VII. Conquistadora

Okay! To get this fierce goddess’ hairdo…

1)Wash it, Mousse it, Root-Lift it, Blowdry it (upside down). Make sure you blowdry a thick side bang. Blowdrying it makes it stay where it’s put from the getgo, and you won’t have to deal with those stubborn “antennae” that like to pop up! Also, make SURE you spray with some kind of hair-protectant spray. You do NOT want to heat-damage your hair, and this style is a pretty traumatic one.

2)Separate your top hair from your bottom hair.

3)Begin at the bottom. Place SMALL chunks of hair between the heated plates of the straightener, and slowly rock your straightener back-and-forth as you pull it from root to end. This creates the crimps. Spray after each crimp is created for maximum hold. For me, this is absolutely essential.

4) Continue this up through your mop-top. It’s best to pull small pieces from your mop top instead of letting the whole thing down because you really want to make sure you get every strand of hair. With this type of style, just one out-of-place straight hair is noticeable. If you don’t want to look like a warlady and prefer more of a hippy look, you can add a fancy headband.

***There IS a technique to headbanding. The best way to wear a headband is to pull it over your head and down to your neck, then separate your top hair from your bottom hair, and put the bottom part of the headband in-between, letting the top hair fall back down. Then you can either pull the headband all the way up, or you can stop about halfway between your eyes and your hairline (I prefer the latter, although I don’t have any headbands that are super fancy…)

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5)Using shaping/sculpting wax, gently roll the ends of some of the upper segments in between your fingers to get the hair to shape itself into thick chunks.

Oh, and one more note… As you can see, I have a little frizz going on. Obviously with this style, you’re probably going to have a few problems with frizz. If you want, you can use a TEENY-TINY amount of sculpting wax near your roots (but not at the root) to get the friz to lay down), but take care not to lose any of your volume, and you don’t want your hair to look greasy, so less is best.

Well, there you have it! Rock the look, and love how you look!

Peace ❤