Sanitation On The Go: Tips and Safe Practices for Festival and Beach Braiders | Cornrows.co.uk
Sanitation is one of the areas that far too many festival and party braiders let go. This is mainly because of a combination of lack of education and desire to cut costs on the part of both braiders and potential clients. Running a clean operation is a bit more expensive,…
Dealing With Local Braiding Laws
Before you consider braiding in festivals or any other career in natural hairstyling, you must be aware of your local laws. This article contains a few tips that may be helpful, but it is no replacement for professional, licensed, legal advice. Laws and level of friendliness or hostility towards African…
Caring for African Hair Lesson 3: The Art of Parting | Cornrows.co.uk
The Art of Parting Parting is half of the beauty of any braided hairstyle. Even if you are not so good at cornrows yet, being good at parting will at least make your individual braids look fabulous. You should use the stick end of your rat tail comb for this. …
Caring for African Hair Lesson 2: Natural Options and Beading | Cornrows.co.uk
Natural Hair Style Choices There are many styles that can be done with naturally curly hair. When you are washing and moisturizing it properly, the trick to manageability and great looking styles is simply not ever allowing the hair to matt. This can be difficult with children and people with…
Caring for African Hair Lesson 1: Basic Overview | Cornrows.co.uk
Caring for African Hair Overview Welcome to Caring for African Hair! I know that some of you out there have already had the experience of doing African hair. If you’re here, then it means this experience might have been difficult. Because of the curliness, many people view it as hard…
How to Braid Cornrows
Cornrows are braids that lay flat along the head. They are similar to French braids except that they are braided using an underhand technique, more like a Dutch braid. Unlike Dutch braids or French braids though, they’re done along narrow sections of parted hair. In some cultures, they are symbolic…