Everyone wants to have thick, shiny, smooth and manageable hair. But most of the African-American women cannot fulfill this wish of theirs. Blame their genes, as their hair is naturally like that. They also tend to be very dry, frizzy and highly unmanageable. Due to this, many of them resort to various hair care products and use different hair styling tools. This frequent and excessive use of artificial hair styling products further damages their hair. Most of them go for frequent hair straightening when it comes to having a hairstyle. But, I would say that natural curly hair looks very nice and can become the crowning glory by trying out different hairstyles. Instead of running behind artificial and unnatural hair it is better to learn to play with natural hair. Natural hairstyles are easy to maintain, less expensive, and most importantly make you look natural and intense. I think you must be proud of what you are endowed with. And after all curly hairstyles never goes out of fashion. Below given are some of the natural hairstyles for African-American women that certainly look gorgeous and sexy if stylized properly.
Side Ponytail
This is one of the great natural curly hairstyles for black women. You do not have to undergo any rigorous process for this hairstyle. Just wash your hair with a mild smoothing shampoo with conditioner and let it air dry. Try to avoid hair dryers as they make your hair more dry and rough. Once your hair is completely dry apply a little amount of hair serum or non sticky hair oil and make your hair tangle free. Now secure a low ponytail at either side of the head and your side ponytail is ready. This hairstyle is very much in these days and suits almost any type of face shape.
Bandana Hairstyle
It is the best hairstyle for one of those casual days. It is quite inexpensive, as banadanas are easily and cheaply available in the market in variety of designs. First you need to buy one or some of these banadanas. There are two ways you can sport banadanas. You can fold it and use it as a hair band or fold it in triangular shape and it so that it covers your hair. You can experiment with it in many ways. One of my suggestion would be to tie a high ponytail with a colorful scrunchy and then tie a banadana in a hair band style. If you are having a bad hair day then cover your hair with banadana. This way you'll be able to hide your hair and will look cool at the same time.
Hair Bands
This is one of the best hairstyles with short haircuts. There are variety of hair bands available in the market. If you are young you can experiment with various other hair accessories, such as colorful hair clips, beads, hair pins etc. As per the occasion and your mood you can select wide or thin hair bands. They are available in various materials such as, plastic, metals, and elastic cloth etc. If your hair is really thick, then go for broad metal or elastic hair bands and if you have thin hair you can experiment with thin hair bands. You can also try various cloth hair bands with some sequins and other delicate designs. These hair styles really look cute on teenage girls.
Open Hair
This hairstyle looks good with long haircuts. Nothing can be more fashionable than flattering you natural long curls as they are always the part of the trend. Wash your hair with moisturizing shampoo along with conditioner. If they are very frizzy, apply some hair oil or hair serum to make them manageable and soft. Let it air dry and leave the long locks open. If you have stubborn small curls then follow the above procedure in the night and tie your hair when they are little wet and go to bed. In the morning, you will find your curls a little straight and stretched. Now your front hair will look little manageable and stylish. To add the glamor you can get entire or some of the hair strands colored.
Permanent Hairstyles
You can also go for traditional African-American hairstyles, such as, Afro and dreadlocks etc. Those with long hair can go for different hair braiding styles, such as micro braiding, cornrows, and box braids etc. Go to a professional hair dresser and get the braids done which can last for as long as a year. The advantage of these hairstyles is that you will never have to comb your hair and you have to wash it only occasional. It is like a one time investment-low maintenance hairstyles and somehow looks unique and fantastic only on African people. Like this, there are many permanent hairstyles you can experiment with. For example, women with short and medium hair can go for bantu knots or twist outs which they can carry for many days are easy to maintain.
These were some of the natural hairstyles for black women, where you do not have to use chemicals, such as relaxers or perms to make their hair look stylish. You can use hair products for natural hair and flaunt your natural look with proud and style.
