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October 20, 2016
Choosing A Fall Hair Color
Choosing a fall hair color isn’t something that has to be a problem. It’s not like hair color is mandatory. Especially not in the Fall & Winter months. Most people color their hair in the summer months. Me, I DO WHAT I WANNA DO dammit! I said it before when I wrote about Why I Am Not Natural…anymore.
What that means for me is that I usually color my hair in the fall and winter months. I don’t know why, I just do. That seems to be the time of year that I get the urge. Funny thing…my daughter walks out of the bathroom a few days ago and she had a head full of colored hair.
I asked her about it and she said, “I don’t know. I just felt like coloring it. Maybe it’s the change in weather.” She get it from her mama. LOL!
Back to short relaxed hair color. (she has long natural hair so she has no place on this here website) I tend to like 2 types of hair color: Rich and thick colors with lots of dimension and blonde. Datsit. Those are the only ones that appeal to me. That is probably why get the itch to dye my hair in Fall & Winter.
Richer tones feel cozy and warm and seem to go with the holiday season. Usually, I know right away what color I’m headed toward for the season. This year, though, I am back and forth between 3 separate colors.
Fall Hair Color – PURPLE
Rose gold, purple and oxblood. The purple I think may be out because it just seems a bit played. Everybody and their mama has had some version of purple. So, I’m kinda meh about the purple. Every now and then I do still see a picture of a beautiful purple hue that makes me excited though. We shall see.
Fall Hair Color – ROSE GOLD
Rose gold looks gorgeous every time I see it. I wanted to die my hair pink. Not my entire head, but I wanted to do the tips and add some highlights using pink. The issue with that ideas is that my hair is so black because I’m constantly battling these disrespectful ass gray hairs, like I talked about here.
That would present quite the issue with upkeep if I went for a color that light. I justify it in my mind by saying that I’d only dye the ends so it wouldn’t be too difficult to keep that up. Roots are a different story. But, I don’t know about the lies I tell myself. And bleaching my relaxed hair is an uphill battle that requires A LOT of maintenance and stress.
Fall Hair Color – OXBLOOD
Last but not least, is the front runner of the pack. Oxblood or maroon, depending on how old school you are, is looking like the winner. And I know, I know, it has also been done a million times. But…there’s something about oxblood that is timeless. It’s similar to jet black. It’s almost impossible to get it wrong (Smokey Robinson, Jermaine Jackson – I said ALMOST impossible!).
There are so many different tones and variations that I know I could change it up and stay within the same color range without getting bored. I could lighten the tones and darken them without completely killing my hair in the process.
Do y’all color your hair for Fall & Winter? What color should I do? Leave your thoughts in the comments. Until next time…I’ll holla!
Download my eBook The Short Hair Bedside Bible to learn how to lengthen the life of your short hairstyles.
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October 19, 2016
Weave And Short Hair | October 19, 2016
Short hair is ALL THAT! Don’t get me wrong. But just like anything else, it can become mundane and boring. So what do you do when that happens?
I do one of two things. Dye or Weave! Datsit. There is nothing wrong with weave and plenty of women who are killing the pixie game are wearing weave and short hair.
If you take a look at Fantasia’s Instagram page, you will see her wearing styles that are sometimes thicker and fuller at the top and then sometimes thinner and sleeker. She’s no exception, lots of women who have short cuts like to play around with the versatility weave can bring into your life. And she’s able to switch up her look between full and sleek because she’s strategically using weave and short hair to keep things poppin.
I have done styles where I’ve added tracks to my hair and I loved the results. One style in particular was one that I took straight from Fantasia’s picture that was posted all over the net. It was bomb and I wanted the style, but had I waited the year it would have taken for me to grow the front of my hair to the length the style called for …chile, we’d still be waiting. Ain’t nobody got time.
So I grabbed the hair glue, a couple tracks, some close up photos and I got to work recreating the style at home. It was great. You can see how I did it in this video: CURLY SUMMER HAIR 2016
Another great reason to play around with weaves and short hair, is that you can add color to your look without having to tear your hair up with bleach. I love to add funky colors to my hair. I’ve had green, blue, blonde and burgundy in my head. I recently considered jumping onto the gray trend too, but for some reason, lately I’ve been super tied to my jet black. It’s a color that always works on short hair and when I dye my hair, it’s my go-to. (watch how I get my jet black color)
That being the case, I have had my share of ups and downs with color and this here relaxer I have in my hair. Let’s just say that there have definitely been some #fails along the way with me, hair dye and my pixie cut.
