Faux Hawk Styling?

[memeow]

I've always sort of wanted a mohawk, aside from the part where I'd get tired of it three days later. I found this picture that I think looks pretty great. However, I have no idea how you'd make the braids that run parallel to the faux hawk. It looks like they somehow go along the little braids going up her head? Just wondering if anyone who knows more about hair styling might be able to give me some hints on how to do this. Thanks!

http://weheartit.com/entry/21787352/tag/awesome%20hair%20punk%20girl?context_user=matoshei la

[gonzobird]

Ive had something similar done to my hair for a photo shoot. Thing is, it was for a photo shoot. It didn't really stay too much on its own like that.Looks like to me she has lots of little pony tails on the back of her head, and extensions probably. Judging from the amount of head over the top/front of her far, theres no way there would be that much hair left in the back.

This looks more doable..... http://www.pinterest.com/pin/33777065928799260/

or this..... http://www.pinterest.com/pin/306667055848071511/

or..... http://hair.allwomenstalk.com/fantastic-tutorials-for-a-perfectly-chic-faux-mohawk


All these require lots of teasing and product.... I'm not a fan of that, but you could do something like this......

http://blog.skinowl.com/the-faux-hawk/

Im sure youve seen all those, but they look a little more do able in real life, not a photoshoot-dont move your head type style.

[memeow]

Haha, everything you're saying makes sense but is still kind of disappointing. I definitely can't tease my hair--I could use aloe gel, but I'm guessing that's not the type of product you need to hold that in place. I'm assuming in your last link you're talking about the top picture, not the bottom one, right? Because the bottom one is pretty much exactly what I want, but I'm not sure exactly what's keeping it in place like that. I might try playing with something similar to the first picture you linked, but with vertical little braids. But I've never really tried anything like this so I trust your judgment that it will not look good without teasing and products.

[Hairitic]

I'm of no help. I just wanted to say how great I think the styles look........all of them. :applause

[Kina]

I've always sort of wanted a mohawk, aside from the part where I'd get tired of it three days later. I found this picture that I think looks pretty great. However, I have no idea how you'd make the braids that run parallel to the faux hawk. It looks like they somehow go along the little braids going up her head? Just wondering if anyone who knows more about hair styling might be able to give me some hints on how to do this. Thanks!

http://weheartit.com/entry/21787352/tag/awesome%20hair%20punk%20girl?context_user=matoshei la

Those are cornrows, if you can french or dutch braid, you can do them, although it's hard to do it on your own hair. https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+cornrow&oq=how+to+cornrow&aqs=chrome..69i57.3774j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=0&ie=UTF-8

[torrilin]

Carol hair!

Captain Marvel is a comics super hero who wears her roughly BSL hair in a faux hawk. If you look for Captain Marvel cosplays, you can definitely find ideas for making it work on natural long hair. (you want the Marvel comics one, if you keep winding up with human guys you're getting the DC one... the Marvel comics one has always been space alien or female pretty much)

[memeow]

Update: Just tried a modified version using little ponytails instead of cornrows (because my ability to braid up the side of my head is limited). The result was not impressive.....actually just getting small enough sections of my hair without it snarling was a battle in itself. I think further experimentation is going to require a really dedicated friend (or three!). Thanks for all the suggestions--I still think this would be a neat look if I could pull it off :)

[Stormynights]

Those round stretchy plastic comb things might work if you used parts of two of them to keep the sides up. It is really cute. If you work it out I hope you post pictures. Maybe some zulu knots on the top with the ends left out.

[Bagginslover]

My hair is too long for it now, but this works well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Uran7yC-E

[sparrowswing]

I think the vertical cornrows look cool, but aren't the most practical option. I'd try a single braid along each side. You can use larger sections for this than the tiny cornrows, and if you have trouble with French and Dutch braids, you could try a lace braid instead, or even a lace rope braid. I think it would look awesome if you could position lace braids right up next to the center section as a sort of frame for it.

I don't have any advice for getting the center section to stand up. I will say I've seen it where only a few inches had product and the length just kind of draped over that tuft of hair. My hair doesn't work with any product I've ever tried (not just with this sort of thing, but even to hold curl or keep a style in place), so I've never been able to get anything at all to work.

I really like the pancaked Dutch braid, but I'm not sure how they got one section to stand up vertically like that. Maybe if you did a square 4-strand braid? I will say that the trick to pancaking sections when you have very long hair is to do it during the braiding process, one to three sections at a time; long hair is a lot less forgiving of being manipulated after the whole braid is finished.

[sparrowswing]

The method in the video Bagginslover posted should work well for your hair without all the teasing and heat styling, since your hair is naturally wavy.

[Rosa Harris]

The cornrow style you would need help with since the angle going strait up the head would be near impossible to do. You might have a friend that is very skilled at it if you ask around.they have to be braided from each side till nearly touching and the fluff up will come from the braid terminations at the top. Doing the braids goingback along with it is not that much more complicated since you just braid, meet and cross - but you have to work then at the same tim basically. I've seen this done on a friend's head in Atlanta - she had 4 hair thou and had it done at an African braid shop - they do extremely intricate braid and row patterns. and yeah she prob has some weave in - my fried got bright candy apple red weave in hers

[Ackvelina]

I was bored and decided to give this challenge a try. I put my hair up in five ponytails in a row from the front to the nape, then i took a topsy tail/tiwister and pulled the ponytails (one by one) under and up through the base. When I put all the hair to one side I got a cool faux undercut (making my hair look a lot shorter as a bonus), and i guess with a little help of teasing, hairpins and/or hairspray i could get a decent hawk.

[NuclearApple]

I love that hairstyle too! The most simple way I found to recreate it is this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYmxvUAgRyQ without the curls as you wish, I think the photo you linked is rather difficoult to recreate and I suggest you to check that tutorial out, I hope you find it helpful :)

[MINAKO]

On the original inspirtion pic, the braids look so complicated, i would almost say even the most cornrow expirienced hairstylist would have a hard time to perform those on the own head. There are angles that i would imagine impossible to grab. But i am not realy any help when it comes to Braiding. As for the teasing, just don't. Clip in extension and hairspray would be an alternative i could live with if i wanted that style really badly. But i do have that much hair, so its not impossible at all that its just hers in the pic. Also the ends of the hair thats stick out of the braids would give the whole things some definition. Crling would be another method to create volume. Just remembered thiy tutorial, the result looks different but still pretty cool imo.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QabDXMsguBc