Summer Festivals have been in full swing since Memorial Day. Your calendar is marked and your cute outfits are ready to jazz, rock, roll, hip hop and dance! But are your braids summer festival ready?Continue reading
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Get Lupita Nyong’o’s braided SAG Awards Look
We loved the fact that Academy-Award Best Actress Winning star Lupita Nyong’o decided to wear her hair in cornrows and a braided updo while attending the 2015 Screen Actor’s Guild awards this year. It complemented herContinue reading
Get the Look: Faux Locs!
Speaking of braids being mistaken for lochs (see my last post), Faux Locs was trending last winter and is still a hot style. They have the sassy look of real locs without the long termContinue reading
Senegalese Twists: Get the Look (VIDEO TUTORIAL)
image source Senegalese twists have long been a popular and well-loved style. The braid look originated in the West African nation of Senegal and is gorgeous when installed. It’s a very complicated braid to installContinue reading
Half Weave- Half Braid Styled
Style: Romance curl Individual micro braids Hair Texture: Valentino romance curl braided hair (Buy it HERE) and Milky Wave braid hair in loose wave weave (Buy it HERE) Length: 16″ Color: 1B Number of Packs of Extensions: 2 of romance curlContinue reading
Bob Braids
Style: Bob Braids Hair Texture: Kanekelon or Tokyokelon(Buy it Here) Length: 10″ Color: 1B Number of Packs of Extensions: 6 This is a throwback style from the 1990s I experimented with in Spring 2013. It is aContinue reading
The Marley Twists
Style: Small Marley twists long Hair Texture: Vanessa Marley Braid (Buy it HERE) Length: 18″ Color: 2 Number of Packs of Extensions: 5 This style is rootsy and a more manageable size for longevity and maximum styling options.Continue reading
Super Micro Senegalese Twists
Style: Super small micro mini Senegalese twists Hair Texture: Kanekelon and Tokyolon braids (Buy it HERE) Length: 18″ Color: 2 Number of Packs of Extensions: 9 I got this style in 2007 while doing some mission work in my nativeContinue reading
Medium Marley
Style: Small Marley twists long Hair Texture: Vanessa Marley Braid (Buy it HERE) Length: 16″ Color: 2 Number of Packs of Extensions: 5 This style is rootsy and a more manageable size for longevity and maximum styling options. ItContinue reading
Blended ombre
Style: Individual blended ombre braids, Medium small sized Hair Texture: Milky Way Yaky or Straight Pony (Buy it HERE) Length: 18″ Color: 1B, 2, 40 Number of Packs of Extensions: 3 I enjoyed this style because it was current atContinue reading