How Do You Wrap Black Peoples Hair?
African-American women generally wrap their hair after a washing to maintain healthy hair without the need to style it with heat. However, perfecting a wrap style takes some practice and know-how regarding technique. It is easiest to wrap hair while it is still fairly wet. Wash and condition hair. In addition to washing and conditioning, most black hair benefits from a leave-in conditioner. This helps to keep hair healthy and moisturized; it also helps to protect it against heat styling. Be sure to only slightly towel dry hair as it needs to be fairly wet in order to get a good wrap in place. Apply wrapping lotion. Wrapping lotion will not only add additional vitamins and minerals to the hair, but the lotion helps to hold hair in place during and after the wrapping. Depending on how long and thick your hair is, use a generous amount, saturating the hair with lotion. Part hair into four sections. Use a rat tail comb to do so, parting the hair vertically down the middle of your head, fro
