DLewis, your hair is beautiful! Please tell us how...

[Tee]

Dee,

Your protective style in your siggy is beautiful!! Please, please, please give us a quick how-to. That is a protective style I would be honored to wear!

Thanks in advance!

Tee

 

[dlewis]

Thanks Tee - It was inspired by Kim Porter

Brush your hair back into a ponytail. Get a firm grip around the base of the ponytail and use your other hand to twist the tail into a tight spiral.

Hold the base of the ponytail with one hand, then lift the tail straight up with the other. Begin to coil it clockwise around the base. When you've made half of a circle, release the hand holding the base and use it to hold the forming bun as you continue to coil the tail.

Complete one rotation - a little more if you have longer hair - then tuck the end of the tail under the chignon.

Secure the bun using Amish Hair Pins. Push one pin through at any outside edge, collecting a small amount of the bun as you make the insertion. Secure the opposite side with a second pin.

I'll get someone to take pictures tonight and post them in the morning showing each step.

I'm loving this style. I'm also experimenting with using Ghee on the last 5-6 inches of hair. The ends are very silky and smooth.

 

[soonergirl]

That bun is so lovely and shiny!!!!! (amla??)

 

[wannabelong]

That's a nice bun. When my hair grows up, I want it to be just like your's DLewis!

 

[dlewis]

That bun is so lovely and shiny!!!!! (amla??)

I use amla as a prepoo but that shine comes from a mixture of Ghee (clarified butter - found at the Indian grocery store), coconut oil and castor oil. I LOVE IT. And the smell is not bad.

 

[sareca]

Whoa, that's a beautiful bun.

 

[janeemat]

Soooo Pretty!

 

[tyrablu]

It is very pretty and your hair is so shiny and healthy

 

[Je Ne Sais Quoi]

It is very beautiful and the hair in the avatar is sick

 

[Nenah]

Protective style hummph...... I would wear this style to a wedding

LOVELY AND SHINY

 

[sharentu]

Your hair is very pretty.

 

[Zenobia61]

Dee, once again...here's one of your style tips that I'll be bitin'!!

 

[Sashaa08]

What a beautiful bun! So sleek and elegant. Can't wait to see the step-by-step pictures so I can try it myself.

Thanks D!!!! You're the best!

 

[IntoMyhair]

Yes it is a nice classic protective style. It looks so shiny. I really like it.
Fighting the Pj in me to not find this Ghee product.

 

[MrsBKJ]

I was just going to do a shout out...D your hair is beautiful!!
I never even thought to use ghee on my hair I know my mom uses it on her dry skin sometimes.
hmmm

Thanks for sharing and I cant wait for them pics...

 

[locabouthair]

I was just looking at it in your siggy. very pretty bun! I love the shine!

 

[glam-]

Wow, it is gorgeous!!!

 

[Dayjoy]

To the OP Tee, Thanks for this thread! I was wishing to know just this then I saw you asked. I also can't wait to see the step-by-step photos. Beautiful bun dlewis!!!

 

[OrangeMoon]

Talk about HAIR BLING!!!

 

[dlewis]

Thanks ladies

I was just going to do a shout out...D your hair is beautiful!!
I never even thought to use ghee on my hair I know my mom uses it on her dry skin sometimes.
hmmm

Thanks for sharing and I cant wait for them pics...

VanDiselsWife did a thread on using Ghee on the hair. Someone else did too. I'll see if I can find those thread. The difference after one use was great, even Dh's commented on my hair.

 

[Valerie]

Your hair looks so beautiful.

 

[dlewis]

Here are the two threads I studied

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=9750&highlight=ghee

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=118329&highlight=ghee

 

[zora]

Very, very pretty

 

[Tee]

Protective style hummph...... I would wear this style to a wedding

LOVELY AND SHINY

RIGHT, it's so pretty and beats a boring bun anyday!!

Dee...Thanks for the tut! I will give it a try on my next wash day!

 

[Glib Gurl]

Your hair is really beautiful . . . why can't I have hair like that

 

[Tee]

To the OP Tee, Thanks for this thread! I was wishing to know just this then I saw you asked. I also can't wait to see the step-by-step photos. Beautiful bun dlewis!!!

YW Dayjoy! I saw it and had to ask! I was blown away!

 

[Nice & Wavy]

I look so forward to seeing pics of your hair, D. It's so beautiful and by the size of your bun, you can tell its really long....luv it!

 

[Josie]

I use amla as a prepoo but that shine comes from a mixture of Ghee (clarified butter - found at the Indian grocery store), coconut oil and castor oil. I LOVE IT. And the smell is not bad.

Dlewis, what brand of Ghee did you purchase from the Indian store?
Your hair is just beautiful!! Gorgeous bun!

 

[dlewis]

Dlewis, what brand of Ghee did you purchase from the Indian store?
Your hair is just beautiful!! Gorgeous bun!

I purchased a small jar of this

KISSAN Desi Ghee (Clarified Butter)

I mixed two tablespoons of coconut oil (it was solid)
2 teaspoons of Ghee (Liquid)
and a little castor oil (Liquid)

I LOVE IT

The next batch I plan to leave out the castor oil. After a day it a creamy consistency - like a hair cream.

 

[deltagyrl]

I agree, it's beautiful. I really need to step it up a notch.....