The 5Rs Hair Care Masterclass

 

Hello, how are you doing? How is your mental health? Hope you are calming down from the unrest? We understand that things might not completely get back to normal this year again, but we have no choice but to hope.

At African Naturalistas, we want to wrap up this year with The 5R Hair Care Masterclass. Many of us have been shaken, such that hair care is the last thing on our minds. But all in all, we must still move on and hope for the best.

The 5Rs Hair Care Masterclass is the ultimate masterclass you will need to tow your hair on a healthy path, especially as we approach a new year. 

The 5Rs stand for Restart, Regrow, Rejuvenate, Retain, and Restore.

• If you are looking for a fresh start in your hair care journey, it is time to Restart your hair
• If you have suffered hair loss of any kind, it is time for you to Regrow your hair
• If you are already on your journey to hair growth, but you hair is dull and flailing, it is time to Rejuvenate your hair
• If your hair was once healthy, but something has gone wrong, and you can’t figure it out, it is time to Restore your hair
• If you have grown your hair successfully, it is time for you to Retain your hair

The 5Rs Haircare Masterclass is for every woman with hair on her head. Whether your hair is relaxed, natural, short, long, curly, coily, healthy, damaged, No matter what category you fall under, the 5R Hair care masterclass is for you.

This masterclass is going to start your hair care journey afresh for the New Year. 

Click here to register for the very early bird of the Masterclass

Natural Hair Updo Tutorial

A lot of naturalistas are of the opinion that styling their hair is difficult to do. Even some of the styles i shared in my Simple Natural Hair Style series, some people would say were hard to achieve. But really if you just break up styles into different steps, then you can easily copy some of the natural hair styles you see.

Recently I did an Instagram takeover for African Naturalistas and I shared the great news that my husband and I are expecting our first child. I wasn't 100% sure if i would do a maternity shoot but decided to do so at the last minute. A month prior to the shoot i had seen a tutorial for a pretty hairstyle on Instagram and decided to recreate it for the pregnancy shoot.

I didn't get a picture of the hair itself from the shoot day but i managed to take a phone picture a few days afterwards.

I hope this inspires you to try new styles with your hair and not be intimidated when you see lovely styles online.

Best wishes for the weekend!

Easy Natural Hair Styles - Part 6

Welcome to the last hair style from this easy natural hair styles series. There was actually another hair style (a side puff) but I forgot to film it, and only took photos. I hope you have enjoyed the series, and seen that if you're pressed for time, and aren't too good with your hands, you can still manage at least 6 easy hairstyles.

Thanks for following me along this series!

Berry Dakara.

Easy Natural Hair Styles - Part 5

Hi there,

Today's the second to the last easy natural hair style I will be showing you. This is actually a natural hair high/mega bun - remember when I showed a tutorial a few weeks ago. I decided to try it out myself and I think it came out okay - could have been better though, but it's all good.

Again, remember the hair styles in this series can be done in a matter of 2 minutes or less!

Have a lovely weekend everyone. I know there's a holiday on Monday, which happens to be my birthday as well.

Also, don't forget to log on to African Naturalistas Instagram this Sunday, as I will be doing a takeover and showing you my wash day with our products!

Berry Dakara.

Easy Natural Hair Styles - Part 4

We're just about halfway through this little series of my easy natural hair styles. You might be wondering why I didn't just post a video with everything at once... well, some people may not want to watch a long video; also I wanted to show you how QUICK these styles are - some of which can be done in a minute or two.

Easy Natural Hair Styles - Part 3

Hi there!

I'm back with Part 3 of my Easy Natural Hair Styles. This one is particularly easy and simple to achieve. I like simple natural hair styles that take literally less than a minute to do, and this is one of them.

Come back next week for another easy natural hairstyle! Have a lovely weekend.

Berry Dakara.

Easy Natural Hair Styles - Part 2

This is a continuation of my Easy Natural Hair Styles series. Please see Part 1 here.

