Cute Simple Updo for Natural Hair!

So you have been wearing your twist set for a while....NOW WHAT? I will share with you a cute and simple style that will spice it up and show the versatility of your lovely twist set!

What you'll Need:

• A Pair of hands
• Bobby pins or butterfly pins
• Smoothing soft bristle brush and gel for the edges (totally optional)

Step 1. After you have already twist set your hair (See post: Twist Set Techniques for Natural Hair), open your palms in front of you. Lightly sweep up the section of hair located at the temples of your head back away from your face in a half "C" type motion to create a hump type look. Do this with just the middle section. In this sweeping motion, your thumbs should lightly brush against the top of your ear. If you have done it correctly, some of your hair in the front should have naturally fell to your face and the the hair in back should be still out.

Step 2. When you have gotten the desired "bump" effect, secure it with bobby pins. Be sure to kind-of roll and tuck the ends of your hair into each other, and pin them down so no stray ends are showing. It should be more rounded and sleek looking but it does not have to be too perfect because you want it to appear effortless. 

Step 3. Once that is secured, play around with the front strands that are hanging down in the front to your liking. You can arrange them as a bang, pin them up and back, or pin them back behind your ear. Whatever you desire!

Step 4. Now that the middle and front are done up and styled the way you want, then go for the back! You want to take that SAME open palm, half "C" sweeping motion you used in step 1, for the back as well. This time your thumbs should graze the back of your ear. Starting at the bottom, grab the hair and begin to roll it into a french roll and pin as you go along. When you get to the midde, where you secured the "hump", pin some hair over top of that, making sure to hide any loose ends or bobby pins.

Almost Complete!

To finish off the style, you can either add flowers to make it festive, or any type of hair jewlery to spice it up. Or just leave it as is, which is what I did!

Oh yea! Don't forget to brush and smooth up them beady beads around your edges and neck! lol Slap some gel on 'em if you have too!

Your All Done! Comment and tell me how you did!

 

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