One of my uncles got married a few weeks ago and I wanted to do something different for the wedding. Initially, I planned on flat ironing my hair. It’s been over 2 years since I’ve seen myself with straight hair, so that would have been cool. I looked at the weather forecast and saw rain for the weekend, which I hear is good luck for weddings, but bad business for straight natural hair. I instead, decided to do a braid out on blown out hair.
The products I used were:
- Tresemme Thermal Creations Heat Tamer Leave-In Spray
- Urban Therapy Twisted Sista Blow Drying Cream
- Fekkai Glossing Cream (I’ve used this since my relaxed days and it’s a staple)
The styling tools I used were:
- Rat Tail for parting
- Wide Tooth Comb for Detangling
- Roller Brush for keeping the hair taut and straight for tension method blow drying
- Modified Denman Brush for blowing out the hair
- Clips
- Blow Dryer of course
I started with freshly washed and hennaed hair.
I divided my hair into 8 sections.
I finger detangeld, then followed with the wide tooth comb.
I lightly sprayed the heat tame spray and then followed with less than a dime sized amount of the blow drying cream and the glossing cream. I followed with the blow dry.
Half way done!
Afterwards, I put each half into a bantu knot to stretch it a little more. On the pic below, the left was stretched and the right side wasn’t. You can clearly see the difference.
I then braided my hair up using Shea Moisture’s Curl Enhancing Smoothie, sealed with a little whipped shea butter.
The next day, I was all set!
I took down each braid, with lightly oiled fingers.
I love how shiny, henna makes my hair.
I did a little fluffing and separating and my look was complete! I loved it! My hair was stretched, but still big and defined. I still plan to flat iron sometime this year. I have no idea when, so be on the lookout:-)
Do you ever blow out your hair or use heat before styling?
-MkLaShay
MkLaShay 