Protective Hair styling Post #3

Protective hair styling consists of wearing extensions, weaves, bundles, clip ins, braids whatever you want to call it. Its good for your hair and lets your real hair take a break while you're wearing the weave. 

Sew ins- This type of protective hair style consists of braiding the hair down to the scalp and sewing on tracks or a cap. This style lets your hair sit under the extensions and grow! The key part to this technique is oiling and moisturizing your scalp before sewing on the weave. Here are a couple of braid patterns that are used...

Beehive braid pattern

Vixen braid pattern

 

 Middle part pattern

Crochet pattern

  


For all of the above pictures, I just went to google and typed it "sew in braid pattern" and lots of different sew in pictures popped up!



Clip ins- These are just tracks with clips on them that you clip right into your hair! These come in sets usually around 7-10 pieces, depends on how full you want your hair and this is what they look like..

 
















  

Braids/Twists- Braids and twists are one my favorite hairstyles because they last so long and have a low maintenance. They last for about 2-2 1/2 months if you take really good care of them! There are also so many different types of ways you can get it done. There's box braids (large, medium, small), Senegalese twists, Havana twists, Ghana braids, crochet braids and probably much more! Here are a pictures of some of the braids/twists I've had and pictures of braids I want to try... 

Box Braids

Havana Twists

2 French Braids

2 French Braids

Ghana Braids

Crochet Braids

These are just a few of the protective styling. The list goes on! There's so many different things to do with our hair, I just cant fit all of it on this post! Hope this helps you better understand what a "Protective Style" is and how it helps our hair grow.

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Hair Mask Recipe for Soft, Bouncy Curls Post #2

For this post I'm going to showing you guys how to make this super cheap hair mask, that will leave your hair extremely soft and bouncy!

Ingredients:

2 Tbs. Coconut Oil

2 Tbs. Honey
1 Egg 

Egg and honey in your hair??? sounds gross right? Actually eggs and honey is extremely good for your hair! Eggs contain an extreme amount of protein and also help stimulate hair growth. Honey contains vitamins, minerals, is antibacterial, and acts as a humectant which basically means it attracts moisture. Coconut is the holy grail for naturals. This stuff is good for your skin, diet and your hair, so its basically a three in one! Coconut oil is rich in antioxidants, and has an antiviral, anti fungal, and antibacterial properties. It also promotes hair growth and is an awesome natural moisturizer! 

I melted the Coconut Oil in the microwave for 30 seconds, added the egg and honey.

After that I just stirred it until it got smooth. 

 It will become chunky if you don't mix it fast enough! After I finished mixing it, I rinsed my hair with water, then started to work this mask into my hair evenly. I put on a shower cap and let it sit in my hair for 15 minutes. This is what my hair looked like with the mask on it.

 After 15 minutes I hopped in the shower, rinsed my hair with warm water then added conditioner to it. This is the conditioner I like to use because it makes my hair super soft!

 While the conditioner sits in my hair I wash the rest of my body. After I'm done washing, I rinse the conditioner out with warm water. Right before you get out the shower you want to rinse your hair again with cold water. Why? Rinsing your hair with warm water causes it to become bigger and frizzier, while rinsing it with cold water will shock your hair strands and keep those frizzy strands/ends from showing up!

This is what my hair looked like when I got out the shower. This is no product what so ever. Super bouncy, curly and EXTREMELY soft! Hope this helps (:

 




















 

Post #1

My name is Zane and I decided to start a hair care page for my Mass Media boot camp class, but not only that. I also started this blog to help out my curly hair women who struggle with hairstyles, techniques and textures within the African American community.

Pictured below would be my hair texture when it is wet, naturally dried. I would say my hair is in the 3c/4a category. I'll explain the texture category down below...

 
African American hair is extremely versatile and can be styled in many different ways. Our hair takes lot of maintenance and consumes a lot of time but in my opinion its actually fun to try new hairstyles. Our hair can actually be categorized into groups because of the texture of our curls. The most common hair textures in black hair ranges from 3A-4C. Here is picture to let you see the difference, it starts off with a loose wave texture and the curls get tighter within each category...