I have been at this natural game for the majority of my life. I had a brief moment with a perm when I cut my hair really short ala Nia Long because I was so inspired by her hair in The Best Man. But for the most part I have always been natural. Now granted, I did wear my hair in a press-n-curl but nonetheless I was natural. Although the majority of my life I’ve lived relaxer free, I am not very talented when it comes to doing my own hair in cute natural styles. But I’m working on trying to change that in 2014. how-to-wear-funky-glasses The other night I spent about a good hour watching bantu knot-out tutorials on YouTube because I wanted to try a new look. After watching the videos I set out to do my own bantu-knots because I wanted to rock a bantu knot-out the next day. I really thought I did a good job at it. The knots looked good. I didn’t even have to pin my hair for them to stay knotted. how-to-wear-a-sweater-dress But when it came down to letting my bantu knots down the next day, my hair looked crazy. I’m talking cray-cray. What was I going to do? My hair wasn’t stretched enough to put it in a bun. I didn’t have any hair scarves that matched my dress to put it in a turban. Nor did I have any hats that would work. I started to panic. I figured an up-do would work but as I mentioned, I don’t have talent when it comes to my hair. forever21-striped-sweater-dress

Wearing | Forever21 Sweater Dress | Lucky Earrings | ShoeDazzle Thigh-High Boots

I was out of options so I decided to search on YouTube anyway for up-do tutorials. I ended up picking one and attempted to recreate the style. I got a little lazy at the end and I was in a rush so I half arsed it. But I think it came out OK. Below is the video I used.

 

Have you ever tried a hair style and it goes completely wrong? What did you do to fix it?