I now know better. I understand my hair and how it works with lifting and bleaching and I also now know the limits of what my hair can and cannot take when it comes to color application.
YouTube is BAE #2, falling second only to Mizani who is BAE ALL DAY! And it was on YouTube that I found Malinda Williams’ channel before I started doing short hair on my own YouTube channel. She has long since been killing the short hair game. She’s a pixie cut OG. She has a great video where she adds a few very cute highlights to her short cut by throwing in a couple tracks. (Check out her video below).
It’s a great tutorial overall, and recreating that look is super practical. I may be adding a little color to my mix soon and I’ll probably use weave to do so. If I do it, I’ll film it for you guys.
I hope this gives you guys some ideas on how you can quickly and easily work some weave into your short hairstyles for a bit of added flavor.
If you do, tag me so I can see. Also, check out my eBook The Short Hair Bedside Bible and download your copy.
Until next time…I’ll holla!
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Weave And Short Hair
Short hair is ALL THAT! Don’t get me wrong. But just like anything else, it can become mundane and boring. So what do you do when that happens?
I do one of two things. Dye or Weave! Datsit. There is nothing wrong with weave and plenty of women who are killing the pixie game are wearing weave and short hair.
If you take a look at Fantasia’s Instagram page, you will see her wearing styles that are sometimes thicker and fuller at the top and then sometimes thinner and sleeker. She’s no exception, lots of women who have short cuts like to play around with the versatility weave can bring into your life. And she’s able to switch up her look between full and sleek because she’s strategically using weave and short hair to keep things poppin.
I have done styles where I’ve added tracks to my hair and I loved the results. One style in particular was one that I took straight from Fantasia’s picture that was posted all over the net. It was bomb and I wanted the style, but had I waited the year it would have taken for me to grow the front of my hair to the length the style called for …chile, we’d still be waiting. Ain’t nobody got time.
So I grabbed the hair glue, a couple tracks, some close up photos and I got to work recreating the style at home. It was great. You can see how I did it in this video: CURLY SUMMER HAIR 2016
Another great reason to play around with weaves and short hair, is that you can add color to your look without having to tear your hair up with bleach. I love to add funky colors to my hair. I’ve had green, blue, blonde and burgundy in my head. I recently considered jumping onto the gray trend too, but for some reason, lately I’ve been super tied to my jet black. It’s a color that always works on short hair and when I dye my hair, it’s my go-to. (watch how I get my jet black color)
That being the case, I have had my share of ups and downs with color and this here relaxer I have in my hair. Let’s just say that there have definitely been some #fails along the way with me, hair dye and my pixie cut.
I now know better. I understand my hair and how it works with lifting and bleaching and I also now know the limits of what my hair can and cannot take when it comes to color application.
YouTube is BAE #2, falling second only to Mizani who is BAE ALL DAY! And it was on YouTube that I found Malinda Williams’ channel before I started doing short hair on my own YouTube channel. She has long since been killing the short hair game. She’s a pixie cut OG. She has a great video where she adds a few very cute highlights to her short cut by throwing in a couple tracks. (Check out her video below).
It’s a great tutorial overall, and recreating that look is super practical. I may be adding a little color to my mix soon and I’ll probably use weave to do so. If I do it, I’ll film it for you guys.
I hope this gives you guys some ideas on how you can quickly and easily work some weave into your short hairstyles for a bit of added flavor.
If you do, tag me so I can see. Also, check out my eBook The Short Hair Bedside Bible and download your copy.
Until next time…I’ll holla!
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October 18, 2016
Cut Short Hair Care Costs | October 18, 2016
Look, everybody wants to save money. It’s just the world we live in. Even someone who is doing well financially, or even BALLIN’ will take a deal if it doesn’t force them to compromise what’s important to them. In this article we are going to figure out how to cut short hair care costs by up to $100 a month.
That’s the basic breakdown of any analysis when it comes to money. We all are grown and we pick and choose how we spend our money. Within each of our choices is an undercurrent of priorities which drives how much, when and where our dollars flow.
