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- The Retro Natural
- The Retro Natural is the first natural hair blog dedicated to styling naturally textured hair in retro styles. This blog was created as a means to establish a virtual playground, if you will, where women with natural or highly textured hair can obtain tips and tricks when attempting to style their hair in styles mainly from the 30s, 40s and 50s. There's also a little about style, food, vintage cars, and beauty tips. Many people know me from my YouTube channel, CurlyChronicles, which was created to show how I care for my natural hair. This is an extension of that :)
I also love the style of clothing worn by those who lived way before my time and enjoy "dressing to the nines" as they say!
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12 comments:
I love this look. Not only is it gorgeous, but elegant as well. Thanks! :o)
I love this look
Drooling. Do you think you can describe how you get your hair so smooth? I'm just wondering if it's a matter of taught-ness, when winding your hair on the flexirods? Or do you pre-stretch your hair before setting it on the rods?
After trying to set on one piece of my hair in the front last night, my hair still looked too 'fro-ey and poof-ey today for the waves to really read, like as yours do.
Thanks for the great tutorial(s)!
@ Nefertiti, I was telling Kennie, the key is that fine line between damp and straight wet. Then brushing to smooth the hair and trying to keep it slightly taut so it doesn't curl up on itself also plays a major roll..no pun intended lol
I don't always have to brush out my hair but I do it for good measure (like in the 30s wave vid) I I hope that helps! :)
Loves it!
So pretty. Might try this for the wedding I'm on at the end of the month.
Thanks!
Oh gosh I just relaxed yesterday after a six month transition because I thought that I could not go retro with natural hair. Deep sigh, at least I know now .....,, six months.
I LOVE this look!!! And I totally agree that sometimes setting your hair on damp/stretched hair gives better results (especially with my kinky 4b hair!).
Peace,
Monique
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@ M-J Atelier, I'm sure you can still do the styles..even if your hair is worn straight, you can still have fun with it as it is now. You can always make another attempt at going natural too! :)
@WestNDNbeauty, If you try it out, be sure to let post a photo! I'd love to see it! :)
THis is ironic, because for the wedding I'm in next weekend, we have to do a side sweep and wear a flower. THis is perfect! I was going to do the same thing, but after a week long braid out, i like this look though and it looks like less fuss.
Question: Did you sit under a heated dryer? What products did you use (just curious) to smooth the hair out? My hair is considerably thicker than yours, so I know I'll have to use more flexirods, may effect the drying process, but i'm going to give it a test drive on Thursday! I'll do a video, if not before, then on the wedding day.
@ Kali, my apologies on not being able to answer back sooner. I did sit under my dryer, my next post is going to be about it! I then slept in them to ensure my hair was actually dry because we all know exactly how much it sucks to wake up and take down a curler to find wet hair! For smoothing, I used Kinky Curly Knot today and coconut oil. the best smothing product is a bristle brush. Just don't brush to hard to where you're snapping at your hair, I find that it's best to brush more slowly. The most rods you use, the more your hair will curl, the less you use, the more wavy your hair will be. I would love to see a video though, hope it came out nice!
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