As usual I was browsing the internet trying to find a natural braided hairstyle for my daughters hair. I try to put her hair in protective hairstyles all of the time. Although she would prefer her hair wild, free and uncombed. I did the atypical search of kids braided hairstyles and came upon the "pineapple"on YouTube and like any other avid YouTube viewer I gave it a try.
The tutorial was quite easy to follow along. I started out on freshly washed, moisturized and stretched hair, I did not use any heat to stretch my daughter's hair. Following the tutorial from the video above I went to work.
I put a slight twist to the style and braided her hair to one side instead of two strand twist in the front and adding a braided bang. My daughter loves a bang in every single braided hairstyle she gets. This is the best style I have done to date on my daughter's hair, I really do not know how to top this one. Check out the back, a freaking "pineapple". When I braided her hair I used a pomade for natural hair to smooth the hair strands down so it will have a neater apperance. The most important thing is that she loved her hair and it keeps me from touching her hair for at
least two weeks. Stay tuned for more blogs tomorrow. Maybe I will tell you the foolishness in the next blog.
So the time finally came for me to take down the "Faux Twist Out", it was fun but I got bored and wanted to see what styles I could come up with. The dreads will have some wave pattern to them giving me a lot of volume and texture. Option 1: Simple Top Bun. I kept the flat twist from the "Faux Twist Out" to give an interesting twist on the look.
Option 2: "Goddess Inspired" Twist. I kept some of the rope twist in on the sides and pulled out the rest from the back to create this look.
I could have done an up-do as well, or two french rolls , the possibilities are endless. To see how I styled my hair into these looks and how my hair look after the "Faux Twist" take down check out my latest video Art in the Street Wet n WIld Palette | Dread loc Hair styles Stay Blessed Afrikah's Perspective
Per usual I was on YouTube and saw a tutorial on "Faux Twist" on Dread locs by HoneyRoastedAlmond and I had to try it. Since I am always looking for new protective hairstyles for my locs. I changed it a bit to suit my face shape.
I started out with freshly washed and retwisted locs, you must certainly can do this with free form dreads as well. Following her video Faux Chunky "Twist Out"I twisted my dreads accordingly and used black rubber bands to hold the dreads in place at the base. What I did differently was to add flat twist to right side of my head for a faux shaved look.
This may be a staple in my hairstyle look, I can switch it up a couple of different ways by adding flat twist and changing the amount of dreads that i put in each rope/two strand twist.
The best part about this style
it keeps my hair protected and off of my back. Which is a must in Miami because the heat and humidity are playing together a little earlier than usual.
With Valentine's Day right around the corner. Nothing is better that an up-do to pull all the focus on to your face. Here a great style for the occasion.
To achieve this look all you will need is to have your dreads in a protective hairstyle i.e. rope twists, two strand twists, plaits,etc. No bobby pins are needed since you will tuck your locs to secure the up-do in place.
Step 1: I rolled my locs into a french roll bringing it to the front of my head.
Step 2: To secure the french roll into place I took a rope twist and wrapped it around the french roll and tucked the end to secure it into place.
Step 3: With the remaining hair I flipped it back onto the french roll.
Step 4: Tuck and position the Pompadour to your liking.
Finished look
As you can see it is so easy to do this dread loc up-do. Great for medium to long dreads also if you have free form dreads as well.
I recently had a event to attend and needed to turn my locs from this free formed lion's mane to a groomed dread.
With no idea of what to do with my hair, I went searching on the internet for dread loc hairstyle inspiration, and still came up nothing so I decided to revamp a hairstyle that I did a while ago.
The crescent roll which I learned from watching +honeyroastedalmond dread loc hairstyle tutorial. As seen in
the picture to the right. A very simple hairstyle that only uses a head band and rubber bands. Perfect I thought for me to do again, so I thought.
I attempted that very same hairstyle again, and came up with a completely different result. Reason being I started the flat twist to high up on and the head band was not black so it would not match my hair color. So tweaked the hairstyle just enough to look like I meant to create this hairstyle.
I started on freshly washed and retwisted dreads. Starting the same way you would normally with a crescent roll. However when it came to the side of the chunky double twist, I rolled and tucked them onto themselves. Using bobby pins/hair pins to secure each twist into place.