This is easily one of my favorite styles, as it's easy and looks like I put in effort, when it really takes a short amount of time and just 2 bobby pins.

I have a few more styles up my sleeve and will be sharing in the upcoming weeks.

What are some of your go-to natural hairstyles?

Berry Dakara.

Easy Natural Hair Styles for 4C Hair - Part 1

Last weekend I filmed a video showing some of my easy, go-to natural hairstyles, but for the benefit of African Naturalistas, I'll break it down into short snippets that I'll share over the next 6 weeks. My first hairstyle was a simple braid out, turned into a parted afro.

Check back next week for Style 2,which was easy to transition to from this style.

Have a nice weekend!
Berry Dakara.

TWISTED KNOTS Natural Hair Style

Earlier this week, I came across this very simple but elegant hairstyle on Youtube by Naturally Temi. I've decided that when I share videos on various hairstyles, it would only make sense for me to include my own attempts at recreating them. This was a very easy natural hair style to try and you can see my results at the bottom!

I think it's a cute hairstyle, and a nice variation of the bun (I've shared about natural hair buns before here, here and here), and it's easily a style I could wear for a few days, provided I keep the style wrapped up at night.

What do you think of the style, and my attempt?

Have a great Easter Weekend! God bless.
Berry Dakara.

Braid Out on Natural Hair

We saw a video yesterday from Chizi Duru, and I'm about to share yet another video from her. Let me tell you why I like her videos. First of all, her hair texture looks like mine. It's very important that when you watch Youtube videos for hair tutorials, you're following people with similar hair texture to yours. Secondly, I like that her styles are not complicated at all. Don't you get a little sad and irritated when you watch videos with techniques that just fly by you? Thirdly, I like that her videos are short and straight to the point. Ain't nobody got time for loooooooooooooooooooooooong videos.

With that being said, check out her video on how to do a braid out on natural hair.

Similar products that you can use are our AN Leave-In Conditioner, our AN Gel, and any of our Oils. Check the African Naturalistas Store now and pick out your products!

Have a great weekend!
Berry Dakara.

Individual Crochet Faux Locs Styling

I still have my individual crochet locs on my head, and at this rate I'm not 100% sure when I'll take them off, because I'm lazy I keep finding new ways to style them. I thought I'd share photos of some of the styles I've done - and all of them were done WITHOUT any tools at all. Not one hair band, or pin, or anything!

What style's your favorite? Let me know in the comments!

Berry Dakara.

Cute Natural Hairstyle for Holiday Events

December - the month of parties, weddings and all kinds of celebrations is almost over. A lot of people have been wearing protective styles - braids, crochet braids, wigs, etc. But for those of us who have our hair out, I thought this pretty simple hairstyle would work for some of your outings. Enjoy!

Holiday Updo Natural Hairstyle Tutorial

The holidays are upon us, and this means parties galore! End of year Office parties, Christmas parties, New Year parties, Wedding festivities and so much more! I came across West African Baby on Instagram and she recently shared a tutorial on this marvelous updo. It's for people with longer hair, but I'm sure you can recreate it with crochet braids.

I know my hair isn't as long as this, but maybe I should try it aye?

Have a great weekend!
Berry Dakara.

Natural Hair Style - LOOSE TWISTS

About a month or two ago, while perusing Instagram, I came across this hairstyle - Loose Twists and I fell in love!!! I liked that it seemed to be a quicker and easier alternative to regular twists. Additionally whenever I twist my natural hair, I don't typically get a lot of volume, but with loose twists, the style makes my hair look fuller. I watched several tutorials online, which I will post below and I got to twisting! It took a couple of hours, but I've been enjoying the hairstyle.

My only worry is that my hair might get matted up and start to loc - it usually does that when I leave my natural hair in a protective twist style.

For maintenance, I just use my spray bottle or put leave-in conditioner directly on my hair. I also like that it's very easy to oil my scalp when needed. At night, I just put it in a bun or pineapple and tie my hair down with a scarf.