I am by no means about to dive off into the depths of the socioeconomics of how you handle ya coins. But, what I am going to do, is show you how you can save some money and keep your standards and results exactly where they are.
Let’s get into it.
The Priorities of Short Hair Care
Everyone’s priorities are different when it comes to this category. There are personality types, professions, practicalities and a whole lotta other things that go into how each individual prioritizes what matters most to them when it comes to their mullet top.
For many, the leading factors are whether they look and feel good and are confident walking out of the house with whatever hairstyle they’ve chosen for the day. Nobody wants to look like a mango seed and have to try to fake their way through a day pretending that they meant to do that. Let’s be real.
Aside from the aesthetics, are the issues of time and effort. How long will it take me at night and then in the morning, to ultimately slay all day? How many hours? Hmmmm…can I just slay from 8a til noon, then?
A lot of ladies are not willing to spend too much time on their hair. How much is too much? I can’t tell ya that because errbody is different. For me, spending an hour on my hair in order to get 3 days worth of wear out of a style is a pretty good trade. For others, they need that wham bam thank you ma’am, 30 minute do.
Now on to effort. Time and effort and different factors and they should be considered separately. And I’m about to be really real here, some of y’all are just plain lazy. Point blank to the period. If you are, this here short hair life may not be for you. Here’s a video on 4 Things To Consider Before You Cut Your Hair Short. In it, I talk about y’all lazy behinds and whether or not you should make the leap to short hair. If you already have, you still may need to jump ship and high tail it back to the land of weave and honey. Just saying. Watch it and then keep reading to find out how to manage costs.
The Costs of Short Hair Care
Ok, now that you know what the variables are, let’s construct this here equation. If you are lazy, but want short hair that slays all day, then you need to take your butt to the salon on a regular basis. You are not likely to put the time and energy into doing it yourself if you’re lazy. The trade off between pro salon visits and at home short hair care – is TIME. Lazy people ain’t got time (let them tell it).
If you opt to visit a salon regularly, find one that you like, with professional stylists (who show up on TIME!), and talk with them about any discounts you may be able to finagle if you keep up a regular schedule with the same stylist. You may be surprised to find that they are willing to offer you a better rate if you come weekly, over a long period of time.
If you are a person who has decided that hair care costs is an area you are willing to put more time into, in order to save some money, then you can actually save lots of your precious dollars for the things in your life that hold a higher position.
Do not come over here if you are just plain cheap, looking for a Beyonce level hairdo with $25.00. Girl bye! This is not 2003 and that is not going to work. It is 2016 and imma need you to catch up and get a grip on reality.
That being said, you can purchase quality products nowadays from local retailers and online and with some time spent on my YouTube channel and others like it, you can learn to produce salon quality results at home for a fraction of the cost.
If you break this down quickly, going to the salon bi-weekly with short relaxed hair will cost you around $140 – $200 a month. That is not considering anything other than run of the mill services twice a month. Now if you are going weekly because you want your hair laid all the time, that cost will easily double and/or triple.
Doing your hair at home, you can do it as frequently as you like to keep things looking fresh and considering the costs of products and tools, you can get the same results, just as often for approximately $100 a month.
How To Cut Short Hair Care Costs
How you actually cut costs will be up to you. Maybe you stretch out your salon visits to only once a month. This will mean fewer products bought on your end, however, you won’t likely be seeing any discounts from your stylist because monthly salon visits are not frequent enough to be worth it for the stylist’s business.
If you do your hair at home, take advantage of bulk buying online, sales and ads and mixing high and low end products to stretch your dollar.
For instance, if you purchase a deep conditioner that costs $20.00, and you deep condition weekly, look for a cheaper alternative that you can use intermittently. Maybe use the more expensive deep conditioner every other week. Don’t sacrifice hair health, but you get the idea.
The same goes for hair tools. Find heatless styles that you can rock so that you aren’t applying heat too frequently to your hair, but also, so that you are using your heat styling tools less. You will lengthen the life of your tools that way.
I hope this helps you guys out. If you like this post, you will like the Short Hair Bedside Bible. It’s a guide that will walk you through how to get the best results for your short hair styles at home. Download your copy here or below.
Until next time…bye!
