When you don't have a lot of time or any pins, the side braid is a quick, easy way to get your hair off your face and neck. Part hair on the left and gather underneath right ear. Braid hair (divide hair into three parts; cross the right strand over the left, then cross the left strand over that one, then cross what is now the right over what is now the center, and so on until you have about an inch of hair left) and secure with a hair tie.