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.
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–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.
French Crown Braids for the win!!!!
So I’ve been obsessed with this style lately. I like it because its easy to do, lasts for 3-7 days if you sleep with a satin cap, and can be modified in a variety of different ways (adding a marley hair bun, flat twist bangs, etc.) It can take me from work, to class, to cocktails, so I’m loving it!
It’s great for summer and keeps me from throwing on my hair extensions in a panic lol.
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
Been a savin’ and a scrimpin’. I can’t wait to own these. I’m aiming to own these for Winter 2014.
So the lowdown on these klips. They’re 100% human hair and run by Lana Boone, a woman with a great hair journey. She has tons of helpful tips and and stuff on her youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/KurlyKlips
UPDATE 06/16
I actually bought these in March 2015, its been a year and a half and I have been happy with them. My hair is actually closer to 2 color than 1B, and so was the donor’s hair so luckily I did not have to dye them, but dye them I did lol. Here’s a pic of me wearing my klips n_n, a detailed post about them coming sooon.
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