Curly Hair Styles for Natural Hair
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There are many curly hair styles for natural hair. This section of the web site will reference styles that natural tightly curled hair can try. Whether you are transitioning or have been natural for a while, the styles mentioned here will show you how versatile natural hair truly is. Twists and Twist Out Styles: Creating twists involves taking two strands of hair and twisting them around each other like rope. Miss Jessie's gives an informative photo-tutorial on how to do do a twist set and to then release this set into a free flowing style.
Twist n Curl: You can also add flair to your twists by curling the ends. Curly Nikki's blog has a video/photo tutorial on how to do this gorgeous style and showcases pictures of natural stylistas from all over: www.curlynikki.com How to do a twist n curl style Curly Nikki has added another fantastic tutorial on how to put your twist and curl style in a beautiful bun. How to create the perfect bun style
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Shingling and Finger Styling Shingling was a term coined by Miss Jessie's. These two styles involve using styling products to define your natural curl instead of using curlers or twists as a set. Miss Jessie's also has videos on how to finger style, shingle, and two-strand twist dry and wet hair Read here for afrobella's interview with the co-founder of Miss Jessie's for a discussion about types of curly hair and using product for styling. Teri at Tightlycurly.com also has an informative finger styling technique that uses a Denman brush to style hair. How to finger style using Teri's method Read the great advice Teri gave me about growing my natural hair.
Coil Out Hairstyle Think Corinne Bailey Rae: Romantic, striking, unique. That's what natural hair can be when coils are added to the styling rotation.
Dreadlock Styles Kinnks.com has a rich directory of resources and web sites on how to care for and grow dreadlocks. Read here about two dreadlock styling techniques that may help natural hair retain length Cornrow Braiding and Natural Styles
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Click on the image for instructions on how to do this style.  Looking for more pictures of natural hair styles, dreadlocks, and sisterlocks? Nappturosity has them. Read my review of this e-book here. Find out how to promote the health of your hair in order to have dynamic curly hair styles Read here about how knots on your hair strand can affect your curly hair styles. |
