T-SHIRT VS TOWEL

T-Shirts seems to be the best for drying natural hair. The t-shirt, being 100% cotton absorbs the water quicker and also with little to no friction. Covering your whole head with a towel and rubbing it vigorously causes friction and damage. The best way to to dry is to section hair off, wrap towel each section and squeeze the excess water out. You have more control over how much you want to dry by using a t-shirt. If you wanted to air dry your hair fast, you can apply more pressure when squeezing excess water out. If you want to set it (twist/braid out or roller set), you can use less pressure so that hair can stay damp a little longer as you work through your hair to complete the setting process.

~So grab you a T-Shirt and let the drying began~

~How do you dry your hair?~

TIP FOR FULLER TWIST/BRAID OUTS

Want fuller twist/braid outs but your hair type is on the thinner side? Try air drying your hair about 50% and the set. Air drying make the hair thicker blow drying or setting completely wet.

- Try it out and let us see the results.-

Bun hairstyles

HOW TO ACHEIVE THE STRAIGHT LOOK

If you're one that's addicted to the heat OR likes to switch up from time to time OR simply looking for a new hair style, check out how Shara achieved this very simple look:

• WASH AND CONDITION AS YOU NORMALLY WOULD
• BLOW DRY AND FLAT IRON WITH A PRESSING OIL OR HEAT PROTECTOR (Dudley's pressing oil used, highly recommended)
• THIS IS A "HARD" PRESS AS OPPOSED TO A SOFT PRESS

**DISCLAIMER: NO PERM NECESSARY!!!***

CURLING WAND METHOD

WANT TO ACHIEVE THIS LOOK?

Here are the tools needed:
- Shampoo
-Conditioner
- Leave in conditioner (optional but highly recommended when applying heat)
- Towel (t-shirt optional)
- Blow dryer
- Rat tail comb
- Flat iron (optional~to get a little straighter than the blow dryer)
- Light sheen or oil mist
-Curling wand

Shampoo and condition hair........apply leave in (optional) and towel blot hair......Hand blow dry hair in four sections (more if your hair is thicker).........with a rat tail comb, section off medium size pieces of hair and run flat iron over hair once (this step is optional).......Clip all hair up out of your way except for the section you're working on. Spray each section, comb with rat tail comb to evenly distribute spray and to even your hair out, wrap hair around top of the curly wand and continue to wrap down the wand until your hair ends......And TADA, mission complete!

~Send photos in if you try it~

THE BANDING METHOD

Just wanted to do a quick post on the 'banding' method.
If your hair is natural you have definitely experienced hair shrinkage when washing or wearing natural styles. The tighter your curl is, the more shrinkage you'll hair, the looser your curl/wave, the less shrinkage you'll have.  My hair for example is between a 4a/4b (although I do not follow this chart). The difference in my hair length when wet vs dried and straightened is about 6 inches....big difference.
Instead of manipulating your hair all the time by blow drying and/or straightening, here is a method you can try to obtain some length and cut down on shrinkage....Banding.

Complete the following steps for banding:
- shampoo & conditon hair (or cowash)
- apply your choice of leave in conditioner
- section hair off into 2 sections (4 if your hair is thick or short)
- apply mositurizer of your choice from root to ends
- section off a section of the section you're working on first
- smooth the section out as best as you can and apply and ouchless ponytail holder to the root of your hair ** DO NOT USE REGULAR RUBBERBANDS ON YOUR HAIR**
- continue applying the ponytail holders down to the ends of you hair
(if your hair is thick, you may want to do smaller sections. If you hair is short, you may want to also do smaller sections. Use your judgement)
- Repeat last 2 steps until your whole head is done
- air dry  and style

This method is simply stretching your hair while wet....Just another way to cut down on heat and to keep hair a little healthier.  It can also be done on dry hair as well. Enjoy.

LATA, CHAN-PJ1