Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Banana Clip Style Tutorial

Hello Everyone!  What a wonderful Wednesday we have been blessed to see!  Since I have been wearing my hair in twists, I have seen an improvement in the overall health of my hair.  I decided to continue my protective styling but switch up the style.  I will show you all how I achieved my 3 ball banana clip style.



Things you will need:
Clean hair (preferably stretched)
Banana Clip
Opened and Closed hair pins
Moisturizer
Brush


After you wash/condition your hair, make sure you stretch your hair.  I stretched my hair in order to be able to make my balls voluptuous and neat.  Stretching methods that you can use include banding, blow drying on cool or warm settings, or braiding/twisting in sections and letting your hair air dry.  I used the blow dry method.  Make sure you apply a moisturizer and sealant.  If you are using any type of heat, use a thermal protectant as well.

Once your hair is dry and stretched, apply the moisturizer and sealant  and proceed with brushing your hair up as if you were gathering it all together for a pony tail.  Once it is gathered, don the banana clip.

Now, separate your hair into three sections.  I began with the top section and rolled and tucked my hair under with a closed hair pin and secured any fly aways with the open hair pins.  I did this for the remaining two sections.

At night, I removed the banana clip and hair pins.  I also moisturized, sealed and twisted my hair in those three sections to keep it stretched.  In the morning, I repeated the process for styling again.

I really like this style because it shows another form of versatility for our natural hair.  Be creative and go for it!  


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Indulgenceiskey

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

March Discount Code!

I hope that everyone is having a Terrific Tuesday!!  I am just dropping in to make an announcement.  Have a wonderful day and remember that I appreciate all of the love you all give!  I Luvs ya back :o).


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Monday, March 1, 2010

Can you put a texturizer on new growth even if you still have a perm?

Happy Magnificent Monday to you all!



Yesterday I was asked "Can my friend put a texturizer on her new growth even if she still has a perm?"  Well on the inside I was like heck no, but the words that came out of my mouth were, she might not want to do that.  First of all, those are two chemical processes for the hair and I don't think they were created to interact with each other.  Also, one is used to loosen the curl pattern more so than the other.  In my opinion from experiences with the perm/relaxer, it will loosen your curl a great deal more than a texturizer will.  Now if you let the texturizer process your hair longer than it is supposed to, then you might end up with results similar to a perm.  I have seen this happen with one of my friends a couple of times.  

The lady I was explaining this to was telling me that her cousin is trying to let her perm grow out.  I told her that she might want to get rid of the permed ends first if she wanted to apply the texturizer.  I figure that if she applies the texturizer to the new growth that has quite a bit of permed ends, she will experience breakage, damage, and maybe even and unhealthy scalp.   

Has anyone out there ever tried this during your perm/relaxer days?   Do you know of anyone who has?

Chime in and let me know.

Until Next Time,
Indulgenceiskey

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