Black Hair Styles

There are many options in wearing black hair styles. Black hair styles can include hair braids, hair weave, hair extensions, wigs, cornrows, and absolutely any style that a person with kinky or curly hair wears. This page is here to give you the necessary black hair care tips you need to keep healthy and beautiful hair, however you decide to wear your hair.

Hair Braids

Hair braids is one of the most popular hair styles that historically has been worn as a symbol of status, beauty, and wealth in many cultures. Braids are an excellent way to give the hair a rest, transition from chemicals to natural, strengthen and lengthen your hair. They can also act as a double edge sword, cause hair breakage, and sudden hair loss. Prevention of fungus, bacteria, and build up is a must with wearing braids.

Minty Scalp cleanse is the solution. To make sure that your hair is more healthy and beautiful from wearing braids, Black Hair Care Black Skin Care has several recommendations.

Braid Rules:

1. Cleanliness is a must. Shampoo with Sulfate free and antiseptic based shampoo, Tea Tree and Neem Shampoo is our pick. Shampoo your hair before your get braids, shampoo your hair at least every 10-14 days while you wear braids, and shampoo your hair before you remove your braids.
2. Condition, Moisturize, and Strengthen. Protein and moisture is the combination that your hair needs while wearing braids to be well conditioned. Conditioning prevents breakage, prevents the hair from developing psoriasis, keeps your braids beautiful, and makes your hair strong. Leave in Conditioner and Strengthener and Hot Oil Treatment are the best sources of conditioning, protein and moisture for your tresses.
3. Do not allow braids to stay in your hair more than 12 weeks. After 12 weeks, you run the risk of your hair locking.
4. Excessive tension, especially on the hair line can cause permanent hair loss/alopecia. To prevent alopecia from occurring, place your finger at the base of your braid, place firm pressure, while the braid is being braided.

How to remove hair extensions from your hair:

1. Shampoo your hair with Saniyyah Naturally Lemongrass Shampoo or Tea Tree & Neem Shampoo
2. Apply Saniyyah Naturally Hot Oil Treatment – this coats the strands, allows the hair to soften and allows the extension to release and not stick to your hair in the removal process. When the hair sticks to yours (especially synthetic hair), you run a greater risk of hair breakage and thinning
3. Use a medium to small tooth comb to remove braids or hair extension, one braid at a time.

Straight Hair Styles

Get your black hair styles long...keep them long!

Relaxed, hot comb press, blow dry, or thermal press are also among the options for black hair styles. Madam CJ Walker recognized the habits African Americans adopted in our quest to get the straightest & most acceptable hair style, she observed the damage that we did to our hair, bodies, and spirit to get 'that look', and realized the effects of the straightening process were devastating. In fact, most African American women experience some form of hair loss or scalp issue from wearing her kinky and curly texture hair in straight styles for extended periods of time. Damaged Hair Repair Kit is the solution to hair breakage and hair loss from wearing braids, hair weaves, and extensions.

Straight Hair Rules:

• Condition often and wear hair styles that do not require a lot of heat: wraps, up dos, ponytails and buns are great options.
• Condition your hair at least every three days by using natural based hair oils or water/oil based leave in conditioners, apply hot oil treatments or deep conditioners every 14 days minimum, and massage your scalp every day to improve the circulation and stimulate healthy hair growth.
• Do not to apply chemicals directly to your scalp(leave about a ¼ inch untouched).
• Use oil based shampoos (no Sodium Lauryl Sulfate).
• Stay away from drying with black hair styles.
• Finally, if you are going into a hair relaxer after being natural, you must test the relaxer in a section of your hair for 3-6 months to see how your hair responds. Listen gently to your hair and your body and act accordingly.

Hair Weave

Before you add extensions to your hair for any of the black hair styles, arm yourself with these helpful hints to make your beweavable hair journey a success.

About Hair Extensions for Black Hair Styles:

• Hair extensions are processed with chemicals and should be shampooed before applying to your hair.

• The chemical residue in hair extension can develop fungus, yeast, itchy scalp, scalp rash, and hair loss if not removed.
• Hair extensions should be applied by a professional who understands and applies extension with minimal tension.
• Synthetic hair is made of synthetic fibers that do not have pores and do not allow the hair or scalp to breathe. Therefore, synthetic hair should be worn for short durations of time.
• Synthetic hair will tangle if left loose in hair weaves, open ended braids, or braid weaves.
• If applied too tightly, you can experience alopecia/sudden hair loss from wearing hair extensions.
• There are many options for adding hair weave. The most favorable methods are techniques are sew in weave, strand by strand hair weave, and braids with human hair. Techniques that cause the most damage involve the use of adhesives, bonding glue, or acrylic.

Lace Front Wig

Lace front wigs are the application of a full wig to the hairline using adhesive to secure the wig in place. Among one of the most popular black hair styles in 2009.

Lace front wigs have been worn by celebrities for decades. They originally were used as a quick, full, and beautiful look for special events, photo shoots, and temporary use to get a particular look in film industry, especially period films. Recently, it is very common to see women wearing lace front wigs for everyday use. For example, in the past two weeks, I have observed two women in the post office, three in the same bank, and even the cashier at your local fast food restaurant wearing lace front wigs.

Cautions in wearing lace front wigs:

1. Glue applied to the skin/scalp blocks the circulation of blood and air in the area making your hair and scalp prone to severe and ongoing hair loss, fungus development, and irritation.
2. Wearing a wig for an extended period of time does not allow you to be able to cleanse and condition your hair, leaving the hair/scalp unclean and parched.
3. Consider that a lace front wig does not look like a natural hair line. If your goal is to have a natural hair line, a lace front wig is not your best option.
4. If you wear a lace front wig, your hair line is more than likely compromised. Bring your hair line back with the Damaged Hair Repair Kit., the solution to hair loss issues for black hair styles!