Hairstyle How To- Marley Braid Bun

This has been done many, many times on Youtube and I was inspired to re-create this hairstyle because:
1) It's a great protective style
2) It is great for Summer when you do not want hair on your neck

I used this pack of hair- I think it was £6, I then tied a ponytail holder around it to create a loop.

I put my own hair into a bun then tied the marley braid ponytail around it and used 3 kirby grips to secure. That's it- it took 5 minutes. I would definitely down my edges with eco styler gel (apply water first) to make this hairstyle super polished.

Yup my hair is still brown and black smh

Twistout on My Kinky Curly Wig

 Hi I thought I would try and style this wig, more information is in this blog post.

I first drizzled water on the wig.

When it was damp I then added my Tresemme Naturals conditioner (review here) to water in a spray bottle (which doesn't work :/) and shook it.

I then drizzled (if I could spray, I would have!) this on the wig, see I didn't use much.

Then proceeded to twist. The ends were unravelling so I used hairbands for the ends and left for 2 days. It probably would have dried within the hour.

 An alternative to using water and conditioner would be to use a curl activator. Results:

Next time I would use oil to take down the twists to avoid frizz.

Happy Sunday :) - Braidout!

This is the result of my braidout from the previous post. I did a side bang with a banana clip for my Friday night outing and took some quick phone snaps:

My Birthday (in pictures) including Birthday Hair!

My birthday was yesterday I feel like an old woman as I'm in my early 20s, people keep telling me I'm young but *sigh* it's not working lol. Anyway if you follow me on twitter you would know on Saturday I was mega worried about my celebrations- but I actually had a lot of fun! Saturday night I went to Raduno to celebrate with 4 of my friends and we danced all night, my feet actually took two days to recover. Sunday I went off to Brighton with my mother to stay for two nights, we stayed at the Thistle and I reccommend it- lush room and lovely view. Yesterday we ate dinner as a family in Kings Road, Chelsea at the Jam Tree Restaurant. The food was sooo delicious I actually will put their website link here

Anyway on to the pictures:

< half-wig Lorena

< hotel view

< yes this is the black version of the dress (£14.99, H&M) above

I did a Caruso roller set on my hair, spritzed with Elasta QP design silk, and used all the roller sizes then left rollers in for 2 and a half hours. Results:

left side pinned back with 1 kirby grip:

HOTD (Hair of The Day)

I went for drinks yesterday and as rain is forecast everyday this week in London I thought a roller set was not a good idea. Instead I did a braidout on freshly shampooed hair by airdrying in braids overnight in my satin bonnet. I wore a headscarf (from New Look) and used 4 kirby grips to pin my braidout in an updo:

I got back a bit late and couldn't be bothered to rebraid I just pinned up my hair in on kirby grip, kind of made a cute up-do:

But I thought I shouldn't be lazy and just ended up with a a banana clip braidout style:

I had to repurchase Castor Oil, unfortunately I couldn't find any JBCO so I just purchased the cold pressed castor oil. I felt slightly awkward entering the BSS as it is also a hair salon and I was the only woman with my own hair, I got some stares- in fact as I'm nearing APL the stares are increasing and it makes me uncomfortable. I'm dreading being asked by a stranger if it is my real hair, my friends have asked me before but at least I know them lol. Anyway pic:

Hopefully it does the same job, I plan to apply 1x week on a clean scalp after washing my hair and 2x week to my nape area which has suffered my breakage. I love that my nails are in the picture above- I really like them they're so eye-catching and I did them myself of course (I've never had my nails done by anyone else- ever):

Hairstyles How-To- The High Bun

I did this for a Saturday night hairstyle:

I followed meek-n-mild's tutorial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5-ZHYYbKd0

Products Used:

• Elasta QP design silk spray
• 2 Kirby Grips
• 1 hairband
• Elasta QP mango butter/olive oil moisturiser

Hairstyles How - To - The Clip-In Ponytail

I am not sure why I didn't think of this hairstyle before, but anyway I was getting ready to go to a club and I wanted my hair off my face and neck. But I like long hair with volume so I decided to use one clip-in extension. Here is what I did
1. Divided my hair and clipped in one track

2. Started brushing the hair over to blend

3. Brushed my hair back to get it into a ponytail, being careful to ensure the track was not exposed. My hair is quite thick so this was not a problem

 4. After a bit more brushing to blend I got the desired look.
A lot of people thought it was my hair, I think this look works well because my edges are laid down pretty easily due to being freshly relaxed. If not I'd use my Elasta QP mango butter to lay down my edges. I find using a brush blends my real hair and clip-ins easier than a comb.

Hairstyles- How To - Two Bantu Knots

These are basically two bantu knots and this hairstyle is from Pure Beauty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6bnE4-lmmA
Here is what I did:
1. Moisturised and sealed hair
2. Divided hair in two, did one bantu knot per section

3. Covered hair with a satin bonnet
4. Woke up undid bantu knots and fluffed
Results:

Unfortunately my kirby grip fell out at the top when I was sleeping :/, so I re did it in the morning and left for a further hour. The result was just basically big, shiny hair. Not really wavy, maybe I need more length for this or more bantu knots.

Hairstyles How-To- Twisted Back (pics included!)

I relaxed my hair on 7th June and I usually wear my hair straight and down for the week after and then shampoo wash. I get bored easily so I like to do a variety of hairstyles. This is a simple one I did.

1. I wrapped my hair before going to bed (I have a blog post on that)
2. I woke up and brushed my hair down
3. I divided my hair roughly at the front
4. I twisted one side of my hair back and secured with a kirby grip
5. I twisted the other side of my hair back and secured with a kirby grip

Results:

I thought it was a cute style, I needed at least two kirby grips to ensure the twists didn't unravel. This might be nice on a twistout or braidout.