Self-taught hair stylist, 34, leaves people stunned with intricate braids

Hair by numbers! Accountant who taught herself to braid shows off amazingly intricate looks after quitting her job to become a stylist

  • Trendafilka Kirova, 34, has left people stunned with her intricate hair creations
  • She was an accountant before surprisingly becoming a self-taught hair stylist
  • The mother, from Macedonia, creates fantasy-like hair braids in unusual styles
  • She taught herself to braid after watching videos online while she was pregnant
  • Trendafilka often shares tutorials showing how she does her stunning hair braids

A mother has become a viral sensation after creating mesmerising braids that look almost impossible to have achieved with strands of hair.

Trendafilka Kirova, 34, from Macedonia, has left people gobsmacked with her intricate hair creations, which she shares snaps and videos of on Instagram.

The mother-of-two, who has a master’s degree in economics, was working as an accountant until she made a radical career change a few years ago, becoming a self-taught freelance hairstylist.

And the bold move has definitely paid off as she now creates fantasy-like hair braids in unusual designs and shapes that leave people questioning how she did them.

Trendafilka Kirova, 34, from Macedonia, has left people gobsmacked with her intricate hair braids, which she shares snaps and videos of to her Instagram account @another-braid

Trendafilka creates fantasy braids in unusual designs and shapes, including pastel-coloured infinity symbols decorated with flowers, that leave people questioning how she did them

Trendafilka creates fantasy braids in unusual designs and shapes, including pastel-coloured infinity symbols decorated with flowers, that leave people questioning how she did them

She has perfected a number of stunning designs, including transforming people’s hair into ‘hearts’ and pastel-coloured infinity symbols decorated with flowers, as well as achieving the classic styles.

Trendafilka unbelievably taught herself to braid while she was pregnant and quickly decided that she wanted to pursue her passion as her full-time career.

Trendafilka explained: ‘I actually started braiding my own hair while I was pregnant with my first child.

‘I also used to work as an accountant and internal auditor but knew that I needed a change and decided to switch careers.

The mother (pictured with son Atanas, eight, and daughter Marija, five) was an accountant until she made a career change a few years ago, becoming a self-taught freelance hairstylist

The mother (pictured with son Atanas, eight, and daughter Marija, five) was an accountant until she made a career change a few years ago, becoming a self-taught freelance hairstylist

Trendafilka unbelievably taught herself to braid while she was pregnant and quickly decided that she wanted to pursue her passion as her full-time career

The talented stylist amazingly taught herself to create the complicated braids after watching videos online and said she quickly became 'obsessed' with them

Trendafilka unbelievably taught herself to braid by watching videos online while she was pregnant and quickly decided that she wanted to pursue her passion as her full-time career

Her mesmerising photographs have racked up thousands of likes and comments on Instagram, and she was even awarded the £ONESHOT Hair Awards back in 2019

Her mesmerising photographs have racked up thousands of likes and comments on Instagram, and she was even awarded the £ONESHOT Hair Awards back in 2019

‘I started working as a freelance hairstylist and couldn’t be happier with that decision.’

The talented stylist amazingly taught herself to create the complicated braids after watching videos online and said she quickly became ‘obsessed’ with doing them.

She continued: ‘I started watching a lot of tutorials and started doing simple braids. 

‘I find braiding to be so calming and after a while, I started learning new, more complicated techniques.

‘After that, braiding became my obsession.’

Her mesmerising photographs have racked up thousands of likes and comments on Instagram, and she was even awarded the £ONESHOT Hair Awards back in 2019.

Trendafilka often shares tutorials showing people how she creates her impressive masterpieces, giving them a chance to try and perfect the styles themselves

She has perfected a number of stunning designs, including transforming people's hair into 'hearts' and pastel-coloured infinity symbols decorated with flowers

She has perfected a number of stunning designs, including transforming people’s hair into ‘hearts’ and pastel-coloured infinity symbols decorated with flowers

The mother admitted that she is constantly thinking about new hair creations to try out, but added that her favourite styles are fishtail (above) and infinity braids

The mother admitted that she is constantly thinking about new hair creations to try out, but added that her favourite styles are fishtail (above) and infinity braids

Trendafilka often shares tutorials showing people how she creates her impressive masterpieces, giving them a chance to try and perfect the styles themselves.

The mother admitted that she is constantly thinking about new hair creations to try out, but added that her favourite styles are fishtail and infinity braids.

She added: ‘It’s hard to pick but I would say my favourite designs are probably the fishtail or the infinity braid.

‘But I think about new technics every single minute.’