The Ultimate Hairstyle Handbook by Abby Smith Read Free Book Online Page B

use a cap, wet your hair down, condition it and then put your swim cap on. I was a swimmer in high school and it was the conditioner under the swim cap that saved my hair. Every day I got a good deep condition while my friends who didn’t put conditioner under their cap were drying out their hair! If you like to lay out, apply a deep conditioner to your hair and put it up in a bun before you go. The heat from the sun will warm up the conditioner giving you a salon quality deep condition.
    Keep the conditioner in your hair as long as possible. The second I get in the shower I shampoo my hair, rinse it and immediately put the conditioner in. That way the conditioner is working on my hair while I’m shaving and washing my body. You want to maximize the time the conditioner is in your hair. If you can, put your hair inside a shower cap and let the conditioner work on your hair for at least ten minutes.
    Brush out the tangles while you are conditioning it. After letting the conditioner sit on your hair for a few minutes, brush out the tangles by using your fingers or a wide-toothed comb. Doing this will help evenly distribute the conditioner and make your hair that much easier to brush out when out of the shower. Harsh detangling can be traumatic, as your hair is most vulnerable when wet.
    Ever gotten to that point when your hair no longer wants to curl or straighten for you? What you’ve done is removed all the moisture in your hair from the heat you’ve applied. Your hair needs that moisture to cooperate. Stop applying heat and please put some moisture back in it! Mist it with water or thermal spray, let it dry and come back to it.
    Don’t use grocery store bobby pins. They are not all created equal! If you want the hairstyles to hold, you must use strong bobby pins that stay closed. If you have thick, heavy hair, try using large bobby pins.
    Need some volume? Use velcro rollers. First, mist hair with a styling spray. Then while your hair is warm from the blow dryer, wrap it up in some velcro rollers starting from the crown and working your way down. Warm your hair for a few minutes with your blow dryer, then freeze it out for another few minutes with the cold shot button. Finish getting ready and when you’re all ready to go, take them out. It’s like magic!
    Try switching up your part. It will give those top pieces that commonly see all the heat, time to rest and cool underneath. You can also spray your paddle brush with some shine spray and brush your hair from mid shaft to ends. It will deposit enough product in your hair to calm the fly aways and frizz.
    Clean your tools. Use some alcohol and a cotton pad to remove product residue. The old product can sear into your hair making it brittle. . . and we don’t want that!
    Remember to be patient. Whether your hair is not growing as quickly as you’d like, or you’re having problems with some of the styles. . . keep at it! Your hair can be your best accessory if you treat it right.
    As a special little treat we’ve linked you up to my hairstyle video tutorials. If the hairstyle has a video you’ll see it’s link right before the step-by-steps and the password is kangar00. Make sure to check out the videos if you're having trouble figuring out a hairstyle. Watching me actually do the hairstyle may be very helpful for some of you! Please keep in mind that these videos were taken back in 2011 and I had just started blogging. The lighting isn’t super awesome but you can definitely see what’s going on and I hope it helps some of you! Good luck friends and happy hairstyling!

Braided Crown

    Note: Curl hair with wand
    Find video tutorial here .

1.
Gather front section of hair
2.
Braid section

3.
Tug and pull strands to loosen braid then tie off with clear elastic
4.
Gather hair on opposite side

5.
Braid hair
6.
Tug and pull strands to loosen braid then tie off with clear elastic

7.
Bring first braid back and around crown. Pin braid to crown of head
8.
Bring second