What I plan to do with all these inches is
literally just like slap all the haters in the face.
So I really think this weave will bring out the
worst parts of my personality and I can't wait.
Hi, my name is Sabrina.
Today I'm getting a grey weave, but before you see my
transformation, subscribe below.
So my hair journey has been long and not always easy.
I think a lot of Black girls and Black women as well,
especially existing and white spaces, I think we like
internalized this like racism and this hatred
of our natural hair.
Growing up, you were told
that you won't get a job if you're a Black woman that walks
in with red hair, blue hair, grey hair.
So I've kind of just sort of like actively gone against that.
I've had grey and black box braids, I've tried
to get like a grey ombre look, that didn't really work out,
it turned out more green blueish.
But honestly, the real reason is like, my name is Sabrina,
I have a black cat named Salem and I kind
of want to look like a witch.
And grey hair helps with that.
I'm Sabrina, it's so nice to meet you.
Hi, I'm Koni, nice to meet you.
Tell me about this grey weave we're going to be doing
today.
Hi, my name is Koni and I'm the owner and stylist
at Vanity Boutique Salon.
The old quote goes, "A woman who cuts our hair is about to
change her life."
And really that translates in so many
ways when it comes to beauty.
I'm so excited.
Let's get started.
These are semipermanent hair colors.
We have two platinums to one silver.
We're going to watercolor the hair.
It's a really cool process where you heat water
into a bowl along with the semi-permanent color.
Because Sabrina wants to go a very intense shade of grey,
we're going to start with hair that's already been
lightened to the color of six-thirteen.
And you dip the hair in the bowl of warm water and color
as many times desired until you achieve your
color of choice.
First, we're just going to section the hair in four
sections and then gently stretch the hair with a
warm blow dry.
Okay, so we're all blown out and stretched out.
Not super blown out, because we don't want to blow out to
straighten, we just want to blow out to soften the hair a
little bit so that we can get our braids in.
Next step is adding in the braids.
Because Sabrina is going for a side part, we'll part her
hair along the side exactly where she likes her hair to
normally be parted, because that is exactly where
the
closure top will lay at the very,
very closing of her weave.
Does that look like?
That's perfect.
Perfect range? Great.
So the two front braids are pretty important
because the hair is going to be resting when we
bring it from one side to another.
Resting along the anchor braids.
I think it's such a beautiful love language,
like the care that Black women and Black
people put into the hair.
My earliest memories
are like my grandma giving me two dollars to, like, scratch
her head with her comb.
How does the braid feel so far?
You're so gentle. This is perfect.
A lot of people think that having your hair weaved or even
just having braids, that your hair should be tight or
that it should hurt.
But that's the complete opposite
of what's true.
Of course, there's going to be some very slight tension
because the hair is being manipulated.
So you should feel that.
But you should not feel pain.
Once we've got all the braids down and we've got the scalp
nice and oiled, we then apply a weaving net.
A weaving net is just an extra barrier
of protection for the weave, keeping it
all in place.
Some people like to just sew the closure down
onto the parting.
But I like to band it first just because I feel like
it takes a lot of the tension off of those anchor braids.
I want to try to put as less tension on those as possible.
Now we have the closure. This is a four by four lace
closure.
The lace closure is going to act as the natural appearing part
that's going to go right on top of this section that we
kind of braided around for the parting of Sabrina's hair.
The weave that Sabrina's getting today is a closure weave.
She's not leaving any of her hair out.
So she'll have a four inch by four inch lace closure
installed at the very, very top.
This will ensure that all of her hair is protected
underneath and that nothing is left out to be compromised.
Once we have the closure installed, we then take the
bundles and we install track by track in an upward
direction
until the final track met the top of the closure.
And then we would just style and have fun.
Because there is such a cost associated with real
human hair extensions, it's really a luxury
to be able to wear a weave, and you'd have to put in the
same amount of effort in the extension hair as you would
your own hair if you wanted longevity.
Do wash your hair.
A lot of people think that when you have a weave installed,
you don't have to wash your hair or it takes from washing
your hair because all of your hair is
concealed underneath.
You should still wash your hair and you should still wash
your weave.
You should do so by visiting a salon because
the next hair do is properly dry your hair.
It could be a breeding ground for bacteria.
It's a dark and damp place.
I've had experiences where I've taken them down and it just
wasn't pretty.
You should treat your weave as if you treat your natural
hair because it is hair.
Overusing the blow dryer, the flat iron
and curling iron will basically cause your hair to
dehydrate and break off just like it normally would on
your own head.
Okay, we're just about done.
I'm so excited to see it.
I think you look so stunning.
You're giving me Storm vibes, it's beautiful.
Are you ready?
Yes.
Okay.
Oh my god, I love it.
It's perfect.
Oh my god, it's beautiful.
I wasn't expecting it to be this good.
Oh, well, gee thanks.
Well, no. I mean, to look this good on me at least.
It's stunning on you.
It's exactly what I wanted.
I feel like there might be a full
moon out because it feels really witchy
and it feels like, honestly, I feel like I can conquer the
world.
This is amazing.
I really wish things were open for me to go
out and show this look off to.
Thanks so much for watching my hair transformation.
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