Banding 101- The Ultimate GUIDE!!

Hair BANDING  101:

 Help your child grow Longer healthier Hair now!

What is BANDING??

Banding, is the simple hair-style I have used on my daughter's hair for years to Protect her hair, Grow her hair to her waist by the age of 4, and to make my life easy!!

I compare it to the old tradition of African thread in the hair, I remember when at school, many African girls had their hair in thread, and it really grew LONG, now I understand why!

 Traditional Hair Threading

One mother I met at a hair show explained to me she uses the thread, to Stretch and dry her girls' hair instead of a blow dryer!

Gorgeous threaded hair on a 2 year old, hair mosturised with ROOT2TiP Nourish, Hydrate & Shine Me Butter!

I use the bands to do the same thing on my dd's hair.

Why is BANDING so good for the hair??

• It allows you to stretch the hair without heat ;)
• Its a great FUN protective style for kids
• Kid's love the stress-free style
• It will not stress or thin the child's hair line
• It's less stressful than corn-rowing the hair
• It allows the hair to GROW
• It can last for 2-3 weeks at a time!
• You can still moisturise the hair in between the style
• You can make the bands from a pair of tights and cut the legs into metal free bands!
• It looks great and different!

Banding - How to do it??

1) Start on clean conditioned hair.

2) Prep the hair with a effective leave-in conditioner like Kinki Coili Kurli Honey-rain Juice, follow this with a heavy moisturising cream, like Kinki Coili Kurli Twurling Batter or Nourish Hydrate & Shine Me hair Butter, www.root2tip.com.

GREAT Natural Detangler/1st step Leave-in conditioner!

3) Its important to ensure you moisturise the hair PROPERLY prior to banding.

The best selling butter from Root2Tip!

4) Part you hair from ear to ear in the middle of your head, and clip half away.

5) Starting at the back, depending on how big you want your sections, around 3cm up part the hair again from ear to ear,

 6) Part the hair vertically so you have a box sectioned off.

7) Brush the hair gently so its smooth and tangle free, starting at the base of the hair, apply a band, then 1 cm down, apply another band, not too tightly, as though doing a pony-tail

continue doing this down the section of the hair until you reach the end of the hair, bend the tip of the hair under to protect it and apply a final band around it gently.

8) Ensure the ends of the hair get an extra smothering of moisturiser, they get dry the quickest!

9) Continue to section off hair and band each section.  You can even twist the hair first and then band it, the style will last even longer this way.

10) Choose fun coloured tights to make your bands with, or school uniform colours during term-time.  

About to wash unbanded hair!

Banding is great for active kids!

2 banded pony-tails on thick afro hair

4 banded pony-tails on fine curly hair

 BOOK Now, for our HAIRducation  I LOVE my hair Workshop on the 29th of October and get a step-by-step BANDING lesson, e-mail root2tiphair@yahoo.co.uk for information and tickets.








My Hair growth Formula:


Banding +  ROOT2TIP Products = Longer hair!

KinkiCoiliKurli Product launch at PAK's Cosmetics, Finsbury Park this Saturday!!

SPECIAL INVITE for you and your child...

to attend the LAUNCH of...our new kid's Natural hair care line: 

'Kinki Coili Kurli, 

When??

Saturday 20th August:

 12-4pm

Where:

25 - 27 Stroud Green Road, Fnsbury Park, London N4 3ES

Nearest Tube Finsbury Park.

Come on down to sample the products, 

Get Some Hair tips,

Styling advice!

Speak to our hair expert! and formulator of the products, 

find out you can make your little Princess LOVE her hair!!

All hair is Beautiful hair, once it well- maintained.  I have grown my daughters hair down to her waist using my products, Let me show you how you can too!!

Info:  please email:  me

Its going to a be a fun and Blessed day, so please be sure to pop down, and give your child the chance to see the Real beauty of her Natural hair!!

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How can I grow my child's hair LONGER!!

Can My child GROW LONG HAIR??

Do you have to be mixed to have LONG hair??

Is Long hair determined by GENES??

Natural hair-care to nurture your child's hair:  www.root2tip.com 

What happens between the ages 0-4 with our kids hair?

Age 0:

your baby is a born with a thick head of hair -  that hair should be left alone, no bobbles and no bands!

Age 1-2:

 ok, so the hair has started to grow and changes in texture, still, it's too fragile for corn-rows, it should be left alone!  I see hair being pulled into tight bands that damages hair!!  Leave it free!!

