The Art of Fashion & Natural Hair: Head-wrapped!

 Hey Y’all!

So I know it’s been a minute but I’m finally back after finishing up my first year of Grad School. I have a little bit more time on my hands now that I have escaped its academic clutches. But it feels good to be back, and I promise to be better guys. Forgive me for my bootsy absence!

Now that I’m back I thought I’d hit you with a dual topic for this post, relating to both fashion and natural hair. I am talkin' bout HEADWRAPS! I know I sound overly excited, but when I tell you this is my favorite thing and my scarf collection is out of control I mean it, so I figured why not? I call this Headwrap post both fashion and natural hair related because it literally makes a statement while protecting your hair, so in theory it doubles as a fashion statement and a protective style!

  

While I have been covering my hair over the course of my life because of my religion, I didn’t get creative with it until recently. During my 3^rd year in college, I started experimenting with my scarves and different styles and BOOM a style staple was born. Sometimes I like to throw one on when I’m deep conditioning or my hair is in complete disarray, other times I like to draw unnecessary attention to my outfit, either way it’s really handy and accentuates your face. I also get asked a lot questions about them, and I figured since it is summer time why not style and wrap my friends’ hair, do a photo shoot, and then post about it? My fellow queens were nice enough to let me utilize their heads for this post, so shout out to them! *Laughs* Each look was styled and wrapped with love by me (#WrappedByDij), all the scarves and necklaces are mine (all from various places, some thrifted, some made by my mother, some bought), but I will make sure to let you know where I got everything under each photo, so you can go out and find some headwraps of your own :)

So with that being said here it is, the moment everyone who constantly asks me questions about my headwraps has been waiting for! The Infamous Headwrap Post! Enjoy!

Look #1: Criss-Cross Wrap

Model: Yolanda "Yoli" Redd
Instagram: @one_and_yoli

Headwrap : Made by my mom

Necklace: H&M

Curls: Naturally Paawpin'

Look #2: Partial Top Knot Wrap

Model: Mallorie Eckley

Instagram: @_olive_ilove

Headwrap/Scarf: Goodwill

Necklace: Urban Outfitters

Brows: Naturally Paawwpin

Look #3: Cross Over Wrap

Model: Surya Dennis-Young

Instagram: @surya_bean

Headwrap/Scarf: Nordstrom's Rack

Bone-Structure: Naturally Paawwpin'

Look #4: The Bow-Tie Wrap

Model: Mallorie Eckley

 Headwrap/Scarf: Eco-Thrift

Looks #5 & #6: The Turban (Yolanda) & Cross Over (Surya) Wrap

Models: Yolanda Redd & Surya Dennis-Young

       

Headwraps/Scarves: #5- ASOS #6- Nordstrom's Rack

Necklace: ASOS

Look #7: Partial Top Knot

Model: Mallorie Eckley

Headwrap/Scarf: My Great Aunt's

Necklace: Forever21

Look #8: The Wrap-Around Wrap

Model: Surya Dennis-Young

 

Headwrap/Scarf: H&M

Necklace: Nasty Gal

Look #9: The Crown Wrap

Model: Dij (Me!)

 

Headwrap/Scarf: ASOS (Altered by my mom)

Watch: eBay

So those are just a few of the Headwraps that I do regularly. I did them on different hairstyles so you can have the option of leaving your hair up, down or out depending on the style. I've been asked to do tutorials, so if this gets enough publicity and enough people request it, I'll suck it up and go head & put up a tutorial on my channel on how to do these styles and more. Well I hope that you've enjoyed the post and that you've gotten some inspiration in the meantime, if you have any questions, comments or requests feel free to leave them below or contact me via social networks (IG, tumblr, etc). And as all always feel free to share and spread the positivity :)

Until next time y'all...

Peace,

Dij