This week I've actually had the hair in a modified version of the style Beenzu posted last week. It definitely has kept my hand-in-hair syndrome away.

Have you ever done loose twists? If not, would you like to try them some day?

Berry Dakara.

Watch this cutie 5-finger detangle her natural hair

Holla Naturalistas, 

How are you all doing? Kinks and all? I found this 5 year old cutie on the internet, she's been an instagram sensation since she was as little as 3 posting hair tutorial, the page was of course managed by her mum. 

Watch how she 5 finger detangles her hair.

And if you want to see more dose of cuteness check her out on Instagram

5 ways to deal with bad hair day

Hello Naturalistas,

I hope you're all doing great? Kinks and all?

Today we'd be looking at 5 ways to deal with a bad hair day, let's jump right it into it.

Accessorise; Using accessories will definitely change the look of hair styles and also when you have stuck and don't know what to do with your hair. There are plenty accessories to help with a bad hair day. Bobby pins, head bands, flower crowns, Hair chains etc. We have must-haves for every naturalista.

Abit more make-up; Take the attention away from your hair by putting abit more make-up that you'd regularly put on. Use a bold red or banging eye make up and let the world look at your face and not your hair.

Cover it up: It doesn't have to be boring scarfs, there are options of turbans, hats and caps. Here is one scarf 4 ways, Step up your turban game. These should help with covering up your bad hair for the day.

Extensions; Adding extensions to your hair to give you a faux bun will also help you deal with a bad hair day. All you need are hair band, hair extensions and bobby pins. Here's a tutorial on how to get it done.

Easy natural hair styles; One a bad hair day, you don't need a complex hair style to be battling with because you're probably frustrated already. There are tons of easy hair styles for one of those days. Here's an example.


Hope this tips help when next you are dealing with a bad hair day. Now, over to you. How do you deal with bad hair day?

Natural Hair Style - Finger Coils

Sometime during the week, on our Instagram account, we reposted a photo of a lady in Finger Coils. So far, it has gotten the most number of likes any of our posts have ever received! I've decided to share that photo here and a short video showing you how to achieve finger coils. It's a fairly easy natural hairstyle and looks great on any natural hair length.

@Regrann from @demicarson - Dark Chocolate... Get you a photographer padi. 📸: @tosin.akinyemiju Finger coils still popping! #naturalhair #type4hair #4bhair #Regrann

A photo posted by African Naturalistas (@africanaturalistas) on Jul 11, 2016 at 2:17pm PDT

This hairstyle has it's pros and cons. On the pros, it's fairly easy to do and can last you a good three weeks! The cons are that it takes a couple of hours to achieve, and if you leave the style in for too long, it can mat up and begin to loc.

Some of the products you need can be found in our store! On freshly washed hair, apply our

Leave-In Conditioner

One or two of our range of Oils

Seal it all in with our Anti-Breakage Butter Lotion

And finally, apply our Twist and Curl Pudding to keep the finger coils in. Our Twist and Gel product is coming soon, but for now our pudding is a good substitute.

Watch this short tutorial video on how to do finger coils for natural and transitioning hair.

To maintain the hair style (and all other hair styles), use our Daily Hair Mist and Hair Growth Oil Elixir to keep your natural hair moisturized and well hydrated.

 

Visit our store to place your orders and definitely follow us on Instagram (@africanaturalistas) for lots of natural hair styles and inspiration!

Berry Dakara.

Quick and Easy Natural Hair Bun Tutorial

Last year, I posted a Natural Hair Faux Bun Tutorial, and now I'm here with a Real Natural Hair Bun one. It's an easy protective style that you can wear literally anywhere - church, work, hanging out with friends, date night, etc.

I intend to keep the hair in for about a week. If it holds up longer, even better for me!

This is what the hair looks like on Day 5, today. All I do is put leave-in conditioner, then wrap my scarf around it at night.

I just might keep it in for 2 weeks at this rate.

What do you think?

Berry Dakara.