Age 2-3:  

Kids are now sporting extensions, not all but I do see many with heavy extensions put in too fragile and weak hair- Why??  Most of the time its not even because a parent is trying to grow their child's hair its more to do with convenience/

Age 4+:

Many children I see have collar-bone or shoulder length hair, rarely do I see kids with LONG hair down their backs.  

This is not because it wont grow, but unfortunately down to the way we as parents, guardians or hairdressers handle and nurture it!!

Hair grows on average 6 inches a year!  is your child seeing anywhere near that growth??

Healthy Afro hair growth

Tips for healthy hair growth:

Wash your childs hair regularly, use a conditioner, not shampoo, the more moisture the better, the hair will still be clean!!

Adopt a low-manipulation style, do not comb or brush the hair daily, in fact only comb the hair on wash days,

Invest in your child's hair to see the results they will hopefully thank-you for!!  ;)

KINKICOILIKURLI, Natural haircare for kids with, Kinky, Curly or coily hair textures!!  

www.root2tip.com

AFRO HAIR AND BEAUTY 2011.wmv

KinkiCoiliKurli at The AFRO Hair & Beauty Show 2011

Hi Guys,

sorry I have not updated the blog recently, we recently attended the UK AND Europe's largest Afro Hair and Beauty Show, it took place in The Islington Design Centre.

We launched our children's line there and it was a tremendous success!  KinkiCoiliKurli

We showed Mums that with the right products there kids could have beautiful shiny soft hair that had movement!!  The products flew off the table!!

Check out some of our make-overs and see the difference KinkiCoiliKurli has made to these little princesses hair!

Gorgeous RED Hair, just needed Moisture and a styling option!!

Look at her face!  she did not want to sit down and have anyone touch her hair at first!! But once I had moisturised her hair and re-styled her hair she LOVED it!!

More pics to come!!

What is Deep conditioning?...and why your Childs hair needs it to GROW?

DC'ing your child's hair to maintain moisture, health and LENGTH!!

DC= Deep Condition!

Apply your deep conditioner generously so every hair is coated!

If you have a child with textured/curly/afro hair, then please realise and remember this really short mantra...


Conditioner is a CURLS Best Friend!  :)




What is DEEP CONDITIONING?


Basically, its when you leave a heavy treatment type conditioner in your hair for a couple of hours or apply a plastic cap to the head and sit under a dryer or steamer with the conditioner in!


Its a deeper type of conditioning treatment.  texture hair craves this type of treatment.


Caution ;(


Without conditioning your child's hair, you are leaving their hair, free to get excessively dry, brittle and eventually split-ends and breakage.


After having washed your child's hair, apply your Deep conditioner treatment to the length of your child's strands, ensure that all hairs are covered or rather SLATHERED! with your Deep conditioning treatment of choice.


Cover the head with a plastic cap or plastic bag if that's what you have to hand, and allow body heat or a hooded dryer or steamer to heat up the hair.


Leave it on for a couple of hours, I have left it on overnight on my DD's hair and it has all night to penetrate into the hair and moisturise it INTERNALLY!


Once complete, rinse away and moisturise and allow to air-dry!


Or Stretch blow-dry when your in a rush!


If you incorporate a regular deep conditioning session into your child's weekly haircare routine, you will notice the great impact it has on the health and length of your child's hair!


Next Post:  How I stretch BLO-dry (the healthier way to blow-dry) my dd's hair on occasion!




Please leave comments BELOW!

Washing Your childs Curly/Afro Hair!

Shampooing your child's hair - the tangle-free way ;)

In the last post I said the next post would be on Air-drying or how I blow-dry my DD's hair.

DD = dear daughter (it's forum abreviation please remember!)

Before we get on to that, lets go through my quick Hair washing tips!

Its Sulfate-free!  I dilute this in a separate bottle with a nozzle!

This smells devine!

My shampoo of choice most recently has been Dr Organics, Honey Manuka Shampoo, (above) its sulfate free and relatively mild, I will still dilute it further prior to washing my dd's hair with it.  You can purchase the Dr Organics shampoo and conditioner from your local Holland & Barret store.

Washing the hair...

I will only wash my dd's hair in 4 braids, attempting to wash her dense hair in any other way is 'begging for tangles!

