I promised additional pix including how I looked here they are! We were at a theatre in Chealsea seeing a play my brother directed, we were beaming with pride.

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These are crochet braids I did on my mom! I must say it looks fab! Its an excellent protective style which will be great for her as I’ll be away to school again by the end of this weekend :’( ….I learned it from chocolatetresses on youtube to get her tutorials type in her username and the word crochet.

So as many of you know, I’m modeling LongHairDon’tCare’s regimen as much as possible. Essentially her reggie is based on long term low maintenence protective styling to achieve your goal. The protective style I found and fell in love with were crochet braids. I chose them because they give you a very “done” polished look while protecting your hair, they’re quick and easy to do most ladies on youtube say it took them a average of 3-4 hours so I was excited to try them. Well my mom went from store to store and couldn’t find a latch hook anywhere :-\ so we got creative and I pretty much did this style with nothing more then a bobby pin lol I used FreeTress Water Wave Hair in number 4 and a little 4/30 to incorporate the golden highlights.

Its doesnt look like much hair in the pack but its called bulk for a reason people! lol to do her hair it took just 2.5 packs it was about $6 each. The hair frizzes very easily when you seperate each cluster so to tame that and define the curl I used some cheapo Ampro Clear Ice Gel I had lying around on each piece and it worked beautifully very little flaking and light-medium hold.  I was so glad to finally find a use or that. If you want more of an afro look you can simply leave the hair frizzy and you’ll get the full effect you want. Without further ado…..heres the pix!

Enjoy!

I started by Cornrowing her hair while wet. I used a very small amount of IC fantasia gel on her edges and the first half inch of her roots. On the rest of her hair I used Organic Root Stimulator Olive Oil Cream Moisturizer for each section and re-wetted as I went along with aspray bottle.

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All finished with the braids!

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This is mommy glammed up at the theatre…more pix from last night should be up by later today! Including how I looked or the night so stay tuned!

So thats mommy’s protective style for the next month! I wanted to do this on myself as well but that looks like thats happening next weekend instead mommy’s fabulousity comes first, she sacrificed for me all these years she deserves some pampering. Hope you enjoyed!

On both ladies I used nothing but my trusty Eco Styler Gel, some fast food straws, bobby pins to secure, tailcomb and fine-toothed comb.

The first straw set I did was on my beautiful friend Makini her hair type is 3c

She’s an amazing make-up artist you can reach her at her site www.fabfacesmakeup.com

This is her before shot:

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Fully Set in Straws

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Voila!!

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I was proud not only for the stunningly flawless end result, but because she told me this inspired her to use less heat and explore the versatility of her own texture more…..really made me feel wonderful.

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The Second set I did on my mom who has shorter hair,  she went for a fuller look…and she’s a 4a…by the way I am also a type 4a and my results with a straw set is on the top right of the banner…. ENJOY!

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All Finished & Separated!

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I keep my mommy lookin fly!

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Hope I inspired you with all the natural possibilities!

This is soooooo exciting!!

As some of you may or may not know, my last laptop that had all my tutorials crashed and it was devastating for me because I had 68 long and short videos full of various styles and techniques that I was really excited to premiere.

Ever since the summer I’ve been mourning them.

Well good news! Today, thanks to my brother JP I was able to recover ALL my files!

Right now I’m looking for a video editor if any of you know one that can do it for free that would be awesome!

I will also be throwing a release party for my video tutorials so stay tuned for that!!

Wooohoooo!