Tree Braids was a protective style I’d been looking forward to tackling for some time now. My mom didn’t want any straight hair or loose curls…she definitely wanted kinky or curly….so we decided to use Brazilian braid hair in Auburn and Brown and it came out absolutely spectacular.

One thing I love about the technique of tree braiding is that it provides a much smoother flatter finish then other techniques making the extension hair appear to be the persons own naturally growing hair that much more.

Let me know what you think of the look! Here are the pix

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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.

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These are a lovely set of loc extensions done on a beautiful young lady named Iriane. She opted to have them be shoulder length and it was a great decision….they’re absolutely beautiful and so natural. Let me know what you think of her look!

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Sharing a lovely set of loc extensions I recently did on a beautiful woman named Nneka! She got them about Bra-Strap length with some subtle copper highlights here and there.  It couldn’t be more flattering if we tried! Here are the pix! Enjoy loves!

Let me know what you think of her look!

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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.

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How it looks from the Back

Isn’t she lovely?

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As you all know, I love creating fresh new protective styles that let you stay fabulous while you protect your strands and retain length. I quickly fell head over heels in love with the idea of doing temporary dreadlock extensions that look 100% legit as a protective style.

After doing tons of research for tutorials on youtube I found most of them pretty lacking and more geared towards nubian twists; which are really nice looking, but look super shiny and pretty blatantly fake. So I took small tips from several tutorials but when I got down to it I found that I had to come up with my own techniques for this style and thats just what I did!

This was my first attempt at loc extensions and it was a raving success. I was really happy with the results and did them to be removable.

My friend Makini is having an absolute blast with them she washes almost every day. Her hair is completely protected and surrounded by the extension hair so she’s not concerned with her hair rubbing against anything and drying out. She even has the freedom to sleep with her hair fully loose if she likes. As for how I did them its way too involved to type so I promise I will explain all my styles in a video tutorial series coming up super soon.  The pix are next followed by the FAQ’s and their answers enjoy!

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After

Here are some FAQ’s and my Responses

Are they permanent?

You can make this style either permanent or temporary

Do you use Glue?

For temporary loc extensions I definitely do not use glue but for permanent loc extensions I might have to. I’ve found that most want them temporary thus far anyhow.

Do I have to use Human hair?

You are not required to use human hair for this look. The set I did on Makini was done with synthetic afro kinky hair

Is this style okay if I have shorter hair/transitioning hair?

This style would work just as well for short/newly natural/transitioning hair….there are even relaxed ladies getting this done as a protective style.

Will it look real?

It looks 100% legit, you go from your current look to looking like you’ve had locs for a decade overnight….its pretty awesome

Can I wash my hair with them in?

Absolutely Makini washes almost every day with no issues

How long can this last?

You could keep this in for up to 4 months, it has the same staying power as a weave. Whats nice about it, is that your new-growth will blend flawlessly with the extension hair…as it is the same texture.

Can I go in the water at the beach with this?

Yes you can absolutely go to the beach and get in the water with this.

What Brand/How many packs of hair did it take to do?

It takes 3-4 packs of hair depending on length

How long does this style take to complete?

This style takes allll day long to do lol you have to start in the morning and be finished by the night

This is one of many styles I’ve been doing this summer I have SO much more in store (including the redesign of my site!) and I plan to share them all with you! Let me know what you think!

*If you’re in the New York area and interested in getting this style done leave a comment below and I’ll promptly get in touch with you*

Thanks for reading!

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.

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Hey everyone! So my brother has been rocking a low fro lately, he finally let me style it for him….I think I broke him down lol

I was inspired by a picture of an actor with beautiful comb coils and my brother agreed that it would be a good look I used a barber comb…..I did longer rectangular sections in the back and on the crown I did small individual coils.

It was really interesting styling his hair, realizing that he has coily hair on the sides and back curly hair on his crown.

Anywhoo onto the pix!

Before

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Getting started

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lol! posin for the camera

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Finshed!

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Hey guys! So these are the pix of the first week of my crochet braids and the premiere of my Fotki! http://members.fotki.com/BlackMasterPiece/about/

You can find the complete album of the Crochet braids in my foki album but I’ll post a few of the best here.

All I do is sleep with a satin bonnet and shake and go in the morning

So this is me getting started on the cornrows

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All done!

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Finished the crochet braids! Voila!

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I used Auburn on the top and dark brown on the bottom

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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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