High Heat Festival Braid, Olive Green

Our High Heat Festival Braid is made from heat resistant synthetic fiber and is commonly used for festival and rave braid styles. It's quite durable and tough, has a heat resistance of 250°F (120°C), sometimes higher, and tends to be a little bit more slinky and slippery than kanekalon jumbo braid.

Due to the smoother texture and denser fiber, Festival Braid packs are less voluminous than packs of jumbo braid in the same weight. You can see a size comparison of Festival Braid next to different styles of jumbo braid here. If you're using it for box braids, we recommend getting a couple more packs than you normally would use; most of our customers use around 8-14 packs of Festival Braid for a full head of box braids.

Boiling water usually isn't quite hot enough to seal Festival Braid. Festival Braid will not shrink down like regular kanekalon, and will stay quite soft even when it's set. You can more learn about working with Festival Braid here.

Length: 24" folded, 48" unfolded (60 cm folded, 120 cm unfolded).

Weight: 2.8 ounces (80 g).

Texture: Smooth, only very slightly kinky yaki texture. Festival Braid strands are slightly thicker in diameter and a bit denser than kanekalon jumbo braid.

Brand: I Kick Shins.

Color: Olive Green.

Customer Photos:

• In the fourth through sixth pictures, Tamoiya is wearing braids made from Festival Braid in Apricot, Latte, Light Olive Green, Olive Green, and Sugar Blond.
• In the seventh and eighth pictures, Jazmine (Etsy / Instagram / Website) is wearing braids in Light Olive Green, Olive Green, and Pistachio.
• In the ninth through eleventh pictures, Ja'Nine is wearing braids in Dark Pine and Olive Green.
• In the twelfth through fourteenth pictures, Fin S. (Instagram / Youtube) is wearing Festival Braid in Olive Green and Freed'm Silky Braid in Olive Green. The Festival Braid is the darker of the two colors.
• In the fifteenth picture, Chloe is wearing braids in Khaki Green, Olive Green, and Pistachio.
• In the sixteenth through nineteenth pictures, Dawna used Festival Braid in Moss Green, Olive Green, and Pistachio to make synthetic dread extensions.
• In the twentieth picture, Mani is wearing braids in Olive Green.
• In the twenty-first through twenty-third pictures, Shaymon used Festival Braid in Banana Split, Burnt Orange, Neon Tangerine, Olive Green, Popcorn, and Sugar Blond along with Sparkle Braid in Treasure to make faux locs.
• In the twenty-fourth through twenty-sixth pictures, Shaymon used Festival Braid in Burnt Orange, Copper, Latte, Olive Green, and Toffee to make faux locs.
• In the twenty-seventh and twenty-ninth pictures, Loveslavishlocks used Festival Braid in Fern, Olive Green, and Plum along with kk jumbo braid in 8 Walnut Brown to make synthetic dread and braid extensions. The other colors aren't from us, but you can get a similar look with Copper and Peach Bloom.

Color Comparisons:

The last three product pictures are color comparison shots that show the following:

• Basil on the left, Olive Green in the middle, and Myrtle Green on the right. All three colors are Festival Braid.
• Khaki Green on the left, Olive Green in the middle, and Pistachio on the right. All three colors are Festival Braid.
• Lime Green kk jumbo braid on the left, Olive Green Festival Braid in the middle, and Emerald Green kk jumbo braid on the right.