Enjoy FUSS-FREE short hair at home!1. Learn to lengthen the life of your short hairstyles & get more days of wear out of each new do!
2. Quickly style your hair and get out the door in the mornings!
3. Go to the salon less often. Get your weekends back!
4. Keep your styles fresh without excessive heat!
Download the Short Hair Bedside Bible and learn to prep, preserve & refresh your short hair with confidence!
GET your copy HERE !
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October 17, 2016
Why I Am NOT Natural | Short Relaxed Hair | October 17, 2016
Why I am NOT natural – Cause I don’t want to! LMAO!
Nah, really though, the decision for me was not that deep. So many things have changed in the black hair community since this current wave of natural hair pride has taken over. As you may or may not be aware, natural hair as a movement is not a new thing. Nor did it originate in any recent times.
The 70’s…..and that’s all imma say about that. If you don’t know, Google it! About 8 years ago I had two things happen at the same time. One, I had a laptop. Two, I had internet service in my house. I should really say three things and throw in there that I had some spare time to spend wasting life browsing on the internet.
This all led to the III phases of my story. Below is how we got to where we are today.
THE NATURAL HAIR STRUGGLE – PHASE I
It was during that same time frame that I considered revisiting a wild idea I had dreamt up years before. When I was maybe 20 years old, I cut all my hair off. I ain’t new to this here short hair life. I let it grow out just enough to not be bald and then I died it blonde. I loved it and I wore it that way for a while. The thing with my hair is this, it grows super fast. The problem I ran into because of that was that when my hair would get long enough for a curl to form, I didn’t know what to do with it.
When I was a child I had very long hair that my mother took especially good care of. So I knew about black hair in its natural state, but I only knew about wearing it one of two ways.
1. braided with beads (think Venus and Serena before the Glo Up); or
2. in ponytails.
I was not about to do either of those things as an adult in my right mind. What I would do though, was wash it and put VO5 conditioner in it and let it dry. The conditioner helped it stay curled, but it was a mess after 1 day. Sound familiar ladies with short hair who spends hours and dollars at the salon only to be left raggedy after 48 hours?
My solution was just to keep my hair very short. I visited the barber religiously (that waiting game is a whole OTHER blog post) and rocked my buzz cut. But, the thought was always in the back of my head that I could wear my loose natural hair out if I could figure out how to make it ‘look right’ and then stay that way for more than a day.
I didn’t know how to do it and I didn’t know anyone who shared my interest in the matter of finding out, so I just let it go. Secretly, however, I would sometimes skip the barber shop and play around with different things to try and make it work. I failed each time, but I learned things like how to moisturize my hair and how to keep it soft and curly.
THE DIY’ers DREAM – YOUTUBE – PHASE II
Fast forward to the dawn of YouTube and my spare time, and I found many women (and some men) who shared my interest in setting their curls free. I spent hours upon hours scouring through YouTube videos that had been filmed on the worst lap top cameras ever invented. I squinted more than I didn’t, trying to see those dark ass tutorials.
What those videos gave me was straight information. The ladies who posted had been daring to do what I had not. They said screw it! They grew their hair out and experimented until they figured that thang out! And then they were ever so gracious and blessed us all with their knowledge. This is what inspired me to start my own YouTube channel.
THE BIG CHOP
I credit the internet and YouTube specifically, for the natural hair movement as we know it today to be as widespread as it is. I took to the bathroom and chopped all my hair off. Hell, I’ve always been a DIY’er and I’ve always been a bald headed scallywag rebel, too. Whatevs!
I grew my hair out for 4 ½ years and it was nothing less than AMAZING! I absolutely loved it. My curls were popping, I was free from the hair worries that had plagued me before and I basked in the beauty of it all.
I converted my daughters, my friends, my coworkers and anybody else who would listen to me rant about the evils of the white man’s lye! Chile, I was ALL IN! Then one Saturday as I mentally prepared myself to tackle what had grown to be a mane of hair that was down past my bra strap, I say EFF this! I was MF’ing tired. I was tired of deep conditioning for hours, detangling till my fingers throbbed, diffusing my wash n (not right now) go’s, twisted my hair and cleaning the drain in my bathtub.
