Dress

Messy Mermaid Braid

Romantic Mermaid Braid

Twisted Mermaid Braid