NATURAL HAIR INSPIRATION: Jania

A few posts back I did my first Natural Hair Inspiration post.  This is a series of post I decided to do to highlight some women I know who have naturally fab hair.  This time around I am featuring my very dear friend Jania.  In my very humble opinion, and I'm sure you all will agree...Jania has Joan Carroll Clayton (Tracee Ellis Ross) hair.  It's full, thick, luxorious, and glamorous hair.  I have a serious hair crush on this lady.  Like my last hair inspiration, Krystal, I remember when Jania went natural.  She hit me up for advice and now she is a pro who I solicit style tips from.  Her latest luscious look made me swoon and I'm sure it will do the same for you. Check it out.

And of course, because I love you all...here are the instructions on how to achieve Jania's fab look:

Quick Bantu Knot Instructions:
1. I section my hair off (into 4 sections) & comb through with a wide tooth comb to detangle.
2. I thoroughly wash each section & comb through again to make sure my hair doesn't tangle
3. This time I used some samples (the Miss Jessies we received from the festival) I deep conditioned with the super sweetback treatment. It was pretty decent & smelled great. I saturated each section with the treatment & let it sit for 30 mins. I put a plastic cap over it & I wrapped a  towel I put in the dryer ( to make a walkable hooded dryer. Lol)
4. Rinse & put in cantu leave in conditioner.
5. I blew dry each section of my hair (for length) using a heat protectant called
6. Used the baby butter cream & created a bantu knot. Size of bantu knot determines the wave or curl. For this style I only did 10-12 on my head. I was in a rush & have a lot of hair
7. Normally I sit under the dryer for about 30-45 mins but this time I kept the knots in for like 2hrs...
8. End result...wavy Tracee Ellis Ross ( my idol & not just for  hair reasons)


One more thing...tomorrow is Joan Jania's birthday.  Join me in wishing her a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!  Jania, you bring so much happiness to others, you deserve nothing but happiness out of life...so here's to you getting just that! ;-)

Ms. K