I’M DONE – PHASE III
Just like that, I was over natural hair. I had gotten the itch and the itch was to be scratched. I went HAM again and cut all my hair off and slapped a relaxer in it. The relaxer said BISH WHERE and my hair did not ‘relax’ so I slapped another one in there 2 days later.
Since then I have worn my short relaxed hair in a pixie. I had worn this style before then, and it always felt comfortable for me so it was an easy choice. People lost their damn minds when they saw it. Get over it! was my attitude. I loved my hair and it was here to stay.
Who knows? I might wake up tomorrow and decide I want curly hair that I don’t have to flat iron. I can’t tell you what way my spirit might lead me, but for now, I am very much content with my short hair and with wearing it relaxed.
People sometimes get too caught up in the psychology of a thing when really, it ain’t that deep. Relaxed hair can be beautiful (see the thumbnail) and natural hair can be beautiful. For me, it’s simply a matter of what I wanna do at that time. I must be poppin, cause I do what I want. LOL! And that is why I am not natural.
But that’s a condensed version of my ‘hair journey’ (y’all got too many terms too) and how I ended up here, occupying the role of #yourpixiemom. I’m not brainwashed by the white man; I don’t hate myself; nor do I think my hair is too nappy to wear it natural. None of the above. I just choose to slay y’alls lives with this here bomb ass pixie right now. Dats it! If you wanna slay lives with your pixie, check out my eBook, The Short Hair Bedside Bible and learn how.
Tell me why you are relaxed and not natural in the comments. And until next time…BYE!
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October 11, 2016
Makeup for Short Hair | Kaye Wright | October 11, 2016
It’s not just some gripe people have made into a pretend “concern”.
The fact of the matter is that when you cut your hair, your face and your facial features are exposed in a way that they’re not when you have locks flowing around your head and face. This is why you often hear people say things like, “Not everyone can pull off short hair.” That is true, but for those of us fortunate enough (or fearless enough) to rock short hair, you can choose makeup and accessories that accentuate the features that are on display because of the lack of disguise hair.
First off, foundation is the biz. By foundation I mean your skin. You do not have to become a cake face beauty guru because you wear a pixie. That’s not what I mean. However, you do need to focus on pretty skin. If you have great skin then moisturize it and let your soul glow. Great skin automatically makes short cuts go harder. If you’re not a traditional foundation wearer and you have less than perfect skin, you can find a nice BB or CC cream that suits you and use it sparingly to even out your complexion.
The next crucial thing to keep in mind when talking about makeup for short hair is EYEBROWS! Just in general, y’all need to have your eyebrows in check. I don’t care if you’re Rapunzel, you need to handle the caterpillars over your eyes boo! That’s not cute. I made a video about 4 Things To Consider Before You Cut Your Hair Short, and one of the things I talked about was how your overall attitude toward your general appearance should be taken into consideration. To sum it up, if you’re lazy and have a “this will do” type of demeanor, this short hair life ain’t the life for you.
This point comes into play with eyebrows because eyebrow maintenance is like vacuuming and washing dishes. The crap never ends! No matter how well you vacuum today, your carpet will need a once over again, and soon. Eyebrows grow back and they have to be continually maintained. The cliché that eyebrows frame the face is one that is actually very much a fact. Short hair makes people focus on your face and if they’re talking to you, they will likely focus on your eyes and eyebrows. Don’t be out here misrepresenting the #pixiesquad with jacked up, raggedy brows. You can do them yourself or go get them professionally groomed. Either way, handle that!
Mascara is another key product when wearing short cuts. For a minimal look that is very pulled together, get some BB cream, groom your brows, apply some mascara and deal with your soup coolers. We will get to those in a minute. Drug store mascara is easy to find and unlike foundation, the color selection is not discriminatory. It’s also cheap. I love L'Oreal Paris Voluminous Original Mascara, Carbon Black, 0.26 Fluid Ounce[image error]L’oreal Voluminous Black Mascara. It has a nice wand and it stays put. (It’s not waterproof so be careful if you have long bottom lashes) Nice brows and tidy mascara pack a punch when your face is on front street.
Last, but certainly not least, your lips need to not be ashy. I felt super compelled to say that right off the bat and even when I considered whether or not to write that, my fingers just kept pecking away. So it’s done. Moisturize your situation. EOS lip balm does the job for me and I’d recommend it. It, like mascara, can be easily found in most chain drug stores. The packaging makes it convenient to carry and toss in your bag.
