With springtime, comes varied climatic conditions – sometimes occurring all in one day – which can translate into a challenge for keeping African textured hairstyles looking fresh. We know you want to show off your new style or at least freshen up the ‘do. So, here are our style picks for Spring and a few hair care and style tips to keep your look healthy and lovely.

Crown of Flowers. What better way to celebrate Spring than with this! Naturalistas are taking this popular Snapchat selfie enhancement offline everywhere with this bohemian-inspired look for their glorious manes of coils and curls. Celeb beauties Beyoncé and Joseline Hernandez rocked it in their pregnancy pics and everyone else followed!

Care & Styling Tips

• Make sure your hair is (second or third day) clean and dry and moisturized.
• Keep your flowers in water in a cool place until you’re ready to use them.
• Get those bobby pins and put in the big flowers first.

Let me see your true colors. Something bold and bright to match the flowers starting to bloom everywhere – blonde, purple, lavender, electric pink or green, red and royal blue.

Care & Styling Tips

• Make sure your hair is healthy enough to withstand color.
• Consider a temporary rinse or henna to give your hair a gentler color lift.
• Add shine and moisture with natural oils and butters.
• Since color tends to leave hair drier, it’s essential to deep condition and moisturize.

Hair band in the front, open party in the back. Using a pretty bandeau or a band of twisted or braided hair in the front quarter, helps to control frizz and protect the hair. Frizz is of particular concern during unpredictable climatic conditions. Leave the rest of your hair free – curls or coils in a twist out or braid out.

Care & Styling Tips

• Make sure your hair is moisturized.
• Separate your braid out or twist out gently with finger tips covered with a natural oil like coconut.

Wild and free. After keeping your hair covered during winter, you want to let it out – whether short, long or somewhere between.

Care & Styling Tips

• Make sure the ends are trimmed regularly.
• Keep it moisturized, while paying close attention to the ends.
• Use plastic hair clamps to keep the hair sections separate when twisting, braiding or styling.
• Separate twists or braids carefully and add volume by using an afro pick or wide tooth comb at the roots.
• Choose a simple wash-and-go style just your fingers for styling.
• Add some bouncy curls by using permanent rods to hair after moisturizing using the L.O.C method and allowing to dry overnight.
• For chic, short style, ask your stylist to taper your curls in the back while keeping the front longer, giving a look of a riotous bang.
• Your stylist can give your hair shape and depending on the style, layers.

Boldly scarf it up in so many ways. Choose a beautiful pattern or bold primary color and get quick and easy chic with protection.  Add a bold lip color, sunglasses and go!

Care & Styling Tips

• For medium to long hair, secure your hair using the pineapple method – a loose, high ponytail on top using a scrunchy band.
• Be gentle when gathering your hair together or removing your pineapple.
• Tie it up into a top knot turban or a knot at the nape of the neck.
• For a curly bang and head tie style, leave your curls out while twisting and wrapping the scarf around your top knot, adjust to your liking and tuck in securely.

Going vintage and classic. Opting for a protective style reminiscent of another era not only can add a fresh twist (pun intended), but protects the ends of your hair tucked away, from moisture loss and harsh elements. A messy bun or low flat twist chignon of medium to longer length hair, takes you from work to evening and reigns supreme, even when it rains.

Care & Styling Tips

• Make sure your hair is moisturized.
• Detangle your hair in sections – your fingers are your best tool but you can use a wide tooth comb too – before styling.
• Finger coils with a bit of gel, two-prong clips and a comb is also a great style, even with humidity.
• After a front or side part to hair, twist towards the nape and secure with bobby pins and a bun at the nape or to the side.
• A hair band and bobby pins can tame a top knot messy bun. Go after those edges if you want to.
• A pompadour up-do is achieved with natural hair in strategic, large twists that can be enhanced with braids.

Now you’re style-ready for Spring!

As always …

Dedicated To Your Beauty,

Juliette Samuel

Esthetician/Author/Publisher

Nyraju Skin Care