Posted on :
06 September, 2010
By :kavita
How to Wrap a Black Hair Weave
Wrapping a weave can be difficult, depending on the method. If done correctly, a weave wrap blends perfectly with the natural hair and comes out as a beautifully styled hairstyle. The wrapped hairstyle can stay intact for weeks, offering quick and easy get-up-and-go hair. It doesnt matter if you are going for a short, medium or long wrap: it can be done to look professional and natural.
Instructions
1. Wet your head. You can put in the weave after doing a fresh relaxer or shampooing. If you are not doing any type of treatment beforehand, wet all of the hair with a spray bottle.
2. Add the weave. Part the hair and measure the weave wefts against the part. Cut the tracks and apply bonding glue to the weft. Dont use too much glue. Stick the glue side of the weft to the parted scalp. Hold it in place with your hand and spray some holding spritz on the tracks to speed the drying of the glue. Adding glued tracks to wet hair is tricky: the hair may slide. You can stop this by using holding spritz and a blow dryer. Dont hold the dryer over other areas of the hair: dry only the glue.
3. Continue to add the rest of the tracks, leaving a section at the top of the head undone. This section will cover the tracks and leave the hairstyle natural and real.
4. Add equal parts of setting lotion and water to a spray bottle. Shake the bottle to mix the concoction.
5. Spray all of the hair and the weave with the setting lotion. Get all of the hair dripping wet. Hang a dry towel around your shoulders to protect clothing.
6. Take a rat-tailed comb and start to wrap the hair. Working with one section of the hair, comb the hair in a clockwise motion, molding it to the natural curve of the head. Continue to comb all of the hair until it has been molded around the head. Run a boar-bristle brush around the mold to flatten out the hair even more. Hold everything in place with hair clips.
7. Sit under a hooded dryer until the hair is dry. Periodically, spray on oil sheen so the hair is moisturized and not dried out. As the top layers dry, scrunch up the mold some with your fingers. This will loosen up the wrap enough so that the hair underneath is dried.
8. Once the hair is completely dry, comb it out of the mold with a wide-tooth comb. Comb the hair down in the same direction that it was molded.
9. Add a little moisturizer and run a hot flat iron over the hair. Make sure youre adding heat to the weave hair and the natural hair.