The Step 2 of the lip situation concerns discoloration. If your lips are darker than your skin, then an appropriately colored lip gloss or lipstick can be the difference between you looking ‘very nice’ or like you smoke weed. I’m just saying. Black lips are not cute. Depending on your skin tone and your preferred aesthetic, find a color and formula that are work well with your skin tone. Do too consider finding something that is in line with your lifestyle. If you don’t like reapplying 7 times a day, then a lipstick over a lip gloss may be the best choice for you. Same goes for shine versus matte. If you like some shine to your lips over looking like you kissed the desert floor, then find a satiny lip product or a straight up shiny lip gloss.
These are simply steps and are in no way all inclusive. What they are though, are the basic steps to take into consideration when looking for the right makeup for short hair. To get an idea of how I pull together a quick face and implement all these tips, check out my last YouTube GRWM video where I show how I pull my face and hair together quickly.
Remember it’s face first when you have short hair!
If you liked this article, you may like my eBook The Short Hair Bedside Bible. It covers some basics for prepping and maintaining 4 basic short hairstyle in the same way this article covered makeup. Until next time…I’ll holla!
Enjoy FUSS-FREE short hair at home!1. Learn to lengthen the life of your short hairstyles & get more days of wear out of each new do!
2. Quickly style your hair and get out the door in the mornings!
3. Go to the salon less often. Get your weekends back!
4. Keep your styles fresh without excessive heat!
Download the Short Hair Bedside Bible and learn to prep, preserve & refresh your short hair with confidence!
GET your copy HERE !
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October 10, 2016
How To Style Short Hair Fast | October 10, 2016
Time is a limited commodity. Most of us value ours and we don’t want to waste it. Spending hours in the salon, like I’ve talked about in my post on Why I Learned to Maintain My Short Hair At Home, is not what anybody is looking to do. Spending countless hours doing your hair at home ain’t much better and nobody wants to do that, either. So, how do you style short hair fast? Is that even a thing? Like, is it possible or is that just a fantasy we’ve been told about, but never actually experienced?
No, boo! Unlike Santa, it does exist. It is really possible to style short hair fast. I mean fast, too. Like GET IN – GET OUT! Granted, it won’t be anything especially fancy. You’re not going to have a red-carpet worthy hair day, but you will look very good and you will be happy to be at where ever the hell you’re trying to get to, on time! And if your a$$ is late, it won’t be due to an overly complicated hairstyle. Those other reasons for your tardiness cannot not be remedied here, my dear.
On to the info. The trick is to consider how much time you actually have. In the scenario I’m going with, I had an hour to pull it together. That is very much doable. With that amount of time, I was able to freshly wash, mold and style my hair. I also threw on an everyday make up look and made it all work. You can watch the GRWM video below to see how I did it all. But for the sake of this post I will list out the
STYLE SHORT HAIR FAST steps
Jump in the shower and co-wash your hair. Unless you have massive product build up, a co-wash will do the job.
Next, rinse and add a dab of your favorite essential oil or moisturizer. (You could also use a water based leave-in)
Grab a small tooth comb and some Nairobi Wrapp It Foam and get to wrapping. You’re going for the Sleek Pixie style. If you want to see how to create this style, check out this Easiest Hairstyle In The World video where I show you how I do it. If you want to know how to preserve the style so that it lasts for dayzzzzz, download my eBook where I walk you through how to preserve your style.
Wrap your hair with some Jr. Wrapp Strips and sit under the dryer for 25-35 minutes. How long you need to be under the dryer will depend on the length and density of your hair.
Come out and BOOM! Hair is done.
That entire process literally takes me 45 minutes total. From shower to dry mold. With the last 15 minutes I do my Everyday Go To Makeup Routine, throw on an outfit and I am out the door.
I hope this helps give you some ideas on how to style short hair fast and keep it moving. If you haven’t – go download my eBook The Short Hair Bedside Bible for more info like this. Until next time … BYE!
Enjoy FUSS-FREE short hair at home!1. Learn to lengthen the life of your short hairstyles & get more days of wear out of each new do!