And I ended up with this "Crescent Roll Gone Bad" dread loc hairstyle.
You can most certainly do this hairstyle on free form dreads, box braids, micro braids, sister locks. etc.
Pulled back, neat out the way, and most of importantly it looks good. For a list of products that I use in my hair and my daughter's natural hair check out Afrikah's Perspective. Stay Blessed Afrikah's Perspective
I have seen a number of reviews of this company on YouTube, and other social media platforms and was delighted to see +AlikayNaturals Totally Twisted Loc Butter at +NaturalTrendSetters salon. I purchased it their for $10 which is an awesome sale, since the product retails for $25.
It contains almond, grape seed, and apricot kernel oil. A little of this product goes a very long way. It has a light fragrance not to over whelming, the consistency is similar to whipped Shea butter. So a little goes a long way. When I used this product my locs were freshly washed and essential oils were applied to them. I noticed that a little of this product goes a long way and you may want to sit under a hooded dryer or apply heat via a blow dryer since it contains beeswax.
The hold on this has is phenomenal and it does not leave your locs hard. Another great benefit to this product is the fact that the oils will help moisturize your locs for at least three days.
Day 1
Day 2
Day 5
Day 7
Day 9 As you can see by the photos above +AlikayNaturals Totally Twisted Loc Butter worked wonders on my locs. This product is great for those whose dreads fight being groomed or you are free form and want to tighten up your locs for a special occasion. Either way +AlikayNaturals Totally Twisted Loc Butter is a good product and I will continue use it.
The summer is here and it's hot as hell...well it is for me.
With my dreadlocks slowly reaching my lower back it combined with me living in Miami. The summer heat is another level of hot for me. Also with this blazing summer sun I want to protect my hair it from its UV rays and keep the moisture locked in.
Per usual I was searching the Internet for protective hairstyles and stumbled upon rope twists along with +chescalocs uploading a recent tutorial on a up-do with twists. I wanted to add a twist to it and add short bangs to the front.
I started with freshly washed and re-twisted hair. I use Taliah Waajid Lock It Up Tight Hold Locks& Hair along with coconut, moringa, and Moroccan oil in my hair. On to the style, after the re-twist I sectioned off a piece to the front for my bangs. Then proceeded to do rope twist to the rest of my hair and securing the ends with black rubber bands. After that was done I went on to my bangs, placing that section in pipe cleaners.
So I can manipulate my hair any way I like. You can always search YouTube for tutorials on Pipe Cleaners and Rope Twists. Once I had the remaining dreads placed into rope twists. I decided to pull it up in a bun. The great part of the hairstyle is the fact that I did not use not ONE HAIR PIN. The perfect summer up-do and its versatile. I can go from a bun to a Mohawk, to a french roll.
The maintenance on this is easy, cover my hair with a satin scarf, oil my scalp twice-three times a week. This will be my go to summer hairstyle whether my dreads are re-twisted or not.
I originally did this Loc Crescent Roll last year after probing YouTube for a new style to put my dreads in and I came across @HoneyToastedAlmond video
Which was so easy to do. The resulting style as seen to the left was so nice. It took longer to re-twist my dreads than it took to complete the entire hairstyle.
A year later, and me in a protective style regiment when I re-twist my dreads. In, addition to it starting to heat up in Miami I must keep the wool scarf which is my dreads off of my neck.
Now on to the hairstyle. I did this hairstyle on freshly washed and re-twisted dreads so I could have a more groomed look. But, this can be done on free form dreads and accomplish the same look. Also the products used to achieve this style were black rubber bands and straight hair pins.
Since the concept of the hairstyle is based off of @HoneyToastedAlmond tutorial. Use that as a guide to create the base of the hairstyle. The difference between this Crescent Roll and the previous is the absence of the headband.
Using the same tuck and rolling motion as seen in the tutorial and securing it with straight hair pins as I went along. Making sure that there was some sort of uniformity and smoothness in the roll as I went along.
In the back of my head I wrapped it around the roll to continue the smoothness and the"salon-like" appearance to the hairstyle. On the right side of my head I manipulated the "rope twist" into a french roll and secured it with straight hair pins. Surprisingly this was not heavy at all, and easy to sleep in. Overall, it's a different take on a hairstyle, since I do not like repeating the same hairstyle to often. This was Afrikah's Perspective.
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