Prepping hair for hair braiding?

[mstankers]

I am getting my hair braided next week. I am getting cornrows (not too thin or too tight). Should my natural hair be blowdried or can I go with it air dryed. When it is blow dried it is straight but if not it tends to get kind of knotty. Any suggestions?

 

[Crystal]

Are the Africans doing it? They can work with just about anything.... I go wet/airdried. I'll wash my hair the morning I'm going and put it in a ponytail... I live in CT and go to NYC to get mine done so by the time I get to New York, it's somewhat dry. But they take the pony tail down and the rest air dries while they're braiding.

 

[mstankers]

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Crystal said:
Are the Africans doing it? They can work with just about anything.... I go wet/airdried. I'll wash my hair the morning I'm going and put it in a ponytail... I live in CT and go to NYC to get mine done so by the time I get to New York, it's somewhat dry. But they take the pony tail down and the rest air dries while they're braiding.

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thanks. the africans are doing it. i am going to the place today to look at their style book

 

[Crystal]

Oh, you could ask them today what they prefer. But I'm so scared of heat in my hair at this point until I would just go air dried... Trust me, they can work with it... I've seen them girls do things with hair that are borderline miracles.

 

[ngaa]

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Crystal said:
Trust me, they can work with it... I've seen them girls do things with hair that are borderline miracles.

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i'm confused, do the way that africans do hair differ to how americans do hair?? /images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[mstankers]

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Crystal said:
Oh, you could ask them today what they prefer. But I'm so scared of heat in my hair at this point until I would just go air dried... Trust me, they can work with it... I've seen them girls do things with hair that are borderline miracles.

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Girl, I am scared of the blow dryer too! I am definitely going to ask today. Will report back later on what they say. LOL @ the miracles you have seen them perform. Do tell /images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[elite_chiq]

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ngaa said:
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Crystal said:
Trust me, they can work with it... I've seen them girls do things with hair that are borderline miracles.

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i'm confused, do the way that africans do hair differ to how americans do hair?? /images/graemlins/confused.gif

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They just have ALOT of skill (in my opinion) they are the faster braiders and the best weaver's ive ever seen so far!

 

[legs71]

mstankers,

I definitely recommend you blowdry your hair prior to having it cornrowed. My hair is natural and more than a couple of times I let my hair air dry and it was MURDER I tell ya. Also take into consideration if you let the Africans do it you can be sure they will tack a charge onto the braiding fee.

 

[ngaa]

really?? i didnt realise that there was a diference between the braidin skills. thanx for answerin my question /images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[mstankers]

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elite_chiq said:
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ngaa said:
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Crystal said:
Trust me, they can work with it... I've seen them girls do things with hair that are borderline miracles.

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i'm confused, do the way that africans do hair differ to how americans do hair?? /images/graemlins/confused.gif

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They just have ALOT of skill (in my opinion) they are the faster braiders and the best weaver's ive ever seen so far!

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Someone has also told me they are great weavers too. Have you gotten a weave by an African?

 

[mstankers]

I went to the braider today and she said I should have my hair blowdryed as it will be easier for her and less painful for me She suggested I use synthetic yaky hair instead of synthetic. What do you guys think? I will start a seperate post just in case no one checks here anymore. Thanks

 

[Karonica]

Hmmm....I dunno. /images/graemlins/confused.gif

I am considering putting braids in my hair this Friday, and I was wondering how to prep my hair. I guess I'll airdry, by washing it on Thursday. That should give it a chance to dry. Now, I just need to think whether I'll use blonde braids or the darker ones mixed with blonde. /images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[happylocks]

am amazed at how my mom friend can braid her sons hair, when he had about a inch or less,

 

[sithembile]

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really?? i didnt realise that there was a diference between the braidin skills. thanx for answerin my question &lt;img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /&gt;

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Ngaa, I have never let a non-African braid my hair, in fact, I'm not getting my hair braided till I go home. Its just looks neater, and they braid faster.

 

[bettydavis]

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Crystal said:
Trust me, they can work with it... I've seen them girls do things with hair that are borderline miracles.

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i'm confused, do the way that africans do hair differ to how americans do hair?? &lt;img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /&gt;

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They just have ALOT of skill (in my opinion) they are the faster braiders and the best weaver's ive ever seen so far!

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I agree, my mom had two african friends (one eithopian one eritrean) and I've never seen anyone braid so fast or neat in my life. I learned from watching them but I am still nowhere near as good.

 

[alliyah4eva203]

i'm getting my hair braided in a couple of weeks also and i would recommend that you do blow dry it. and also have a deep conditioning treatment before hand.