Braids & Waves Pro workshop
Trusted by 400+ stylists
Add braiding to your menu. Learn from the best.
A two-day hands-on workshop where Ksenia, a top 100 braider in the world three years running, trains your hands until your braids and cornrows are worth paying top dollar for.
Top 100 braider in the world
One Shot Hair Awards · three years running
For barbers
Add another revenue stream
You already have people asking you for braids. Why send them somewhere else?
For hairdressers
Put braids on the service menu
Next time a client asks for braids, you can confidently say yes.
For braiders
Charge more for your work
Cleaner braids and cooler styles move every price on your list up.
Every “sorry, I don’t braid” sends money out the door
If you work with hair for a living, you’ve had the ask. Sport season, festival time or simply someone who wears braids as a daily style.
Requests you can’t take
Braids get asked for every week, and the answer is always no.
Money spent elsewhere
The client still gets braids, with whoever said yes, and that’s who they rebook.
Braids that fall apart
Self-taught braids that look right for a day and go fuzzy in a couple of days.
Nobody to guide you
When a braid fails, there’s no one to tell you what your hands did wrong.
Why not YouTube
Why tutorials haven’t got you there
Tutorials
Show the technique once.
The workshop
You’re told why, and shown the fix.
Tutorials
Nobody sees your hands.
The workshop
Ksenia corrects them while you braid.
Tutorials
Can’t tell you when you’re ready.
The workshop
You repeat it until it’s clean.
Tutorials
When a braid fails, you guess.
The workshop
You leave knowing your braids are worth paying for.
Your teacher
Ksenia Unru · Braids & Waves, Perth
Learn from a top 100 braider in the world, three years running
Most professionals who braid taught themselves in stolen hours between clients, guessing at what their hands were doing wrong. Ksenia teaches the part a tutorial can’t: what your hands are doing, corrected while you braid. Her salon runs on braiding, with clients driving in from regional WA.
Braider in the world, One Shot Hair Awards, 2024, 2025 and 2026
Rating across 255 Google reviews.
People taught to braid, in person.
Proof
255 five-star reviews, endorsed by clients and peers
A finished set out of the chair
Correction happens while you braid
The pattern work that sells at a premium
“The fact she can get me doing a passable Dutch braid in 2hrs is testament to how good she is as a teacher.”
Giles Graham, a self-described “crusty middle-aged Army veteran” who had never touched long hair · Google review
“This is by far the most pleased I’ve been with a braider, and then I found out she’s ranked top 100 in the world!”
Rianmason · Google review
“If you want the best braids in Perth don’t waste your time going anywhere else I can promise you that.”
Malik Smith · Google review
“Talent and passion for what she does. New favourites.”
Filthy Fades · Perth barber studio
“The most talented hairstylist I have met... her creativity is beyond and she has a very dynamic skill set.”
Chelsea Bradley · industry colleague
workshop structure
Two days, and most of it is you braiding
The structure is simple: get the foundations right, then practise until they hold.
Day 01
Foundations and cornrows
Hand placement, tension, body position, sectioning, then straight cornrows start to finish. The rest of the day is practise, with Ksenia correcting your hands.
Day 02
Recap, then patterns
Morning practise to lock it in, then curved parts and the intricate sectioning that sells at a premium. You leave with a take-home practice plan.
optional add-on:
Hair extensions
If you want to learn braiding with extensions to add more volume, length and a splash of colour, you can add an optional hair extensions lesson.
optional add-on:
One-on-one session
If you want Ksenia to personally help you with whatever you're struggling with, you can add an additional one-on-one lesson after the workshop.
What’s included
One ticket, everything provided
Hands-on training.
I show you what to do, then watch your hands and help you perfect it.
Tools and mannequin heads
Everyting is provided for you. You just need to show up.
Small groups
Kept small on purpose, so you get enough help and attention.
A take-home practice plan
So you can keep improving after the workshop.
Leave ready to take braiding bookings
Cornrows worth paying for
A full set done clean, with tension that holds for weeks without hurting.
Patterns that charge more
Curved parts and intricate sectioning, the premium end of any braid menu.
Faults found and fixed
Your specific technique errors caught and corrected before they become habits.
A confident yes
The next braid request that lands in your chair is a booking, not a referral.
Your seat
The first workshop is small on purpose
Small enough that Ksenia can stand behind every chair. Waitlist members hear first, and seats will go before the public sees them.