For all of you who follow several natural hair blogs, I’m sure you have seen Shingai Shoniwa. Though others have written bout her I had to add her to my blog. Shingai is of English and Zimbabwean descent. She is the lead singer and bassist for the UK band Noissettes. But aside from her career she has been tearing up the natural hair scene. Her natural is beautiful and her style is unique.
Her hairstyles usually follow the same rules. They are what I’d like to call neatly wild and out of the ordinary. Most of her photographs show her fro neatly tucked without taking away from its bigness. What enables her to switch up her style is the direction her fro is tucked.
The first picture simulates Bantu knots because they are equally sized bumps throughout her head. What makes this style beautiful is not just how even the bumps are, but how big her hair is. It is almost like a head of mini afros. The second picture shows a neatly tucked hawk, with a forward Hollywood hump.
To simulate herstyle it is not necessary to have a big fro. You can add natural kinky hair to your fro. It is necessary to tuck the added kinky hair under your natural, so the typical admirer will not notice.
Wrap your natural around the added hair and pin it into place. You can also create your own look by brushing your fro to a different side or parting your hair in unique places.
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To read more about Shingai Shoniwa and listen to her bands music visit http://www.myspace.com/noisettesuk.
I dont know... Adding "natural" hair to your natural hair just isn't "natural".
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