My favorite hairstyle!

Hands down...my favorite hairstyle is the ponytail. Love it, love it, love it! It's the only reason I haven't cut my hair this summer when I'm tired of it. My ponytail has finally gotten to the point where it's very elegant. I can do a messy, quick one or a sleek, structured one and either way...it's takes little or no effort to do. The last time I saw Gladys, both of us were 8 - 10 weeks in need of a touch-up. She asked me how I got my hair to lay down so well and not be so puffy. I don't remember what I told her but Imma share it with yall. The headscarf! LOL! The things I use to make a perfect ponytail are: 1. Phytospecific Moisturizing Balm 2. S-Curl Moisturizer 3. Coconut Oil 4. Wide tooth comb 5. Boar bristle brush 6. Ouchless ponytail band 7. HEADSCARF! So...I put a good bit of the moisturizer in my hair and use the wide tooth comb to comb it back. Then I spray all along my hair line and on the top of my hair with the S-curl. I use the brush to brush my hair smooth and secure it in a ponytail with an ouchless ponytail band. I wrap the band three times and make sure it's not tight. Not even REMOTELY TIGHT. Why? Cuz it thins the hair around your hairline and you be round here looking like Susan Taylor. LOL! Yup...it's gonna look puffy if you're in need of a relaxer. BUT...that's why the next two steps are ESSENTIAL! Melt some coconut oil between your palms by rubbing them together and smooth over your hair. The coconut is your sheen. If you're wearing your hair in a loose ponytail...you can put the coconut oil on the ponytail part too. If you're wearing your ponytail pinned up spray it with S-curl FIRST and THEN put coconut oil on it, plait or braid and then pin up. The final step is to tie your hair down tightly with your headscarf. Leave on for about 20 minutes. I usually put it on and then go about my teeth brushing, face washing and moisturizing. Before you know it...it's laying down perfectly. The beauty of this is that it LOOKS like it's pulled back pretty tight but it's not. Why? CUZ WE ALL KNOW THAT PULLING HAIR BACK TIGHT WILL FUG UP OUR HAIRLINE RIGHT? Right. You should be able to pull your hair away from your scalp easily as a test and smooth it back down. If your hair is wet when you're doing this, after you put in the moisturizer, saturate your hair with a mixture of Sweet Almond oil and Jojoba oil (I buy mine at WholeFoods) and comb back with wide tooth comb. BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL when brushing. Your hair stretches when it's wet so when you brush it out...it's getting longer and if you wrap off your ponytail with it stretched...when it dries and you release it...you're gonna have a LOT of breakage. When you're doing this and your hair is wet...please make sure that you pull it back as neatly as you can while keeping it LOOSE. Tie it down after you add your coconut oil and you should be good to go. I generally keep my ponytail pinned up when it's wet and at night before I go to bed I repositition the ponytail and remove the band so the part under the band can dry. Now...Imma read this again tomorrow to see if I messed up. I'm on my second glass of wine and yall know how I get when I'm tipsy. :) Any additional tips? What do you do for YOUR ponytail? P.S. This works for hair like mine which is 4A/B. www.MonicaMingo.com

Comments

[Soulkimchee]

I love your blog I just discovered it a few days ago and I read it at work which is the only place I currently have acess to the internet *wink wink*. Ive been going back in the archives reading your tips. Im currently starting my own healthy hair mission and your research has been very helpful. Thank you...

PS: I apologize for not emailing this to you but I have no aces to yahoo from my job. Again thank you for sharing your info it saved me alot of time searching for it myself.

[MsJayy]

LOL you need to make a video. No ponytails for me but I'll keep this in mind when I'm coming Princess So Fabulous' hair.