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An Exploration of the Creativity and Traditions of Black Women's Natural Hair

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Twists provide women with natural hair a curly and protective style. Twists are composed of two strands of hair twisted around one another—essentially they are two-stranded braids. This style is very ...

Domain: Beauty; Fashion; Category: Hair style; General fashion

Cornrows can be styled in many creative ways. Cornrow updos have braids that are fashioned in a way that allows the hair to stay back. This style is very elegant and easy to manage. For women with ...

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Loc wearers can apply many styles to their hair. Most loc updos include some variation of twisting or braiding locs together and back. These styles can range quite a bit, with some curly and sideways ...

Domain: Beauty; Fashion; Category: Hair style; General fashion

Often referred to as dreadlocs, locs are a long-term hairstyle. To create locs in your natural hair, you must twist one stranded portions of hair at the desired size. Twisting must be done on a ...

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A variation of the afro, a twist-out is a simple way for women with natural hair to keep their hair moisturized and curly. To prepare a twist out, you put two-stranded twists in your hair. Sizes ...

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A favorite among many black communities worldwide, box braids is a style that usually consists of many simple three stranded braids. Sizes vary, but braids are uniform in size. Box braids can be worn ...

Domain: Beauty; Fashion; Category: Hair style; General fashion

Fishtail braids are a creative concoction of cornrows. Cornrows are braids fashioned along the wearers head. Styles create many patterns along the scalp. From afar, fishtail braids simply appear to ...

Domain: Beauty; Fashion; Category: Hair style; General fashion

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Jessica Lambert

Awesome Blossary!

01:51, 26 January 2015
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