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Hair Styling Workshop: Beautiful Braids & Plaits

Hair Styling Workshop: Beautiful Braids & Plaits

What you'll learn

Learn how to create beautiful braids and plaits with our hairstyling courses in Sydney!

From effortless everyday braids to polished statement styles, this hands-on hair styling workshop will teach you the techniques behind some of the most popular braided looks.

Perfect for beauty lovers, beginners, and anyone wanting to improve their hairstyling skills, this workshop focuses on creating stylish, wearable braids you can recreate confidently at home. You’ll learn how to section hair, control tension, and build different braid structures while gaining practical tips to help your styles look neater, last longer, and feel more professional.

Through guided demonstrations and plenty of hands-on practice, you’ll develop confidence creating classic and contemporary braid styles including Dutch braids, French braids, fishtail braids, and waterfall twists. You’ll also explore ways to combine these techniques into soft, creative hairstyles suitable for everyday wear, festivals, events, or special occasions.

Whether you’re styling your own hair or practising on friends and family, this workshop is a fun, relaxed way to build practical hairstyling skills and unlock a whole new level of hair confidence.

If you’d like to continue building your hairstyling skills, you may also enjoy our Hair Styling Workshop: Elegant Upstyles and Hair Styling Workshop: Curls, Waves & Straightening to truly master the art of good hair!

Learning outcomes

By the end of this Hair Braiding workshop, you will have explored concepts and techniques such as:

  • Practising a variety of braiding and plaiting techniques
  • Creating different braided hairstyles with more confidence
  • Understanding sectioning, tension, and braid structure
  • Combining braids into wearable everyday or occasion hairstyles
  • Developing hairstyling skills through guided practical application

Course content

What will be covered in this Hair Braiding workshop?

During the workshop, participants will work with techniques and ideas such as:

  • Dutch braid
  • French braid
  • Fishtail braid
  • Waterfall twist
  • Tips for creating neater, longer-lasting braided styles
  • Combining braids into simple finished hairstyles

Content may vary slightly depending on class pace, participant interests, hair types, and instructor approach.

Course venue

Rozelle Campus

2A Gordon Street, Rozelle NSW 2039 (corner of Gordon St & Victoria Rd on the grounds of St. Joseph's Church)

Intended audience

Who is this Hair Braiding workshop for?

This workshop is ideal for anyone with medium to long hair wanting to improve their braiding skills and learn new styling techniques for everyday wear or special occasions.

Course materials

What to bring to class

  • Clean hair (please wash your hair the night before class)
  • Hairbrush
  • Comb (tail comb if possible)
  • Hair elastics
  • Bobby pins
  • Hairspray

Please note: If you do not wish to use your own hair to practise on, the tutor will provide mannequin heads to work with.

Course testimonials

  • said: Student gave 4 stars

  • said: I really love this course, it is very good for me and helps me to get more skill for hair... thank you so much.

  • said: 5 STARS

  • said: The venue was great, lots of space, easy to get to, good facilities and good feel to it. I liked the teacher, she was friendly and clearly an expert and it was all very relaxed

  • said: Hair braiding - intricate and needing all my concentration! Jodie is an experienced hairdresser and a patient and fun teacher. I wanted to learn a useful skill for my granddaughters’ hair. for school and a wedding coming up. I’ve now done a live fishtail braid, (halfway) and tomorrow I’m being challenged to a French braid for school photos! We would all love some practice videos, please Jodie?

Course tutors

Jodie is an experienced hairdresser and educator with more than 30 years of industry experience across Sydney and London. With a lifelong passion for hairstyling, she has worked extensively in...

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Hair Styling Workshop: Beautiful Braids & Plaits

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2026-08-10 Mon 10 Aug 2026 2026-08-10
1 session, 3 hours total
6pm - 9pm (UTC+10:00)
2A Gordon St, Rozelle
Jodie Budd
$119 Limited inc GST / $95.20 / $101.10 / $107.10
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