Keya's Hair

In the environment that I grew up in hairstylist were and still are prevalent. My mother is a hairstylist and has been every since I was 6 years old. I watched her create hairstyles on her clients so many times that naturally I picked up this ability and begin to practice on my sisters. Very quickly I was emulating my mothers designs and slowly finding my own. Nonetheless I have not had the time or the clientele to perfect my styling abilities, so for the purpose of my Professional Practice class, in effort to demonstrate a technique, I asked a member of my church to be my model. I asked her to wash her hair and blow-dry it as well. My models hair is very short because up until about three months she ware a short hair cut for the last ten years. Before weaving the extensions in her head I parted out sections of her hair that will ultimately cover the extensions to create a natural look. 

 I use synthetic braiding hair in order to securely corn roll her natural hair down. In her hair I used Bobby Boss 1B Silky 16" hair, which matches the color of her hair. I use the beehive style of corn rolling my models hair because it helps make the final product look flat instead of bumpy, and in my opinion is the sturdiest way to attach the extensions.

 I sewed the hair onto her corn rolls, with hair thread, using an over, under, and threw method, in which I wrap the needle over and under the corn roll and threw the extensions securely fashioning the end and beginning of the thread with at knot. 

After sewing the extension to my models head I flat iron the extension with ceramic straitening irons. After I get the extension flat and silky I proceed to flatiron my models head to blend perfectly with the extensions. Because the hair was too long for my models liking I cut the hair using a blunt cut up to 10" and teased the ends so they look like naturally split uneven hair.

Lastly I curled the hair loosely with the flat irons and feathered the front and sides with smaller flat irons.