Faux Hawk Hairstyle on Long Hair

Faux hawks or Mohawk hairstyles can easily be done on long hair. For this month’s Hair Carnival the bloggers and I decided to pair up and recreate styles from one another. I paired up Girly and Curly and did our own rendition of their flat twist faux hawk.

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Inspired Style

Welcome to our first Inspired Style posting, where we find styles that are creative and inspiring and recreate them in our own way.

This style was inspired by this photo I saw on Hydratherma Naturals

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Created by Nature Product Review and Giveaway

I have recently had the oppurtunity to review a couple products from Created by Nature.




The Created by Nature line was inspired out of necessity, to have quality natural products on the market. This line was created specifically with my clients, as well as myself, in mind. My products contain only the best in natural ingredients, and in no way will I compromise the quality of this line. Having knowledge of what makes a good product, as well as being educated on healthy hair, has given me the expertise to create a great line. I pray that you love these products as much as I do.

-Aminah Lawson, Creator of Created by Nature: Hair n Body

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Saturday's "Shappin" Hairstyle: Triangle Flat Twists and 2 Strand Hanging Twists

This Saturday's style was the only style from our recent SheaMoisture products reveiw that hadn't been shown on our "Shappin" Style section, so I wanted to get it up.





This one was a first for me, as I had never parted triangle sections for flat rolling twists before. I started out parting the triangle in the center, then twisted the hair and made 2 more triangle twists, one on each side of the first.  With the hair that was remaining on the sides I did 2 strand hanging twists. As I always do, I had soaked the rubber bands used to secure the twists in olive oil prior to styling. I also added some of the cute butterfly clips I received from Once Upon a Curl. For the hanging twists I added some jumbo beads on the ends, those were also from Once Upon a Curl.







(Sometimes when it comes to photos and kiddos...you take what you can get, lol)



That wraps up this week's shappin' style, hope you all enjoyed it and found it inspirational.

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SheaMoisture Review

  I, of course, got these products from Walgreen's during their ‘buy one get one’ sale in March. I purchased one of the Moisture Retention Shampoo, one Hold & Shine Moisture Mist, one Curl & Style Milk, one Curl Enhancing Smoothie, and two of the Deep Treatment Masques. 
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Saturdays "Shappin" Hairstyle: Rolling Twists/Braid Out+Kinky-Curly Review

This “shappin” style was created using Kinky-Curly Curling Custard along with Kinky Curly Come Clean shampoo and Knot Today detangler. After I washed, detangled and moisturized I parted a square on top of her head where I created 5 rolling twists. The twists were a little stiff due to the Curling Custard, but they held for days! I braided the remaining sections of hair on each side into one braid a piece and I made four braids in the back, putting Curling Custard on each section before braiding. The next day before school I took the braids out for a really nice braid out,  we loved it!

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Saturdays "Shappin" Hairstyle: "V" Shaped Rolling Twists

This weeks "shappin" style is the "V" shaped rolling twists.

How I got this look:

After washing, detangling and moisturizing, I parted her hair from ear to ear and tied off the back section to keep it out of the way. I parted the front section down the middle, then parted out a small "V", this made two little sections (one on each side of the middle part). I sprayed on our oil mix, rubbed it into her hair and scalp, then added some Bee Mine Curly Butter and began the rolling twist. Once I was done I secured it with an elastic band that had been previously soaked in extra virgin olive oil. I continued doing this until I until I was done with the entire front section. I let the back down and she wore a headband.

I switched it up with a ponytail and a bow.

This style lasted 5 days!

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Saturdays "Shappin" Hairstyle: Faux Hawk with a twist and a poof

Welcome to this weeks "Shappin" Hairstlye: the faux hawk! This is my favorite type of hair style, there are many different versions of the faux hawk/mohawk/frohawk and this is our most recent attempt at it.



To get this look, I first sectioned off the top, middle part of her hair, which would later be the "bump".

Next I split the hair on the right side into 3 sections and began twisting each section into rolling twists, using SheaMoisture Curl and Style Milk on each. I did the left side the same way. Then, with the back of her hair I made ponytails starting at the top, working my way down, to create the faux hawk look. Lastly I made the bump.



I used the SheaMoisture products for this style. I like the SheaMoisture shampoo and the deep treatment masque conditioned her hair well, the moisture spray revived her curls each day, the style milk and the smoothie were just ok, in my opinion. While, I think this style could have lasted longer, I was pleased with the way it turned out. Have any of you used any of these products? How did they work for you?


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