Essence Gallery Extreme Styles
I ran across these tonight on Essence.com. I thought they were pretty interesting and I love the first one. Tought I'd share. View More Here.
Janelle Monae In Concert
Janelle Monae Performs at the Kia Motors “The Soul Collective” this past weekend in Hollywood. I love her, but...
Bedtime Routine...
I've gotten a few emails on how to protect the hair at night, without the use of bonnets or scarfs. Many people, including myself find that satin bonnets still cause curls to smash. So, I started using the faux hawk method. This style protects the curls from being crushed because the curls are pushed to the top of the head. This method works well with short to long hair. Not to mention, it's a little sexier than that ole bonnet. lol.Step 1: You will need 4 or more big duck bill clips
I found these at Sally's Beauty Supply for $2.99
Step 2: Loosely pin up one side of your hair as high as you can without stretching the curl
Step 3: Pin up the next side creating a faux hawk
Step 4: this is not really a step, but as you can see, still a little sexier than the bonnet...yuck
Step 5: Remove clips, finger fluff curls and go...P.S. Don't forget your satin/silk pillowcase!
Corrine's New Look
Corrine Bailey Ray at the 2009 Q Awards. I am so loving this new look on her. This is a fabulous, fabulous roller set! I want to try this...
Question of The Day: Sour Hair
Hello,"I am a teenager with long, curly hair. I wear my hair in a ponytail most of the time due to sports and dance. So I use water in my hair to help slick it back. I also use conditioner. The problem is that my hair starts to smell sour by the end of the day. I wash my hair often and I've changed conditioners, but the smell is persistent. Do you have any solutions or suggestions on how I can prevent this smell while wearing ponytails? "
-EB
This is a good question. One that I've wondered about as well. See my niece have the same problem. So, I used to tell her to wash her hair more often. So she started doing that but like you, the smell continued to return within hours if not by the end of day. My thought is that the wet hair is not allowed to breath, that is why that sour smell develops. Similar to a wet towel.
So I recommend two things: Avoid wetting the whole head and just wet the area that you are brushing back into the ponytail. This area is still exposed so it will air dry. Or skip the water all together. Maybe aim for a product that would give you the same effect as water and conditioner, like Cantu Shea Butter Leave In. Products like this are fast drying, so they will dry a lot faster than water thus preventing your hair from smelling after a few hours.
Good luck. Keep me posted on your progress.
Camera Time...
It's not often that I show my face on this blog...but for some reason I was in the mood for pictures. So I turned on my web cam and started clicking. I had lots of fun...
I wanted to share with my readers a few things. One, my sincere thanks for your continued support of Urbancurlz. Believe it or not, it's probably the only reason I turn on this computer each day, uhm well also to check my Facebook, too. But anyway, over the past few weeks, maybe months...I've been truly struggling to keep up my mojo. I've had so much going on that my mojo fell at the wayside. It's not that I didn't have anything to blog about, or that I am becoming tired of blogging, or hair. I've just had a lot going on with being a full time worker, mom and wife. To maintain all of those, sometimes, something has to give. Unfortunately, it was the blogging. So since, I've been trying to find that balance.
But for now, I back and in full force. So once again, thanks!
