This is a recent style I did for a beautiful young lady named Natalie. Curly Crochet braids….we did them Waist Length for her.
I didn’t take a pic of my braiding pattern but it was essentially the same way you’d braid hair for a weave…I made sure all her hair was braided down so it would have a beautiful smooth look to it. Here are the pix…enjoy!
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AFTER!!!!
If you’re in the NYC area and interested in getting this protective style e-mail me at CurlyQue@BlackMasterPiece.com for more info and I will get back to you promptly!
Even if you just wanna talk about the style itself and how it came out….Let me know what you think! Thanks for reading.
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
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!
Cuz I sho am! lol
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