#africanhairstyles - CurlyNikki

Sep 11

Heat Stretched Bantu Knot-Out- Natural Hair Styles

By CURLYNIKKI Curly Nikki No Comments

Stephanie of Beautybylee writes: Love your curls, coils and kinks, but want to switch it up? Well, here's a very easy, sexy and ultra chic style you can do yourself! Total time:70 mins. Maintenance: retwist and bantu knot at night but with larger sections. Products used: -Giovanni Direct Leave in conditioner -Carols Daughter Macadamia Heat protecting serum -Darcy Botanical Organic Coconut…

Aug 06

Natural Hair Updo: Twisted Cinnabuns w/ Cornrows

By CURLYNIKKI Curly Nikki 21 Comments

We have been loving updo's over here lately! Can you tell? Miss A will be attending her Aunt's work event this weekend so I decided to give her a style to fit the occasion. This style is perfect for both little and big girls. Great for holidays, formal events or just to feel like a princess! As always, I washed,…

Aug 21

Cornrows & Sister Twists Braided to the Side

By CURLYNIKKI Curly Nikki 12 Comments

Cornrows & Sister Twists Braided to the Side by Nik G of Beadsbraidsbeyond.blogspot.com This is the style I did on A's banded hair. I did this over the course of 3 days because I started during the school week and we didn't want to sit for long periods of time. I absolutely love the look of sister/rope twists! I actually…

Sep 09

No Place for Cornrows…

By CURLYNIKKI Curly Nikki 38 Comments

Cornrows Illegal at London College by Qalil for CurlyNikki.com St. Gregory's Catholic Science College has dominated cyberspace this morning coming under fire from the High Court in London for its discriminatory practices regarding the hairstyle of one young black boy who was denied admission. More often than their contemporaries of other races, black children are denied education in some colleges…

Sep 09

Getting Creative With Basic Cornrows

By CURLYNIKKI Curly Nikki 7 Comments

by Nik G of Beads, Braids, & Beyond I was inspired by a style I saw on Longhairdontcare2011's Youtube channel. As you can see, the style is very easy if you know how to cornrow and it's versatile! Instructions: I started on stretched, moisturized hair, well detangled hair. I split the hair from ear the ear and cornrowed the…