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Showing posts with label protective hairstyles for natural hair. Show all posts
Friday, February 21, 2014

3 Easy Protective Bun Styles On Shoulder Length Natural Hair

Hi loves! This week I wanted to do some protective styles for hair my length. I have been patiently waiting for it to grow long enough so that I could do some elegant bun type styles
















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3 Easy Protective Bun Styles On Shoulder Length Natural Hair

Friday, January 10, 2014

Natural Hair: 4 Months of Protective Styles

So back in October I charged myself with wearing my natural hair only in protective styles for 30 days. I wrote a blog post with my insights afterwards and I remember emphatically saying I was not a fan of the twist outs because they left my hair dry. I mainly have done wash and goes for the duration of my natural hair journey (which will be 2 ye…

Natural Hair: 4 Months of Protective Styles

Friday, November 8, 2013

YouTube: Holiday Hair: Heatless Twist and Curl Tutorial

In this video I am applying the Carol's Daughter hair milk to freshly washed hair that has been detangled. I am then applying Eco styler gel and then rolling it. 

My hair took 2 days to dry.

This style took me 1 hr to roll and about 45 min to unroll, untwist, and then get it how I liked it.

I detangled my hair while wet in the shower. That took 4…

YouTube: Holiday Hair: Heatless Twist and Curl Tutorial

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

A Month of Protective Styling: My thoughts

So, in the natural community everyone advocates protective styling especially during the winter months. A lot of my family members also claim that braiding your hair makes it grow faster. I am not denying any of these theories are effective, but I do think that it depends on the person's hair. My hair tends to retain less moisture when it is …

A Month of Protective Styling: My thoughts

Fall Protective Styling: Janelle Monae Inspired French Roll on Natural Hair (Tutorial)

First and foremost I apologize for the long video! I could not get the video any shorter with out just cutting out things that I deemed important. The fact of the matter is I have so much hair and this was a challenge for me and it also made the video long. I attempted this hairstyle over the summer and did an ok job working with dry hair. I have…

Fall Protective Styling: Janelle Monae Inspired French Roll on Natural Hair (Tutorial)

Monday, August 5, 2013

My Janelle Monae Pompadour

So, I love the look of Janelle Monae's Pompadour and I have been waiting to style my hair like this and it is finally long enough (happy dance). It will take some time for me to learn how to do this look, but I am really happy with how it turned out. I did this from an old wash and go. I absolutely LOVE it! As soon as I get it right I will fi…

My Janelle Monae Pompadour