
Hey Curlies,
I’ve been thinking about how I proudly state that my naturally curly hair holds up in the rain. I love how I don’t have to run from the rain. I have noticed that there’s another element that may effect my curly hair. It’s the wind!!! I live in the “Windy City” and as it gets cooler outside we have wind combined with rain or just plain old windy days. I sported a braid out from last week Sunday until midday Friday . Six days was pretty good but I noticed that my hair was no match for a few days of wind. I’m sure that my hair would have held up in extreme wind if I would have braided my hair out every night, however I challenged myself to see how long I could go without rebraiding or plaiting my hair at night. I did rebraid/ plait after the first day, so in other words I co-washed and did a braid out on Saturday night, rebraided on Sunday night and then at night just placed my hair in a pineapple shape atop my head through Thursday night. It was windy earlier in the week, however I just tried to hold on to see how long I could keep my braidout carefree routine going. Well Friday morning came and my braidout was “big”, and less defined when I began the week with a fresh braidout. In fact it was starting to look frizzy. After the rain and wind I had to place a ponytail holder around it to contain it during my lunchbreak. Yet, the wind blew portions of my hair into a dry puff that had strands sticking upward at that back of my puff.
I believe that I learned a very important lesson this week. If it’s super windy, my puffs and curls aren’t always super when the weather changes drastically. However a supercurly women can definitely come up with a hit style in the next storm. I believe that style will be a braided bun, or I will definitely rewet my hair so that my curls with behave. Now that’s a thought for the supercurly!



I guess scarves and protective buns are a good option for these days. My hair is short so pretty windproof at this length but I know to prepare now!
I'd don a scarf like these when I went into the wind!
http://www.dailytravelphotos.com/archive/2009/02/10/
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZCQNFd3qBcQ/S6yDAk1J73I/AAAAAAAAANo/y6jwCd4NvEI/s1600/a-crop-paul-smith-a_w-heritage-chic-head-scarf–getty-_preview.jpg
I love your big hair! I bun on windy days. Also, I keep an extra scrunchie in my purse for those just incase I forgot about the weather days. =)
You are preaching to the choir. I also live in the Windy City and fully know the problems it can cause.
Sometimes I pull it back by bobby pins or a scrunchie so that when I get to my event I can hop in the bathroom and deal with my curls. Or wear a hat.
Sadly somtimes I don't plan as well and I have to go into the bathroom after a wind attack to fix my hair. This is one of the main reasons I carry bobby pins and ponytail holders in my purse at all times.
-E'Lise
how do you get your hair to look like that?
I have just started but am having a hard time.
And what do you hold your hair back with.
I just love it. I'm transistioning so i have the in between mostly the perm is at the ends. I do not want to cut my hair off, i just want it to go natural.
If these pics are of the windy day you speak of, your hair actually looks really good to me. But yes, I definitely need to come up with a routine to combat the wind in Chi-town (I think the big scarves Shake recommended are a great, chic idea). I go to school in the city, but live elsewhere. Thanks for the reminder, it will be saving me in near future, :-).
And you have Tracie Ellis-Ross hair, very beautiful.
Jeana
Your hair is so cute, and I'm particularly enamored with that last photo with the low pony puff. I can't say I've had any issues with wind, but when I roll the windows down in my car, i lose all definition. Like the others, i try to keep a scarf handy. Might be a good idea to keep a little spritz and oil on hand so you can refresh and re-seal your hair after the windy outings.
Love Barabara's hair!!! It's SOOO gorgeous and BIG!
I usually just let my hair blow in the wind..I feel sexy that way..LOL! If it's cold and windy though I'll wrap it up in a scarf.
I had this happen to me this week since I've been wearing my twist out. I ended up pulling back the top half of my hair into a pony and that helped a lot. ~KF519
If I had your fab length and volume, I would be rocking double buns.
https://www.curlynikki.com/2010/08/koos-double-buns-haute-natural-hair.html
Thanks for the kind words and compliments! The wind is no joke here. I have been keeping an extra elastic in my purse, but I think I need to add a spritz bottle, a stash of oil, bobbi pins and my denman brush on hand also.
@ Allyson- I created a puff a few days after wearing a braidout. I then used an elastic to secure my puff. You can check out directions on how to create this style by going to my website http://www.barbaranaturallyspeaking.com and click on "blog". Type "braidout" in the search bar and it will give you steps on how I created the braidout, and search for "puff" for directions on how I create my puffs.