A list of things I use:
https://melaninhaircare.com/collections/all-products
https://kurlyklips.com/collections/my-fro/products/ponytail-fro
That’s umm, about it. Lol. Water, conditioner and hang dry before installation.
Stay Trendy, Stay You
–TBG
Annnd I’m back at it. Got a lot of help from my partner this time with the parts and spacing. Reused the same hair from last time. Click here for a short timelapse video of the takedown.
Here’s what I used:
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Le process took about 6 hours. But it should last around 3 weeks or so, fingers crossed. We started with freshly blow-dried hair and a trim ( I don’t recommend this, the ends do not blend well with rope twists after a fresh trim)
(aforementioned trimmed hair)
Here’s me pouting cause he wouldn’t let me help lol
And finally the end result:
That’s that folks. ( I’m not angry lol just can’t see well when my glasses are off center).
Stay Trendy, Stay You
–TBG
Another life saver of mine: half wigs! They’re affordable, easy to use and a serious time saver. I like to braid the front to add style, because when I just pull my hair back it looks frizzy and just bad. Braiding helps to create a seamless illusion. I throw some cornrows in there, a few two strand twists. You’ll come to see that I repeat a braiding pattern that I like with three braids on the side, and two perimeter flat twists. The rest is messily cornrowed straight back because I dont care muahahahah.
Ahem, anyway lol. Visit your local beauty supply and check out their drawstring ponytails and half wig collection. This one is supposedly 100% human hair , I got it from my grandma actually LOL. So I don’t how much it costs, but shouldn’t be more than $30. Then again she has expensive tastes so I wouldn’t be surprised if it were around $50. But #aintnobodygottimeforthat I’m still in a post college broke phase lol. So again, *cough* local beauty supply drawstring section.
That’s it , hope my tip helped out a bit n_n
Until next time ๐
So I bought and tried my first hair wrap n_n. I got it from a company called the Wrap Life, its the Labelle style in Orange. It doesn’t come with any instructions, and the YouTube tutorials are mindblowingly unhelpful, lol but it encourages creativity. Here’s me having some fun with it. The wraps come in beautiful colors and styles and I had a lot of fun with it. Oh it cost $22-27/wrap depending on the style and color you get. I find that affordable and the wraps are surprisingly easy to coordinate with everyday clothing.
There’s a mom with an adopted black daughter and she takes such wonderful care of her daughter’s hair. She comes up with beautiful styles that look good on children and adults. If you’re lacking natural hair-styling inspiration, check out her posts. Also, if you have children these styles are time savers.
There’s a cool flat twist style. here:
http://www.chocolatehairvanillacare.com/2014/11/flat-twists-into-french-twist-updo.html
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