This is so exciting for me to share because I have looked around for months on how to do sisterlocs and boy was it hard. I couldn’t find a video! I guess no one wants to reveal how they do it. But I found a video on youtube from a wonderful lady @CoilsKinksCurls on youtube that is very helpful. Now it isn’t very clear, but if you follow the steps you will understand it. So theses sisterlocs are styled as braidlocs. They are a great alternative to the traditional palm roll. You start this process with basic box braids. Then you leave them alone and they will lock on their own. Here is part one of the video.

After the new growth comes in you retighten them by latching them. In this video CoilsKinksCurls will demonstrate how to retighten them. Now, what is so great about these braidlocs are that they will lock just like any other lock and will look like sisterlocs once they are matured. And I think this approach is much better because they don’t unravel and you can wash them as often as you need to without having to re-twist. I have a daughter and this will be awesome to do because it’s low maintenance for her very active lifestyle. And I think if you have are older and you go to the gym often, this will work for you too! Please see the video below. And if you find this helpful, you can subscribe to more videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/CoilsKinksCurls.

Jill Scott is known to have the best looking natural hairstyles. She showcased it best at the 41st NAACP Awards. I know this is not a new hair style, but she looked so pretty that I think it’s worth sharing it with you. I even made an appointment with my hair stylist to give me the same look. I’ll take a picture and share it with you.

Jill Scott Back Stage Pictures.

Another reason why I love Sesame Street! This is an absolutely cute video of a pretty little black Muppet girl singing how much she loves her hair and all the things she can do with it.  If you have a young black daughter, niece, cousin or friend, you must share this video with her.

For the month of March I will be focusing on the “how to’s” for hair styling. Many women want to know how they can style their hair without having to pay a lot of money to have someone else do it. Although I believe you can’t do every hair style yourself (it’s really hard to see the back of your head) there are some styles you can do. I have searched around for the best video’s that give great close ups and instructions. I hope you will find these useful.

This week it’s all about flat twists. I found a great video by the expert of natural hair care stylist Pamela Ferrell. In this video, Pamela demonstrates how to make flat twists. This is a great instruction for a beginner or advanced hair stylist. It includes an overview of the basic tools, correct finger placement for a flat twist and individual twist.

Pamela has a successful business called Cornrows & Co where she helps hundreds of thousands of women, men, and children look good and feel good about their naturally soft, woolly, kinky, curly hair. She has written many books and her recent one is Let’s Talk Hair: Every Black Woman’s Personal Consultation for Healthy Growing Hair. Please visit her website at http://www.cornrowsandco.com/ for more information.

I was searching on the web deciding on another blog to post. I had a different idea in mind but I changed it when I came across this very cute picture of Leela James. At first I thought this was a picture of a new Barbie doll, but then I looked again and it was a perfect picture of Leela with a new hair color with honey highlights. This R&B singer is always easy to spot out. I remember when she first came out and she had this really large blow out. I thought she was just adding some attention to herself but turned out that she never considered a perm and that she really enjoys her hair the way it is. When it is not in a fro Leela says it is either styled in cornrows, braids or twist. Those are my favorite hairstyles too. Her favorite hair care product lines are Carol’s Daughter and Dr. Miracle. And when she isn’t doing her hair she is singing. Leela is set for release of her new album My Soul dropping on May 25, 2010S. To know more information about her and listen to some good tunes make sure to visit www.leelajames.com.