Accessories For Textured Hair: The Coily Hair Edition

  Hair accessories really do add a "spin" on the typical day to day styling options. In my accessory drawer, I have lots of broken banana clips, 2 flexi 8 barrettes (LOVE THEM), and some hair combs (those little ones that pull back thick hair nicely). I also have lots of bobby pins, a few interesting headbands, lots of scunci's to put my hair in ponytails. These are all great, but they scream "regular hair day".

Nothing says "celeb" hair day like hair jewelry. I love these chain/comb hair jewelry pieces because you can do so much with them. I'm still experimenting, but so far so good. They are really just adornments and for eye candy only because they definitely don't hold back thick, coily hair well. They simply just stick in and stay.
Here, I played with it on Dimples--she loved it. I haven't had the chance to wear it yet, but I plan to--and will post. When I put this up on Our Facebook Page,  we got lots of questions about the item. I didn't recall where (specifically) I had gotten this, but I recently found another source to purchase it (will link it below).

The USUAL HEADBAND LOL!

Imagine Placing this atop a Twistout!

 I love the flexi 8 because it holds lots of hair--exactly where you want it to stay. Friday I just let my hair do whatever it planned to do, so here I used the flexi 8 to put it off to the side some. Just a very whimsical, carefree look.

I'm always on Amazon looking for an eye-catching piece of hair jewelry that I won't normally find at the mall. The prices are right, and there are a few pieces that are great quality and hand made craftmanship. Some of the pieces that I love are linked in this post!

Which hair jewelry pieces do you use? Remember, sharing is caring LOL!

------------------------------as usual, stay beautiful! --------tia

NEW STYLING THOUGHT PROCESS FOR COILY/CURLY HAIR

NEVER GONNA CONFUSE COILY HAIR WITH STRAIGHT HAIR!

Enjoying a Sweet Coily Girl Hair Style!

For over 10 years, I've been styling straight hair. 

Straight hair 

lays flat. 

Detangles easily (for the most part), 

is comfortingly predictable, 

has shine, 

is easily parted

is easily moved around (braided, styling, etc)

is very "blow in the wind"

Curly/Coily hair:

Gets tangled easily

Is not very predictable

is hard to part

isn't easily manipulated into styling

doesn't move with the wind so much

With that in mind, I do this post about styling curly/coily hair. I had to change  my mind-set about the hairstyles that will "work" with coily hair. I kept thinking of styles that I used to do with my straight hair, and my efforts left me frustrated. I know that my coily hair won't "hang" like my straight hair used to, so I need to remember that when selecting styles that require hanging hair. ESPECIALLY AT THIS LENGTH. 

Also, I embraced my hair with the knowledge that it will "stand up" with most of my styling. I've come to love that about my hair. 

Before, my expectations left me frustrated. Once I realized what my hair is designed to do, and learned how to work with it, then it became BEAUTIFUL! The mind is a strong force. This healthy hair journey encompasses way more than the right shampoos and leave in's. It requires a "make-over" of the mind. Why did it take me so long? Especially since I've been in love with my hair from the day that I saw it in it's raw, coily state. Well, there are still some things that I'm learning, and it just so happened that my mind is still set in some of it's straight hair days.

Long Curly Hair Requires Different Styling Preparation than Straight Hair

And with that knowledge, I will use this Spring/Summer to learn new styles for my 2012 coily hair (un-stretched). Knowledge is Power.