Kids at Kamp! Discovering Natural Hair...

Over winter break, I taught at a camp for kids where they got to play and do enrichment activities with us while their parents were hard at work. The school system here gave the children from December 19th all the way until January 12 for vacation. That's a LONG time! But luckily I was there to help! Hahaha...

Anyway, so I usually do my hair in curls for the holidays. In general I love the aesthetic, but the bouncy look always makes me especially happy and feel like I fit in with the cheerful spirit around this time of year. :) Thus, I had a great "loc knot out" going on when I came to teach the kids this past week at camp. 

THEY WENT CRAZY OVER MY HAIR!

It was actually really funny to see

PRODUCT REVIEW: Shine 'n Jam™

I wrote about an awesome hair expo I went to a couple months ago and promised to review a couple of the products that I received in the swag bag. I didn't review as many of them as I originally thought I would because I just didn't like the products - either what they did to my hair, how they made it feel, or how they made it look. I just didn't want to give energy and time to writing about products that I personally found useless. 

I did discover a couple that have proved very useful and worthwhile to discuss though. One of which being the Shine 'n Jam products. They came in these cute little circle packets including: 

AHOMH Has Tumblr!

A Head of My Hair has had a tumblr for a few months now, but I realized that probably not a lot of people know about it, so just thought I should write about it here to let you all in on the "secret"!

The tumblr is mostly an array of pictures at the moment with descriptive captions to let you know what's going on. As some of you may know, I LOVE doing nail designs and change up my nails pretty frequently. I wanted to create a platform to share my designs so decided that a tumblr was a cool place to do that. Thus "Nailart & Natural Hair" was born! I share my favorite photos of my nail art as well as great hair designs that I love. 

Here's my latest Christmas nail art (I've done 3 different designs already so far and this probably won't be the last lol) where I tried the water marbling technique for the first time:

So if you love cool nail art and want to get some "hairspiration" through awesome natural hair/locked hair styles, checkout and follow AHOMH's new tumblr: http://rahkuanailshair.tumblr.com and share it with your friends!

Here are a couple more designs I've experimented with that you can look forward to seeing on the blog now or in the future :)

What are your favorite nail polish brands?

What sites do you go to for hair and nail design inspiration?

Do you have a tumblr you want me to follow!?

- "Mo hair"

 

Rahkua Ishakarah

rahkua.com

YouTube: A Head Of MY Hair

Instagram: @aHeadOfMyHair

Tumblr: http://rahkuanailshair.tumblr.com

iHEARTrahkua@gmail.com

Merry Christmas & Happy Kwanzaa!

AHOMH is taking a break this week!

***Merry Christmas & Happy Kwanzaa!*** 

What would you like to read about next week!?

- "Mo hair"

 

Rahkua Ishakarah

rahkua.com

YouTube: A Head Of MY Hair

iHEARTrahkua@gmail.com

FEATURED: Christina J

December's featured naturalista is a government employee by day and an author for blackhairinformation.com and Embrace Magazine by day to twilight. She has been married for 2 years and has a son of 10 months. Meet Christina Pollard!

Who is Christina J?

Christina is a proud naturalista of 2 years. She started her blog, Desire My Natural, (based on the hair journal she began in 2011) to inspire others to love their natural hair! The blog covers: being a kitchenista, product reviews, beautiful styles vs style duds, natural hair history, natural hair book reviews, trouble and triumphs with weaves, shower drain woes, challenges and quizzes, in depth hair tutorials, and many other quirky topics.

Christina is currently working on a natural hair poetry project for YouTube. This is a new and exciting project for her that will showcase her natural hair advocacy in various cool and creative stanzas!

Learn more about Chistina J by clicking on her social media connects:

Contact Info:

Christina Pollard (Author - blackhairinformation.com and Embrace Magazine)

desiremynatural@gmail.com

Blog: DesireMyNatural.blogspot.com

Instagram: @natural.desire

Twitter: @naturaldesiree

- "Mo hair"

 

Rahkua Ishakarah

rahkua.com

YouTube: A Head Of MY Hair

iHEARTrahkua@gmail.com

STYLE ALERT: LA Runway Barrel Roll Buns

I always have a great time ripping the runway. There's a certain exhilaration that comes with strutting down a long narrow path on 6in heels in beautiful clothes. FASHION. :)

This year's LAFW LA Runway was held at Arena Hollywood in the ever lively West Hollywood area.  I walked for about 6 different designers and changed my hair up a bit for each. My favorite of the night was probably my barrel-rolled, double side bun with geometric flat twisted front. (I've noticed the barrel rolls are SO versatile and I love using them for so many things). 

Here's the look from a few different angles:

TOP/FRONT VIEW:

BACK VIEW:

SIDE VIEW:

I wore the double bun style for Nichole Walla's Darling Nikki lingerie/burlesque line:

And also for LaRae Mychèl's elegant yet edgy line:

All in all, the show was amazing and was very heavily attended. I can't wait to drum up a new style for next season!

Check out my Barrel Roll Tutorial Video on AHOMH YouTube: STYLE TUTORIAL: Barrel Rolls (How To)

What style would you like to see me rock down the runway?

Check out more runway photos as you follow my instagram: @rahkua_lovelosslies

- "Mo hair"

 

Rahkua Ishakarah

rahkua.com

iHEARTrahkua@gmail.com

STYLE ALERT: Shorter Loc Knots!

Every Thursday on AHOMH's YouTube Channel, natural hair ideas, tips, thoughts, styles, etc. are the topic of discussion. This past Thursday I wanted to show my Thanksgiving hair look, so I talked about the shorter loc knots that I had decided to try out: "Thanksgiving Curls! Trying Out Shorter Loc Knots".

I talked about loc knots in a previous blog post, but I've been wanting to test out a shorter version for the longest time for several reasons: One, just to see if I could do it; two, to see how I'd look with even shorter hair; and three, to see if I could get a longer lasting and more prominent curl.

As I said in the video, I don't think I got very much more curl…and after having it up for about a week now, I think it's safe to say they last about as long. But I did find one important difference in favor of the shorter loc knots! (And it's definitely not in the styling, because that was a nightmare! haha). It's that the curls start higher up on the strands. 

With the normal length that I do, the curls I get when the loc knots are taken down are awesome but they start like midway down my head while leaving the top portion a little flat. With the shorter loc knot, I noticed that I didn't have that flatness problem because the curls started very close to the root of each strand vs. the middle. That's a GREAT improvement. 

In general, I don't think that the inconvenience of the styling while the loc knots are up is worth the higher starting curl, but I do see myself alternating between lengths every now and then.

Have you tried a shorter loc knot length than your norm?

Try it out and share your results!

- "Mo hair"

 

Rahkua Ishakarah

rahkua.com

iHEARTrahkua@gmail.com