2. Quickly style your hair and get out the door in the mornings!
3. Go to the salon less often. Get your weekends back!
4. Keep your styles fresh without excessive heat!
Download the Short Hair Bedside Bible and learn to prep, preserve & refresh your short hair with confidence!
GET your copy HERE !
The post How To Style Short Hair Fast | October 10, 2016 appeared first on Kaye Wright.
October 6, 2016
How To Dye Gray Hair on Short Relaxed Hair | October 5, 2016
Gray hair is not the business! At least for me, it’s not. Unless you are 20 and think it’s a cute trend, OR unless you have just completely relented to the demon of getting older and gone all the way gray, it ain’t hot! How to cover gray hair when you have short relaxed hair can be a bit of a challenge, but it’s doable. MUST DYE GRAY HAIR!
I am in a constant battle with the silver snakes that creep up on my hairline like uninvited guests at the weekend barbeque. It’s not that I’m unfamiliar with gray hair. Hell, I began graying in my early 20’s, so I get it. Getting it, however, does not mean that I am ok with looking like Ms. Jane Pittman before my time.
Usually, I keep myself on a tight schedule of relaxing and dying my short hair in perfectly planned intervals. This keeps the grays at bay, for the most part, but it is also a bit harsh on my hair. I use a 40 Volume developer and a permanent color to dye my hair, so my hair takes a bit of a beating when I color it. Clairol Professional Liquicolor Perm 1A/51D Cool Black 2oz (2 Pack)[image error]Clairol 51D is my color of choice and I use the 40 Volume Creme Developer 4 oz[image error]Salon Care 40 Volume developer to mix it up. The higher volume developer opens the hair strand up more than a lower volume developer would and I like the result I get from that. The color is deeper and richer. I recorded a video on it. Wanna see it? Here it go…How I Dye My Hair.
I also like to use the higher volume developer because gray hairs are notoriously resistant to hair color. They just wanna take over AND be disobedient. Did tew much! Recently I came across a product designed specifically for dying gray hairs. The product is called AGE Beautiful and it calls for a 20 Volume developer. That alone got the side eye from me. I did not think it would work on my hair, but I did give some credit to the fact that it’s designed for a particular purpose. I figured that the makers would consider the fact that gray hairs are resistant, right? Married to the fact that I needed something rough and tumble on my hair, I reluctantly gave the product a try.
To my pleasant surprise, the product did actually work. And it worked really well. My hair took the dye just as I does my regular Clairol 51D color. The 20 Volume developer held its own and even though the color is a blue based black, my hair is looking every bit of Smokey Robinson black right about now.
To dye gray hair, I would recommend this product. So, if you too battle the demon that is gray hair, you may want to give AGE Beautiful a try. It came packaged with the dye, developer, an applicator brush and a mixing bowl. Here’s a link to the product AGEbeautiful Anti-Aging Permanent Liquid Haircolor with Vitamin E 1B Blue Black[image error]AGE BEATIFUL.
If you try it, let me know how you like your results. If you’re not already, check out my YouTube channel and subscribe if you want to see the video tutorials I post there.
I also wrote an eBook guide on how to lengthen the life of your short hair. The download link is in the box below. If you have short hair that you maintain at home, or if you want to learn to maintain your hair at home, you can definitely benefit from this book.
Until next time y’all…I’ll holla!
Enjoy FUSS-FREE short hair at home!1. Learn to lengthen the life of your short hairstyles & get more days of wear out of each new do!
2. Quickly style your hair and get out the door in the mornings!
3. Go to the salon less often. Get your weekends back!
4. Keep your styles fresh without excessive heat!
Download the Short Hair Bedside Bible and learn to prep, preserve & refresh your short hair with confidence!
GET your copy HERE !
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October 4, 2016
Short Hair Bedside Bible eBook | Kaye Wright
It is finally here and I’m super excited! I wrote an eBook for you all to use as a quick reference guide. Hopefully, the Short Hair Bedside Bible eBook paired with my YouTube short hair tutorials, will have you out here killing it with your short hair and pixie cuts.
The eBook is available in the SHOP page of the site and it is 25 pages packed full of great information that you will be able to use and reuse countless times. The book is available for download and is priced at $8.99.
