Thanks

will do

I'll braid anything!

Hi ,

The place in Hayes Valley is charging over 150.00 and up depending on what you want. she does extention and she can add colorful threads in it too.

Please do find out more info if you can

Thanks much

It really is all about your own preference. I have seen the big chunky braids and I think that they look great! But so do the tiny braids.

You can also get your own hair braided close around your head and then have little tiny braid extensions attached to them, so that your real hair is not used at all. I have no idea what they cost.

You cannot look too ghetto at Burning Man. Or trashy.

Trashy=BurningMan=Good ;-)

I ve seen a lot of my friends do braids and they looked amazing..i post their pix if they allow later on.
They were done by some lady in Oakland and i dont think she is doing it anymore so i started looking around here in the city.
Last year my hair ended up looking and feeling like crap...braids make ur playa life a lot easier...at least thats what i ve been told.

and it does not look ghetto at all...they even had the ends curled and added colors it was great.

IMHO Braids hurt and itch like hell. I only went one year with them thinking that they would be easier, blah blah blah....

I have an injured neck from several years ago and the weight was a seroius hinderance. Put your hair in two ponylaits braid, and wrap up short. get those cool yarn clip on things or make your own.

I am on the DPW crew and even though I'm out there for 7 weeks, I wouldn't braid my hair again....

That's just my 2 cents

Girls ,

I was browsing through BM hair related stuff and saw this :

www.etsy.com/view_listing.php

Does it look good when attached and does it actually stay attached for more then 5 min ??

Thanks :)

I had fairly short hair one year and braided in ribbons into little short braids all over my head. Kept my hair under control and was colorful. I took it out after 3 days because my head itched so much. Ended up with an awesome afro until I washed it :) Otherwise, I just keep my bangs back with fun little kiddie barrettes and clips and wear bandanas or hats.

I just came off of 4 months of synthetic-braided hair- best thing I've ever done. It was almost never itchy. i'm now HATING having to comb every day.

I think there are several issues:

-are you doing cornrows where there's hair tight against your scalp? you can't really scratch under the cornrow without disrupting it a little so that's what people seem to get most upset about. Braids that don't involve cornrows or other styles that put hair tight against your scalp are a lot easier to deal with and easier to make yourself.

-there are various things you can put on your scalp to relieve itch. I took some peppermint essential oil (DO NOT get in eyes), put a shitload of it into my shampoo, and sometimes even just sprinkled it on the itchier spots in the shower, then washed it out after it started to 'mint burn' (think Dr Bronners only stronger). yes, I smelled like peppermint for an hour or two, but it made the itch disappear more so than just regular washing does. there are also lots of african hair products in beauty supply stores that supposedly help with itch. tea tree oil and other aromatic 'stingy' essential oils will probably all have this effect.

-if you have synthetic hair added to your braids rather than just braiding your own hair or using 'real' human hair (which is from China and is often obtained unethically, by the way, such as from prisoners or worse), it helps hold your braids in place and you can maintain braids with much less unraveling. They're supposed to last a couple of months, I made mine go a lot longer with some wrapping of ribbon close to my scalp as the hair grew out. And they come in awesome colors that resist bleach if you bleach your roots, or sun-damage, etc.