Many of you are rocking straight styles for fall and winter. Cross wrapping is one way to preserve your straight style when you’re asleep.
What is it? Cross wrapping is just another technique for wrapping that is kinder to your edges.
1. Detangle and divide hair into two sections.
2. Smooth the hair and gather the two sections as if you’re making low pony tails.
3. Overlap the sections by pulling the right side up and around the left side of your head and secure with clips or pins.
3. Now pull the left side up and around the right side of your head and secure with clips or pins.
4. Add a silk or satin scarf. It would be a good ides to pull the clips out at this point.
There are so many variations on this technique. Seeing someone do it will be more helpful, check out these videos.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8F3dDni96I (skip to minute 4:24 to see technique)
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_aSKOC7szQ (skip to minute 3:00 to get to the actual cross wrap technique).
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN4YBXJRVxc (skip to minute 5:00 to see the actual cross wrap technique).
- Pull out the clips once the scarf is secure to sleep more comfortably. To do this, insert the clip so that the top of the clip is close to the perimeter of you hair so that it’s easier for you to remove the clips.
- Change the way you divide hair, you don’t want to make a permanent part.
- Remember, practice makes perfect.