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Every black woman would indeed prefer to have a superb look when attending a wedding. Besides the dress, the hairstyle should also be marvelous. Looks do matter in wedding events and no doubt one’s hair must also look attractive. Impressions do form about one’s personality much depending upon the hairdo.
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1. The Feed-In Braided Bun
What One Needs?
• Hair cream, moisturizer or oil
• Rat-tailed comb
• Detangling brush
• Sectioning clips
• Elastic bands to tie the ends OR hot water to seal the ends (depends on whether you are using hair extensions)
• Hairpins
How?
Wash and dry your hair. Detangle it with a brush.
1. Use a rat-tailed comb to divide one’s hair into sections, thus alternating between 1 cm and 0.5 cm. One has to divide it into sections in a circular motion. This does mean that one will start from nape of one’s neck and go all along one’s hairline.
2. Leaving out a 1 cm section in the front, clip up the rest of your hair. Once you’ve clipped the rest of your hair, this thin section will look like a thin mohawk.
3. Take a small section of hair from the front of this section and start braiding it in a cornrow. To prevent your hair from being pulled too tightly, apply some hair cream or moisturizer. You can also apply edge cream to prevent flyaways from sticking out.
4. As you braid your hair in a cornrow, keep adding hair (if you’re using extensions, add them as well) to it from the sides. One will notice that one’s braid keeps getting bigger as one add hair to it. Keep braiding until one reaches the center of one head. Once one reaches the center, simply braid one’s hair upwards and away from the scalp. Do these until one reaches the tips of one’s hair.
5. Unclip the next 0.5 cm section of hair and weave this section into a thin cornrow. Do not add too much hair to it as one wants this cornrow to be thin. Once one reaches the center of one’s head, simply braid it till the very end.
6. Keep alternating between thick and thin cornrows until one has been able to braid all of one’s hair.
7. All the braids will now be hanging loosely at the crown. One needs to secure the ends of all one’s braids with elastic bands or dip the ends in hot water to seal them. Dry one’s hair with a towel.
8. Wrap all the braids together in a bun at the top of one’s head. Tuck the ends within the bun. Secure them in place using hair pins. Accessorize as per requirement.
What One Requires?
• Curl defining cream
• Blow drier
• Silk scarf
• Hair oil
• Hair extensions
How to do?
1. Microwave the hair oil for a few seconds and apply it to your hair thoroughly. Use a hair oil that is specifically made for kinky hair. Leave it on for an hour.
2. If you don’t have thick hair, consider going for a weave. Before leaving on the extensions, soak them in a mix of apple cider vinegar and water. This will get rid of all lye and prevent scalp irritation.
3. Wash your hair and blow dry it on a low setting.
4. Apply curl defining cream and wrap your hair up in the silk scarf. Leave it overnight.
5. You’ll have incredibly curly hair the next day.
2. Traditional Black Braids
What One Requires?
• Hair cream, hair moisturizer or oil
• Rat-tailed comb
• Hairbrush
• Hair extensions
• Sectioning clips
• Elastic bands to tie the ends OR hot water to seal the ends
How To Do?
1. Wash the hair and allow it to air-dry. Apply some hair cream or moisturizer to make it easier to braid the hair. One can also apply some edge cream to smoothen down any frizz or flyaways.
2. There are several black braid hairstyles that one can try out,
ranging from goddess braids to tree braids. They all do require the same hair tools listed above. For detailed instructions on how to weave one’s hair in any of these traditional protective styles, check out this article.
3. Accessorize one’s hair with beautiful decorative hair pins, clips, and beads.
3. Natural Curls
What One Requires?
• Curl defining cream
• Blow drier
• Silk scarf
• Hair oil
• Hair extensions
How to Do?
1. Microwave the hair oil for a few seconds and apply it to one’s hair thoroughly. Do make use of hair oil that is specifically made for kinky hair. Leave it on for about an hour.
2. It does not have thick hair, consider going for a weave. Before leaving on the extensions, soak them in a mix of apple cider vinegar and then water. This will indeed get rid of all lye and also prevent scalp irritation.
3. Wash one’s hair and blow dry it on a low setting.
4. Apply curl defining cream and wrap one’s hair up in the silk scarf. Leave it overnight.
5. One will have incredibly curly hair the next day.
4. Beachy Waves
What One Requires?
• Heat Protectant
• Straightening iron
• Hairspray
How?
1. Wash one’s hair and dry it with a towel. Do not dry one’s hair completely as one needs it to be damp.
2. Spritz on some heat protectant all over one’s hair.
3. Pick up 3-inch wide sections of hair at a time; create waves with the help of a straightening iron. Place the top of the section in the straightening iron and then wrap it around once. After 5 seconds, gently pull the straightening iron down till the end of the section while keeping the hair wrapped around it.
4. Spritz on some hairspray to keep it looking gorgeous until the end of the day.
5. Twisted Halo
What One Requires?
• Elastic headband
• Flowers (fresh or artificial)
• Hairpins
How?
1. Part one’s hair either down the middle or on one side.
2. Put the headband around the crown of one’s head. Do not pull one’s hair out through the headband. It should hang loose under the headband.
3. Starting from the front, pick up a 2-inch section of hair, twist it a couple of times, and pass it over and through the headband.
4. Keep adding more hair to this section of hair, twisting it, and passing it through the headband until one reaches the nape of one’s neck.
5. Repeat the process on the other side.
6. Pancake the twists to make them look more voluminous.
7. Accessorize the updo by pinning some flowers in place.
5. Side Swept Afro
What One Requires?
Rat-tailed comb
• Brush
• Blow-dryer
• Hairpins
• Hair oil
How?
Brush one’s hair out after washing it.
1. Blow dry one’s hair while stretching it out with one’s fingers.
2. Apply a little bit of oil to add shine to one’s hair.
3. Use the rat-tailed comb, part one’s hair in a deep side parting.
4. Sweep all of the hair to that side.
5. Pin down the hair on the other side
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