Welcome to my bold, colorful Sabina Karlsson inspired look!
I absolutely adore it and will be returning to this look regularly. I blowdried my hair throughly on hot and high and braided my hair down in this pattern:
Fluffed each piece out and attached the hair and Voila!
I used Marley braid hair. On myself I simply did them as crochet braids….on someone else I would do a combination of tree braids along the hair line and crochet in the rest.
The maintenance is almost non-existent with this style, I clip it up when I’m going into the shower (no shower cap) and I just lift one side lay my head down and go to sleep at night (no scarf).
At first it was a bit of a shock because I didn’t expect it to come out so light. But I grew to appreciate it. When I went to the city on Monday all I got were rave reviews, men showering compliments and questions on just how I pulled this off.
I really feel like this may be “my color” and I will go for this color combo with my real hair in the near future.
Let me know what you think about the color, the shape the size….anything! Thanks for reading guys.
**If you’re interested in getting this protective style done, please leave a comment to be contacted with additional information.**
Hey everyone! Just wanted to share some of my latest work. This time we used freetress bohemian curl hair in 4/30. She wanted it shorter so I did this beautiful layered curly fro look for her which she loved. The copper highlights looked absolutely stunning on her we couldn’t be happier with the results.
Anywhoo here are the pix! lemme know what you think! I just ADORE the layers.
In the Process of attaching
All Done!
Side Profile
How it looks from the Back
Isn’t she lovely?
*Anyone in the NYC area interested in getting this style done please leave a comment below to be contacted with additional info*
Hey guys! So my Cousin decided she wants to enjoy the feel of having bangs and jet black hair without changing her own actual hair so she asked me to make her a wig and thats exactly what I did. It was a quickweave based on a stocking cap. We used human hair blend cheap hair and I’m happy with the results for my first try. I am making it my top priority to start rolling out tutorials for you guys regularly and I promise they’re coming up soon! Without further ado….here’s the pix!
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Mid-way through
I laid the tracks in a U shape untill I reached the crown…once I got to the crown I started laying them in a circle.
I’d like to dedicate this song to my crochet braids…you been so good to me boo! lmao!
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This has been an absolutely wonderful month and the freetress water wave hair has aged like a fine wine. I’m actually going on 5 weeks and I’m still getting compliments (not to mention catcalls ) left right and center. I went to the beauty supply last week to get some more of the hair to redo them for my mom and the ladies at the beauty supply were in amazement, one of them stepped out from behind the counter and told me how gorgeous it looks, her eyes were gaping lol it was really nice.
I had an adorable moment with my brother after having them in for a week he turned to me and said I really like your hair….is that a protective style? I was grinning from ear to ear I was like “You really listen to me! Thats so sweet” and he was like “yea ok relax” lol that was sweet.
One day on the train this one girl got on and the second she did she said wow I love your hair and immediately asked to touch it lol not mention all the kind words and encouragement from my friends, family and all of you lovely readers its been a blast and I’m gonna just reinstall them.
Okay heres what I’ve learned about the hair over this month:
- You can definitely wash it the traditional way…with shampoo….just focus the shampoo on your scalp where all the buildup is and rise. Dont rub or tangle the hair just gently get your fingers between the braids and rub, not too vigorously but just enough.
- You can condition the hair too
- I wash weekly add a quarter size of conditioner to the hair a generous amount to my cornrows add a heaping handful of gel and let it air dry….its awesome
- I moisturize the cornrows themselves with something light like conditioner and a little extra virgin coconut oil…I’ll be using Organic Root Stimulators Olive Cream Moisturizer to moisturize after a wash for my next install.
- Daily you should shake the hair out in the morning and keep the curls separated from eachother….this part is hard to explain and thats why theres a video coming down the pike for this style.
- You must go on matt patrol weekly. Every week you should go thru the hair and search for small matts when you find them simply cut them out to keep the hair well defined and fresh
- If you have really short hair at your edges then you should add a tiny amount of hair to start off the cornrow and anchor the hair better, make sure its a very small undetectable amount.
- To make it last longer as a style it would be a good idea to cornrow the back in continuous circle and the front straight back….that way you can redo the front without having to redo the entirety, this is also helpful for those like me with longer hair to have more of their hair away and protected from the elements.
- You *must* sleep with a satin cap every night to keep it in the best condition. I grab both halves of my hair criss cross them across the back of my head…throw my satin cap over it at night and sleep however I please.
Well without further ado, here are the pix of my crochet braids over this past month:
Week 2
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Week 3
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Week 4
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And there ya have it! Additional pix can be found in my Fotki. Hope you enjoyed sweeties! Cuz I sho am! lol
Always Always ALWAYS sleep with a satin or silk scarf on your head or on your pillow case. Cotton dries out hair and causes breakage so don’t wear it on your head or on your bed. Satin and silk will not absorb any of the moisture from your hair and will allow your moisturizers to last much longer.
You gotta have your ceramic Flat iron!!! It must must MUST be a 100% fully ceramic flat Iron when your striaghtening. Remember how badly those press jobs your mom did when you were little came out? Especially the ones from the stove.
Here’s why:
a) Metal heats unevenly which results in hot spots which can cause burnt off patches
b) The metal never seals the hair’s cuticle in the striaightening process leaving it vulverable to frizz at any point
Always buy a flat iron that states that it has 100% ceramic plates they have to tell the truth on that on the packaging….many of them when you really read the packaging on the front or in the back it will state that all they have are ceramic coated plates…thats not good enough the coating will peel off within the first three uses.
On the more affordable low end the conair flat iron they sell in the drug store or beauty supply store for like $60 it was one of the best I’ve used does the job gets the hair straight its durable and doesnt damage on the higher end I’ve heard great things about Sedu and Maxiglide.
I think far too often, we complain about our hair not being where we wish it was.
We say my hair is the worst, my hair is so this my hair is so that….. I can’t stand my hair.
When we know its an over the top exaggeration. Negativity and proclaiming what your hair can’t do wont help you reach your goals.
Let’s take this time out now to give thanks for the hair we have. The hair we were blessed with, lets take this moment to emphasize the positive, what we love that our hair does, what we love that our hair has the ability to do.
Humidity, the media our culture and our foremothers told us its the worst and it ruins hairstyles, but thats not the complete truth.
Humidity ruins your hair style only if you let it. On my heathy hair journey if theres anything I learned it’s that you need to work with instead of fighting against your hair or the elements. Make the most out of any weather conditions. Check the weather at the beginning of every week and guage if its gonna be more humid or more moderate to dry weather and style accordingly. Do styles that you love the look of and also respond well to that particular weather condition…..don’t just straighten your hair because that’s what you’re used to doing if you know the weather will just make it revert, do a braid-out, do some kind of alternative that will both protect your hair and help you retain growth.
Having issues with shedding? Just wanna reduce the amount of shed hairs in your weekly wash?
Well Garlic is the solution for you!!!
You can either take garlic supplements internally (Please take the unscented version lol) which is the most effective
Or you can also use products that have garlic in them like Alter Ego Products they’re said to be incredibly effective.
Or you can make a do it yourself deep treatment mixing honey garlic olive oil or your favorite hair oils apply to the hair and scalp and leave it for 25-45 minutes. Be aware that Garlic has a strong smell and there’s a chance, you wont be able to mask the smell for a while if you do it topically.
That’s how you can significantly reduce shedding!!
Cuz I sho am! lol
You gotta have your ceramic Flat iron!!! It must must 
I think far too often, we complain about our hair not being where we wish it was.
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