I am sharing this information so that you can get a better understanding of my hair and why it may or may not agree with certain products and styling options.
Test your hair to see what qualities it has, if you find similarities in your hair and mine, it may be safe to assume what works for me could work for you. HOWEVER, please, please, please do not blindly buy products or do styles (or disregard them) just because I or anyone else said they got good (or bad) results. LEARN YOUR HAIR and go from there! :)
With that being said, here are the qualities I find important about my hair.
MY HAIR BIO
Texture
Mixed (Fine/medium around the edges and nape with coarser hair in the middle)
Density:
Medium to Thick
Porosity:
Medium (Normal) to Low
Hair Type:
3c, 4a- I am not really sure as the popular Andre Walker typing is quite confusing and difficult to determine in my opinion.
Botticelli and some Corkscrew in the Lorraine Massey system
Length:
Somewhere between SL and APL
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I have been looking for a short protective style to rock this summer for quite some time. Needless to say I was ecstatic when I found this bomb 27 Layer do by Sasha Dahl (Dollie Couture on YouTube).
After watching the video I went out and bought my supplies at my nearest Beauty Supply Store (BSS). I got the same MilkyWay weave that she had (but in the colour 1b instead of 1) as well as normal black hair glue and two stocking caps.
I already had a shower cap at home to use, but to my surprise the weave came with a stocking cap and shower cap inside of the packaging!WOOP WOOP!
So I ended up using the free MilkyWay stocking cap for the weaving, but their shower cap was too small (big head lol) leaving me no choice but to use my own.
FYI-The reason a shower cap is placed under the stocking while gluing on the tracks is to provide a barrier between the glue and your hair. Many people like for the hair to be glued either directly to their head (normally laying the hair flat with gel or holding spray) or glued with a stocking to keep the style in place.
However, I wanted to make the style into a wig so that I could remove it whenever I pleased and prevent the glue from damaging my hair.
After fighting to get my hair braided down flat enough to appear non existent, I followed the same procedure as she did for the most part. I began with the 2" pieces in the back and worked my way up with the 1" until I reached the horseshoe shape in the upper portion of my head. Then I used the 2" pieces again to bring the top together until I had just a strip into the crown of my head that was about 3" wide and about 4 1/2" long (from the front of my head to wear I would place the closure).
I then began to fill that space by flip-flopping the placement of the 3" tracks as Sasha described in her video. This opposite placement is what creates the funky flips and Mohawk effect. To get this effect follow these steps:
Place your track it in the normal downward direction that the hair would curl
Take the next track and place it so that the curl is now facing the opposite direction, which is up
KEEP GOING! I say this because at first it looks a hot crazy mess, but I assure you, it will get MUCH better
Flip more tracks if you want a fuller look like mine and less if you want a sleeker look like hers
I forgot the hair came with a closure so I made my own, which I preferred because of the height and body my closure had. When I was finished this is what it looked like.
But I wanted MORE! lol It was looking a bit empty in the front to me, so I flipped the wig inside out and flip-flopped pieces of the hair in the front of the wig, basically between my brow area. And after some clipping and other minor adjustments this was the final product!
I really loved this style once I got it as full and funky as I wanted it. It took a great deal of courage for me to wear it out of the house, because I have never worn hair this short out before.
I got SO many compliments on it and a few requests to do this style of clients which is always awesome lol. I ended up taking it off after wearing it for a 5 day vacation in Atlanta.
And let me tell you, when ATL girls give you props on your hair, yo ish is LAID! I had to say a huge thank you to Sasha on instagram for this one, she even said she liked mine better than hers which was such an honour! I LOVED this look so much I named her "Foxy" and will definitely be wearing her again as well as trying different 27layer styles.
So what did you think? Tell me your thoughts or ask questions her or on Facebook. Don't forget to follow on Instagram for more photos and constant updates on what I'm doing with my hair.
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If you want to know what I like to you use on my hair, or skin, a great place to go is my Pinterest account. I love pinning and it is a great way to stay up to date on what I am using or what I like at that particular time. I am not really a product junkie (cuz I'm broke lol) so you dont have to worry about product overload. I am just too lazy to make a list of all the things I use at once, so I pin! The board called Products I love! is where you can find all my fave goodies.
At the moment I am really loving some new products such as the Maybelline "Baby Lips" lip balm line. I stumbled upon these gems while watching one of my favorite YouTubers ItsMyRayeRaye. I was searching for a new lip balm as the one I was using at the time (Kiss of Smoothness) was about to see it's final days. There was nothing wrong with it, I still love it but I just wanted to try something new. So a few weeks after seeing Raye's video my sister and I headed to Walmart in search of the Baby Lips. Needless to say I LOVE them. I have the Quenched and Peach Kiss flavors.
Of the two, Quenched is my first choice simply because it has no pigment and has a mild citrus scent. Peach Kiss goes on a bit, well, peachy! The colour is a lightly sparkly, peachy nude. It is a bit pale for my skin tone and if applied more than once washes my lips out, which is not cool. But I still like it with a bit of lip liner and a swipe of Quenched over it.
Well, that's pretty much a wrap on what I am into at the moment. As I said before, check out my Pinterest board for many more products. I even try to add a informative caption to tell you how I use each one. Hope ya enjoyed this little post!
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xoxox,
Jem
My Pinterest Account: http://pinterest.com/dilioness/
