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Portia
Most are familiar with African threading as being a way to retain length or stretch natural hair. Weaving thread is used to stretch the hair in place of heat and it has been proven to be very effective. However, African threading is versatile and you can style your hair with the thread, not just stretch it. Take a look at 4 interesting tutorials featuring African threaded styles.
Threaded Updo
This updo by 4C natural Bola Cooper, is romantic. She began this style by threading her entire head from root to tip, making sure to leave gaps in the thread along her hair. Her hair was strategically parted and threaded in an upward motion because she was creating an updo hair style. After her hair dried, she unraveled the thread in the front of her head and began to style. Swoops and pinning completed this look.
Thread Out
This style was created by DiscoveringNatural on damp and moisturized hair. She stated in her tutorial that threading has been known to dry out the hair after some time, but locking in moisture helps prevent the hair from drying out. After securing the thread at the base of her hair, she then moves the thread down her hair making sure to leave space between the thread and her hair. After removing the thread, you can see that the results almost resemble a twist out, except these curls are clustered and not as spaced out as twist out curls.
Defined CurlsÂ
If you haven’t quite perfected that twist out or bantu knot out, then MsT1806 may be able to help you out. She used weaving thread to create bouncy curls on her long 3C hair. After combing and smoothing her hair, she wraps the thread around the base of her hair. She makes sure to leave big gaps as she threads down, as that determines the size of the curl. Holding the hair taunt and stretched, she then holds the thread in one hand and pulls the thread up to scrunch her hair and create a curl. After removing the thread, she is left with beautiful curls.
Have you tried African threaded hair styles?Â