Technique:

1. Loosely braid the hair if its long enough in 4 plaits or you can use hair bands to hold the 4 sections separate.
2. Apply your shampoo (diluted) to the scalp mainly, not much is needed.  I only use natural products by 'KinkiCoiliCurly' in my dd's hair so their is never any crazy product build-up requiring a heavy shampoo session.
3. Massage the scalp gently, no nails! then rinse away.  
4. If the hair itself needs attention then apply a bit of shampoo to the hair directly, squeeze down the plait then rinse away properly.
5. Follow up with your DEEP Conditioner...this step is even more significant than the hair-washing itself!

Remember- only wash the hair if it has been untangled first!  shampoo and tangled hair = KNOT CENTRAL!

CONDITIONER is a CURL'S BEST FRIEND :)

  next post Deep Conditioning for hair growth!

Please leave your comments/ questions below!  and pass on the blog info to your friends and family!

Blessings,

Detangling your child's curly hair to avoid breakage and tears!

Most of the Tips, I will discuss on this blog are what I do to maintain my daughter H's thick curly frizzy hair.

OK, so its hair wash day...and you are getting ready for the usual tears and tantrums that follow when you go through this routine with your little girl/boy, these are my tips for making that process,

1) Less stressful for you, 

2) Less stressful for your child and 

3) Healthier for the head of hair you will be dealing with!

I detangle this hair before water touches it!!

Tools needed!

• Extra Virgin Olive Oil- adds slip (ease of detangling ability!)
• Tresemme Natural Conditioner ( Adds More Slip for detangling)
• Shower comb or Afro comb- (great for thick or delicate kinky coili curly hair types!
• Fingers- these are the tools you will use to ease out those knots prior to combing!
• Snag free hair bands or butterfly clips ( hold each section in place)
• DVD- for child to watch, or DS, DSi whatever will keep them occupied!
• PATIENCE!  textured hair must not be rushed, or it will snap and break!

  

What I Do:

• I will part the hair in 4 sections carefully and braid it lightly ( 4 Plaits) or use the hair bands!
• Apply a mix of olive oil and conditioner to each section- generously!
• Starting at the bottom of each plait I will use my hands to gently detangle the hair (Take time!)
• Once I am happy that the large knots are out, I will then use the shower comb on each section, taking my time and work upwards.
• I have found  that 'H' (my daughter 5 years old) never cries with this process, we do not lose unnecessary amounts of hair either and her hair untangles easilyish!
• Sometimes I will use a fine tooth comb to remove fluff very slowly!

Never:

• Pull the hair straight through comb
• Bruch through a tangle or knot
• try to untangle when the hair is dry, only when covered with conditioner, you need the slip!
• Never pull hait apart like a wish bone, knots will tighten and hair will snap!
• Shampoo or wash hair that has not been fully detangled, it will lead to matting and more knotting
• Never try to wash textured  hair in a rush- you will get breakage!

Hope that has helped someone today!

Please leave your COMMENT's and question's below, and pass on the information to help someone else!

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NEXT POST:  BLOW-DRYING or air drying to grow healthier LONGER textured hair!!

Blessings,

Welcome!

Hi People,

welcome to my new blog all about... Kinki Coili Curly Kids hair, the trials, the tears, the tangles and tantrums!

I think its time we all learnt how to celebrate our UNIQUENESS, this is especially the truth when it comes to our kids and their hair!

Not Straight!

Children born with hair that isn't STRAIGHT face years of tugging, tension, braiding, weaving, relaxing and unintentional bad hair practices- this then often leads to a circle of bad hair practices which they then continue with themselves as they get into their teens!

In order to B-R-E-A-K the cycle we as parents need to make the time and effort to nurture and care for our children's hair in the same way in which we approach their education!, 

Once we begin to understand the VERY BASICS in regards to the nature of our textured hair, stick to a routine of healthy hair practices and use products, natural in formulation, long, healthy beautiful hair can belong to your child regardless of their hair texture!

I want to share my knowledge of kids hair with you, it's my passion and my mission in life to really change the perception of black hair today, especially in relation to children for they are the next generation!

God's intention!

I truly long to see little girls with afro/curly hair flowing past their shoulders and beyond, the way God intended!  its time to get back to the basics with haircare and make looking after your childs hair a labour of love!

I also want you to comment, ask questions and make suggestions on what you would like to see here.

I am a mother to two kids with very different hair types, and what works on one head will not work on the other!  I have also started a great natural hair care line especially for kids with Kinki Coili or Kurli hair types!

I will also be doing competitions and give-aways from the new product line!

Stay tuned and please follow the blog via email,  when I update with new info, it will come straight to your inbox, so there is no need to miss anything!  check the side bar to see how!  Also please pass on the details to your friends and family too, if they have young ones!




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