Tuesday, November 3, 2009

African american hair help...?

i have a 13yr old niece and she has natural, long (past shoulders) coarse very thick aa hair. i love styling it and have used a chi flat iron on her with great success. normally, her mom braids the top in a few creative corn rows and the back is left down thick and natural, not flat ironed. Id love to take the time with her this weekend and do a curly style but i have no idea where to begin since im caucasian and handle my hair differently. can anyone shed some light on this for me and help me understand black hair? ive read about setting lotions, waxes, straw sets, "pressing" first and i literally am completely lost. i really need someone to break it all down for me.



also, i realize im risking sounding ignorant but, as far as getting softer, ringlet curls, is it a matter of what her natural hair texture is to begin with or the way its styled after shampooing that will make it more curly and less frizzy? her hair is real thick but im very good with hair and i love her so much...as her auntie i want to spend the time with her and make her feel special... any help and explaination would really be appreciated. also need to know exactly how to use products like oil...



African american hair help...?

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African american hair help...?

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African american hair help...?

Take her to a salon and watch.



Don't venture into what you don't know. I've never seen coarse hair that was long on any one before. I doubt her hair is as hard as you might think.



African american hair help...?

if you put oil or raw eggs in her hair it decreases the frizz a lot. my friend has the frizziest hair and she puts oil in it and looks like a different person. you can also blowdry with a diffuser for curls also use totally twisted herbal essences and a 1" curling iron or you could use rollers and have her sleep on them.



African american hair help...?

well if you wanna play around with it, my cousin does this ting where she puts lots of frizz serum in and then works by sections wrapping tiny peices of her hair around her finger and waiting a little while so it dries curly and then goes on tiny piece by piece. it makes those tiny ronglet curls that are poofy in a good way. its really cute!



African american hair help...?

Hey, since you just want to do curls, it's simple.



Simply straighten her hair with the iron that you've been using.



Then massage her scalp and hair with some oil, like jojoba, or whatever hair oil that you have. But don't put too much, just enough to moisturize her scalp n hair. and then use the curling iron and curl however you prefere to curl, it's quite simple and it should last a while depedning on how she takes care of it, good luck. and you're a good auntie

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