Good Morning Luvs!
Today I’ve got tutorials for two different looks. These were voted the top two styles of the week! I hope you all enjoy this video and be sure to follow me on Instagram and Facebook @TJLuvsbeingnatural to vote for your top two styles this Friday. Enjoy!
I wanted to take some time to sincerely thank all of you for your prayers, congratulations and well wishes on my pregnancy! I appreciate it more than you know.
Today I wanted to give those of you that have been waiting, an update and also wanted to reveal the gender. Click the link below for deets! Thanks again ❤
Good morning Luvs!
Today I wanted to share with you all two products that I am absolutely loving for twisted styles and taming my edges.
So, you all know how much I adore twisted styles. There are a couple of different variations of twists I like to work with. One is a loose chunky twist that helps me achieve great dimension and the second is more secure twists that I often use to form different shapes like I talked about yesterday.
I’ve found myself wanting to experiment more with secure twists and the product I am absolutely loving for those styles is Dark & Lovely’s Easy Twist Gel ‘N Butter.
I was introduced to this product in my February curlBox and I’ve been loving it ever since. It is amazing for making my twists look nice and moisturized with a light but secure hold. It is literally the perfect blend of gel and butter.
Although I’m not big on extremely tamed edges (I love my texture), I have started trying to play with slightly tamed edges. For that I’ve found that Creme of Nature’s Perfect Edges works great!
I was also introduced to this product by curlBOX in the most recent MAY-KOVER box. Probably the best thing I love about this product is how smoothly it spreads and the shine! LOVE!
I used both the Easy Twist Gel ‘N Butter as well as the Perfect Edges on today’s hair and adore the results. I’ll definitely continue using these two products perfect for twists and edges :o)
Hi luvs!
Today I want to talk a bit about shape an angles when it comes to hairstyles. In my YouTube video 3 Keys To Developing Creative Styles which you can watch here, I talk about how embracing shape and angles opens up more opportunity for styling options.
Here are the two main shapes I tend to embrace to come up with unique looks:
1. Circles: you might not realize it but circular styles are easy to come up with, outside of a typical halo/crown braid or bun. Here are a few different styles where I embraced a circular shape or rounded edges.
2. Triangles – triangular shapes allow me to achieve some really unique looks up front and they tend to be really bold. Take a look at these styles where I embraced a trianglular shape
The easiest way to achieve these circular or triangular looks is by using 1 or more sections of twisted hair and pulling and pinning them until they form the shape you’re looking for. You can also try to just form the hair into the shape and secure with bobby pins along the way, but this is a bit more difficult.
That’s it beauties! Try embracing one of these shapes with your next experimental updo and see where you end up.
Muuuahhhh!!!
Hi Beauties!
Who doesn’t love big soft bouncy defined curls!? I was so excited to have successfully achieved this type of curl this weekend. Take a look at these gorgeous curls!
How’d I do it? Well….I set my hair with flexi rods using the Creme of Nature Style & Shine Foaming Mousse I got in my May curlBOX. I used 7/8″ and 6/8″ flexi rods, both 10″ long. I used the smaller rods in the front and the larger rods in the back.
I installed the rods by starting half way down each section of hair, wrapping the bottom half around the rod and then rolling the rod the rest of the way up.
I kept the rods in overnight and removed them in the morning. My hair was extremely soft! So much so that I was afraid of losing curl definition. NOT the case.
I separated each curl 2 or 3 times and added no additional product. So in love with these results!
Hi Luvs!
I’m so excited to share my new hair color with you beauties. The May curlBOX was filled with a bunch of goodies by Creme of Nature including the new Intensive Red hair color.
You can check out my complete product review of all the products in the box here.
So, I decided that I just wanted some pops of color so I didn’t saturate my hair in the color. I did a big chunky section in the front and added some color to the ends of my hair in the back.
This was my very first time coloring my own hair. It was fairly simple and I would definitely do it again. I am in love with the results!! It’s subtle enough for work, but still gives me the pop of color I was looking for.
Here are some styles that really allowed my new color to stand out.
What do you think??
Hi Luvs!!
Today I’m bringing back my best looks of the week tutorial! Click the link below to check out this video to see how I got these two great styles I created last week.
Good morning Luvs!!
So earlier this week I decided on a sleek French roll style. I’ve done this style before but whenever I do it, it looks different every time. That effort is of course intentional! I love taking a look and seeing what kind of versatility I can add to it. The overall look is super easy to achieve and is a fun yet classic style to wear.
The trick to the versatility is all in the shape. The direction you roll and tuck the hair and how tight or loose you roll and tuck the hair all contribute to making the style different each time. Here are a few pics of some different French roll styles I’ve come up with and tips for each look
1. For this look I started the hair slightly off to the left and tucked fairly tight and straight back. My hair was dry but only slightly stretched for this look.
2. I used completely dry stretched hair for this look. I smoothed the hair off to the left and tucked and rolled the hair loosely to help with the shape. The direction was from the left to the center of my head in the back.
3. For this look the hair was dry and completely stretched. I rolled and tightly tucked the hair immediately and carried through straight back.
4. This one is my favorite. I started by pulling the hair to the left in a bit of a swirl. I tucked the hair in a very compact but high roll going diagonally. The hair was again dry and completely stretched. Absolutely loved the shape!
For deets on how I stretch my hair heat free check out the link to my YouTube video on my entire process here: http://youtu.be/NUa_IKUgJnE
Good Morning Beauties!
Today I’ve got a video product review from the April curlBOX. I had a lot of fun playing with styles using the OGX products from this box and wanted to give you guys the deets on what I thought. Click the link below to check out the video.
Mmuuaahh!
Hi loves!
Today I’ve got a tutorial of three different twist out updos that can be done on first, second, third and even forth day twistouts! These styles are super easy and chic. Click the link below and check them out! Don’t forget to subscribe!
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