A lot of the time, why your blowout does not come out the way you want it to is because you're not prepping your hair. Think about when you go to a salon, they would never put heat on your hair without at least putting heat protectant and some sort of styling cream.
🧁 How I prep my hair 🧁
#1 ~ Heat protectant
Heat protectant is so important for not just the overall health of your hair, but also the look of your blowout. I noticed that whenever I would skip this step my hair looked so crunchy after styling. 💀
My current favorite heat protectant is the OLAPLEX No.9 Bond Protector & Frizz Reduction. I like this one because it is almost like a gel that you run through your hair.
Another one of my favs is the Dry Bar heat protector because it's in an aerosol can and I've had amazing results with it.
I prefer the serum-like heat protectors and protectors in aerosol cans because it lets you lather the product in your hair way easier.
If you are using a serum, you want to let the product dry before applying heat, especially from an iron.
#2 ~ Styling Cream
If you want that gorgous, Victorias Secret hair, you'll want to use a styling cream. It makes my hair so soft and shiny. It also helps keep your hair healthy.
My favorite styling cream is the OLAPLEX No.6 Bond Smooth Frizz Control Styling Hair Cream.
#3 ~ Oils
Hair oil is such an understated part of not just hair prep, but overall hair routine. I would just oil the ends of your hair before styling, and just every day in general.
When it comes to putting oil in your hair before styling, make sure you let the oil dry before applying heat in order to avoid frying.
My favorite hair oil is by Crown Affair called The Hair Oil. It is sold at Sephora.
.✦ ݁˖ STYLING YOUR HAIR .✦ ݁˖
Here I am going to tell you how to prep your hair with an airstyler, how to section your hair, how to curl your hair, how to pin it up, and the overall wait time and techniques you'll want to do when taking it down.
🧁 Airstyle before you curl 🧁
After prep and before I curl anything, I like to run my airstyler through my hair just to freshen up the hair and to curl the ends. Trust me, it makes a world of difference and makes all the products from the prep work more efficient.
🧁 Sectioning you hair 🧁
You'll want to section your hair into multiple parts. I remember watching one of the official VS hairstylists post a tutorial and mentioning sectioning the hair into four parts. I would do a minimum of four sections, but you might have to do more if you have thicker hair.
TIP: When styling your hair, start from top to bottom
🧁 Curling your hair 🧁
When curling your hair your going to want to curl your top pieces of hair inward and your bottom pieces outward. I notice that when I do this, it makes my hair look more vibrant.
🧁 Putting your hair in rollers/pinning it up 🧁
For rollers ~ For your top pieces of hair, for every piece of hair, at the root, put the roller under the piece you just curled. You're going to want to slide the roller down your hair, curl it inward, then pin it with a clip.
For your bottom pieces your going to want to put the roller on top of the strand of hair. Repeat the same process as earlier, but this time curl outwards.
Do this with your whole head of hair and remember to work from top to bottom.
For pin-up ~ The pin-up curl method is extremely similar to the roller method; you just use clips instead. You usually see this method when VS models are getting their hair styled.
What you'll do is when you curl a piece of your hair, gather the fresh curl, roll it in a pinwheel motion, with your fingers, til you get to your root, then pin it to your head. You're going to want to keep doing the method of top pieces inward and bottom pieces outward.
🧁 How long to keep the rollers in 🧁
Typically, people say 15 minutes, but honestly, the longer the better. What I typically do is put up my hair first and then let it sit as I'm getting ready. I'll leave it in for about 1 hour.
TIP: Spray some hairspray while your hair is sitting!
🧁 How to take out rollers 🧁
When taking out your rollers your going to want to twist the roller in the direction your hair is in. You're going to want to be delicate so that there's zero breakage.
For the pin-up method, you simply just want to take the clip out, and it will naturally fall.
When taking out your curls for both methods, you'll want to work from bottom to top.
🧁 Aftercare for your blowout 🧁
After your hair is taken out you'll want to shake out your curls to make it more voluminous.
Flip your hair a lot, and scrunch your hair at the root.
Part your hair the way you like, spray a few extra sprays of hairspray, and now you have a gorgeous blowout!
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HAIR TIPS - For maintaining/ getting to silky straight hair
part 01
MAINTAINING
Brush your hair daily, meaning once in the morning when doing your hair and before you go to bed. Make sure to brush your hair from bottom to top, it causes less breakage and split ends.
SECOND TIP FOR MAINTAINING
Oil your hair max 2x a week (matters how many times you wash your hair) . When putting oil/serum on your hair make sure you focus on end to middle length shouldn't be touching the roots/scalp.
OILS I RECOMMEND ( Increases shine too)
USE THIS ONE IF YOU WANT YOUR 'STRAIGHT' HAIR TO LAST LONGER!! ⬇️
For years I felt like I wasn’t at my best unless I had on a 24 inch silky straight wig. Don’t get me wrong I love a good wig layyy.. , but it was really becoming a form of spiritual bondage.
I know a lot of black women can relate to growing up and entering the professional world, wearing natural or protective styles often turns into a show and tell circus, or a passive aggressive reminder of the “code of conduct”.
This idea of black hair not being presentable and polished enough is absolute foo foo. Beauty comes in all forms and that includes hair textures.
The more and more I detached from mainstream society and started focusing on myself the more I began to appreciate my natural beauty and sought to enhance it, rather than completely mask myself on a daily basis.
If you told me 2 years ago I would be posting pics and videos with a leave out and my hair pulled off my face revealing my forehead I wouldn’t have believed you. Sounds very extreme I know! But ..it just goes to show how deep messaging and lack of representation manifests sometimes.
In the off chance that you can relate, here is a reminder that your hair is beautiful in whichever way you want to rock it and some gorgeous natural styles inspo 💕
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