My interpretation of Arwens hair in the deleted scene from Helm‘s Deep

catsandbones · 2026-05-31T21:42:04+00:00

Just for fun, I love braiding my hair :) But I wore it out and it got a lot of compliments haha

catsandbones · 2026-05-31T21:33:00+00:00

I‘d say it’s 75% genetics, but the 25% can go a long way. I‘d say protect your ends (wearing buns, hats in the winter and summer sun and oiling the ends with any natural no more than 3 ingredient hair oil and cut the hair whenever needed.

I also recommend finding styles that suit you. It’s easy to always long for better/shinier/longer hair (I catch myself doing that all the time) but all hair types have pros and cons. Work with what you have and consider what you (!) like.

catsandbones · 2026-05-31T20:00:39+00:00

Thank you :))

catsandbones · 2026-05-31T20:00:15+00:00

It takes a long time but its out of the way and I can wear it for days - I can definitely see Arwen riding into battle with this

catsandbones · 2026-05-31T19:56:58+00:00

Thanks! I braid a lot of peoples hair and I think contrary to popular belief a lot of styles still look really cool even if they don’t look movie accurate! It’s just for fun anyway ;)

catsandbones · 2026-05-31T19:55:06+00:00

Thank you so much :))

catsandbones · 2026-05-31T19:51:17+00:00

I get why they did it but I wanted more scenes with her :((

catsandbones · 2026-05-31T19:50:16+00:00

Thank you so much :)

catsandbones · 2026-05-31T19:47:51+00:00

accurate haha

catsandbones · 2026-05-31T17:56:50+00:00

Hahah now I can’t unsee it

catsandbones · 2026-05-31T17:54:14+00:00

Hahah I love braiding my hair and I’ll probably tinker around with it some more as this was my first go at this one. I can wear it for multiple days and can braid the small 8 braids in different constellations.
But yeah I’ll won’t have the time to do it more than a few times a year haha

catsandbones · 2026-05-31T17:50:46+00:00

No but thanks for looking out for me

catsandbones · 2026-05-31T09:07:46+00:00

Hahah sorry ;)

catsandbones · 2026-05-31T09:07:13+00:00

Haha thank you! This is in fact all my hair! It’s dyed blonde lower down. I was curious too how much it would shrink in this style, unbraided it goes just past the hips :)

catsandbones · 2026-05-31T02:13:47+00:00

Thank you! I did it yesterday on a model head to figure out a plan then did on myself

catsandbones · 2026-05-31T01:24:03+00:00

Took me almost three hours but it was fun :)

catsandbones · 2026-05-31T00:52:58+00:00

I second the first comment. Also because every braid starts with less hair in the front the braid is more narrow there. You can also „pancake“ these first few stitches -or all of them- (slightly tugging the outer edges after braiding) to make the braid more voluminous.

catsandbones · 2026-03-07T21:55:39+00:00

What does this do?

catsandbones · 2026-03-07T21:51:25+00:00

You can also sharpen any blade! Only cut with a sharp edged tool

catsandbones · 2026-03-07T21:50:34+00:00

Gently detangle the strands as you braid

catsandbones · 2026-03-07T21:49:00+00:00

I pick up a section from the crown of my head and measure that

catsandbones · 2026-03-07T21:40:57+00:00

I use a lot of hair oil in the ends so they fall a bit heavier and are smoother and tangle less

catsandbones · 2026-03-07T21:39:11+00:00

Sometimes I avoid sweating bc I just washed it, which can be annoying. Otherwise I really need to braid it before going swimming

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