4 Chic & Easy Ways To Upgrade Your Braid (Video)

Ah, the braid. From school girl classic to red carpet chic, the braid is a look that gets endlessly reincarnated, which means that the biggest mistake you can make is to let it get boring.

Enter: The Broke Girl's Guide to teasing, pinning, and tucking your way to a reinvented braid. It's all DIY and you can try a new one each week to inspire some serious hair envy through September. (Once you've mastered these, check out the Broke Girl's Guide to festival-inspired accessories under $40 to keep your wardrobe fresh to death as you head into fall.)

Without further ado, grab a hair tie and try one of these four easy braid upgrades...

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