A Curl's Best Friend

A Curl’s Best Friend

I think that we, naturals, all have a go to style when the new style fails or we just don’t know what to do with our hair. Personally, in my car I keep an emergency kit for days when I’m just not feeling pretty enough, its super girly but whatever, and don’t have my usual vices. The items in my emergency kit include: bobby pins, perfume, a brush, some moisturizer, mascara, lip gloss, red lipstick and a pair of earrings.

Those are the bare minimums that I feel I need to pull my look together when i'm not feeling my prettiest.

Below is a list of "in case of emergency" items for most naturals. Some are interchangeable, like I would prefer to keep bobby pins in my car/purse over a scarf, but it all depends on how you look to wear your natural.

Moisturizer: sometimes the only thing to revive yours curls/fro is a little moisturizer, whatever your little indulgence is, it is always best to keep a little bit on you. I keep a little jar of coconut oil in my car, since I tend to do my hair in the parking lot at work (I am not an early bird). Also a little moisturizer can replace gel, I personally don’t like gel, so I like to use moisturizer to help tame my hair and pull it into place.

Bobby pins: almost all naturals can agree that bobby pins are like the second most important tool next to moisturizer. Bobby pins are the secrets behind most of the amazing hairdos, or the trick to a quick up do when you bantu knots don’t work out or your twist out just looks twisted.

Scarf: another item that I like to keep in my car is a scarf, for days when I don’t feel like fidgeting with bobby pins or just feel super discouraged. A lot of naturals I know are whizzes with head wraps, unfortunately I am not one of those naturals. I like to use my scarf to swoop my hair into a ponytail, since it only looks like a pony in the scrunchie, and then make a nice bow at the top.

Hair Bow: this item is also dependent on your comfort zone, I also don’t feel like my hair plays well with bows, but I love and envy them on other naturals. A bow can definitely be used to spring your hair to life.

Brush/Gel: if you like to use gel, then a brush obviously goes hand in hand. In the event that your hair doesn’t suit your needs, you can grab your brush, gel and bobby pins and create a totally new creation.

My favorite go to style is the faux hawk, what is yours? Or what do you keep in your emergency hair/beauty kit?