Simple Protective Hair Style: Elegant Cross Twists

T-shirt: Gap Perfect Tee
Difficulty: Easy

Durability: Two night maximum, total 3 days

Time: Approximately 15 minutes

Supplies: bobby pins, smoothing cream or hair wax

This rope twist style is super easy and was more of an accident than anything. I wore it a few weeks ago and liked it very much. I found it to be quite versatile. To recreate the style side part hair at the front, leaving a section of hair out above the hair and create two separate twists in the front. Wind the twists into a pin curl and pin in place at the top of the head. Take the section of hair that was left out about the ear and twist, secure out of the way. On the other side of the front part section hair into two and then twist each section, secure out of the way.  At the back take two sections of hair behind the ear and pin to the side. Section the rest of the back into three and loosely twist each section and pin and arrange however you like and pin in place. Take the remaining sections behind each ear and twist. Cross each section towards the back and pin in place. Finally take the sections at front and pin towards the back tucking the ends into the larger twists. Cross the twists from the front on the short side of the part before securing into the back.

Follow the jump to see what this style looks like (not quite a total wreck) after two nights and two vigorous workouts later. The pictures are right after a workout and I took it down shortly after.

Until next time,

claire lynette

Simple Protective Hair Style: Cross Front French Braids

These next few weeks I'm wearing what I like to call short term protective hair styles: styles that can be worn at least through two to three nights at a time and still look halfway decent. The goal is keep my hands out of my hair and my hair out of my way for a good while. This is the second of those styles the first you can see here which is just this style in reverse.

Blouse, Bella Tees; Necklace, made by me
Difficulty: Easy
Durability: at least two nights or three days
Time: approx. 10 min
Supplies: bobby pins, smoothing hair cream or wax

Admittedly I forgot to take a picture of the back as this was intended to be an outfit post and I rarely take pictures from the back. This was shot a few days after I braided my hair so it's a bit frizzy since I didn't use the smoothing wax or cream in the beginning. The hair is parted down the center with the braids being frenched towards the front on each side and kept loose (unattached) starting at the ears. Each braid is crossed in the front to the other side and pinned in place with a bobby pin. I arranged mine so they wouldn't lie flat and stood up a bit kind of like a tiara. I was able to wear this style for four nights or five days, only rebraiding the front loose sections once after the second night.

I have a new protective style in now and will share the process of that one with you once I wear it out. It involves all kinds of twists.

Wishing you a beautiful start to your new week,

claire lynette

P.S
How do you like the larger picture size? Groovy, no?