Ah, back in the day. I'd really like to be able to do some of these styles on myself, except for some odd reason, every time my hair gets long enough (past my shoulders) I hack it off to chin length or shorter. Right now it's sort of long (down to my collar), but I still can't do this stuff to myself. However, I've got this wonderful friend who lets me play with her hair and it's absolutely perfect for Elven-type hair styles (almost black, naturally wavy, half-way down her back).
One day I sort of created a style similar to the "Legolas braids". Rather than pulling her hair into a half horse tail, I did all of it (except for the side braids) and did a fishtail braid. Then I did the side braids and wrapped then around the fishtail one (like the Renaissance styles) and secured the end. It was really cool looking.
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