How To Make A Headwrap

Fact: Scroll through the comments section on any headwrap tutorial or headscarf Instagram right at present, and you lot'll run into dozens of comments saying, "quarantine brought me hither," and "I needed this while my salon'due south airtight," and "it's summertime and my hair needs help." So if you're currently digging through the interwebs for tutorials on how to tie a headwrap, rest bodacious that you lot are virtually definitely not lonely.

"I have actually noticed a spike in views in my headwrap tutorials recently," says Akilah, aka Kilahmazing, digital creator and founder of Kilah Crowns. "A lot of people aren't able to make it to a hair salon correct now and are trying a protective manner, and headwraps are a slap-up way to non only protect your pilus, only do it fashionably." Akilah, whose "quick and like shooting fish in a barrel headwrap" tutorial (check it below) has more than 7.v million views, says she initially got into wraps because "I had just gone natural, and I wanted something quick and fun that didn't really require me to style my pilus," adding, "at present it's my matter—it feels and then regal, and it makes me feel similar a queen."

Buuut if you're not exactly at the same 10/10 queen level (yet!) with your wrap skills, rest assured in that location's a vast, magical world of tutorials and tips out there, starting with some solutions to the most common issues:

How to continue your headwrap from slipping: "One of the things that works best for me is making sure the wrap is super secure and the ends are tucked in really well when you lot finish," says Akilah. "You can also identify a wig cap over your hair earlier wrapping to give the scarf something to hold on to and keep information technology in place." Another pro tip: Play around with a velvet wig grip to prevent your scarf from tugging on your hairline and sliding off.
How to prevent harm from wrapping: Non-silk scarves can suck the wet out of your pilus while it's wrapped, leaving information technology dry and brittle—so, you lot know, the exact contrary of protected. Before wrapping, try braiding your hair downwards to prevent it from "communicable," and so slide on a silk scarf or satin-lined cap as a protective base layer to keep moisture locked in while it'southward wrapped.
How to find the right size of scarf: Though this 1 is fully dependent on the style you lot're doing and how much hair you're working with, Akilah says a good rule of thumb is to "get a scarf long enough to wrap around your head twice, or you won't exist able to reach certain styles." Her Kilah Crowns wraps are roughly 22x70 inches, simply make certain to bank check the measurements before investing in a new scarf (like one of these below!).

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Cool. Got all that? Good. Now for the best tutorials on how to tie a headwrap, below. Word to the wise: Pace yourself—you're about to see 17 styles you're going to want to attempt all at once.

These headwrap styles for brusque hair

Behold! The tutorial millions (merely, actually) of people keep watching and rewatching. In this video, Akilah shows four ~easy~ wrap styles on her short 4c hair, including a front bun, a Badu-esque wraparound (using an extra scarf for peak), and a braided crown. A warning that y'all'll probably have to watch this tutorial twice, solely because the beginning time around yous'll probs exist busy dancing (yous'll run across).

This super-easy low wrap style

After tying off her hair into a low bun, vlogger iMadameJ lays her edges and roots with Eco Black Caster & Flaxseed Oil Gel, slips a scarf over her caput—letting her hairline peek out—so crosses the scarf in the back before wrapping and tucking it effectually her bun. Super easy and super sleek.

This Nefertiti headwrap manner

Mmmkay, and so if you're going to recreate this wrap way, be prepared ahead of time with your iii layers: a base of operations cap and two scarves. In this tutorial, vlogger Ashley Rudder first slides on a protective satin cap (the Slap Cap from Grace Eleyae), so wraps on a lightweight black pashmina for construction, earlier crisscrossing on a thin cotton scarf. The effect: Height, structure, and protected hair.

These wrap styles on goddess braids

K, so you lot've washed the scrunchie look and the depression-bun look and the permit-'em-hang wait with your braids, and now…you lot need more than inspo. Nosotros gotchu. Hither, Kiitanaxo shows you 4 different partial and full wrap styles on her goddess braids, using her ain Atarah Avenue headwraps (my fav: the Sapphire wrap).

This queen headwrap style

The magic behind this tall wrap isn't really a ton of hair—it's a smaller scarf twisted into a little bun to give the wrap superlative, regardless of the length of your hair underneath it all (proof: P. Tamarra's gorgeously short hair in this tutorial).

These 4 headwrap styles for any hair length

In this tutorial, vlogger Brandi Lofton uses just a spiral hair necktie and a few bobby pins to pin her braids and curls back before demo-ing a top knot, cinnamon roll, big bun, and beehive wrap. "These are peachy for those of you lot out there who are protective styling, who are transitioning," she says, "if you have super-short hair and you're just not feeling your short pilus lately and you desire it to be longer, this is a great way for yous to get your hair to grow and all the same look cute."

This simple wraparound

If you want something quick and easy that yet lets your curls have a ~moment~, endeavour this headwrap mode from Naomi Adjeiwaa. She start pineapples her twist-out, places her folded scarf at the dorsum of her head, then crosses and wraps the scarf around her head, tucking in the ends. Run across? Truly simple.

The twisted crown headwrap

Okay, and so technically this tutorial calls on a stretchy wrap (specifically The Wrap Life'southward Honey Ribbed Stretch Wrap), but you lot can still copy the headband look with the scarf you accept at home. Simply make sure to tie it snugly around your hairline before twisting it downwardly and around your head to keep the wrap from slipping or feeling too loose.

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