-I would say I'm most fearful that I may not like
the style I've only seen on other people,
and it looks amazing, but I don't know
if it'll look good on me.
I'm Daron, and today I'm gonna be getting a passion twist
with some gold accessories.
The inspiration for this look -- honestly,
I get all of my inspiration from Instagram,
from other braiders, including the braider
that is going to be braiding my hair today.
When I was young, I actually never got my hair braided,
not because I didn't want to
but because I lived in a community
where there weren't people who knew how to braid hair.
So I actually didn't get my hair braided until last year,
when I met the braider that's gonna be doing my hair today.
The reason why I wanted to get that done
was because I saw other people who looked like me
who were getting their hair braided and it looked amazing.
Not only that, but I was looking for something
that wouldn't damage my hair,
because my hair had some color on it.
So that's when I just took the leap of faith
and trusted India to do my hair.
And ever since then, I've been obsessed with protective styles.
I love Gabrielle Union.
She always has really good protective styles,
and I like that she changes it up.
What I'm excited about for this look
is that I can wake up every morning
and my hair is gonna be on point
and I don't have to do anything to it.
-Hey, y'all. My name is India Hammond.
I am a pro hairstylist located here in Los Angeles,
and I am the CEO of The Glam Diary.
I specialize in protective styles, weaves and wigs.
Some of my work been featured in music videos,
photo shoots and "Vogue."
Alright, Daron girl. -[ Laughs ] It's time.
I need some help. [ Both laugh ]
-You know, I love when you bring all this hair in the chair.
-[ Laughs ]
-So, today we are doing passion twist?
-Yeah, I'm thinking passion twist
with maybe some, like, gold accessories.
What do you think? -Let's do it.
I'm gonna go ahead and get Daron draped.
After I get her draped,
what I'm doing now is blow-drying her hair out
just to get it nice and straight.
And then I'll go into my pre-parting.
When I do my pre-parting, I like to do the brick lay,
where's the squares kind of lay on top of each other
so the braids can lay neat and flat.
With Daron's hair, her hair is pretty soft.
So what I'll do is, you'll see me going back and forth
with the crochet method, as well as
just the rubber-band method without the crochet.
So, I'll just plait some of them at the beginning,
and then I'll go on to the next one
and I'll maybe do the crochet, as well.
Typically, for me, braiding is easier than twists,
because it's easier on the fingers.
It's like you're double-twisting with the passion twist.
So you have to twist the hair and then twist it around
and then continuous, so you don't stop,
because if you let that hair go, then it'll mess up the twist.
I love using spring curl for passion twist,
just because it gives that spring.
So it's really bouncy.
Once I get to the top of the head
with my protective style, I like to go ahead
and clean up the bottoms of the braids or twist.
Once I've cleaned up the bottom of the hair,
I like to go in and add oil to my client's scalp.
That way, it can add moisture, as well as
a little protective barrier on the scalp.
I use edge control to go ahead and slick her baby hairs down.
I'll get those nice and slick,
and then I'll lay her edges down with my edge wrap.
After I do that, I'll go ahead
and set her hair with the mousse.
The mousse is just the finish.
Just to clear up the mousse,
I'll go ahead and use the blow dryer
to put that heat on it, and the heat will go ahead
and dissolve the mousse into the scalp,
and it's just perfect.
Now I'll add in her gold jewelry.
You don't want to do too much when you're adding the jewelry.
You just want to do just enough.
Now I'll go ahead and remove her edge wrap,
and then I'm about to reveal her hair to her.
So, Daron, it's time for the reveal.
-Yes. Oh, my God. I'm so excited.
-Let's take off your cape.
-Okay, my eyes are still shut.
-Keep them closed. -[ Laughs ]
-Ready? -Yes, I'm ready.
-Open your eyes.
-Oh, my God! It looks so good!
♪♪
I love my hair. I feel so amazing.
And I'm really glad that I chose this style.
I think it looks really, really good on me.
I love the gold accessories.
I think it adds just a little touch of personality
to an already really cool style.
So, if you want to get braids, definitely think about adding,
you know, a little jewelry here and there.
-Daron has really soft hair,
so I was a little worried about the passion twist
not wanting to hold, but we did make it work.
Passion twists usually will last about three to four weeks.
To make them last longer, just make sure you're wearing a bond
and make sure you're tying your hair down
and make sure you're greasing your scalp,
because, you know, we need that.
We need that extra juice. [ Laughs ]
-I love working with India.
I've known her for about a year now.
She is extremely professional
and obviously really, really good at what she does.
And she pays attention to detail,
which I think is very important with braids, especially.
-I absolutely love working with Daron.
She's such a sweet person,
and it was very good being able to let her experience that,
and me being the first person to do that particular style on her.
-I think the thing that I was most surprised about was
that this isn't a very heavy style.
The other styles that I've gotten previously,
I can tell that I have braids, but this is so light,
I couldn't really even tell when she was finished,
to be honest.
I think this look definitely boosts my confidence
because I can wake up and walk outside
and my hair is already amazing.
So I don't even have to think about it.
I don't have to do anything to it.
I just wake up and look good. [ Chuckles ]
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