ANKARA HEADBAND TUTORIAL

Adorn your natural hair with this ankara fabric headband

Hope you all are doing great? I was going through some hair accessories pictures and it just clicked that I could make mine with an Ankara fabric and add modification to it. So I got my lazy ass up one boring afternoon and dug into my closet then brought out this piece of Ankara that was meant to be an accompanying scarf for an Ankara dress. Well, I don't use it anyway so it was a perfect option.

Check the collage below, what do you think, uhn?

DIY Ankara fabric headbad

I posted it in a group and some people asked me for a tutorial, NICE!!!, it's a great idea making a picture tutorial and catching fun with it. Then again I went back into my closet and dug out another Ankara scarf wasting away... aarrrgh... I really don't like tying native scarfs but it's a great thing beautifying my mane with them in form of a headband and the good part of it is that it goes well with any type of dressing. Yes!!! that's the awesome part of it.

If you want to try it, here it is:

Note: the length of your elastic must be shorter than the case you prepared for it, say about 2-3 inches shorter. If not it won't be firm.

So that is it!

It is quite simple and it gets more easier and simpler the more you practice.

Perhaps you get confused at some point, please don't hesitate to drop your question in the comment box.

Thanks!

NATURAL HAIR GROWTH CHALLENGE ALERT!

ITEMS NEEDED FOR HAIR GROWTH CHALLENGE CULLED FROM KINKY AND CURLY LOUNGE


This year I want us to do something different, we are going to push a key ingredient until we see result. So for this first 2016 challenge, I chose COFFEE.


Yes, coffee has been discovered to play a unique role in hair growth, and we are going to savore it all. Coffee is known to be that Ingredient that targets DHT, this is a hormone that is responsible for hair loss, it's there to restrict the follicle' s ability to produce hair, this hormone is the main culprit for alopecia, I recall when women use to bald in the past people use to say their male hormones dominate their female hormones, no, it's not the case.


I thought if we can understand the science behind this female partial baldness, then we might definitely start to tackle the situation. DHT actually goes ahead to shrink the hair follicle, and when that happens hair can not survive. This is where coffee comes in, It helps keep the hair follicle in its anagen phase. We all know the hair follicles has 3 stages the growth phase which is the anagen phase, the cessation phase which is the catagen phase and the telogen phase which is the rest phase. So coffee helps keep telling hair follicles on the growth phase longer. So we can Confidently say it prolongs the growth cycle.


We will be doing prepoo, rinses and conditioners with coffee throughout this challenge, it's gonna be a coffee affair ladies.


Also we will be needing



- hibiscus (Zobo leaves)
- onions/ginger/garlic- mustard seed/ powder
-Olive oil
- beer




We will be starting next week Monday, shall I plead with you ladies to spend this week getting ready for the challenge? And I was thinking it will be a good Idea for those who have not had a trim for more than 3 months should please do so this week before the challenge. Giving your hair a fresh start could be very beneficial, we might be holding on to split ends, and if we are, this challenge will be of no good to us all.


Thanks.


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