Alexandra Burke reveals she’s been braiding her own hair extensions

She’s joined the nation in lockdown in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus. 

And amid the government’s warning that hairdressers could remain closed for up to six months even if lockdown was lifted, Alexandra Burke resorted to braiding her own hair on Friday.

Taking to Instagram, the X Factor winner, 31, showcased her chic braided hair extensions after revealing she’d spent the whole day working on the style.

Alexandra firstly shared a snap of herself with her tresses wrapped in a colourful scarf, as she said: ‘Spent the day braiding my hair. What hairstyles have you been doing in quarantine?’ 

She then shared a video which showed off her progress as she intricately plaited the thin blonde and black box braids. 

The Hallelujah hitmaker appeared chuffed with herself as she smiled to the camera while coming to the end of her mammoth task.

And her efforts were clearly worth it as the star looked incredible with her elegant new hairdo. 

Her post was soon flooded with fans complimenting her on her locks, with Strictly star Neil Jones even joking: ‘Feel free to come and braid mine.’ 

Alexandra’s stunning snaps came after she revealed she had suffered a panic attack during lockdown earlier this month.

Speaking to Vas J Morgan for an I AM ENOUGH chat on Saturday, the singer revealed she was unable to visit her mother Melissa Bell’s grave, as cemeteries were closed after being deemed ‘non-essential.’

In her candid discussion about the experience, Alexandra said: ‘Two days ago I thought to myself I’m going to go and give my mum some flowers, so I drove down to the grave and it was closed.

‘Major anxiety, big old panic attack in the car because I thought “how can you stop me from seeing my own mum?” and many people go through that, I didn’t know that’s not that wasn’t essential.

‘I can understand that they’re cancelling people’s weddings etc but I didn’t realise that’s non-essential.

‘My auntie explained to me “girl these people can’t be around others too, you can’t expect them to be open.”

Discussing her struggle to come to terms with being unable to see her mother, she went on: ‘This is a way to stop people from getting out and being busy and i totally [understand that] but I didn’t get it at the time.

‘I had to have my auntie explain it to me and I thought “okay I get it”, and I felt awful, but I was so taken aback that we couldn’t do things we wanted to do anymore, and that’s doing lovely things like laying flowers for someone, and seeing your friends.

‘You take those things for granted and you can’t do that now, and that caused me major anxiety.’

Soul II Soul chart-topper Melissa Bell died on 28 August 2017 at the age of just 53 after a nine-year battle with kidney failure, which was brought on by diabetes.