It is not to be confused with a style guide, although that may come later. It is simply a reference guide that can be used along side the video tutorials I’ve already recorded and posted for you guys to learn from. The aim of the book is to show you all how to lengthen the life of your hairstyles so that you are getting more wear out of them. Fewer washes, fewer times under the dryer and fewer heat styling sessions all add up to healthier hair. Even though our hair is short, it still needs to be healthy in order for it to look its best!
I refer to products and tools loosely in the eBook, but I wouldn’t leave y’all hanging like that so I wrote this post to list all the names and links of my favorite products. When you download your copy, you will see that at the end of the Short Hair Bedside Bible, I mention this link and I added it for your convenience.
If you like my videos on YouTube, if you like my blog posts and if you like what I teach you guys about your short hair care at home, then you will definitely want to download the eBook as well as check out the products listed below. ENJOY!
PRODUCTS I LOVE!
Kera Care Moisturizing Shampoo
Kera Care Moisturizing Conditioner
Crème of Nature Moisturizing Shampoo
Design Essentials Reflections Liquid Shine
TOOLS I LOVE!
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October 2, 2016
Flat Irons or Curling Irons for Short Hair Styling | October 2, 2016
If you ask me if you should use flat irons or curling irons for short hair styling, I will yell FLAT IRONS – all loud and obnoxious. I stand behind it and I’m not changing my mind until the innovators of the short hair universe come up with a reason and product for me to change it. That’s it. That’s all. Don’t ask me again.
In one of my latest YouTube tutorials, I recreated the hot mess that was short hairstyles in the 90’s. You can watch it below or click here to see How I Did My Hair in the 90’s. When I decided to take part in the challenge, I knew I wanted to stay true to the 90’s and the old school vibes of short hair back in the day. A big part of what was different about styling short hair then and styling short hair now, is the use of tools and products. In particular, I used curling irons back in the day and today I would rise from the casket and slap a stylist who tried to curl hair on my dead, cold head with a curling iron.
Aside from the Luster’s Pink Oil, I decided to also style my entire head using a tiny 3/8″ curling iron. Back in the days of my salon visits, stylists would put those horrendous row curls in my head with the Marcel stove-top curlers. Somewhere in the late 90’s and early 2000’s the idea to add a cord and plug changed the game and even kitchen beauticians joined the row curl crew.
Lo and behold, the good Lord sent us an update. I’m not exactly sure when the change was made, I’m just glad it happened. Somebody, somewhere put a flat iron on a cord and gave us all a plug we could run off on with. Since then, I have not looked back and I have come to believe that flat irons provide the best results possible when styling short relaxed hair. Why? I’ll tell you. It’s because curling irons suck and are old fashioned and you need to put it down and never pick it up again! Nah, for real though, the flat plates allow for much more variation in the type of curl you make.
That’s just a start.
Below is a list of all the reasons why I think flat irons are the way to go when styling short relaxed hair.
With a curling iron you pretty much have one choice, a curl the size of the barrel. And a tight ass curl at that. With the flat iron you have a range of curls available from a slight bump all the way up to tight as grandma’s curls on Easter Sunday. Variety, people. It’s the spice of life and you should get into it.
With curling irons, there is care that has to be taken to prevent dents in the hair where the iron clamps down onto the section of hair being curled. With a flat iron, there is much, much less worry about that since the plates are flat.
Flat iron curls are also more free and less tight. The look that creates is an updated look.
Tight curls are harder to manipulate which limits the amount of manipulation you can do with a style. That in turn limits the length of wear you can get out of a style because it either has to be preserved perfectly, just as it was first curled, or it’s O.V.E.R. With a looser curl created with the flat iron, you can manipulate the hair and create a variation of the style that was originally created. This can be done many times over and for multiple days. So not only do your styles last longer, but you are essentially getting different styles out of one original hairdo.
Flat irons are just where it’s at. I don’t know what else to tell you. The flat irons I have in my arsenal nowadays range in size from a 3/8 inch to a 1 1/2 inch plated flat iron. The materials they’re made of also vary widely, but that will be left for another blog post. I have ceramic, titanium and tourmaline plated irons and they all serve different purposes. The main thing to remember is that flat irons are the way to go.
I’ve listed the flat irons I love and use regularly for you guys to check them out if you so desire. Up your game, ladies. Up your game. Thanks for reading guys. Until next time…BYE!
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